New Gaming-Rig - Is this good?

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Carazide

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Hello Tom's Hardware!

I'm building a new gaming rig, with the purpose of - gaming! :D

I want this system to be cool, silent and fast.

It also needs to look good - colors I'm going with is black and white, with the emphasis on as much white as possible.

The system will be focused around CLC/AIO watercooling components, with Static pressure fans on the radiators, and Airflow fans for Exhaust.
My idea is that the 2 radiators will be in the front of the chassis, getting cold air from the front, and the rest of the fans will be exhaust fans (3 in the top, and one in the back)

I'm also looking for a relatively futureproof system, if that's even achieveable.
Most likely i will be gaming 1080p, and nothing more.

I will be ordering from a Swedish website, since i live in Sweden, but i did a rough conversion of my budget so you have an idea;

BUDGET: 2400£.

So far, with the parts i have chosen, i have used up about 2300£ - so i got another 100£ left if needed.

(The product links are to a Swedish website, so to save you guys the hassle of converting currencies i did it for you! <3)

My question is - Is there anything that just don't work, that i have missed entirely, or that could be swapped for something else and be an upgrade?


Now... THE PARTS!! :love: :love: :love: :love:

CHASSIS:
- Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Galaxy Silver
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/6911968/p...-silver#/specs

MOTHERBOARD:
- ASUS Z170 SABERTOOTH MARK 1
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/1902866/a...-mark-1#/specs

CPU:
- Intel Core i7 6700K 4.0 GHz 8MB
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/5311109/i...ghz-8mb#/specs

RAM:
- Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 2400MHz CL14 LPX
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/6110092/c...l14-lpx#/specs

GPU:
- EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Hybrid Cooling
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/5411446/e...cooling#/specs

CPU COOLER:
Corsair Hydro H110i GT
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/5322428/c...110i-gt#/specs

FANS
- Corsair Air series SP120 Quiet edition 2-pack
- Corsair Air series SP120 Quiet edition 2-pack
- Corsair Air series SP120 Quiet edition 2-pack
- Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet edition LED Lila

* http://www.inet.se/produkt/5322111/c...-2-pack#/specs
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/5322361/c...ed-lila#/specs

PSU
- Seasonic SnowSilent 1050W
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/6910086/s...t-1050w#/specs

MONITOR
- Acer 24" Predator GN246HL
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/2205197/a...gn246hl#/specs

HDD'S
- Samsung 850-Series EVO 500GB / 1590:-
- Samsung 850-Series EVO 500GB / 1590:-
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/4304783/s...o-500gb#/specs

HEADSET
- Corsair Vengeance 1400
* http://www.inet.se/produkt/6361123/c...ce-1400#/specs



Is there anything you would change? (Personally, i had the biggest problems when deciding what RAM to get. Some say that Frequencies over 2133 is problematic, but ASUS says "no problems")

I'm happy for all suggestions and feedback! MUCH LOVE!

(Oh, and "Lila" means purple in Swedish, if you wondered about the 140mm fan! :) I'm thinking i'll try to match the same purple color on the Corsair CPU cooler, because purple means Epic, right? :) )
 
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I got the 850 evo like you, but wish my boot drive was the 950 m.2 so that...
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Carazide

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Oh and, if there is anything you don't understand, or wonder about how i have thought when i have chosen a specific part. please feel free to ask me anything, and I'll try to help as best i can! :)
 
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So maybe i should go for some 2133MHz sticks instead? :O

These perhaps?
http://www.inet.se/produkt/5316376/kingston-16gb-4x4gb-ddr4-2133mhz-cl13-xmp-predator#/specs

The reason i went with the 2400MHz sticks in the end was because of this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ePJLHhrAUMZFBnc05TLUZMYzg/view
(There is no faster CAS-Latency sticks available in Sweden at this time than the ones i have suggested, despite of what the guide says)

The difference between the best 2133 (CL13) and 2400 (CL14) sticks is 12.18 VS 11.66
Honestly I'm having a hard time judging what that 0.52 is going to do in reality, compared to what problems going with 2400MHz may cause. I'm at a loss, really, i just ran the numbers.

(Bottom line: The 2133 sticks are a little bit slower, and a little bit more expensive. That means bad in my world!)
 
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Since you put fast as a priority: you might want to move up your OS drive to the 950 evo SSDs m.2 with connector. This will use PCIe NVMe lanes and seriously will nearly eliminate any kind of loading times. Might have to move down in capacity to 250gb to make this happen price wise, but I just installed m.2 on my system and it is amazing. No wires... connects directly to mobo.
 
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Carazide

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Good suggestion! I actually looked at just that SSD, but i decided that it was a bit too much for the budget - it will however be something i will be purchasing later on when i have forgotten how much i have already spent ;)
Do you own this yourself? or some other m.2? :)
 
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I got the 850 evo like you, but wish my boot drive was the 950 m.2 so that you can take advantage of the PCIe. You can still get the m.2 for 850 evo, which will save you running the cords / power supply, but it isn't any faster really than the regular 850 SSD.

See my pictures: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/CMkTwP
 
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