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alij8000

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Jul 11, 2016
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Greetings,Thank You For Attending my question.
im going to build a PC with the provided below specs.
i need your expertise,im not very good at this,in fact,this is only the second time im building a pc,the last time was around 8 years ago so you can imagine im far behind the progress the gaming world has been making.
i went ahead and did my research,i came up with this PC a few months ago but i did not go trough with it,i've reconsidered.
can you give me your opinions and any advice ? any mistakes i might have made,and if i could use anything better than these parts?
within acceptble range price is not a problem(below 2000$)
if it makes that much diffrence that is.

Corsair Gaming MM300 Anti-Fray Cloth Gaming Mouse Pad, Medium

Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum RGB Tunable Gaming Mouse, FPS Mouse

Logitech K350 2.4Ghz Wireless Keyboard

Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive
(ST3000DM001)

Samsung 850 EVO - 250GB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)

Intel Boxed Core I5-6600K 3.50 GHz, 6 M Processor Cache 6 for LGA 1151 (BX80662I56600K)

Corsair RMx Series, RM850x, 850W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified, 10 year warranty

Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler , Black

Cooler Master HAF X - Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 Ports and Windowed Side Panel (RC-942-KKN1)

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO LGA1151 DDR4 M.2 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Type A Type C Intel Z170 ATX Motherboard

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Super Clocked Gaming ACX 2.0 6GB GDDR5 384bit PCI-E Graphic Card (06G-P4-4995-KR)

Lite-On 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive Optical Drive IHAS124-14

Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400MHz PC3 19200 Desktop RAM, Red

Tottal price of this build : 1.709$

Switched from EVGA 6Gb to ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition, ZT-P10700A-10P, 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Dual-link DVI-I Display Port, HDMI,Same Price,Unbelivebly!

===========>
Switched From Zotac 1070 to
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (GEFORCE GTX 1080 Founders Edition) by MSI +250$

Switched from corsair Ddr3 2400hz to Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz (PC4-24000) C15 Memory Kit - Black by Corsair
In Stock roughly the same price??wtf...

I use a sony 3d 52inch tv as monitor

switched gaming keyboard to g910 orion spark.

tottal price now at 2000$
 
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Mr Kagouris
Only got a few tips to give you, as this build is otherwise flawless.

Power supply is overkill for a single card. If you think you won't be doing SLI, you can save a few bucks by going with a 550W.

For a gaming PC, a 3TB hard drive is a bit excessive. Bump it down to 2TB, and see if you can bump up the SSD to 500GB (trust me, in this day and age more SSD space is good).

If your monitor is 4K, you want to wait on the graphics card, save up a bit more, and buy a GTX 1080 Ti when it comes out (estimate some time this winter based on 700-series and 900-series release schedules). Even the GTX 1080 is not fully capable of handling 4K without extensive overclocking, but the GTX 1080 Ti will be able to handle well even at stock clock speed...
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Mr Kagouris

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Only got a few tips to give you, as this build is otherwise flawless.

Power supply is overkill for a single card. If you think you won't be doing SLI, you can save a few bucks by going with a 550W.

For a gaming PC, a 3TB hard drive is a bit excessive. Bump it down to 2TB, and see if you can bump up the SSD to 500GB (trust me, in this day and age more SSD space is good).

If your monitor is 4K, you want to wait on the graphics card, save up a bit more, and buy a GTX 1080 Ti when it comes out (estimate some time this winter based on 700-series and 900-series release schedules). Even the GTX 1080 is not fully capable of handling 4K without extensive overclocking, but the GTX 1080 Ti will be able to handle well even at stock clock speed (this assumption is based on the previous performance differences between the x80 and x80 Ti cards, and on the fact that the 1080 Ti will feature HBM2 which is great for higher resolution gaming due to its massive memory bus).
 
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alij8000

Commendable
Jul 11, 2016
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Thank you very much for the info and your guidance,
one thing i failed to mention is that i changed the liquid cooler to
Cooler Master V8 GTS - High Performance CPU Cooler with Horizontal Vapor Chamber and 8 Heatpipes,because i was scared it would leek and destroy my ''precious!''
is that gonna cause any problems?
my monitor unfortunetly isn't UHD its just a normal 1080p.

 
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Mr Kagouris

Mr Kagouris

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If you want to go for air cooling, go for a Coolermaster MasterAir Maker 8. It's the first cooler to use 3D vapor chamber technology, and the payoff is pretty impressive as it's able to keep up with all but the best AIO water coolers. I think it will complement your case really well as well. The only issue is that the stock fans sometimes can't fit with higher RAM. You shouldn't have any problems though as Corsair Vengeance is fairly low-profile, and even if you do Coolermaster included extra mounting brackets so you can put on a 120mm fan of your choice instead.

Speaking of RAM, Corsair will soon be releasing new Vengeance DDR4 sticks with built-in LED lighting (they will be available in red and some other colors, but not RGB as far as we know yet). Take a look at photos and see if you think they're worth waiting a while for.
 
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