FInalizing first built, crticism wanted!

[apupunchau]

Hey guys, I'm finalizing my first build here and was hoping to get tips/criticism on it. My budget is 2000 USD, but I'm also not interested in sinking money into diminishing returns. I plan to be gaming on 1440p 144Hz a monitor(s?). Also some video editing and 3D modeling. I am concerned with my CPU fan getting in the way of any ports on the mobo, but am having a hard time finding any conclusions in either direction. I also want to make sure I won't be creating a ventilation issue by not having a large enough case.

 

If anyone has personal experience with parts listed, please share! Thanks for taking the time to help.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($66.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($111.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card  ($659.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1569.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-18 00:47 EDT-0400

[DisconnectedYT]

Will be good enough for 1440p/High 4K gaming

[FurdTurgeson]

2 minutes ago, apupunchau said:

Hey guys, I'm finalizing my first build here and was hoping to get tips/criticism on it. My budget is 2000 USD, but I'm also not interested in sinking money into diminishing returns. I plan to be gaming on 1440p 144Hz a monitor(s?). Also some video editing and 3D modeling. I am concerned with my CPU fan getting in the way of any ports on the mobo, but am having a hard time finding any conclusions in either direction. I also want to make sure I won't be creating a ventilation issue by not having a large enough case.

 

If anyone has personal experience with parts listed, please share! Thanks for taking the time to help.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($66.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($111.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card  ($659.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.98 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1569.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-18 00:47 EDT-0400

Criticism? Ok.

 

INTEL FANBOY LEL DUMBASS GET AN AMD PROCESSOR  DINGUS NO LIFE ROTFL

 

 

Seriously, dude, that's  a beautiful build. Wew.

[another random person]

You installed a cup holder, nice. (optical drive)

[FurdTurgeson]

Just now, another random person said:

You installed a cup holder, nice. (optical drive)

Hell is that supposed to mean? That optical drives are obsolete?

[apupunchau]

It's an encarta 95 driver you pleb. /s

[another random person]

1 minute ago, WSADKeysGaming said:

Hell is that supposed to mean? That optical drives are obsolete?

Basically yeah. 

[apupunchau]

5 hours ago, WSADKeysGaming said:

Criticism? Ok.

 

INTEL FANBOY LEL DUMBASS GET AN AMD PROCESSOR  DINGUS NO LIFE ROTFL

 

 

Seriously, dude, that's  a beautiful build. Wew.

Thanks, I'll be moving up from an MSI laptop with a 650m so I'll have diapers on when I load this baby up.

[pinksnowmanshandle]

8 minutes ago, WSADKeysGaming said:

Criticism? Ok.

 

INTEL FANBOY LEL DUMBASS GET AN AMD PROCESSOR  DINGUS NO LIFE ROTFL

 

 

Seriously, dude, that's  a beautiful build. Wew.

Agreed for the most part. Though I do have one question for OP and that is why is there an ODD?

 

I'm still sort of between doing an mITX build or ATX build. A lot of it's because I really like the way the MSI Z170 SLI Plus looks but the Z170 stinger does look a bit better so idk. There seems to be no price discrepancy so it's really up to big PC or little PC. I'm leaning towards little PC. But anyways this isn't related to OPs topic so I'll end it there.

[FurdTurgeson]

1 minute ago, wcreek said:

Agreed for the most part. Though I do have one question for OP and that is why is there an ODD?

 

I'm still sort of between doing an mITX build or ATX build. A lot of it's because I really like the way the MSI Z170 SLI Plus looks but the Z170 stinger does look a bit better so idk. There seems to be no price discrepancy so it's really up to big PC or little PC. I'm leaning towards little PC. But anyways this isn't related to OPs topic so I'll end it there.

WHY DO YOU ALL HATE OPTICAL DRIVES 

[apupunchau]

5 hours ago, wcreek said:

Agreed for the most part. Though I do have one question for OP and that is why is there an ODD?

 

I'm still sort of between doing an mITX build or ATX build. A lot of it's because I really like the way the MSI Z170 SLI Plus looks but the Z170 stinger does look a bit better so idk. There seems to be no price discrepancy so it's really up to big PC or little PC. I'm leaning towards little PC. But anyways this isn't related to OPs topic so I'll end it there.

The home I'm currently living in is owned by an older couple to happen to have a small penchant for hoarding...there's alot of interesting CDs and other media around here. Also it fits a big gulp perfectly.

[pinksnowmanshandle]

Just now, WSADKeysGaming said:

WHY DO YOU ALL HATE OPTICAL DRIVES 

Actually I don't have anything against them. Having slower Internet, it sucks when a game has a large update so it really sucks if I have to download a whole game. So the discs do work out better but I'll deal with the downloading of games when I build a PC. But for my PS4, I prefer discs. 

2 minutes ago, apupunchau said:

The home I'm currently living in is owned by an older couple to happen to have a small penchant for hoarding...there's alot of interesting CDs and other media around here. Also it fits a big gulp perfectly.

Ah okay. I was just curious.

[Tyrosen]

Criticism? Okay here's a thought

 

(you need more money...)

 

Don't want to look like a scrub with that moderate pansy build? Go big or go home, get that 10 core cpu, get that titan sli, get that 128gb dominator platinum!

[FurdTurgeson]

2 minutes ago, Tyrosen said:

Criticism? Okay here's a thought

 

(you need more money...)

 

Don't want to look like a scrub with that moderate pansy build? Go big or go home, get that 10 core cpu, get that titan sli, get that 128gb dominator platinum!

Why not have more time ram than storage?

[Tyrosen]

Just now, WSADKeysGaming said:

Why not have more time ram than storage?

I don't even know, great thinking! Scratch that processor, just get a xeon that with the number of cores that matches  your storage too!

[apupunchau]

5 hours ago, Tyrosen said:

Criticism? Okay here's a thought

 

(you need more money...)

 

Don't want to look like a scrub with that moderate pansy build? Go big or go home, get that 10 core cpu, get that titan sli, get that 128gb dominator platinum!

Why would I waste my money on those expensive parts? The human eye can't see past 30 FPS

 

 

 

(I'm joking don't kill me)

[Tyrosen]

5 minutes ago, apupunchau said:

Why would I waste my money on those expensive parts? The human eye can't see past 30 FPS

 

 

 

(I'm joking don't kill me)

Time to think outside of the box, on the other end of the spectrum then. What you need is an i3 low voltage chip, an amd card, any kind, and that will get you 30 fps!

 

 

 

 

(I was just kidding too...don't kill me AMD fans)

[Captain_WD]

1 hour ago, apupunchau said:

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Hey there apupunchau Welcome to the community! 

 

The guys gave you some excellent advice. I would agree on the Optical drive suggestion. Consider if you really need it as it would increase your budget a little bit and it would take a SATA port and space in your case. If you do happen to need one down the road you can always opt for a portable one or borrow one from a friend. 

 

Since you will be doing some content creation and editing I would suggest to consider a backup or a redundancy for your data so you are safe if something happens with your computer and you need your projects. You can either consider a RAID1 array (in which case I would advise you to go for NAS/RAID class drives for better and more secure performance; WD Red would be a great choice ) or go for an external drive or a personal NAS to store backups of your projects and other important data. Let me know if you need help with that! 

 

Cheers!

 

Captain_WD.