My expensive beast PC build....Am I good to go?

[burnleydan]

Hi all, first time poster. I've been gaming since 86' and am building a new PC after years away from the market. Primarily for 1080p triple monitor, and single monitor 4k gaming, premier pro 422 pro res editing, after effects and electronic music creation. I'm blowing a lot of cash on this beast and want to do it justice. The final build clocks in at around £5,500...I need to know if i'm bleeding money or have got it about right. Many thanks for any replies. I built this on cyberpower.co.uk.....any info on better uk websites for picking up all parts would be greatly appreciated. thanks again

BLUETOOTH: None
CABLE1: StarTech 2m HDMI Cable HDMI to HDMI mini, Male to Male Cable, v1.4 [+10] (3 pieces [+20])
CAPTURECARD: None
CAS: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Full Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0 & Full Side-Panel Window
CASUPGRADE: 12" COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT [+9] (BLUE Colour)
CD: LG CH12NS30 12X Blu-Ray Combo (please select the Blue Ray software in the Software section) [+38]
CD2: NONE
COOL: NONE
CPNR1: Cyberpower Sound Absorbing Foam -- reducing audible noise transmitted through solid case panels by up to 75% [+19]
CPU: INTEL® Core™ i7-5960X Extreme Edition Eight-Core 3.00 GHz 20MB INTEL Smart Cache LGA2011-V3 *** Extreme OC *** [+528]
CS_FAN: Default Case Fan
DONGLES: NONE
EXPAN: ASUS USB 3.1 Expansion PCI-E card, provides extra two USB 3 [+30]
FA_HDD: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System [+19] (1 x System)
FAN: Cooler Master Seidon 120M Quiet Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator (Cooler Master CPU Water Cooling *** Extreme OC ***)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+5] (BLACK Colour)
FREEBIE_CS1: Corsair Raptor H3 Gaming Headset (RRP £30) [+0]
FREEBIE_VC1: FREE Batman: Arkham Knight Game Coupon [+0]
GEAR1: Microsoft XBOX One Wireless Controller (wired connection to work with PC) [+55]
HD_M2PCIE: None
HD_M2SPCIE: None
HDD: 500 GB Samsung 850 EVO SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk [+113] (1TB (500GBx2) Raid 0 Extreme Performance [+152])
HDD2: 1TB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache WD1000dhtz [+166] (Single Hard Drive)
HOMEINSTALL: NONE
IEEE_CARD: NONE
INSURANCE: NONE
KEYBOARD: (Keyboard & Mouse Combo) Cooler Master Devastator Gaming Keyboard & Mouse [+19]
MEMORY: 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4/2800mhz Quad Channel Memory [+189] (HyperX Predator w/Heat Spreader)
MONITOR: ASUS 28" PB287Q, 4K Ultra HD LED Monitor, 3840x2160, HDMI, Display Port & Speakers [+392]
MONITOR2: ASUS 28" PB287Q, 4K Ultra HD LED Monitor, 3840x2160, HDMI, Display Port & Speakers [+392]
MONITOR3: ASUS 28" PB287Q, 4K Ultra HD LED Monitor, 3840x2160, HDMI, Display Port & Speakers [+392]
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Rampage V Extreme INTEL X99 Chipset,3-Way SLI/Crossfire supported,4 Channel DDR4 E-ATX Mainboard w/8 RAM slots,ExtremeEngineDigi+ IV,UEFIBios,ROG SupremeFX HDAudio,GbLAN,USB3,SATA-III RAID,4 Gen3 PCIex16 & 1 PCIex1 *** Extreme OC *** [+192]
MOUSE: NONE
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT -- As standard on all PCs
OS: Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition) *** with FREE upgrade to Windows 10 [+74]
OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+39]
POWERSUPPLY: 1000 Watts Power Supplies [+90] (Cooler Master 1000watt Silent Pro M2 Modular Gaming Power Supply - Triple SLI Ready)
PRO_WIRING1: Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chasis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]
RUSH: NONE
SERVERUNIT: NONE
SOUND: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card [+53]
SPEAKERS: NONE
TEMP: NONE
TVRC: NONE
UPS: None
USB1: NONE [+0]
USB2: USB 3 Hubs -- Akasa 4 x USB 3.0 Ports [+20]
USBHD1: Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1TB USB3.0 External HDD [+53]
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+358] (Dual Card (SLI) [+499])
WARRANTY: DESKTOP STANDARD WARRANTY: 3 Year Labour, 2 Year Parts, 1 Month Collect and Return plus Life-Time Technical Support
WEBCAM1: Creative Live! Cam Sync HD w/ Noise-Canceling Microphone [+17]
WNC: Gigabyte PCI-E Wireless GC-WB867D-I 802.11AC Wi-Fi up to 867 Mbps + Bluetooth 4.0 Combo w/ Dual Antenna [+23]
XWNA: NONE

 

[NBSN]

According to what you say you want it for, it is a waste of money. You mention you want to do 1080p 3 screen or 1 screen at 4k...then why get 3 4k monitors?

 

[burnleydan]

According to what you say you want it for, it is a waste of money. You mention you want to do 1080p 3 screen or 1 screen at 4k...then why get 3 4k monitors?

Sorry, was a bit drunk whilst sending that message and didn't explain myself fully. I want this PC to last me the best part of 5 years whilst working remotely in England. I would like to purchase everything in one go and am only looking to upgrade the GPU one time when the capability for solid triple monitor 4k gaming comes about in a year or so's time. Right now it's possible with this setup to game on single screen at 4k but i'd be struggling with three monitors. I'm not sure that having the central screen at 4k and the side screens at 1080 would cut it for me, plus when the time came it would mean upgrading those 2 side monitors and i'm not very keen on doing that.

 

[NBSN]

Well in five years the price of the parts (such as the monitors) will have dropped while the quality will have increase substantially. If you seriously only plan on using 1080p for three screens and just one screen for 4k right now...then get just what you want. Or maybe even go for 1440p for two screens and one screen at 4k. It would save a lot of money and in five years you can upgrade.

Same with GPU. In five years the GPU will be completely outmatched so when you mention upgrading the GPU, it would probably be replacing the one GPU with two in SLI/Crossfire.

RAM, CPU, etc will all have changed several times by then also. So the best thing to do is get what will power what you need/want right now for a fraction of the price and then build a new system in five years that can handle stuff you want in the future. It would actually work out to be cheaper in the end more than likely and you would get much more performance in the future for the money.

So, you can save money and get better performance...which is what I would go for instead. Just my two cents.

 

[ben2299]

Holy moly, that's an expensive PC, you'll be fine for like ten years to come lol, I like the three monitor idea too, after 1440p its hard to tell the difference, 1080p is great

 

[Neutr1n0]

Few remarks:
- no need for sound card with that board. Onboard sound is great already.
- PCIe USB card? 18 or so Mobo + case + external hub usb ports not enough??
- consider 5820K instead of the 5960X. Plenty powerfull and saves quite some money.
- single 980Ti wont cut it for 4k gaming. I think you'll be better off with triple 1440p screens.
- get a decent cooler! You really shouldnt put this 120mm AIO cooler on that PC. Get at least 240mm AIO or even better get a decent air cooler like Noctua NH-D14/15.
- a velociraptor really?? You already have 2x500 GB SSD. Get regular 2 or 3TB WDgreen HDD or so for mass storage.

Theres probably more things to say, but i leave it at that for now...

 

[Neutr1n0]

Another thing... seems rather expensive for that build. Could you please put it in PCPartPicker and post it again? Also alot clearer to see.