Will be upgrading Gaming PC soon, Need all the help i can get!

NerdHerbs · Dec 5, 2014

I'm going to upgrade every existing component inside my PC.
First here's a short list of everything I'll be installing, I need expertise & opinions on what I should or should not do. I'll mostly be using this for Games (WoW,CoD,Etc.), Some things here might be overkill but as this will be my final upgrade I want it to last throughout the years.

Motherboard: ASUS Rampage V Extreme LGA 2011-v3 Intel x99 Sata 6Gb/s USB 3.0
CPU: Intel Core I7-5930k Hashwell-E 6-core 3.5 GHz
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 4GB x2 (then an additional 2 more) 4 total
PSU: CORSAIR 1200W 80 PLUS Platinum
SDRAM: G.Skill 64GB (8x8GB) DDR4
SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 1TB Sata III (+1 later total of 2)
HDD: 1TB Western Digital x2 (from original)

I'm going to be using a very high end Liquid Cooling System as well as a large computer case with Many 6-12 (forgot exactly how many) fans for air ventilation.

Now I've not yet gathered all of the parts however this will be the final setup.
My original system was prebuilt by cyberpowerpc, so I've never install (most) of these parts.

Any and all Info, how-to, tips, suggestions would really help & much appreciated!

I'm a newbie to building PC's D:

Novuake · Dec 5, 2014

Just pushing ridiculous amounts of money into a build will not make it last longer. At a certain point, diminishing returns kick in hard.

Its usually better to build a more reasonably price build that provides similar performance at the moment and just upgrading it every 2 to 3 year.

Your build is not A BIT overkill, its EXTREME overkill.

1. CPU : An I5 performs almost the same in games as that ridiculously priced I7, why not meet the price in the middle and get an 4790K?

2. RAM : 64GB of RAM is just insane. No game requires you to have more than 8GB. So 16GB would already be saving you a lot.

3. SSD : You would never notice the performance difference without benchmarking between a Samsung EVO and Samsung PRO, but the EVO would be less than half the cost. I would also recommend getting a 240/256GB or at most a 500/512GB, but size is up to you.

4. Graphics : Most games can not even run with dual graphics cards that well, adding 4 in SLI is pointless. The 3rd and 4th card would add a TINY improvement in FPS IF the game supports tri and quad SLI. Instead keep that money and 3 years down the line get the GTX970 replacement in SLI.

In short, you could halve the cost of your PC and still get pretty much the same gaming performance.

NerdHerbs · Dec 5, 2014

Novuake :

Just pushing ridiculous amounts of money into a build will not make it last longer. At a certain point, diminishing returns kick in hard.

Its usually better to build a more reasonably price build that provides similar performance at the moment and just upgrading it every 2 to 3 year.

Your build is not A BIT overkill, its EXTREME overkill.

1. CPU : An I5 performs almost the same in games as that ridiculously priced I7, why not meet the price in the middle and get an 4790K?

2. RAM : 64GB of RAM is just insane. No game requires you to have more than 8GB. So 16GB would already be saving you a lot.

3. SSD : You would never notice the performance difference without benchmarking between a Samsung EVO and Samsung PRO, but the EVO would be less than half the cost. I would also recommend getting a 240/256GB or at most a 500/512GB, but size is up to you.

4. Graphics : Most games can not even run with dual graphics cards that well, adding 4 in SLI is pointless. The 3rd and 4th card would add a TINY improvement in FPS IF the game supports tri and quad SLI. Instead keep that money and 3 years down the line get the GTX970 replacement in SLI.

In short, you could halve the cost of your PC and still get pretty much the same gaming performance.

The money is not the concern however I see your point, my only problem is that I've already got more than half of those listed thing. So.... yeah....

Novuake · Dec 5, 2014

What have you purchased so far?

NerdHerbs · Dec 5, 2014

Novuake :

The Motherboard, CPU, GPU x2 , SSD

with that being said, I'll get the SDRAM next.
After what you told me, I assume a 32GB will be alright for now

Novuake · Dec 5, 2014

32GB is still ridiculous. Just get 16GB.

Aslo a 750-850w PSU is enough for 2 GTX970s.

NerdHerbs · Dec 5, 2014

Dear, Novuake. My original build (and current) consist of gigabyte G1 killer Motherboard, Older version of Intel i7, Gtx 560 ti, 12GB sdram, and Cosair 800 plus gold, that power supply was not efficient enough to support my system as it kept collapsing, I then had to replace the Power supply with a Cosiar 1000 plus gold power supply which solved the issue, So no downgrading to an ever smaller power supply would seem unintelligent. Which is why with this new setup I intend to upgrade to a 1200 plus platinum power supply.

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