First high end gaming build thoughts?

dinglez · Apr 3, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.00 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core V71 ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($21.55 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.86 @ Amazon)
Total: $1765.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 08:34 EDT-0400

I'm building my first gaming/ multitasking (gaming/skyping/spotify/internet) and was wondering if this build was any good; any suggestions for improvements on any of the parts listed. Also Id like to have the option to Over Clock the system by 10%-20%

I'm pretty lost on the motherboard and GPU aspect since im not sure which 980ti would be the best and which motherboard would be good at a about 210 dollars max price.

superninja12 · Apr 3, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste ($6.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($216.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.73 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.00 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($21.55 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.86 @ Amazon)
Total: $1746.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 08:35 EDT-0400

-the thermal compund is not needed its already really good, but if u want those 4 degrees extra cooler get the mx4.
- went with a more expensive/ebtter mobo fot that i got a 250gb ssd and a 1tb hdd.
just install windows and programs on the ssd and store ur files on the hdd. or get the 500gb one if u got the money.
-another case its cheaper and just as good. but ofc taste can vary

the rest is solid

dinglez · Apr 3, 2016

superninja12 :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste ($6.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($216.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.73 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.00 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($21.55 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.86 @ Amazon)
Total: $1746.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 08:35 EDT-0400

-the thermal compund is not needed its already really good, but if u want those 4 degrees extra cooler get the mx4.
- went with a more expensive/ebtter mobo fot that i got a 250gb ssd and a 1tb hdd.
just install windows and programs on the ssd and store ur files on the hdd. or get the 500gb one if u got the money.
-another case its cheaper and just as good. but ofc taste can vary

the rest is solid

Why the asus motherboard on new egg it seems to have a lower review by customers

Dark Lord of Tech · Apr 3, 2016

dinglez :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.00 @ B&H)
Case: Thermaltake Core V71 ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($21.55 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.86 @ Amazon)
Total: $1765.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 08:34 EDT-0400

I'm building my first gaming/ multitasking (gaming/skyping/spotify/internet) and was wondering if this build was any good; any suggestions for improvements on any of the parts listed. Also Id like to have the option to Over Clock the system by 10%-20%

I'm pretty lost on the motherboard and GPU aspect since im not sure which 980ti would be the best and which motherboard would be good at a about 210 dollars max price.

VERY VERY NICE BUILD all super quality components...BUILD IT.

doubletake · Apr 3, 2016

Everything looks good on the build you listed OP. The only thing you might want to consider is getting a higher capacity PSU in case you ever want to go multi-GPU. If so, then you'd want to get at least an 850W supply; if not, then the build is perfectly fine as is and you're all set.

Search

First high end gaming build thoughts?

dinglez

Commendable

Dark Lord of Tech

superninja12

Glorious

dinglez

Commendable

Dark Lord of Tech

Retired Moderator

doubletake

Honorable

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page