A very good and solid build? Honest opinions please.

Panos Beltis · Aug 1, 2016

Hello, me and my sister we're planning on creating something big and awesome, we got the idea from this video here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVhCzSD5HN0

^She's amazing, right? I was talking about the computer, ok, she is also amazing, kidding. Anyway, back to our issue, we couldn't find the exact components here, and it's like most of them don't even exist anymore...and in my country we have so much limits on options now. So, here's my big question, I'll type down the important parts we need to clarify.

Motherboard : MSI Motherboard X99 A Gaming 9 ACK
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/X99A-GAMING-9-ACK.html#hero-overview

CPU : Intel Core I-7 5930K 3.5 GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/82931/Intel-Core-i7-5930K-Processor-15M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz

RAM : Corsair Desktop RAM Vengeance LPX 16GB kit 2.800 MGHz DDR4
http://www.corsair.com/se-fi/vengeance-lpx-16gb-4x4gb-ddr4-dram-2800mhz-c16-memory-kit-red-cmk16gx4m4a2800c16r

GPU : MSI VGA GTX 970 GAMING 4GB
http://www.skroutz.gr/s/5589117/MSI-GeForce-GTX970-4GB-Gaming-GTX-970-GAMING-4G.html

CASE : Corsair Obsidian 450 D Mid Tower
http://www.corsair.com/en/obsidian-series-450d-mid-tower-pc-case

POWER/PSU : Corsair PSU CS Series 650W 80+Gold CS650M Modular
http://www.corsair.com/en/cs-series-modular-cs650m-650-watt-80-plus-gold-certified-psu

We don't really need to discuss about the other stuff like hdd/sdd etc etc, so, our questions is like simple...are these gonna fit with each other? Like, is this cpu the i-7 5930k gonna be fit in the motherboard? What about GPU? Is this build decent enough to play games even for the next 3 years?

Other stuff below :

Cooling Method : Corsair CPU Cooler Hydro H110i GT Extreme Performance
http://www.corsair.com/en/hydro-series-h110i-gt-280mm-extreme-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler

SSD : Corsair Neutron Series XT 240GB SSD
http://www.skroutz.gr/s/6288238/Corsair-Neutron-Series-XT-240GB-SSD.html

HDD : Western Digital Green 2TB SATA III
http://www.skroutz.gr/s/2386854/Western-Digital-Green-2TB-SATA-III.html

That's all, as you can see, we had to make some changes on some parts, because we can't find them in our country. So, my question still remains, are these good? Can these be fit with each other? I don't want to get a cpu that won't fit on my motherboard, or a gpu that can't fit on the motherboard or case. Please, someone enlighten us with a good, simple and honest answer. We're so confused, we do search but we're confused.

Sorry for the long post and I hope my english aren't bad. Thank you for your time.

CTurbo · Aug 1, 2016

You're spending too much money in all the wrong places.

What is your budget and country?

Isokolon · Aug 1, 2016

Your PSU is garbage. I wouldn't buy that one.
A nice Seasonic/XFX unit is mandatory for a system like that.

Regarding your RAM choice, I might be wrong but I'm not sure your mainboard supports DDR4 RAM

CTurbo · Aug 1, 2016

Your PSU is garbage. I wouldn't buy that one.
A nice Seasonic/XFX unit is mandatory for a system like that.

Regarding your RAM choice, I might be wrong but I'm not sure your mainboard supports DDR4 RAM

You're right about the psu, but wrong about the RAM.

geofelt · Aug 1, 2016

What will this pc be mainly used for?
If it is for gaming, the superior core speed of skylake i5-6600K or I76700K will be better.
For multithreaded apps that can fully utilize all cores then a X99 based 6 or 8 core cpu is good.

Past that, here are some other comments:

Corsair CS is only tier 3 quality on a list like this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
You can do better, look for Seasonic, they are always good.

modern Intel processors do not need exotic cooling.
Noctua NH-U12s or NH-U14s is all you need.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

Love a ssd for windows. Samsung is considered the best brand, Intel next.

GTX970 is good for most games at 1080P.
Unless you get a great price on it, I would go with newer gen GTX1060 which should be priced similarly and is stronger.

Panos Beltis · Aug 1, 2016

Our budget is currently 0 but we're try to save a lot for the next year or the year after that, it's too soon yet, but we need to get a clean cut.

We live in Greece.

I thought the gold version of a corsair psu was good?

Panos Beltis · Aug 1, 2016

This build is mainly for gaming and a little bit of video editing. We want the best performance and graphics on games.

Isokolon · Aug 1, 2016

It's not all about the efficiency (bronze silver gold) but the quality of the design. The Corsair Cs Series is poorly designed unfortunately and lacks quality of the used components.

hdmark · Aug 1, 2016

if this is mainly for gaming, i would drop to a z170 board with an i7 6700k, and use the saved money for a gtx 1070 or 1080.

BUTTTTTT if youre not buying for a year... ignore all of what you currently have and start looking in about 10 months when you have your budget figured out.
there will be brand new stuff out in a year and this stuff wont be as relevant

Panos Beltis · Aug 1, 2016

Yeah, we don't have the money now, and it's bad, my sis wants to have the best performance build on gaming, and I told her it would be best If we focus on that mainly, because for video editing it's just too much.

CTurbo · Aug 1, 2016

Yeah you really need to wait until it's closer to time to buy. just remember for next time that the psu is THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

Panos Beltis · Aug 1, 2016

Thank you all, your answers were the best, I wish I could choose all of you as best answers........I really wish that. When the time comes and we have enough money, we'll ask again all of you here what's the best pure gaming pc that we can make and not have to pay like 1800-2500 euros.

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