I am building an extreme edition matx Machine this time around...

General_Lee862000 · Sep 6, 2016

I will be building my Extreme Edition PC that will be built around an

I7 6950X Extreme Edition

ASUS X99-M WS mATX Dual Intel LAN with M.2/USB 3.1/ 3T3R Wi-Fi Onboard Workstation Motherboard

CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Memory Kit Model CMD32GX4M4B3200C16

Corsair Hydro Series H110i Extreme Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler Cooling. 280mm CW-9060026-WW

AeroCool StrikeX Cube Red Steel Mini-ITX Cube Computer Case

2 Titan X Pascals

I think this will be pretty good extreme pc for my future goals and should last me quite a while too before I even have to think about upgrading again. I've been wanting to do a system like this for quite a while.

I would like to know if anyone else has any other better ideas for this build? Please and Thank You!

James Mason · Sep 6, 2016

uhh, your current build has an i7-6700k and a 980ti.

Why do you think you need an upgrade? the performance difference between the two isn't that significant, except in a couple small use cases.

Also, you're paying like 5 times the price of your current CPU for only a 20% performance increase.

If you hate money, it's doable, but nothing is future proof.

weberdarren97 · Sep 6, 2016

CPU? Power Supply? SSD/HDD? Case?

Budget?

Demonic Heart · Sep 6, 2016

off topic queston.

You rich?

General_Lee862000 · Sep 6, 2016

weberdarren97 :

you do know it is in the first post except a budget which will 5k or so which this is pretty close or over that ( which doesn't bother if it ends up costing more.)

James Mason · Sep 6, 2016

You'll be unsatisfied with it's performance in a year if you do build it.

If your current build is any indication.

ThomasLeong · Sep 6, 2016

Just a word of caution with that supposedly high-end and expensive motherboard.

The on-board M.2 is only 10GB/s, not 32GB/s, i.e. probably PCIe 2.0x4, NOT PCIe 3.0x4, i.e. you will not get the expected max performance (2xxx MB/s Sequential Read speeds) from the new range of M.2 cards. Seems more suited to the first generation of Plextor M.2 cards. However, if you skip the slot and use a proper rated PCIe3.0x4 Adapter Card (meaning takes up one of the PCIe slots), you would get the expected performance.

General_Lee862000 · Sep 6, 2016

ThomasLeong :

that might be what i'll do if there is enough room with 2 Titan X Pascal Video Cards.

ThomasLeong · Sep 6, 2016

General_Lee862000 :

Doubt very much you can do that with a mATX mobo. The Titan X Pascal is a 2-slot card, so both the x1 slot and last (black) x16 slots are going to be covered up. One Titan X card will leave the 3rd (grey) and 4th (black) x16 slots available for a M.2 PCIe 3.0x4 Adapter card.

General_Lee862000 · Sep 6, 2016

ThomasLeong :

General_Lee862000 :

Doubt very much you can do that with a mATX mobo. The Titan X Pascal is a 2-slot card, so both the x1 slot and last (black) x16 slots are going to be covered up. One Titan X card will leave the 3rd (grey) and 4th (black) x16 slots available for a M.2 PCIe 3.0x4 Adapter card.

Yeah I wasn't to sure because they are such big cards though I might just leave one in it and put the other in my current system then i'll have to see when I buy everything what exactly I want to do.

ThomasLeong · Sep 6, 2016

This WS version in mATX form is a curious design for a supposedly high-end mobo. The black PCIex16_3 slot has been hard-assigned x8 or x4 lanes for a 40-lane or 28-lane cpu respectively. There is no option given in the BIOS to lower the x8 lane assignment to x4 to allow the M.2 to have the other 4 lanes from the cpu. Was ASUS expecting a user to use 3-way SLI when there is no room given for 2-slot gpu cards at the 3rd and 4th x16 slots?

Fixing the M.2 slot to 10Gb/s instead of 32Gb/s is, in my opinion, just bad planning, bad design seeing as the board was introduced to market mid-late 2015. Granted there were not many PCIe 3.0x4 M.2 SSDs available then except for the Samsung which was not available in the normal consumer market...but the trend for fast M.2 SSDs cards was already there, and to limit this board's potential raises question marks in one's head. I would have bought it on release if the M.2 slot was PCIe 3.0x4 especially since I already had the Samsung SM951 before the board was announced.

g-unit1111 · Sep 6, 2016

What's the purpose of this system? If it's gaming you're going for a 6950X is colossal overkill. What is your overall budget?

turkey3_scratch · Sep 6, 2016

A lot of times the I5-6600K will be better for games than the 6950X. More modern architecture, better single-threaded performance with its higher frequency, and could probably OC better.

g-unit1111 · Sep 6, 2016

General_Lee862000 :

You are aware that a micro ATX motherboard will not work in a mini ITX case, right? You would need a board such as this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157588

Which only has one SLI slot and you would not be able to SLI a Pascal Titan X.

General_Lee862000 · Sep 6, 2016

g-unit1111 :

General_Lee862000 :

You are aware that a micro ATX motherboard will not work in a mini ITX case, right? You would need a board such as this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157588

Which only has one SLI slot and you would not be able to SLI a Pascal Titan X.

Actually it is compatible with both Mini ITX and Micro ATX it is in the description on both newegg.com and Aercools website.

g-unit1111 · Sep 6, 2016

General_Lee862000 :

Huh, that's kind of confusing that case would get labeled that way.

General_Lee862000 · Sep 6, 2016

g-unit1111 :

When I first looked at it I thought so to till I looked at both newegg and aerocools website.

General_Lee862000 · Sep 6, 2016

ThomasLeong :

I also noticed that and was willing to make the sacrifice for this build.

g-unit1111 :

I am looking for a rig that can play games but also do anything else I want like video editing, photo editing, website design, graphics design, programming, run creative cloud etc.

g-unit1111 · Sep 6, 2016

General_Lee862000 :

So why would you spend such a crazy amount of money to upgrade? You're looking at $6K minimum, and there really isn't anything that the 6950X can do that a 6700K can do.

Say you were to go through with this, here is what you would be paying:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz 10-Core Processor ($1649.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG A80 128.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($124.45 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus X99-M WS Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($263.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3466 Memory ($519.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Other: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X Pascal ($1299.99)
Other: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X Pascal (2-Way SLI) ($1299.99)
Total: $5865.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 17:00 EDT-0400

turkey3_scratch · Sep 6, 2016

Yes basically you are looking for your current rig

why not buy a car? Your current rig is capable of everything you want to do.

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