is this a decent build?

[Rperry225]

im going to use this pc strictly for gaming. is this a decent build? I know a little about pc and parts but not enough to ease my mind to spend this kind of money

CAS: Phanteks Enthoo Pro w/ USB 3.0, Side-Panel Window

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-5820K Six-Core 3.30GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3

HDD: 256GB ADATA SP610 SSD + 2TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo (Single Drive)

MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/2400MHz Quad Channel Memory (GSKILL Ripjaws 4 )

MOTHERBOARD: ASRock X99 Killer ATX w/1 x Intel LAN, 1 x Killer LAN, 3x Gen3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1,1x Ultra M.2, 10x SATA 6Gb/s [+64]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell) (Dual Card (SLI)


CS_FAN: Maximum Corsair AIR Series AF120 Performance Edition 120MM High Airflow Case Fan (Maximum Corsair AIR Series AF120 Performance Edition 120MM High Airflow Case Fan)

FAN: NZXT Kraken X31 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Dual Enermax Twister Pressure 120MM Fans (Push-Pull)


POWERSUPPLY: 1,200 Watts - Thermaltake Toughpower - 80 PLUS Gold, Semi Modular Power Supply

OVERCLOCK: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more)

 

[YoHey]

Lol it doesn't make sense. If you're gonna get such an OP cpu, why not a top of the range gpu? Cut down to an i7-4770k, drop your PSU to 750w, get a compatible haswell motherboard, get ddr3 ram and instead ,possibly, go for silent fans (trust me i got high performance fans and i regret it ever scince) and then with the money you save get dual sli 980s instead of 970s.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Most of us would consider this an overbuild for gaming. It has more cores and threads than are used today, or in the immediate future (likely)


did you choose the CPU becuase of the 2011 socket, or did you choose the socket/mother board becauae of the CPU?

8Gb is sufficient memory at the moment.

Even for an extreme overclock and SLI 920s, the power supply seems excessive.

Can you explain why you selected these particular components? I can see some reasons. I just need to know that they are the same as yours.

 

[zAustin]

First of all, what's the total of this build and your budget?
Secondly, The power supply seems a little much for a dual-card configuration. Also, I would go with the strongest card you can afford, before going SLI. Drivers for SLI and performance issues associated with multiple-card configurations are still rather unstable, I'd recommend a single 980 or 2x if you can afford them. Back to the power supplies, for 1-2 card configurations, 750-850W+ 80+ Gold< is ample enough, also I recommend EVGA PSU's, mine came with a 10year warranty on it and they have amazing customer service. Your power supply will give out eventually, and having a warranty on it that long is incredible.
Also, go with a Corsair closed-loop Liquid CPU Cooler, they're amazing. They're cheap compared to custom open-loop coolers and do amazing jobs with load temperatures compared to air coolers, also running MUCH quieter. It also looks like you have room for bigger radiators with that case, preferably at the top exhaust.
For the SSD, I recommend the Samsung EVO 250GB or an Intel 250GB SSD. Hard drives all particularly perform the same if they have the same specs, but reliability is the biggest issue, failure in desktops fortunately are lower than that of laptops since (I hope) you don't drop your desktop occasionally compared to a laptop, bouncing the platters and actuator arms around inside. I have a Seagate 2TB drive in my desktop and a Western Digital in my laptop, and it was replaced due to it being dropped and such. I haven't really seen anything in particular that makes one HDD company better than the other, so no choice is particularly a "bad" one there.
For memory, I recommend Corsair Vengeance, usually a little bit more pricey, but in exchange for more reliability, great performance, and even heatsinks to dissipate the heat, and they do actually heat up after using your computer for a while, or intensively (gaming).
Lastly, I recommend Asus motherboards. They come with the best perks, and overclocking capabilities, however they may not be so idiot-free overclocking, but everyone needs to do their research before attempting to overclock because the second you do, you risk system instability and possibly failure.

Wasn't a bad start, you were definitely on the right track. And you will definitely have yourself a badass gaming machine! (Better than mine at the moment). I have a i5-3570k @ 4.55GHz, and a GTX 760 SC FTW 4GB and everything runs pretty well, just not the highest quite yet, looking to upgrade for Christmas.