Dream build ready - looking for some community validation.

[AndyC88]

2nd attempt at this after some input from reddit and PCpartpickers but always good to have a 3rd opinion. 

 

Dream build that I've been pining over for a long time to replace my 7 year old rig. 

 

Built with expansion and OC experimentation in mind hopefully this rig should play every game for the forseeable future at a high level. 

 

The screen for me is the linch pin of the build with everything designed to make the most of its 34" of curved beauty!

 

Have at it folks and let me know what you think.

Cheers

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.88 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer 240 74.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£73.07 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£186.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£79.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£169.36 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£60.32) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GameRock Premium Video Card  (£603.94 @ More Computers) 
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  (£136.79 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.73 @ CCL Computers) 
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  (£52.58 @ CCL Computers) 
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 100Hz Monitor  (£998.81 @ CCL Computers) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£129.99) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  (£54.99) 
Total: £2956.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-16 23:07 BST+0100

[Guest]

ugh white blue video card on a black red mobo. Why air and AIO at the same time

[Mccapital]

• The motherboard M.2 slot #0 shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. When the M.2 slot is populated, two SATA 6Gb/s ports are disabled.

[RGProductions]

3 minutes ago, AndyC88 said:

 

Why do you have 2 cpu coolers?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Why do you have 2 cpu coolers?

 

you can get a smaller 450/500w psu.

[AndyC88]

The air was v1 I didn't drop it out when putting the aio in

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Mccapital said:

• The motherboard M.2 slot #0 shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. When the M.2 slot is populated, two SATA 6Gb/s ports are disabled.

It means nothing tbh

[AndyC88]

5 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

ugh white blue video card on a black red mobo. Why air and AIO at the same time

So to that my question would be, is there a combo out there of similar value/specs that hits either colour combo (red/black or blue/white)? 

[AndyC88]

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Why do you have 2 cpu coolers?

 

you can get a smaller 450/500w psu.

I kept the 650w in for future proofing/expansion. SLI is a possibility I'd like to explore at some point. 

[Guest]

Just now, AndyC88 said:

So to that my question would be, is there a combo out there of similar value/specs that hits either colour combo (red/black or blue/white) 

It is extremely hard to get an ATX with blue color but if you want

https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-LGA1151-Motherboards-GA-Z170X-UD3-Ultra/dp/B01I157UEO/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1474064147&sr=1-2&keywords=GA-Z170X-UD3

Can't find any UK

Other than that. Get a MSI Gaming 1080

[Guest]

I would drop the Blu-Ray/DVD drive as it will ruin the aesthetics. Go with an external drive if you need one.

 

It would be easiest just to swap out the gpu for the MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X as mentioned above. If you go with the Blue motherboard then you will need to change the ram as well.

 

Nice build otherwise