Help with my gaming build please

Kaps1

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Sep 14, 2016
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Hey guys, I am building my first gaming PC. I am building an Alienware, yes I know it's a Dell. I don't have the skills/confidence to put one together myself, and with a Alienware I have support and warranties when I need them. I am not a complete noob, and understand a lot of the basics, but some of this is getting over my head. If something seems to low or to outrageously high please let me know, I would like to save money where I can while still building a great machine to last awhile.

I am looking at the Aurora with:

Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (4-Cores, 8MB Cache, Turbo Boost 2.0, up to 4.0GHz)

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Founders Edition with 8GB GDDR5 ( what is better the 1070 or dual 960s?) Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 with 2GB GDDR5 each (NVIDIA SLI® Enabled)


8GB HyperX® FURY DDR4 XMP at 2400MHz ( first question, for gaming/vr is this adequate or do I want 16 gig?)

2TB (64MB Cache) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s

256GB M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)

Tray Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner

Alienware™ 460 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply(or should I do the 950?)

Intel® 3165 1x1 802.11ac Wi-Fi Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.2

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
 
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A single GPu is better and less sli issues plus a 1070 is about as powerful as a 980Ti if I remember right so its still more powerful then dual 960's.

I would go with 16gb myself but 8 is enough for gaming.

See if you can find ouot which m.2 drive it is. If its a sata in m.2 form then I wouldn't bother, You can add that in yourself later. Nvme or nothing for me.

460w is enough, 950 seems excessive unless you plan on AMD or dual 1070's later on. If the price increase is more than $100 then I would get the 460 and upgrade the PSU down the road when you actually need it.

popatim

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A single GPu is better and less sli issues plus a 1070 is about as powerful as a 980Ti if I remember right so its still more powerful then dual 960's.

I would go with 16gb myself but 8 is enough for gaming.

See if you can find ouot which m.2 drive it is. If its a sata in m.2 form then I wouldn't bother, You can add that in yourself later. Nvme or nothing for me.

460w is enough, 950 seems excessive unless you plan on AMD or dual 1070's later on. If the price increase is more than $100 then I would get the 460 and upgrade the PSU down the road when you actually need it.

 
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