Help picking parts for 4k computer

Dwood180 · Jun 26, 2016

Hi guys,

I'm going to build a 4K gaming computer and need some help picking a motherboard and the best way to do a water cooling loop.

this is what I have so far http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/nk8r7h

Any advise would be appreciated

okcnaline · Jun 26, 2016

You don't need 2 GTX 1080s.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($483.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GAMING 6 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($293.00 @ IJK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($103.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($122.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($1179.00 @ PLE Computers)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case ($149.00 @ IJK)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($137.00 @ Umart)
Total: $2663.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-26 15:37 AEST+1000

Presuming you've only began digging into custom water cooling, I'd suggest flexible tubes. Look into EKWB for the CPU blocks, and Swiftech for the other stuff like reservoir and radiator. Both can be found at PCCaseGear.

NOTE: If you aren't doing water cooling right out of the bat, DO NOT boot up the PC without an air cooler! Don't kill the CPU!

Dwood180 · Jun 26, 2016

Thanks for the reply, I'm still new to this so appreciate any advise I can get. ill be water cooling straight away as I would like to water cool the CPU and GPU. What would be the best water cooling solution for the 1080?

okcnaline :

You don't need 2 GTX 1080s.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($483.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GAMING 6 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($293.00 @ IJK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($103.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($122.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($1179.00 @ PLE Computers)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case ($149.00 @ IJK)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($137.00 @ Umart)
Total: $2663.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-26 15:37 AEST+1000

Presuming you've only began digging into custom water cooling, I'd suggest flexible tubes. Look into EKWB for the CPU blocks, and Swiftech for the other stuff like reservoir and radiator. Both can be found at PCCaseGear.

NOTE: If you aren't doing water cooling right out of the bat, DO NOT boot up the PC without an air cooler! Don't kill the CPU!

okcnaline · Jun 26, 2016

Backplate:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35565/ek-full-cover-ek-fc1080-gtx-backplate-black
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35785/ek-full-cover-ek-fc1080-gtx-backplate-nickel

GTX 1080 block:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35564/ek-full-cover-vga-block-ek-fc1080-gtx-acetal-nickel
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35563/ek-full-cover-vga-block-ek-fc1080-gtx-nickel
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/35562/ek-full-cover-vga-block-ek-fc1080-gtx-plexi

CPU block:
https://www.pccasegear.com/category/207_160_878_879/cooling/water-cooling/waterblocks/cpu-waterblocks (Anything that doesn't say AMD or X99 works.)

Reservoir and pump:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/33817/ek-xres-140-revo-d5-pwm-pump-reservoir-combo

Radiator:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/28954/ek-coolstream-rad-xtx-240-radiator

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