High end workstation/light gaming build. Opinions?

[tommm]

Building a high end system for video editing, CAD, 3D and some light gaming.

Here's my list so far, I'm looking to spend a maximum of £2600/700:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£319.50 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£107.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£179.00 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£171.26 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£130.97 @ BT Shop) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£649.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£649.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£86.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£110.38 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2405.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I am going to be overclocking. (hence the watercooler and the 215W TDP GPU's)

 

What are your thoughts on this?

[NTDaws]

Looks solid. I personally would go for a EVGA G3 or G2 750W. But Corsair is excellent too.

[Guest]

Yeah 1080 in SLI, "light" gaming you mean lol

Looks nice

[NTDaws]

If you plan on overclocking the gpus and cpu I would get 850 watt.

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yeah 1080 in SLI, "light" gaming you mean lol

Looks nice

Yo what would you do with a build like this?

[NTDaws]

4K Porn

[Mira Yurizaki]

I'd dump one of the GPUs for an X99 system, unless said video editing software can really make use of the GPU.

 

I'd also argue for 3D work, you don't really need a uber performer.

[Guest]

Go X99 instead

[NTDaws]

You could go X99

[tommm]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yeah 1080 in SLI, "light" gaming you mean lol

Looks nice

I just need the VRAM for octane and after effects - I am fully aware of how overkill it is on a gaming front considering I have a 1080p 60Hz monitor :')

 

3 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I'd dump one of the GPUs for an X99 system, unless said video editing software can really make use of the GPU.

 

I'd also argue for 3D work, you don't really need a uber performer.

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Go X99 instead

I was looking into x99, however it just seems to be going so expensive right now

 

4 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

4K Porn

Yes.

 

4 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

If you plan on overclocking the gpus and cpu I would get 850 watt.

Will do

[tommm]

3 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

You could go X99

Is x99 really that much better, price to performance wise?  I'd only be able to afford a 6800k possibly the 6850k.

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, tommm said:

Is x99 really that much better, price to performance wise?  I'd only be able to afford a 6800k possibly the 6850k.

Well it should help in video editing.

[DailyProcrastinator]

12 minutes ago, tommm said:

Building a high end system for video editing, CAD, 3D and some light gaming.

Here's my list so far, I'm looking to spend a maximum of £2600/700:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£319.50 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£107.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£179.00 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£171.26 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£130.97 @ BT Shop) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£649.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£649.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£86.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£110.38 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2405.56

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-05 22:26 GMT+0000

I am going to be overclocking. (hence the watercooler and the 215W TDP GPU's)

 

What are your thoughts on this?

 

This looks really good. I used the i7-6700k in my workstation build over going into the X99 platform at the time just because I was on a budget, and overall system performance is amazing. Now I wouldn't even consider the Intel 6 core CPU's. And other than not having two graphics cards, my system is fairly similar. One thing you haven't listed and I would recommend is making sure you have lots of intake and exhaust fans to keep your components cool. And as already recommended I would go for a 850w power supply.

[tommm]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

Well it should help in video editing.

Alright, I'm going to jump over to pcpartpicker and see if it's possible price wise - thank you for your help

[NTDaws]

3 minutes ago, tommm said:

Is x99 really that much better, price to performance wise?  I'd only be able to afford a 6800k possibly the 6850k.

What about this Tom?

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/cHXM6X
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/cHXM6X/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£407.17 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£118.62 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£199.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£185.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£130.97 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£78.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£112.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£133.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1793.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[DailyProcrastinator]

2 minutes ago, tommm said:

Is x99 really that much better, price to performance wise?  I'd only be able to afford a 6800k possibly the 6850k.

Of course a 6 core will help but you won't hit any bottlenecking with an overclocked i7-7700k.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, tommm said:

Is x99 really that much better, price to performance wise?  I'd only be able to afford a 6800k possibly the 6850k.

You don't need 1080 in SLI

Video editing would greatly benefit from X99

 

 

[tommm]

1 minute ago, JM21 said:

This looks really good. I used the i7-6700k in my workstation build over going into the X99 platform at the time just because I was on a budget, and overall system performance is amazing. Now I wouldn't even consider the Intel 6 core CPU's. And other than not having two graphics cards, my system is fairly similar. One thing you haven't listed and I would recommend is making sure you have lots of intake and exhaust fans to keep your components cool. And as already recommended I would go for a 850w power supply.

Thank you for the reply, I'm definitely going to go for an 850W PSU.  Also, what stops you from going to the x99 platform?  I'm hesitant because of price and I don't really see a huge difference over the 67/7700k (considering that I would only be able to get the 6800/6850k.)

[tommm]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

You don't need 1080 in SLI

Video editing would greatly benefit from X99

 

 

Okay, x99 it is, I didn't realise just how much faster it would be

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, tommm said:

Okay, x99 it is, I didn't realise just how much faster it would be

What's your monitor set up?

[tommm]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

What's your monitor set up?

Currently I have a pretty default 1080p monitor, however I'm looking into getting my hands on either a 4K display or a 2K ultrawide.

[DailyProcrastinator]

1 minute ago, tommm said:

Thank you for the reply, I'm definitely going to go for an 850W PSU.  Also, what stops you from going to the x99 platform?  I'm hesitant because of price and I don't really see a huge difference over the 67/7700k (considering that I would only be able to get the 6800/6850k.)

 

At the time pricing was also a problem. It wasn't in my budget to buy a 6 core. But if you could live with one GPU you could move into the X99 platform and buy a second GTX 1080 down the road. And as far as the difference between the 6700k and the 7700k there really isnt any. KabyLake can overclock higher though. I would just get KabyLake though if this is your first system or if you don't have anything on the SkyLake platform built yet, ie. a mobo or an i7-6700k. I built my system about a year ago so SkyLake was the latest and greatest.

 

Here's my attached review of the i7-6700k, maybe it will help you. 

 

[tommm]

2 minutes ago, JM21 said:

At the time pricing was also a problem. It wasn't in my budget to buy a 6 core. But if you could live with one GPU you could move into the X99 platform and buy a second GTX 1080 down the road. And as far as the difference between the 6700k and the 7700k there really isnt any. KabyLake can overclock higher though. I would just get KabyLake though if this is your first system or if you don't have anything on the SkyLake platform built yet, ie. a mobo or an i7-6700k. I built my system about a year ago so SkyLake was the latest and greatest.

 

Here's my attached review of the i7-6700k, maybe it will help you. 

 

Thank you for attaching the review.  I'm currently still on AM3+, with the FX9590 (Don't ever go there, it was a b**** to get running) so right now I'm looking to buy the best for my budget.

[Streetguru]

10 minutes ago, tommm said:

Currently I have a pretty default 1080p monitor, however I'm looking into getting my hands on either a 4K display or a 2K ultrawide.

So then ya upgrade your display, there 0 point in buying even like a single 1070 for a 1080p 60hz display

 

I'd suggest an RX 480 8gb, GTR being the best one, and just running AAA games at 1080p Ultra 60fps, and then upgrade to Vega or the 1080ti, dual GPU set ups are never the best idea, and you need a titan XP to do 4k 60fps, 1080p scales perfectly to 2160p, although you may want a 40" 4k display for productivity

lighter games should do 4k without much issue
 

Included is a 27" 4k IPS free-sync display, that SSD isn't like the 960 Pro which is super fast, you'd only need that if you were maybe editing 4k footage, not to mention you could get double the storage for the same price or less

G-sync displays with the same specs start at 797 GBP, so I'd certainly stick to free-sync
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/TzfmP6/asus-monitor-pg27aq
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zDG2TH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zDG2TH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£407.17 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£92.06 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Taichi ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£231.78 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£195.19 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  (£235.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.94 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Monitor: LG 27UD58-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  (£335.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £1791.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-05 22:49 GMT+0000
 

 

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, tommm said:

Thank you for attaching the review.  I'm currently still on AM3+, with the FX9590 (Don't ever go there, it was a b**** to get running) so right now I'm looking to buy the best for my budget.

You should really like downclock and undervolt that to like 4.5ghz max

 

I just hope you didn't pay full retail price for it