Final revision, what do you think?

[Ray-in-Kingwood]

Well after many MANY numerous hours of research, videos, etc. I have decided to build my own PC.
Please view my selections and advise.
My one variable that I am concerned with primarily is the use of water cooling.
It seems air is darn near just as good and no leak issues. I chose to select air.
Are AIO's dependable in terms of leakage long term?
My motherboard selection had the built in wi-fi as this will be the  method of connecting on this one. This was and important issue for me. My current wi-fi is smokin' fast @ a consistent 100 mbps
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Ray-in-Kingwood/saved/rXbjXL
 
My usage is lots of internet, vids, etc.....only occasional gaming. I wanted the gaming capability for when my kids come home from time to time.......(graduated college and finally gone! )
 
I looked at all the prebuilts and decided I could make a far superior future proofed system. I tend to keep my computers for more than 5 years before ungrading with new.
My others are so old they are good for donations only.
 
My display of choice for the monitor will be the Dell curved 34 inch.
Dell UltraSharp 34" Ultra-Wide Monitor (U3415W Black)  which I have found for $649 online now. 
Thank you in advance for your opinions and suggestions. I appreciate your recommendations.

 

[Oaklandmurphy]

Your build looks pretty great, if a bit over the top.

Just a personal question though, what in god's name are you going to need 7 TB of storage on a single PC for?

 

[Aeacus]

Nice build.

For SSD drive, i suggest you go for M.2 drive to be able to use much faster speeds that regular SSD can offer.

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB vs 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
Userbenchmark Effective SSD Speed: 94.1% vs 229%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB - 39th / 796
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB - 1st / 796

As far as AIO water cooling goes, it does need maintenance and you can't never tell the day when it decides to leak and in worst case scenario - take your whole system with it.

 

[Zerk2012]

Unless your doing a ton of file transfers or using a SSD for a scratch drive (your not since a 1tb) their no reason to spend extra for a M.2 drive you get no differance in performance unless your just running benchmarks. Well their a bit of a difference a whooping 0.4 second faster boot time.
For your build some overkill on the PSU but not bad I also dont like the tall memory heatsinks with that cooler.

 

[Aeacus]

Just for information, here's a comparison between your build and the best build money can buy at current date. Not saying that you should go for the best but maybe you would like to know how high end your build really is.

Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison
Baseline Bench: Game 126%, Desk 101%, Work 79%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K €274
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 €559
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB €274
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB €75
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB €83
MBD: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA €226
Total: €1,490

Alternative Bench: Game 162%, Desk 140%, Work 155%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X €1,439
GPU: Nvidia Titan X Pascal
SSD: Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB €281
HDD: WD Black 6TB (2015) €249
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB €409
MBD: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883)
Total: €2,378

 

[Ray-in-Kingwood]

Just for information, here's a comparison between your build and the best build money can buy at current date. Not saying that you should go for the best but maybe you would like to know how high end your build really is.

Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison
Baseline Bench: Game 126%, Desk 101%, Work 79%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K €274
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 €559
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB €274
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB €75
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB €83
MBD: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA €226
Total: €1,490

Alternative Bench: Game 162%, Desk 140%, Work 155%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6950X €1,439
GPU: Nvidia Titan X Pascal
SSD: Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB €281
HDD: WD Black 6TB (2015) €249
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB €409
MBD: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883)
Total: €2,378

Thank you. that is indeed informative

 

[Ray-in-Kingwood]

Your build looks pretty great, if a bit over the top.

Just a personal question though, what in god's name are you going to need 7 TB of storage on a single PC for?

LOTS of movies. I have a home theater and we stream a lot to the big screen. My ready nas server has 12 tb and its at 74 % NOW! 😉

 

[Ray-in-Kingwood]

Nice build.

For SSD drive, i suggest you go for M.2 drive to be able to use much faster speeds that regular SSD can offer.

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB vs 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
Userbenchmark Effective SSD Speed: 94.1% vs 229%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB - 39th / 796
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB - 1st / 796

As far as AIO water cooling goes, it does need maintenance and you can't never tell the day when it decides to leak and in worst case scenario - take your whole system with it.

My thoughts exactly on the cooler. Thank you.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Agreed that it is a pretty good build. Maybe the GPU is a bit overkill for occasional gaming. Do you plan on overclocking? If not you could save a few bucks on the CPU and motherboard. If you are in Kingwood, Texas, check out the MicroCenter in Southwest Houston, they usually offer CPU and Motherboard bundles for good savings.

 

[Ray-in-Kingwood]

Agreed that it is a pretty good build. Maybe the GPU is a bit overkill for occasional gaming. Do you plan on overclocking? If not you could save a few bucks on the CPU and motherboard. If you are in Kingwood, Texas, check out the MicroCenter in Southwest Houston, they usually offer CPU and Motherboard bundles for good savings.

Yes I am in Kingwood. I have been to Micro Center. I can do a bit better with no tax online. I will overclock a small amount. My budget for the build is sufficient to allow for some overkill 😉.............

Just my mindset I guess. Dont need big V8's in my vehicles, but I always get the biggest baddest one I can get. Never really use its full potential, but it never fails to put a grin on my face. 😉

 

[mjslakeridge]

As they say, you can't take it with you! I hadn't thought about the sales tax savings aspect. I guess I just like to go to MicroCenter and roam around, especially the new store, even if I am not buying anything that day.