Help in building GTX 980 Ti Gaming PC

[mohd-bh]

My budget is less than $3000
I need a help in selecting some components, initially these are the components I have selected, i need to select a motherboard and 16gb ddr4 rams that are really good for this build.
is m2 ssd PCI really good?

GPU: EVGA GTX 980 Ti ACX 2.0+
CPU: Intel i7-5820K
Display: ASUS MX279H 27-Inch Screen LED-Lit LCD Monitor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Wireless Card: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800
HDD: WD Black 2TB Performance HDD
SSD: Samsung SM951 256GB AHCI MZHPV256HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD

Motherboard: ????
Memory: ????

 

[AdviserKulikov]

Unless you're dropping $1000 or more on your CPU/Motherboard combo, The 4790K is a better value choice for top tier performance gaming.

You need to step up to a 5960X to constantly beat the 4790K, and it retails for ~$800

I'll put a 4790k build together.

 

[mohd-bh]

Unless you're dropping $1000 or more on your CPU/Motherboard combo, The 4790K is a better value choice for top tier performance gaming.

You need to step up to a 5960X to constantly beat the 4790K, and it retails for ~$800

I'll put a 4790k build together.

actually the PC isn't only for gaming, I need it also for heavy software development and multitasking, so how 4790k will perform on this purpose?

 

[AdviserKulikov]

Unless you're dropping $1000 or more on your CPU/Motherboard combo, The 4790K is a better value choice for top tier performance gaming.

You need to step up to a 5960X to constantly beat the 4790K, and it retails for ~$800

I'll put a 4790k build together.

actually the PC isn't only for gaming, I need it also for heavy software development and multitasking, so how 4790k will perform on this purpose?

Unless you're doing complex calculations and stuff like video encoding... you may want to stick with the 5820K. Otherwise the 4790K's better per core performance keeps the advantage.

 

[mohd-bh]

Unless you're dropping $1000 or more on your CPU/Motherboard combo, The 4790K is a better value choice for top tier performance gaming.

You need to step up to a 5960X to constantly beat the 4790K, and it retails for ~$800

I'll put a 4790k build together.

actually the PC isn't only for gaming, I need it also for heavy software development and multitasking, so how 4790k will perform on this purpose?

Unless you're doing complex calculations and stuff like video encoding... you may want to stick with the 5820K. Otherwise the 4790K's better per core performance keeps the advantage.

cool, i should re-consider getting DDR4 then. Does it really worth to drop to DDR3 just by getting this CPU (4790)?

sorry for my noob questions, but I am really a new into this field.

 

[AdviserKulikov]

Unless you're dropping $1000 or more on your CPU/Motherboard combo, The 4790K is a better value choice for top tier performance gaming.

You need to step up to a 5960X to constantly beat the 4790K, and it retails for ~$800

I'll put a 4790k build together.

actually the PC isn't only for gaming, I need it also for heavy software development and multitasking, so how 4790k will perform on this purpose?

Unless you're doing complex calculations and stuff like video encoding... you may want to stick with the 5820K. Otherwise the 4790K's better per core performance keeps the advantage.

cool, i should re-consider getting DDR4 then. Does it really worth to drop to DDR3 just by getting this CPU (4790)?

sorry for my noob questions, but I am really a new into this field.

There's good deals on DDR3 2400 right now. It's still darn fast RAM.

 

[geofelt]

If you have any sort of a budget restriction at all, a i7-4790K will probably do your job equally as well at a lower price.
A 6 core cpu is good for production and running with all cores fully active. You might do 10% better then.
More likely the faster 4790K cores will be superior in most of the things you do.

Then, A Z97 based motherboard will be cheaper than a X99 motherboard.

DDR4 ram is more expensive than the DDR3 that the Z97 uses. And Intel cpu chips have a very good ram controller so there is really no difference in real app speeds.

GTX980ti is as good as it gets for gaming, but it is wasted on a 1080P monitor.
I suggest you look for a 1440P 27" monitor or a 1600P 30" monitor.
For app development, consider using two.

I would bypass the pcie ssd's for the moment. Their benefit is in sequential transfer speeds, but the OS does mostly small random I/O and those speeds are similar.
I might suggest a 240 or 500gb Samsung 850 PRO.

ON ram, buy a 16gb kit of 2 x 8gb 1866 speed.
If you think you can use it, you could go 32gb.

 

[mohd-bh]

Unless you're dropping $1000 or more on your CPU/Motherboard combo, The 4790K is a better value choice for top tier performance gaming.

You need to step up to a 5960X to constantly beat the 4790K, and it retails for ~$800

I'll put a 4790k build together.

actually the PC isn't only for gaming, I need it also for heavy software development and multitasking, so how 4790k will perform on this purpose?

Unless you're doing complex calculations and stuff like video encoding... you may want to stick with the 5820K. Otherwise the 4790K's better per core performance keeps the advantage.

cool, i should re-consider getting DDR4 then. Does it really worth to drop to DDR3 just by getting this CPU (4790)?

sorry for my noob questions, but I am really a new into this field.

There's good deals on DDR3 2400 right now. It's still darn fast RAM.

but as it is mentioned in Intel website, 4790k supports up to 1600MHz for memory, would the RAMs perform on 2400 in that case? I guess they will speed down to 1600 to matches cpu

 

[AdviserKulikov]

but as it is mentioned in Intel website, 4790k supports up to 1600MHz for memory, would the RAMs perform on 2400 in that case? I guess they will speed down to 1600 to matches cpu

You just have to enable Intel XMP for memory overclocking. It goes all the way up to like 3200 if you overclock on a good motherboard.

Anyway, here's the build I came up with. It's got room for you to upgrade to 2x 980Ti SLI. I grabbed a better monitor for less price, but I would suggest either a 144hz 1080p monitor or a 4k monitor for 980 Ti as your GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($158.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.41 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($38.84 @ Amazon)
Monitor: BenQ GL2760H 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($229.00 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $1998.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-12 13:37 EDT-0400

 

[geofelt]

The 1600 spec is what the motherboard can boot at by default.
Ram faster than 1866 will need to be overclocked and will run at 1.65v. That is done easiest by selecting the appropriate ram XMP setting in the bios.

As to any benefit from fast ram, read this:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell

 

[mohd-bh]

but as it is mentioned in Intel website, 4790k supports up to 1600MHz for memory, would the RAMs perform on 2400 in that case? I guess they will speed down to 1600 to matches cpu

You just have to enable Intel XMP for memory overclocking. It goes all the way up to like 3200 if you overclock on a good motherboard.

Anyway, here's the build I came up with. It's got room for you to upgrade to 2x 980Ti SLI. I grabbed a better monitor for less price, but I would suggest either a 144hz 1080p monitor or a 4k monitor for 980 Ti as your GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($158.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.41 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($93.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($38.84 @ Amazon)
Monitor: BenQ GL2760H 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($229.00 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $1998.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-12 13:37 EDT-0400

thanks alot, your reply is so helpful

what do u think about this monitor

http://www.amazon.com/QNIX-QX2720-REAL-144Hz-DP/dp/B00W76LG6M/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1434136451&sr=8-8&keywords=monitor+144hz+27

 

[AdviserKulikov]

thanks alot, your reply is so helpful

what do u think about this monitor

http://www.amazon.com/QNIX-QX2720-REAL-144Hz-DP/dp/B00W76LG6M/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1434136451&sr=8-8&keywords=monitor+144hz+27

I think I don't trust anything from QNIX recently, they're not well reviewed in the few reviews they have gotten for their products. Half of their features are half truths at best.


If you are ok with a 60hz monitor: this is a pretty good one and it's cheaper

http://flash.newegg.com/Product/N82E16824160224?icid=WP_0_06102015


Otherwise these are options for 144hz at a reasonable price 27" or larger.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/aoc-monitor-g2770pqu%2Casus-monitor-vg278he%2Cbenq-monitor-xl2720z/

 

[mohd-bh]

thanks alot, your reply is so helpful

what do u think about this monitor

http://www.amazon.com/QNIX-QX2720-REAL-144Hz-DP/dp/B00W76LG6M/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1434136451&sr=8-8&keywords=monitor+144hz+27

I think I don't trust anything from QNIX recently, they're not well reviewed in the few reviews they have gotten for their products. Half of their features are half truths at best.


If you are ok with a 60hz monitor: this is a pretty good one and it's cheaper

http://flash.newegg.com/Product/N82E16824160224?icid=WP_0_06102015


Otherwise these are options for 144hz at a reasonable price 27" or larger.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/aoc-monitor-g2770pqu%2Casus-monitor-vg278he%2Cbenq-monitor-xl2720z/

I chose AOC G2770PQU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor, it looks good for me

what about the motherboard, the one u selected doesn't support wifi card as i seen

 

[AdviserKulikov]

I chose AOC G2770PQU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor, it looks good for me

what about the motherboard, the one u selected doesn't support wifi card as i seen

The motherboard has a free PCI-e lane that you plug the card into (I forget if the small slot on that motherboard is x1 or x4 lanes, but the wireless card only needs x1). The wireless card comes with drivers that you add for windows.