Building my first PC

[RichardM94]

Greetings all!

I'm looking to build a PC for the very first time and I'm building it mostly for gaming and programming. Originally, I was looking at getting a i5/i7 4690k/4790k and a gtx 970/980 but now that skylakes out, I'm not sure what to get!

So far I've only bought my case, psu, hard drive, disk drive, and cpu cooler but I'm still confused on what to get for a motherboard, gpu, and cpu.

I heard the i7 6700k is good as well as the i5 6600k, but would any of these pair well with the 970/980? And also, I have no clue what to get for a board!

I plan on playing games like Arma 3, Rust, Gta 5, and some newer games on ultra settings at 1080p 60 fps+ as well as some coding/programming. Would the 980/6600k be overkill for 1080p?

Sorry for all the questions, but this is what I've got so far:

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/hLbryc

TL;DR
Is this a decent build for gaming/programming on ultra settings at 1080p? And also, should I get a sound card or a wireless adapter? And is that monitor worth it for the price?

Thank you very much in advance and I apologize if this is the wrong section!

 

[anonman]

In my opinion, I would maybe wait for the GTX 1070 if you're going to spend that much money. But yeah, that build is pretty overkill for 1080p gaming.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

With the GTX 1070 and 1080 right around the corner you should hold fire on buying a GPU.

Both the 6600K and 6700K will offer similar gaming performance, but I imagine the 6700K would be more suitable for your programming work. That's assuming the software you're using can address all eight threads.

The rest of your build looks good to me.

 

[Tradesman1]

That'll be a good rig, nice CPU/mobo combo. I'd hold off on a sound card till you see if the Z170-A sound will suffice, for many it's perfectly fine. ON a Wifi adapter. you already have one in your build specs and yes if planning to run wireless it will be needed

 

[RichardM94]

Thank you very much on all your input! I had no idea the new 1070/1080 were literally right around the corner. My question now is, do I really need a 1080 or will a 1070 suffice? And also will the 212 hyper evo work well with the 6700k? I do plan on over clocking and I'd like to get it to 4.4 GHz if that's possible!

 

[anonman]

Thank you very much on all your input! I had no idea the new 1070/1080 were literally right around the corner. My question now is, do I really need a 1080 or will a 1070 suffice? And also will the 212 hyper evo work well with the 6700k? I do plan on over clocking and I'd like to get it to 4.4 GHz if that's possible!

Supposedly both the 1070 and 1080 are better than the Titan X. If you're gaming at 1080p, a 1070 will more than do.