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photonboy
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1. Did not see a CPU cooler. I recommend a Cryorig H7.
2. recommend DDR3 1866MHz or 2133MHz CAS9 (I can link an article for why)
3. Suggest 2TB or 3TB HDD instead. A 2TB doesn't add much cost. Some things use a lot of space, for example I'd use Acronis True Image or similar to make automated backup IMAGES of your C-drive.
4. $80 in fans?
What are these for?
You have case fans already, so not sure these would do anything useful.
5. *I'll throw together a build maybe just out of curiosity.
Canadian prices suck, eh? (I'm Canadian too. Sigh... at least Trump isn't our potential leader..)
1. Did not see a CPU cooler. I recommend a Cryorig H7.
2. recommend DDR3 1866MHz or 2133MHz CAS9 (I can link an article for why)
3. Suggest 2TB or 3TB HDD instead. A 2TB doesn't add much cost. Some things use a lot of space, for example I'd use Acronis True Image or similar to make automated backup IMAGES of your C-drive.
4. $80 in fans?
What are these for?
You have case fans already, so not sure these would do anything useful.
5. *I'll throw together a build maybe just out of curiosity.
Canadian prices suck, eh? (I'm Canadian too. Sigh... at least Trump isn't our potential leader..)
photonboy
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SKYLAKE build: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/NsLjYJ
Points:
1) i5-6600K
- if you need the i7 go for it, but it's a lot more money and won't benefit gaming much. If you convert video or similar it will benefit.
2) CPU cooler-> The Cryorig H7 wasn't available so the EVO was a placeholder. I don't like liquid cooling as I've seen too many problems with pump failure etc that are a huge hassle to deal with.
Noctua NH-U12S is a pretty nice cooler but it's not cheap and probably only a little better than the H7.
3) I used a different case. It's personal preference though the RED on your case may not suite the white of the Asus motherboard. If that stuff matters to you since there is no window anyway.
4) Graphics Card:
Nothing wrong with the GTX970, but I decided to leave that blank and recommend possibly WAITING for one of the newer cards coming soonish. In the mean time you could use the i5-6600K's iGPU for light gaming or use a spare card if you have one that's any good. My advice is something like:
- NVidia Pascal
- 6GB or more VRAM
- GTX970 or better performance
Rumors seem to indicate a 1070 and 1080 models with likely the 1070 being at least as fast as the GTX980. No hard info though.
Points:
1) i5-6600K
- if you need the i7 go for it, but it's a lot more money and won't benefit gaming much. If you convert video or similar it will benefit.
2) CPU cooler-> The Cryorig H7 wasn't available so the EVO was a placeholder. I don't like liquid cooling as I've seen too many problems with pump failure etc that are a huge hassle to deal with.
Noctua NH-U12S is a pretty nice cooler but it's not cheap and probably only a little better than the H7.
3) I used a different case. It's personal preference though the RED on your case may not suite the white of the Asus motherboard. If that stuff matters to you since there is no window anyway.
4) Graphics Card:
Nothing wrong with the GTX970, but I decided to leave that blank and recommend possibly WAITING for one of the newer cards coming soonish. In the mean time you could use the i5-6600K's iGPU for light gaming or use a spare card if you have one that's any good. My advice is something like:
- NVidia Pascal
- 6GB or more VRAM
- GTX970 or better performance
Rumors seem to indicate a 1070 and 1080 models with likely the 1070 being at least as fast as the GTX980. No hard info though.
photonboy
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Since you like RED, here's a motherboard from Asus:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusviiihero
It's a bit more expensive, however it has better audio than some motherboards (SupremeFX) and other features. you can get virtual surround out of stereo headsets for example.
*Maybe get a case with a SIDE PANEL and get a black/red theme going.
My issue with side panels is they are neat to look at but you may get sick of seeing the lights flickering.
Other:
Skylake at the same frequency processes (on average) a bit better than Haswell. The i5-6600K comes at 3.9GHz by default (max turbo value) so it's hard to compare directly to the i7-4790K reviews as it's at 4.4GHz.
However the i5-6600K has a lot more overclocking potential left than the i7-4790K does. Once they are about the same (i.e. 4.4GHz) the i5-6600K will be FASTER in most scenarios only losing if very well threaded. Generally not games, but video conversion etc which also don't tend to be real-time issues.
Converting videos for me tends to be about 15% faster roughly if I enable Hyperthreading on my i7-3770K. The HT can add more than this at times but it averages out because many times the code isn't fully threaded.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusviiihero
It's a bit more expensive, however it has better audio than some motherboards (SupremeFX) and other features. you can get virtual surround out of stereo headsets for example.
*Maybe get a case with a SIDE PANEL and get a black/red theme going.
My issue with side panels is they are neat to look at but you may get sick of seeing the lights flickering.
Other:
Skylake at the same frequency processes (on average) a bit better than Haswell. The i5-6600K comes at 3.9GHz by default (max turbo value) so it's hard to compare directly to the i7-4790K reviews as it's at 4.4GHz.
However the i5-6600K has a lot more overclocking potential left than the i7-4790K does. Once they are about the same (i.e. 4.4GHz) the i5-6600K will be FASTER in most scenarios only losing if very well threaded. Generally not games, but video conversion etc which also don't tend to be real-time issues.
Converting videos for me tends to be about 15% faster roughly if I enable Hyperthreading on my i7-3770K. The HT can add more than this at times but it averages out because many times the code isn't fully threaded.
photonboy
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Good luck!
Don't forget to setup the FAN CONTROL software as applicable. Asus would have that at the motherboard support site. So a few quick tips:
1. update motherboard BIOS (check every few months)
2. memtest86 to test DDR3/4 memory. run a full pass. www.memtest86.com
3. install and tweak FAN SOFTWARE (i.e. CPU fan at 20% until 45degC then ramp up or similar). Case fans if applicable, though must be variable fans.
4. CPU diagnostic: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool
(When I run the diagnostic it seems to set my CPU to base frequency, no Turbo, until I reboot. Just FYI.)
5. Acronis True Image or similar (I have my Windows partition backed up weekly, and older versions auto deleted. Hard to explain here.)
6. Overclocking->
*See OC guides, but run at default, with XMP set, for at least a week to test system stability. Then OC whilst checking with Memtest86, possibly Prime95 for the CPU.
7. STEAM->
a) install to C-drive
b) create a folder for the HDD (i.e. "E" drive?) and install games to this.
c) for games like SKYRIM which has lots of loading, put that on the SSD folder (you can have one folder per drive in the Steam settings, library..)
8. Non-Steam games:
I put mine on my HDD. I just made a folder "E:\Games". In fact on my E-drive I have the folders:
- Games
- Steam2
- Media
- Backups
- Stuff
(I download to the SSD because if I didn't the HDD would start up every time I downloaded a file. Maybe a bit anal, but there you go.)
Don't forget to setup the FAN CONTROL software as applicable. Asus would have that at the motherboard support site. So a few quick tips:
1. update motherboard BIOS (check every few months)
2. memtest86 to test DDR3/4 memory. run a full pass. www.memtest86.com
3. install and tweak FAN SOFTWARE (i.e. CPU fan at 20% until 45degC then ramp up or similar). Case fans if applicable, though must be variable fans.
4. CPU diagnostic: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool
(When I run the diagnostic it seems to set my CPU to base frequency, no Turbo, until I reboot. Just FYI.)
5. Acronis True Image or similar (I have my Windows partition backed up weekly, and older versions auto deleted. Hard to explain here.)
6. Overclocking->
*See OC guides, but run at default, with XMP set, for at least a week to test system stability. Then OC whilst checking with Memtest86, possibly Prime95 for the CPU.
7. STEAM->
a) install to C-drive
b) create a folder for the HDD (i.e. "E" drive?) and install games to this.
c) for games like SKYRIM which has lots of loading, put that on the SSD folder (you can have one folder per drive in the Steam settings, library..)
8. Non-Steam games:
I put mine on my HDD. I just made a folder "E:\Games". In fact on my E-drive I have the folders:
- Games
- Steam2
- Media
- Backups
- Stuff
(I download to the SSD because if I didn't the HDD would start up every time I downloaded a file. Maybe a bit anal, but there you go.)
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