My first PC build ever!! Please take a look..

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Hello everyone.
First I would like to thank you'll for all of the greatest work you guys are doing inhere I learns a lot of new stuff from ya'll since I'm a newbie to all that PC's builds etc...

*Sorry if my English is not good enogh it's not my mom/main language..
*Feel lazy to read up all this? You don't have too.. Since I'm new member inhere I felt like I have to introduce my self lil a bit..
*Just please take a look at the end of the thread for my few lil questions..

Here's a lil background about myself & my needs..
So since I'm using an 7 years old PC witch suites my needs just fine until two years ago..
(Mostly played MMORPG lite games and the last 2 years started to use FLStudio to make beats as a big hobby)
I've always looked for a strongest build upgrade but seems like always I had some money issues so I couldn't really afford it for myself..

This year somehow from YouTube research I noticed that it is possible to make a custom PC that can either run apple operating system
And that thing immediately catch my eyes since I always wanted a powerful Mac for my audio production kind of hobby
But you'll should know what's apple price tag per preformacne is.. Kinda lame in my opinion..
Anyways since that time I said to myself that I would try to save every lil $ for that kind of thing..

Finally that day is all around here and I'm so exited ! And that's the reason I have to take some real good and honest opinions witch I'm pretty sure I could find here..


I been looking at tonymacx86 but seems like nobody there replays :(
I've last checked 2016 April buyer guide and came up with that build selection..

MOBO: msi z170a xpower titanium edition

CPU: Intel core i7 6700k skylake 4.0ghz

COOLING: corsair 100i GTX / Noct nh-d15 (since I want a most possible silent PC dunno what should I pick)

RAM: HyperX Fury DDR4 8GBx4 2133mhz CL14

GPU: internal card (I think it's intel 515 or something like that I'm not sure about it) later on I plan to buy an evga gtx 980ti classfield acx 2.0 ac+ for more serious games play

SSD's: 2x samsung m.2 m2280 950 pro NVMe 256GB
One for OSX and one for WIN 10

HDD: Seagate barracuda 1/2 TB for storage

CASE: Fractal Design Def R5 (I would like to get the windowed one but dunno how it's will performance in term of noise any opinion on that?

PSU: SeaSonic 660W Platinum


Audio gear plan -
AUDIOINTERFACE: Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 USB

MIDIKEYBOARD: Novation Impulse 49/61

MONITORS: Yamaha HS-8

I don't know if that part is nessecary but I dunno if I need some extra PSU wattage/power with those gear plugged to the PC (lol excuses my noobish question ??)

Here goes my few Questions..
1. Is all the parts are compatibly with each other?
2. This build should run dual boot without problems at the OSX side?
3. Witch PSU you guys recommend in term of performance/upgradability/low noises/?

Please guys help me out with your honest opinion I really need it .. becaouse I don't want to screw up this first build of mine..
Really wants to get a new PC that weekend..

Any other opinions/advices would be very appricietd..

Thank ya'll tomshardware team and members..
 
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I agree on the Noctua, that Corsair is loud and you don't need liquid unless you are overclocking the crap out of it.

For the Ram you have 4x8gb, don't do that. The board is only dual channel, just get...
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Overall, quite a good build, I do have some suggestions to make. I suggest the NH-D15 cooler for silence as the H100i is loud. I can't see what RAM you chose, but make sure it is low profile. Instead of a 980ti, consider waiting for Pascal 1080. Great performance at lower temperatures. Maybe even splurge for the Founder's Edition. For the PSU, consider a quality fully modular Corsair or EVGA 750W PSU for future upgrades and peace of mind knowing your house won't blow up. Don't get a cheap PSU or the devil will eat your parts.
 
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Everything Ryan said above I agree with , to add to it , if you go for the r5 with the windowed panel you lose all the noise reduction/sound damping the r5 is good for.

I'm not saying your build would be particularly loud , just not as quiet as the solid panelled version.
 
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Wow guys I appreciate that fastest response !

Basiclly where I live those WDdrives are way more pricy from the Seagate and unfortunately newegg/amazon are not shipable to my current country :(

The ram I chose is Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2133mhz CL14 8GBx4

Should be any problem with that ?
 
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I agree on the Noctua, that Corsair is loud and you don't need liquid unless you are overclocking the crap out of it.

For the Ram you have 4x8gb, don't do that. The board is only dual channel, just get 2x16gb if you want 32 GB. You don't need low profile the ram will be parallel to the cooler.

Seasonic is a better PSU than Corsair by far, EVGA makes some good ones, but there is no reason to not get the Seasonic 6602 platinum PSU you mentioned.

As for the new 1080 I agree I would buy that over a 980ti and especially if you aren't buying now, the 1080 will be out in a month or so. The Founders edition is nothing special its simply a reference card, don't bother. Just buy whatever nice ones EVGA or whoever comes out with, they will be cheaper and likely perform better.
 
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Yep the founders edition is kind of redundant. And doing 4x8 will put extra stress on your memory controllers, or MC. You want dual channel 2x16. Agree.
But you don't really need 32GB ram unless you are rendering or doing server or workstation. Gaming only needs 16 GB. The only get 2x8. And like the 660w Seasonic, I see no problem. As of quality they are virtually all extremely good PSUs. Just know that a second card will need at least 850w and a single card can do 600-700. Higher for OC potential.
 
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I agree 32 gb is overkill unless you need it for work type applications, games now and in the foreseeable future will not need it.

As for the power useage, while for 2 cards 850 is a good idea, your estimate for 1 card is quite high. 550-600 watts is more than enough for all single cards (barring something like a 295x2 which isn't really a single card), and especially the new 1080 will be more power efficient.
 
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Thank you guys for all the fast response.. Really couldn't get that at other forums..

Excuse me but I forgot to mention that the PSU question means also that if I want to get the best out of all the motherboard features like use all PCIs and hookup full data devices storage options.. So that's lead me to another question and it's about the PSU connectivity/connectors dunno how it calls ;)
Witch PSU would give me that all future prof ?
Since I mention money is kinda issues for me I bet this PC would be my main for a good another 5+ years..

I'm kinda guy who's love to expirience new stuff everytime.. And as technology change so fast those years I want to make sure that I won't have any PSU connectors problems in the future..

Uhnm seriously I know 32G is kinda overkill for gaming but I want to get the best audio production workhorse also that's the main reason for the 32G

Anyway guys can u please suggest any good comptabillity ram for me?
 
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For the memory the Hyper X 32gb kit (16gbx2) DDR4-2133 is perfect:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104677&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=hyper_x_32gb-_-20-104-677-_-Product

As for your PSU the one you selected is fine and will run your system and any GPU you want well into the future. You would only consider a larger one if you plan on Crossfire or SLI. I personally would not plan on that (i have crossfire now, it has its own problems). Otherwise yes your PSU is very efficient and future proof.
 
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Thanks guys really appriciate the help :)
Well there is something i dont understand.. whats the point of having 4 slots on the MOBO but only fill 2 of them with cards ?
as ryan_78 said 4x8GB will cause an extra stress
yesterday i did a small research on the webs and almost everyone said that 4 cards would be better instead of 2 >.> im kinda confused right now lol..

About SLI/CF i could barely see myself buy 2 GPUs at the moment.. plus the prices for computer components in my country are so damn high priced compare to Amazon/Newegg but unfurtently they both not shipping anything to my country and thats kinda sucks :(
I tried to find out any alternative for that as a solution but couldnt find any..

So about the PSU i think the one i mention should be fine .. plus i found a Fractal Design Def R5 + SS Platinum 660W bundle so i think its will suites my needs and for future prof availabale
 
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The only time 4 memory DIMMs is better is when you have a quad-channel motherboard, which you do not, and in fact there are no quad channel skylake boards.

The point of having more slots is room for future upgrading. It will cause a little extra stress, not bad, but in terms of overall performance (and it is usually cheaper as well) 2 dimms is better.
 
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When you have a quad channel motherboard so theres would be 8 slots isnt it ?
*Sigh* D:

Nevermind we dont have to go into that anyways..
I probablly put a single 16GB ddr4 2133mhz right now since RAM cards are the "cheapest" component i can always add some more of that later.

So my overall impression from u guys responses is the parts that i chose should be comptabillity with each other and my first build should be good enough for the next few years :)

Any other tips/advices you guys thinking of and would like to trow at my newbie PC knowlage would be greatful.. :p

Much appriciate the support!! :))
 
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Well you don't want to do that either. You want 2 8gb dimms so you get dual channel, a single 16gb will not perform as well. The point was If you're buying now you should buy the most efficient configuration.

As for quad channel, Skylake doesn't support it. X99 does and there are smaller X99 motherboards with only 4 slots, 1 channel per slot.
 
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