Final Computer Build

[Brian_99]

Alright, so after consideration of all the helpful input from other users and consideration of all my options I think I have come up with my final rig components. As always, outside comments and suggestions are welcome. As far as color schemes go, I'm shooting for red/black/gray. I will be waiting to purchase the components until cyber Monday / black Friday to hopefully save some cash in the neighborhood of $500-$750. Also if you know of any way to help cut down on the cost without losing (or even boosting) performance I'd love to hear it.


PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/D3Wp2R
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/D3Wp2R/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360 40.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($169.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.39 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($93.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($719.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($719.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Inwin GRone Gray (Gray) ATX Full Tower Case ($174.89 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Acer XB271HU bmiprz 27.0" 165Hz Monitor ($799.00 @ B&H)
Total: $3664.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 22:05 EDT-0400

 

[Belphegore]

All excellent parts, however out of personal preference and experience I'd recommend the ASUS Strix 1080 8GB OC card. I've hit 2025 MHz on auto-overclock. Runs like a dream and nice and cool at 66C max while full load.

 

[Kalevra]

It's definitely an awesome build. I do have a question.
What made you choose that monitor?

 

[Brian_99]

My bad didn't mean to click on solution (not to say it was a bad comment). I chose the monitor for price, refresh rate, and decent resolution. Not sure if I really need the second GPU but will wait and see how much they go on sale for. As far as the strix goes, I wanted it but was reading up and found there have been a lot of quality controls recently with it and Gigabyte has always been a strong and reliable performer so I thought I would give them a shot.

 

[Brian_99]

I'd like to add that if the quality issues have been resolved I would be quite interested in learning a bit more in regards to the strix's capabilities.