Does this system work?

[Fedaja]

Hello,

I want to build a gaming PC in a couple of months. I have build one before and sold it after a year, because I didn't play a lot anymore. But now Total War Warhammer is coming out Anyway, I would like to hear what you think of my thoughts on the components and if it'll work well together. The system I am planning to build is as follows:

- Processor: Intel i5 6600K (I think it offers more value than the i7 and is sufficient) + BeQuiet Dark Rock 3

- Motherboard: MSI Z170A Gaming M5 (I don't really know much about mainboards. My main requirement was that it can run SLI so that I have that option in the future).

- GPU: MSI GeForce Btx 970 (I am still thinking about the 980 but since I don't have a 4k monitor, I reckon the 970 should be enough. And despite the Nvidia scam I think it still offers good value)

- Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB DDR4

- Case: Corsair Graphite 780T Arctic White (This looks terribly cool *.* but I am not convinced yet that it is silent)

- Harddrive: 250 GB Samsung Evo (SSD) + 1TB WD

- Power: beQuiet Dark Power Pro 650W

- Any DVD Burner, possible samsung, LG or Pioneer



So, what do you think?
Thanks

 

[fredfinks]

Save your $ and dont bother with overclocking.
No K cpu, no 3rd party cooler, no z board - get a H170 & 2133mhz ram.

Im preaching a lot but we have to face is that what most of us here enjoy is gaming. The monitor/video card are crucial, if not the most important, components.
Get a 980 (or ideally a 980ti) & a 32" 1440p monitor. It will look AMAZING. The monitor will last you many years / builds.

 

[fredfinks]

Forgot to mention the case with the best build quality, options and silence on the market is the Fractal R5

 

[andreaszero]

Skylake is not worth it at the moment due to awful price/performance ratio. Go for a Xeon 1231 v3 which is basically an i7 4790 with just no integrated graphics which you don't need anyway. You still have 4 cores and 8 threads with hyperthreading and the exact single core performance of the i7-4790. It's definitely better than the 6600k because that has no hyperthreading and the good thing is that the Xeon 1231 v3 costs less. If you go with that you can pick up a cheap H97 motherboard as well and cheap DDR3 ram. It will save you a lot of money and it will actually offer more performance thatn the 6600k due to the Xeon having more threads with hyperthreading and of course as it have been proven a thousand times higher frequency ram e.g. 1600Mhz vs 2400Mhz makes minimal difference and the difference in games does not even exist.

 

[fredfinks]

Concur with Andreas. If you can do anything to the system that wont impact performance but will let you afford a 980 or 980ti with the 32" 16:9 1440p monitor then do it.
If you already have a monitor - sell it on ebay and dont look back.

 

[Fedaja]

Thanks for your replies!

I know that at the moment ddr4 does not offer any real benefit over ddr3 in gaming. But that was the same when ddr3 came out and people said ddr2 would still do. Now I reckon that in the future there will be a difference and I want to have a future orientated system. With a cheaper mainboard and the Xean 1231, would I have to update the system much sooner that I would have to with the i5?

And I don't understand why I don't need a third party cooler.

 

[fredfinks]

You dont need an aftermarket cooler because youre not overclocking and intel stock coolers are fine.

 

[andreaszero]

Thanks for your replies!

I know that at the moment ddr4 does not offer any real benefit over ddr3 in gaming. But that was the same when ddr3 came out and people said ddr2 would still do. Now I reckon that in the future there will be a difference and I want to have a future orientated system. With a cheaper mainboard and the Xean 1231, would I have to update the system much sooner that I would have to with the i5?

And I don't understand why I don't need a third party cooler.

Actually the Xeon is more futureproof than the i5. Futureproofness is measured by how powerful a component it and not by what's newer. The 6600k is technically a 4690k, they got the exact same specs but the 6600k is built with 14nm architecture which means it stays a bit cooler. As for the Xeon, with simple words you're buying an i7 4790 with no integrated graphics. As for the 3rd party cooler, if you can afford one do get one, stock coolers are not that good and of course they are very noisy on high loads.