Just trying to get the most out of the amount I'm spending. What do you guys think?
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zackdahl/saved/FfZmP6
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zackdahl/saved/FfZmP6
First build, most bang for my buck?
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Oli_The_Anarchist
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- Sep 30, 2015
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($117.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($103.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1454.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 03:23 EDT-0400
try that the cooler however the cooler master siedon 120v is very good and only $40 I have it now and it is great
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($117.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($103.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1454.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 03:23 EDT-0400
try that the cooler however the cooler master siedon 120v is very good and only $40 I have it now and it is great
Compuser10165
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Here's a better build for you:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($117.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($314.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 600W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($67.76 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1301.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 04:16 EDT-0400
SKylake benefits very from high clocked ram and 2800-3000mhz is the sweet spot in terms of price and performance.
Also, the 120gb evo isn't worth it (for a bit more you get more than double that amount).
I choose the R9 390 (you can go for the X version if you want) because the gtx 980 is not worth it right now. The R9 390 is the best in terms of price/performance right now and if you want something on level with the gtx 980 go for the R9 390X, and the 8gb of vram can prove beneficial (some games can use more than 4gb at 1080p). ALSO GCN architecture is more optimised for Directx 12 because Mantle was used for the development of DX 12 (can use asynchronous compute as opposed to Nvidia, which is not yet optimised for that).
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($117.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($314.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 600W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($67.76 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1301.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 04:16 EDT-0400
SKylake benefits very from high clocked ram and 2800-3000mhz is the sweet spot in terms of price and performance.
Also, the 120gb evo isn't worth it (for a bit more you get more than double that amount).
I choose the R9 390 (you can go for the X version if you want) because the gtx 980 is not worth it right now. The R9 390 is the best in terms of price/performance right now and if you want something on level with the gtx 980 go for the R9 390X, and the 8gb of vram can prove beneficial (some games can use more than 4gb at 1080p). ALSO GCN architecture is more optimised for Directx 12 because Mantle was used for the development of DX 12 (can use asynchronous compute as opposed to Nvidia, which is not yet optimised for that).
Matt Dobe
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Could even go for a 980Ti if you wanted to very best performance. Not sure if it is really worth it however:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($91.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($664.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 600W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($67.76 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1356.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 04:45 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($91.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($664.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 600W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($67.76 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1356.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 04:45 EDT-0400
Andriko_08
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980ti is definitely not bang for the buck performance haha, but if you don't need the hyperthreading on the i7 and you'd rather have the best graphics performance possible then I'd go ahead with the 980ti
Also take note that the person above me suggested an 1150 platform with the i5 4690k. Can you explain why you're building a pc so we can better help you with what you are buying? For example if you just want to build it for gaming, then i'd go with the above(and get the 250gb samsung 850 evo). Skylake won't give you much better performance in games. The performance boost in games from sandy bridge to skylake is very negligible, hell you'd be fine on nehalem if all you'd be doing is playing games.
But as I said before, please state the use of your pc
Also take note that the person above me suggested an 1150 platform with the i5 4690k. Can you explain why you're building a pc so we can better help you with what you are buying? For example if you just want to build it for gaming, then i'd go with the above(and get the 250gb samsung 850 evo). Skylake won't give you much better performance in games. The performance boost in games from sandy bridge to skylake is very negligible, hell you'd be fine on nehalem if all you'd be doing is playing games.
But as I said before, please state the use of your pc
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