House was robbed early December shortly after moving in. Jerks got all my electronics. I have an awesome security system w/ cameras now. I was originally thinking of just replacing the laptop with a great gaming one but I feel secure enough now to go with a desktop.
Because I want to game on the 1440p monitor and with ultra or damn close to it settings I went with this build. I will be streaming, and may mess around with video editing.
The plan is to just grab the one 980 ti and when the pascal cards are out, I'll grab a couple of those and replace the 980 ti.
I originally was going to go with the z170 mobos and an i7 6700K build but was convinced that x99 and i7 5820K is still the best way to go for performance and will be for awhile.
I am only snagging one ssd for 512gb. I don't really save a lot of media. Outside of Windows 10 and some saved games I won't have much else saved. If I do get into video editing and need space then I'll probably pick up a 850 Pro 1TB ssd.
Please refrain from criticizing my choices. A lot of thought was put into this and I consulted with several people. At the end of the day its my money. I just want to share this build to the community and get feedback.
Core Build ($2941 USD)
CPU: i7-5820K Haswell-E
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX
Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER AC
Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB
Video Card: MSI GTX 980Ti GAMING 6G GOLDEN EDITION
Power Supply: EVGA 120-G2-1000-XR
Case: Corsair CC-9011073-WW
Monitor: Dell S2716DG (1440p/144hz)
Additional Stuff ($524 USD)
Keyboard: CM QuickFire Rapid-i (Brown switch)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum RGB
Headset/Mic: SteelSeries Siberia Elite Prism
Flight Stick: Saitek X52 Pro
Because I want to game on the 1440p monitor and with ultra or damn close to it settings I went with this build. I will be streaming, and may mess around with video editing.
The plan is to just grab the one 980 ti and when the pascal cards are out, I'll grab a couple of those and replace the 980 ti.
I originally was going to go with the z170 mobos and an i7 6700K build but was convinced that x99 and i7 5820K is still the best way to go for performance and will be for awhile.
I am only snagging one ssd for 512gb. I don't really save a lot of media. Outside of Windows 10 and some saved games I won't have much else saved. If I do get into video editing and need space then I'll probably pick up a 850 Pro 1TB ssd.
Please refrain from criticizing my choices. A lot of thought was put into this and I consulted with several people. At the end of the day its my money. I just want to share this build to the community and get feedback.
Core Build ($2941 USD)
CPU: i7-5820K Haswell-E
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX
Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER AC
Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB
Video Card: MSI GTX 980Ti GAMING 6G GOLDEN EDITION
Power Supply: EVGA 120-G2-1000-XR
Case: Corsair CC-9011073-WW
Monitor: Dell S2716DG (1440p/144hz)
Additional Stuff ($524 USD)
Keyboard: CM QuickFire Rapid-i (Brown switch)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum RGB
Headset/Mic: SteelSeries Siberia Elite Prism
Flight Stick: Saitek X52 Pro