I’m a new builder with a boat load of questions so any advice you guys can give me on this I’d definitely appreciate. I’m trying to build a nice gaming pc, I’m off to college next year and while I still have my job and am in High School I want to build something to take with me.
Motherboard – I was looking for a nice motherboard, with built in Wi-Fi, at least 4 PCIE slots. (For Skylake) So I was looking at Gigabyte G1, MSI M9, or Asus Rog Something (but they have so many models I don’t know where to begin). Thoughts on those or any better suggestions?
Memory – I was torn between the different types of storage, I wanted something fast but not too expensive. That being said should I go m.2 or Sata lll and get a bunch of gig. Or should I get a PCIE storage card from intel (if that sounds dumb I’m sorry I might not understand the differences).
DRAM – Definitely going DDR4 but should I go 16 or 32gig and what’s the best company to get them from, I was looking at corsairs Dominator series. (I do a little bit of video editing although to my knowledge probably not enough to warrant 32 gigs but if it will help with gaming then I might invest).
Graphics Card – I’m pretty solid on getting the GTX 980 Ti but I was more curious what model to get, and from whom, EVGA or MSI or Gigabyte.
CPU - Core i7 6700k
To water cool or not to? – I’m petrified of a coolant leak to say the least, I can barely afford this rig, I definitely could not afford to replace it. Should I go with a lot of fans and a big case for some big heat sinks or risk it all? Not opposed to hybrid all in one pumps but I hear so many horror stories of leaks.
Case – I want something pretty big to expand on and I would like it to be black (My theme is going to be red and black or the closest I can get). I would also like a big viewing window and dust filters on all areas of intake. I was thinking the Obsidian 900D but I saw a good bit of reviews knocking down the quality of the case. Plus, its expensive as hell.
Monitors – Pretty much my only question is should I get a large curved monitor or do three 1080p IPS monitors (cheap ones) in NVIDA surround.
If you read all the way through this thank you very much I’m pretty lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Motherboard – I was looking for a nice motherboard, with built in Wi-Fi, at least 4 PCIE slots. (For Skylake) So I was looking at Gigabyte G1, MSI M9, or Asus Rog Something (but they have so many models I don’t know where to begin). Thoughts on those or any better suggestions?
Memory – I was torn between the different types of storage, I wanted something fast but not too expensive. That being said should I go m.2 or Sata lll and get a bunch of gig. Or should I get a PCIE storage card from intel (if that sounds dumb I’m sorry I might not understand the differences).
DRAM – Definitely going DDR4 but should I go 16 or 32gig and what’s the best company to get them from, I was looking at corsairs Dominator series. (I do a little bit of video editing although to my knowledge probably not enough to warrant 32 gigs but if it will help with gaming then I might invest).
Graphics Card – I’m pretty solid on getting the GTX 980 Ti but I was more curious what model to get, and from whom, EVGA or MSI or Gigabyte.
CPU - Core i7 6700k
To water cool or not to? – I’m petrified of a coolant leak to say the least, I can barely afford this rig, I definitely could not afford to replace it. Should I go with a lot of fans and a big case for some big heat sinks or risk it all? Not opposed to hybrid all in one pumps but I hear so many horror stories of leaks.
Case – I want something pretty big to expand on and I would like it to be black (My theme is going to be red and black or the closest I can get). I would also like a big viewing window and dust filters on all areas of intake. I was thinking the Obsidian 900D but I saw a good bit of reviews knocking down the quality of the case. Plus, its expensive as hell.
Monitors – Pretty much my only question is should I get a large curved monitor or do three 1080p IPS monitors (cheap ones) in NVIDA surround.
If you read all the way through this thank you very much I’m pretty lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated.