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Hi all, my name's Tyson and I'm planning a gaming build for the end of this year, currently I'm saving up, and I'mma be building it as soon as I can. I'm planning on doing as good of a job of it as possible, and I'm going with a black and orange theme. I'm planning on using a 750D (airflow edition) as the case, getting it a few months earlier than the rest of my parts, taking it apart and painting it to suit my theme. I'm also planning on using Thermaltake Riing Orange LED fans, so I don't have to buy case lighting. I'm trying to make it both badass and high end, but not too over the top, having said that, I want to be able to game in 4K with rather high settings on this, playing a variety of games - most of which have explosions (because explosions are fun, but only on a computer.) I would also like to be able to use it for HD and high quality VR (although I'm not sure I'll ever be able to afford a headset, I can dream) I'm planning on having an Acer XB281 4K monitor, as well as an i7 6700K as the processor, (which I'll cool with a H110i GT), however, despite doing my research (to varying degrees of thoroughness in all honesty) I have a handfull of questions, a few I can assume the answer to, but I'll ask anyway. Any help would be greatly appreciated and if people are interested, I'll make a thread later on when I start the build. (I'll also include my (constantly changing) partlist below)
Question 1: Am I better off with 16gb of 3200mhz of ram (4x4gb) or with 32gb of the same speed (4x8gb) keeping in mind that I don't want 16gb extra if I won't be using it anytime soon. ANSWERED: Thank-You Blastoise24!
Question 2: I'm looking for the fastest M.2. SSD I can buy for under $300 (256gb or similar, as I know they can vary in that department) would I be correct in saying a Samsung 950 Pro is my best option?
Question 3: Graphics Cards. Will I be better off buying 2 980 Xtreme Gaming graphics cards in SLI OR 2 980ti Xtreme Gaming cards, as I know the 980's actually have a faster base clock than the 980ti's (yes, they are around the right way) (Thank-You Blastoise24, I'mma wait for a few more responses before I decide on this one, as it's definitely gonna impact my performance, I also just checked out the specs for the 1080, and I'm considering one of those, as the price is supposed to be between a 980 and a 980ti, for 8gb of GDDR5X, so I'm thinking I'll probably SLI two of those, again, for future proofing )
Question 4: I'm not too concerned about price on this one, so offer up your best suggestions, but sound card wise, what is my best option (quality wise) if I want a 7.1 card?
Question 5: I'm pretty sure I'll need an anti-static wrist strap (like 99% sure, but tell me if I won't) but will I need an antistatic mat or not, as this is my first build?
Aaaaand now for the parts list (which is very subject to change)
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K (4.0GHz base, 4.2Ghz Turbo)
Cooler: Corsair H110i GT (side question, I'm assuming the answer is no, but does this come filled with a liquid? It doesn't say on the page, and like I said, I assume no, but I'm not sure) (I'll be putting 2 Riing fans on this, but would 4 improve my cooling (also I picked this because I don't want a massive heatsink and I want to be able to overclock the CPU in future - feel free to provide better options for a 240mm CPU cooler (as long as it's pre-assembled)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force (again, suggestions are welcome)
RAM: 16GB 3200MHz 4x4Gb G.Skill Ripjaws V
Graphics Card(s): 2x 980/ti's in SLI ?? (Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming either way)
Sound Card: ??
SSD: Samsung 950 Pro 256gb M.2. SSD ??
HDD: Western Digital WD Black (2TB) (I'mma use a cablemod orange cable for this)
Power Supply: (For future proofing) EVGA SuperNOVA G2 Gold 1300W (which I'll be replacing the cables included with orange/orange and black ones from cablemod)
ODD Devices: 1x NZXT Aperture Multimedia Hub
1x Pioneer Blu-Ray Burner (not a slim one)
1x NZXT Sentry 3 Fan Controller
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition (with window) (which I'll paint black and orange)
Case Fans: 5x Thermaltake Riing Orange 120mm LED fans (as mentioned before, 2x 140mm Riing Orange fans also for the H110i)
Monitor: Acer XB281HK 28in G-Sync 4K Gaming monitor (but again, I'm open to suggestions)
Thanks, and any help would be greatly appreciated
Question 1: Am I better off with 16gb of 3200mhz of ram (4x4gb) or with 32gb of the same speed (4x8gb) keeping in mind that I don't want 16gb extra if I won't be using it anytime soon. ANSWERED: Thank-You Blastoise24!
Question 2: I'm looking for the fastest M.2. SSD I can buy for under $300 (256gb or similar, as I know they can vary in that department) would I be correct in saying a Samsung 950 Pro is my best option?
Question 3: Graphics Cards. Will I be better off buying 2 980 Xtreme Gaming graphics cards in SLI OR 2 980ti Xtreme Gaming cards, as I know the 980's actually have a faster base clock than the 980ti's (yes, they are around the right way) (Thank-You Blastoise24, I'mma wait for a few more responses before I decide on this one, as it's definitely gonna impact my performance, I also just checked out the specs for the 1080, and I'm considering one of those, as the price is supposed to be between a 980 and a 980ti, for 8gb of GDDR5X, so I'm thinking I'll probably SLI two of those, again, for future proofing
)Question 4: I'm not too concerned about price on this one, so offer up your best suggestions, but sound card wise, what is my best option (quality wise) if I want a 7.1 card?
Question 5: I'm pretty sure I'll need an anti-static wrist strap (like 99% sure, but tell me if I won't) but will I need an antistatic mat or not, as this is my first build?
Aaaaand now for the parts list (which is very subject to change)
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K (4.0GHz base, 4.2Ghz Turbo)
Cooler: Corsair H110i GT (side question, I'm assuming the answer is no, but does this come filled with a liquid? It doesn't say on the page, and like I said, I assume no, but I'm not sure) (I'll be putting 2 Riing fans on this, but would 4 improve my cooling (also I picked this because I don't want a massive heatsink and I want to be able to overclock the CPU in future - feel free to provide better options for a 240mm CPU cooler (as long as it's pre-assembled)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-SOC Force (again, suggestions are welcome)
RAM: 16GB 3200MHz 4x4Gb G.Skill Ripjaws V
Graphics Card(s): 2x 980/ti's in SLI ?? (Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming either way)
Sound Card: ??
SSD: Samsung 950 Pro 256gb M.2. SSD ??
HDD: Western Digital WD Black (2TB) (I'mma use a cablemod orange cable for this)
Power Supply: (For future proofing) EVGA SuperNOVA G2 Gold 1300W (which I'll be replacing the cables included with orange/orange and black ones from cablemod)
ODD Devices: 1x NZXT Aperture Multimedia Hub
1x Pioneer Blu-Ray Burner (not a slim one)
1x NZXT Sentry 3 Fan Controller
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition (with window) (which I'll paint black and orange)
Case Fans: 5x Thermaltake Riing Orange 120mm LED fans (as mentioned before, 2x 140mm Riing Orange fans also for the H110i)
Monitor: Acer XB281HK 28in G-Sync 4K Gaming monitor (but again, I'm open to suggestions)
Thanks, and any help would be greatly appreciated
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