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Hello, LTT Community. I got a new project(not so new I had it for a while now, but decided to go on with it lol). I'm planning on building a Game development build and I've been searching, reading reviews and I came up with this build, I expect to buy the parts on Black Friday hoping for deals on these parts.

 

Buying the parts on the United States from Dominican Republic.

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($368.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($54.90 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($94.26 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($678.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($118.99 @ NCIX US) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM  140mm Fan  ($25.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM  140mm Fan  ($25.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM  140mm Fan  ($25.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 109.9 CFM  120mm Fan  ($22.38 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 109.9 CFM  120mm Fan  ($22.38 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 109.9 CFM  120mm Fan  ($22.38 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($659.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RAPIDFIRE Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Headphones: Logitech G35 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($57.45 @ Amazon) 
UPS: CyberPower CP1350AVRLCD UPS  ($132.95 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3064.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Wanted to know what you think about the build so far, what should be improved. Thanks a lot in behalf guys.

 

Edit1: Some of the peripherals I choosed is because I play quite a bit MMOs.

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Purpose of build? Budget? 850W is overkill, 500W is enough for a single 1080. 

Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. 

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My specs

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PC:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 
Motherboard:  ASUS Maximus VIII Hero 
GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2

 

Peripherals 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns
Mouse: Logitech G502 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver 

Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz

 

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I like that build.

But if there is just a slight chance that you will be ever interested in water cooling, get bigger case.

NZXT S340 Elite looks great, but you simply can't fit water cooling inside of it. 

 

850W is overkill, but if you maybe want to add another GTX 1080 it's good to have stronger PSU.

If you are 100% certain that you won't be adding another GPU in that system, get 650W PSU and save yourself some money :)

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1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

I like that build.

But if there is just a slight chance that you will be ever interested in water cooling, get bigger case.

NZXT S340 Elite looks great, but you simply can't fit water cooling inside of it. 

 

850W is overkill, but if you maybe want to add another GTX 1080 it's good to have stronger PSU.

If you are 100% certain that you won't be adding another GPU in that system, get 650W PSU and save yourself some money :)

xD the idea of watercooling terrifies me, not even AIO haha. And yeah, not in the near future but planning on adding a second 1080. Thanks for the reply!

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6 minutes ago, lexgium01 said:

xD the idea of watercooling terrifies me, not even AIO haha. And yeah, not in the near future but planning on adding a second 1080. Thanks for the reply!

Well if you are adding another GTX 1080 or even concidering it, get that 850W. Better save than sorry. Even then 850W will be kinda overkill, but I would rather call it headroom lol

 

Why are you scared of water cooling? I do kinda understand about custom water cooling, but not AIO.

AIO is just like any other cooler that you are using. If you are able to install air cooler on your CPU, it's as easy with AIO cooler.

I won't force you to go water cooling it, just saying it isn't as scary as it seems. 

 

Otherwise that S340 elite is great!

Intel i7 12700K | Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4 | Pure Loop 240mm | G.Skill 3200MHz 32GB CL14 | CM V850 G2 | RTX 3070 Phoenix | Lian Li O11 Air mini

Samsung EVO 960 M.2 250GB | Samsung EVO 860 PRO 512GB | 4x Be Quiet! Silent Wings 140mm fans

WD My Cloud 4TB

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18 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Well if you are adding another GTX 1080 or even concidering it, get that 850W. Better save than sorry. Even then 850W will be kinda overkill, but I would rather call it headroom lol

 

Why are you scared of water cooling? I do kinda understand about custom water cooling, but not AIO.

AIO is just like any other cooler that you are using. If you are able to install air cooler on your CPU, it's as easy with AIO cooler.

I won't force you to go water cooling it, just saying it isn't as scary as it seems. 

 

Otherwise that S340 elite is great!

the thought of a leaking will haunt my sleep xD

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6 minutes ago, lexgium01 said:

the thought of a leaking will haunt my sleep xD

I had 3 AIOs and now I have custom water loop that I did by myself.

There was never any leaks, but to be fair I went with soft tubing that is easy.

Hard tubing is a bit tricky with all he bending you need to do.

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5 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

I had 3 AIOs and now I have custom water loop that I did by myself.

There was never any leaks, but to be fair I went with soft tubing that is easy.

Hard tubing is a bit tricky with all he bending you need to do.

The Custom Watercooled Builds look amazing but I dunno I have pretty bad luck with electronic devices so I'll skip the watercooling part xD thanks tho m80

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