Posted: 11/9/2016 2:41:08 PM EDT
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Possible Christmas present to myself. Thoughts?
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Well, I have a lot of thoughts. If you goal it to spend money, you'll certainly accomplish that goal. You can however get most of that performance for a lot less money.
And so my VERY important question to you is this- are you planning on going 4k? Doing anything besides gaming? What kind of monitor will you be using? You'd be better off getting a 1440p g-sync monitor and spending less on the actual computer for a better overall experience. This is a good starting point: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/484jWX Here's some other thoughts: 1) while the i7-6700k is certainly a good CPU, it's only ~5% faster for most games, MAYBE LESS. 2) Watercooling isn't really necessary for the modern CPUs, with a 91W TDP for the 6700k. Also more prone to issues, annoying pump whine, etc 3) 32 gigs of RAM is just for show. Only about 10% of games are seeing an advantage for 16GB of RAM over 8GB. So there will be virtually no benefit. 4) Your SSD is good, and Samsung is good. However that is SATA so it's not the fastest thing out there. You want an M.2 drive. NVMe is faster. BUT>>>> even then, very little real-world benefit at this time. 5) DON'T get EVGA. The EVGA 10XX cards have bad cooling and some are catching on fire. Recommend Asus Strix 6) Two 1080s are only needed if you are running 4k. You can actually get good frames with 1 1080. 7) The new video cards are very efficient, you need at most 600W for a single 1080 or 750W for two of them. They only use 180 watts each - when pegged. 8) I don't like the HAF cases at all, they are very loud and have poor airflow. I love the new stuff from Fractal and Phanteks is reportedly very good as well. Excessive opening are actually detrimental to controlled airflow. For half the price this system would kill anything 1440p or lower for years to come. http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wqkHRG -=-=-= Also for a gaming rig, check out the Steampad they came out with. And if you want to play on your TV in your living room, they have a Steambox that allows you to stream your gaming experience to another room in your house (with a wired network) |
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Well, I have a lot of thoughts. If you goal it to spend money, you'll certainly accomplish that goal. You can however get most of that performance for a lot less money. And so my VERY important question to you is this- are you planning on going 4k? Doing anything besides gaming? What kind of monitor will you be using? You'd be better off getting a 1440p g-sync monitor and spending less on the actual computer for a better overall experience. This is a good starting point: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/484jWX Here's some other thoughts: 1) while the i7-6700k is certainly a good CPU, it's only ~5% faster for most games, MAYBE LESS. 2) Watercooling isn't really necessary for the modern CPUs, with a 91W TDP for the 6700k. Also more prone to issues, annoying pump whine, etc 3) 32 gigs of RAM is just for show. Only about 10% of games are seeing an advantage for 16GB of RAM over 8GB. So there will be virtually no benefit. 4) Your SSD is good, and Samsung is good. However that is SATA so it's not the fastest thing out there. You want an M.2 drive. NVMe is faster. BUT>>>> even then, very little real-world benefit at this time. 5) DON'T get EVGA. The EVGA 10XX cards have bad cooling and some are catching on fire. Recommend Asus Strix 6) Two 1080s are only needed if you are running 4k. You can actually get good frames with 1 1080. 7) The new video cards are very efficient, you need at most 600W for a single 1080 or 750W for two of them. They only use 180 watts each - when pegged. 8) I don't like the HAF cases at all, they are very loud and have poor airflow. I love the new stuff from Fractal and Phanteks is reportedly very good as well. Excessive opening are actually detrimental to controlled airflow. For half the price this system would kill anything 1440p or lower for years to come. For $200 more, swap in a 1080, even better: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wqkHRG -=-=-= Also for a gaming rig, check out the Steampad they came out with. And if you want to play on your TV in your living room, they have a Steambox that allows you to stream your gaming experience to another room in your house (with a wired network) So yes my goal is 4k/60fps. I've never had any issues with water cooling. Granted anything is possible with issues. My current gaming system is used for video editing so more memory is helpful. Current rig only has 16GB. Primary use for SSD is just gaming. DOn't think much else will be done on it besides the OS. Yeah saw EVGA was having issues on their 1080s. Shame as I've always used EVGA video cards with good success. I have a Fractal case I used for my NAS build. I just like a LOTS of room to work and possibly expand. But noted on the case. Will look around. |
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I have the Fractal Define R5 and it's a huge case. I have a 1060 STRIX which is a huge card, and it's truly cavernous. I removed the middle drive bay and didn't use the backside SSD brackets.
If you do video editing the 6700k is well worth it. And RAM is cheap. So with all those requirements, I'd say swapping the brand of video cards and possibly your case and you are more or less in business. If you don't currently have a 4k monitor, just buy a single 1080 now and get another later, when they are hundreds cheaper. Oh yeah, nothing wrong with that motherboard, but you aren't getting a whole lot of benefit for the extra money. Lots of great boards in the $110-150 range that'll do just about everything else that one does, but not look as cool doing it. |
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If you prefer Cooler Master case, I'd recommend this for space and airflow.
Cooler Master: MasterCase 5 SSD mounting can be hidden or placed outside of a HDD bay. The HDD bay can also be removed for airflow and water cooling. |
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So yes my goal is 4k/60fps. I've never had any issues with water cooling. Granted anything is possible with issues. My current gaming system is used for video editing so more memory is helpful. Current rig only has 16GB. Primary use for SSD is just gaming. DOn't think much else will be done on it besides the OS. Yeah saw EVGA was having issues on their 1080s. Shame as I've always used EVGA video cards with good success. I have a Fractal case I used for my NAS build. I just like a LOTS of room to work and possibly expand. But noted on the case. Will look around. Quoted:
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Well, I have a lot of thoughts. If you goal it to spend money, you'll certainly accomplish that goal. You can however get most of that performance for a lot less money. And so my VERY important question to you is this- are you planning on going 4k? Doing anything besides gaming? What kind of monitor will you be using? You'd be better off getting a 1440p g-sync monitor and spending less on the actual computer for a better overall experience. This is a good starting point: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/484jWX Here's some other thoughts: 1) while the i7-6700k is certainly a good CPU, it's only ~5% faster for most games, MAYBE LESS. 2) Watercooling isn't really necessary for the modern CPUs, with a 91W TDP for the 6700k. Also more prone to issues, annoying pump whine, etc 3) 32 gigs of RAM is just for show. Only about 10% of games are seeing an advantage for 16GB of RAM over 8GB. So there will be virtually no benefit. 4) Your SSD is good, and Samsung is good. However that is SATA so it's not the fastest thing out there. You want an M.2 drive. NVMe is faster. BUT>>>> even then, very little real-world benefit at this time. 5) DON'T get EVGA. The EVGA 10XX cards have bad cooling and some are catching on fire. Recommend Asus Strix 6) Two 1080s are only needed if you are running 4k. You can actually get good frames with 1 1080. 7) The new video cards are very efficient, you need at most 600W for a single 1080 or 750W for two of them. They only use 180 watts each - when pegged. 8) I don't like the HAF cases at all, they are very loud and have poor airflow. I love the new stuff from Fractal and Phanteks is reportedly very good as well. Excessive opening are actually detrimental to controlled airflow. For half the price this system would kill anything 1440p or lower for years to come. For $200 more, swap in a 1080, even better: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wqkHRG -=-=-= Also for a gaming rig, check out the Steampad they came out with. And if you want to play on your TV in your living room, they have a Steambox that allows you to stream your gaming experience to another room in your house (with a wired network) So yes my goal is 4k/60fps. I've never had any issues with water cooling. Granted anything is possible with issues. My current gaming system is used for video editing so more memory is helpful. Current rig only has 16GB. Primary use for SSD is just gaming. DOn't think much else will be done on it besides the OS. Yeah saw EVGA was having issues on their 1080s. Shame as I've always used EVGA video cards with good success. I have a Fractal case I used for my NAS build. I just like a LOTS of room to work and possibly expand. But noted on the case. Will look around. If you're doing LOTS of video editing look into doing an SSD array for scratch disk for your project files. |