I've been putting off building a new PC for a while now but with the end of year nearing and me finding myself with a bit more free time I've decided to finally take the dive.
I will primarily be using this PC for gaming and want to be able to fully enjoy the Oculus Rift when it finally releases early next year (I bought the SDK a year or so ago and have been hooked ever since). I'm also getting into game development so being able to reliably run Unreal Engine and Unity 5 (primarily for Oculus) and also the likes of Blender for modelling would be required.
Id like to spend about $2000 (~$3000 NZ) but that's not something I'm set on and would rather let requirements dictate (be it higher or lower).
At this stage I'm looking at a single GTX980Ti (with potential for another further down the line if necessary) and have pretty much settled on the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti N98TXTREME 6GB but am open to other suggestions as this is obviously taking a large chunk of my budget.
With the majority of my budget aimed at the graphics card what I'm mainly looking for is advice on CPU and Motherboard (including the X99 vs Z170 debate).
I'm currently looking at the below but think it may be overkill for my purposes...?
Motherboard: GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
Any suggestions/advice appreciated
I will primarily be using this PC for gaming and want to be able to fully enjoy the Oculus Rift when it finally releases early next year (I bought the SDK a year or so ago and have been hooked ever since). I'm also getting into game development so being able to reliably run Unreal Engine and Unity 5 (primarily for Oculus) and also the likes of Blender for modelling would be required.
Id like to spend about $2000 (~$3000 NZ) but that's not something I'm set on and would rather let requirements dictate (be it higher or lower).
At this stage I'm looking at a single GTX980Ti (with potential for another further down the line if necessary) and have pretty much settled on the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti N98TXTREME 6GB but am open to other suggestions as this is obviously taking a large chunk of my budget.
With the majority of my budget aimed at the graphics card what I'm mainly looking for is advice on CPU and Motherboard (including the X99 vs Z170 debate).
I'm currently looking at the below but think it may be overkill for my purposes...?
Motherboard: GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
Any suggestions/advice appreciated
