New PC build after 4 years (6700k, 1070)

[Kenturrac]

1. Budget & Location

I live in Sweden but I will probably buy in Germany since its cheaper if I get it from one store. And Mindfactory in Germany is anyway the cheapest store you can find there. 

Since there is a shortage in 1070 GPUs in Germany tho, I might get the GPU in Sweden.

Budget does not really matter but I like a good price/value ratio.

 

2. Aim

60% Gaming and 40% Game Dev in Unreal 4

 

3. Monitors

I work in a 3x1440p environment and do gaming in a single 1440p environment.

 

4. Peripherals

This system will run Win10.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

Well, its about time after 4 years.

 

6. Rig suggestion and final thoughts?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€339.33 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (€63.94 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€179.85 @ Mindfactory) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€97.84 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: be quiet! STRAIGHT POWER 10 CM 600W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€111.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
 

GPU could also easily be a 1070 FTW from EVGA but I will go with the one that is available at the time of purchase.

I am not sure about PSU yet. I could also go with the EVGA P2 650W but it is a bit more expensive. I basically have no clues about PSUs. Lowest possible noise is important for me and stability especially since I want to overclock the rig aswell.

 

Besides recommendations for the PSU. Do you guys have any other suggestions?

[Himommies]

Dont get the ranger get something like the Gigabyte z170 gaming 7 also what game are you making 

[Akadis]

I got myself the Asus ROG Maximus VIII Hero Gaming Mobo (also i7-6700k but with a 980Ti strix) and I am very happy with it. It might be a little to much for what you will need but there is enough room for updates in the future if you want to invest on upgradeablility

[Kenturrac]

Thx for the fast replies. Can you guys go a bit more into details what either Mobo adds over the Ranger or why it is a better choice? I would like to learn and make an educated decision in the end.

 

@HimommiesPrivately I mainly do modding for Ark, Squad or Arma 3. Professionally I do work on BF1, but this PC will not be used for that.

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PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€339.33 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (€63.94 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€179.85 @ Mindfactory) 

^Consider the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra (£164.53 @ Mindfactory), newly released Z170 mobo with nice features. / Vortez Review / https://youtu.be/XIChP8A2KR8

^The LEDs would look good paired with your case
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€97.84 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (€458.82 @ Mindfactory) 

^I'd go with this since it's one of cheapest 1070s while still having one of the highest clocks
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.45 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Paris 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€89.92 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

^get this over that beQuiet psu, has higher quality capacitors and black cables
Total: €1315.15

[Mark77]

After 4 years?  What do you have right now?  If you have an Ivy Bridge or a Haswell from 4 years ago, there's probably not a lot to be gained unless you're moving from an i3/i5 to an i7.  Or to a Socket 2011 platform.   

 

 

[Kenturrac]

I have an 2600k right now and while this is still a very good CPU, I will need this PC for other projects. So upgrading is not an option.

 

You are not the first one who recommends a Gigabyte Mobo to me. Haven't ever had anything from that company but I truely should check it out. Sadly, I cant really find noise reviews of the PSU which is reason enough for me to not get it. Noise is the most important thing for me after performance.

[Frame Drops]

For PSU you can go with

Seasonic S12ii / m12ii / g12 etc.

EVGA : G2, GS, GQ, P2, etc

Coolermaster : V

Crosair : RM x/i , Ax , Hx etc.

With that budget for PSU, i would like go with evga or seasonic.

[Xineas]

18 hours ago, Kenturrac said:

I am not sure about PSU yet. I could also go with the EVGA P2 650W but it is a bit more expensive. I basically have no clues about PSUs. Lowest possible noise is important for me and stability especially since I want to overclock the rig aswell.

 

Besides recommendations for the PSU. Do you guys have any other suggestions?

I do recommend that EVGA unit. beQuiet are very silent PSUs, but my Straight Power 9 CM 580W started giving issues after 3 years even though I never really pushed my rig. I suppose the internal components aren't the best. It did come with 5 year warrenty, so I sent it back to Germany. I now have a Corsair RM650x, no complaints yet.

[Kenturrac]

Seems like I will roll with the EVGA P2 650W. From what I read it is an insanely good PSU and probably over the top for my needs, but rather be safe than sorry. I will do some tests tho, once I got it. If it gets too noisy, I have to trade it in.

Also my CPU cooler is not fitting into the case. Well, basically no big cooler is fitting into it. And I dont want to go for a AIO cooler since they are much louder. So I picked the Phanteks Evolv ATX as a case instead.