My ultimate gaming build

[OP_Chief]

I've been working on this build for a few months now and I have a few of the parts (CPU, MOBO,RAM,HDD, a GPU/Not 980ti). I've recently acquired a higher paying job, and I will have a big sum of money within the next 2 months. All that aside, For this build, I need to know what Wattage power supply I should get. Is an EVGA 1000w P2 enough? I'm considering going for the 1300w G2 because It isn't too much more expensive/And I'll never have to worry about upgrading power supplies again.
PS. I know the build may be overkill, but I'm willing to spend the money now, rather than upgrade every year. With this build, At least I'll know that I'll be good for gaming for the next few years.
PPS. Not everything on the list is a pc part. Some things listed are for my general "Setup" etc DX Racer.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/McNd3C

 

[CTurbo]

Spending extra money to make the build overkill doesn't really make it better or more future proof. There is no reason to get 32GB of RAM. I would drop one of the video cards, some of the fans, and probably get a $80-90 air cooler. 850w is more than enough. 1000w would be fine if you want some extra headroom.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Why would you do a new build with Haswell and not Skylake? And one of every kind and size of hard drive? Why? Get a 1TB SSD or hell get a 512GB 950 Pro and a 1TB storage drive like the 850 Evo. No need for a bunch of different grades of hard drives.

 

[smorizio]

also with the newer pascal and amd gpu. there going to be faster then the older 980 cards so it may be better for you to wait and see how they test out.

 

[OP_Chief]

I understand everyone will have there opinion on my build. A lot of the stuff on there isn't actually going to be purchased. It is just being considered. I'm going with the 980 ti's because they are watercooled. If pascal has a similar card, I will go with that. The 32 gb of ram is on there for a future reminder. I'm only going with 16gb now, but I may need the full 32 because I'm planning on doing a lot of video editing. As for skylake, I went with haswell because Skylake wasn't available at the time, and I didn't feel like waiting for the half year to come out. BTW, not everything is going to be purchased. A lot of items on the list are only in consideration. I may end up waiting for pascal to come out, but like Nvidia, they will most likely come out with a Ti version, so i'll be waiting forever. I might as well buy a card now. As for the question, I think I will go with a 1000w as you've confirmed that it is enough with a little headroom. I guess what the build comes down to, is when I have the budget, and what components are available at the time. Thanks for the opinions guys!

 

[OP_Chief]

Spending extra money to make the build overkill doesn't really make it better or more future proof. There is no reason to get 32GB of RAM. I would drop one of the video cards, some of the fans, and probably get a $80-90 air cooler. 850w is more than enough. 1000w would be fine if you want some extra headroom.

I'm going to be overclocking, so would a Closed loop cooler be the better option?

 

[OP_Chief]

Why would you do a new build with Haswell and not Skylake? And one of every kind and size of hard drive? Why? Get a 1TB SSD or hell get a 512GB 950 Pro and a 1TB storage drive like the 850 Evo. No need for a bunch of different grades of hard drives.

I completely agree with you, but I already have a few drives. Once I buy the 512 SSD, I'm going to be transfering windows and games on it. I'm not 100% positive I need a 1TB SSD yet. Maybe when Prices drop in the future.

 

[OP_Chief]

Why would you do a new build with Haswell and not Skylake? And one of every kind and size of hard drive? Why? Get a 1TB SSD or hell get a 512GB 950 Pro and a 1TB storage drive like the 850 Evo. No need for a bunch of different grades of hard drives.

Quick Question. I'm not fully informed about this. Could you/someone explain the difference between a SSD and an M.2? How do they compare in everyday tasks?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The M2 interface is newer and uses PCI-E lanes to bypass the SATA interface's speed limitations. Almost all SATA SSDs are limited by the speed of the interface and have been for a few years.

My 512GB M2 950 Pro vs my 500GB 840 Evo.

The 950 Pro is still a bit expensive but it was the same price as I paid for the 840 Evo on Black Friday in 2013.

 

[CTurbo]

I'm going to be overclocking, so would a Closed loop cooler be the better option?

Not really. Sure you may be able to overclock a little higher with that Kraken but the difference would be negligible. It's certainly not something I would dump a lot of money into.

 

[OP_Chief]

The M2 interface is newer and uses PCI-E lanes to bypass the SATA interface's speed limitations. Almost all SATA SSDs are limited by the speed of the interface and have been for a few years.

My 512GB M2 950 Pro vs my 500GB 840 Evo.

The 950 Pro is still a bit expensive but it was the same price as I paid for the 840 Evo on Black Friday in 2013.

So in a real world scenario, where would I notice a performance difference? (I don't know enough Information about M.2 sorry 😛 )