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Hey all,

I'm looking to buy and build a premium gaming rig in the next week or two. I've compiled some component lists in the past but there always seems to be something not right about it, either something's not compatible or there are better choices that I've over looked. So I was hoping some of you guys with more know how could compile/suggest a list for me? I appreciate any feedback, thanks.

 
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That's a lot of money for a PC! If you're going to spend that much I advise you wait a little while for Skylake / Pascal. If you really can't...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core OEM/Tray Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 OC Formula EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($263.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung SM951 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($383.39 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung SM951 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($383.39 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($996.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($996.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($229.08 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($17.28 @ OutletPC)
Total: $3951.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Room leftover for Case / Monitor / HDD if you need it. Because of the large budget I opted for two SM951 in RAID0, which is 1TB of storage space with over 4GB/s Sequential Read.
 
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Realy Titan X?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($1009.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($439.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($341.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($341.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($202.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($688.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($688.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($187.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) ($139.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4498.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 07:31 EDT-0400
 
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I would be recommending a 950W-1000W PSU for that rig. 850W is the minimum recommended. Always good to have some headroom for overclocking everything :)
 
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Thanks all for the replies. Milkshake I like that build a lot but I need to ask is that much storage a bit of an over kill? Also I haven't had any experience with liquid cooling and I've heard it can be risky. What's your opinion on liquid vs fan?

 
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do you already own a 4k monitor, or would you want them to add that to their builds, do you want 2 or 3 monitors.
make sure OS is also included in the builds. 16GB RAm is all you will ever need.
about the cooling its really up to you, but nothing is wrong with air cooling and most likely your CPU wont be the bottleneck to the point you need to OC it really high.
 
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Well...because I thought I had extra room in the budget and didn't see that mistake, doh! This should be just as awesome, almost the same price, and all parts accounted for:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 OC Formula EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($263.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung SM951 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($386.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung SM951 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($386.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($996.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($996.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($229.08 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($17.28 @ OutletPC)
Total: $4228.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 07:20 EDT-0400

The 750 is great but only really shines in large blocks. The SM951 is still the better boot-drive / 4k drive.
 
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A pump will always go bad before a fan will. Even a high-grade pump has a shorter lifespan than your typical fan. Liquid cooling has superior performance but uses more power, is generally noisier, and is to some degree less reliable.

It's worth it if you plan on overclocking to a pinnacle, but you're only going to push a 5960x so far and honestly overclocking GPUs at 4k is just a bad idea because the VRM overheats and throttles too quickly. I would stick to a cheap sensible NH-C14 or D14 or similar as it will last forever and do the job 95% as well or better.
 
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Build is a bit under your budget, primarily because I don't believe Titan Xs and the 5960X are reasonably priced. Leaves you room to grab a 4K monitor if you don't have one and custom cables if you like. The only alteration I would make is grabbing the Asus 980 ti Strix cards instead of the Msi ones because the Asus ones are just better. They're hard to get at the moment though.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3 EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($487.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($171.87 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Black 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $3843.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 07:17 EDT-0400
 
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Cheers Mate !

 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($559.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H240-X 90.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($149.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme6/ac ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($253.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($319.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung SM951 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($196.99 @ Mac Mall)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($156.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($634.39 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($634.39 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($207.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($91.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $3354.45
 
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Update:

First I just wanted to say thanks for all the help and suggestions so far. From the builds you've all posted I've done some research and mixed and matched depending on what I like. This is what I've come up with so far but I wanted to check with you guys first to make sure it's all compatible or if there's anything I should change. I still have yet to choose what cooling system I want to go with. I'm leaning more towards liquid cooling but there's so many to choose from and I'm unable to tell the difference between any of them. Any way here's my build thus far:

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960k (though its much more costly than the 5930, is there much difference?)
CPU Cooling: I can't decide
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000
Storage Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
Storage: WD 3TB 3.5 Inch Caviar Black Internal Hard Drive WD3003FZEX
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 1000W 80+ Gold Power Supply (will 1000 be enough?)
Case: Lian Li PC-O8

As for a 4k monitor. I don't have one yet but I've found a couple of Asus monitors that I like and I have a separate budget for that.

I'm looking forward to your feedback.
 
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For an all-in-one water cooler, look toward Swiftech (H220-X or H240-X). They are great coolers (good pumps and fans). You get what you pay for here so be prepared.. At a little bit lower cost you could consider the NZXT X61 or X41, or the Corsair H100i GTX, H105, or H100i.


The 5930k lacks two cores, but has a slightly higher block speed. Both the 5960k and 5930k support 40 PCI Express lanes. Here is he kicker... If you plan to overclock, will only ever run two GPUs and no M.2 drive, then the 28 PCI Express lanes in the 5820k are more than sufficient. The 5820k will overclock the same as the 5930k and save you quite a bit on the budget... you are just "stuck" with 28 PCIe lanes. If you added a third GPU or an M.2 drive (things that consume PCIe lanes), then maybe the 40 lanes of the 5930k make sense.


Yes. 1000w is a good size for a pair of GTX 980 Ti GPUs. It leaves a bit of headroom as your max draw will be closer to / under 850w.
 
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