New Gaming Build - Advice

[Clarky466]

I'm looking at upgrading my aging gaming system, I have done some brief research myself and came up with the list below for around £3,000.

It would be great if you guys could have an imput and even maybe suggest areas where I would get more value for money etc?

CPU
Intel Core i7 5820K

CPU Cooler
Corsair Hydro CPU Cooler H100i GTX

Push Pull Config
Corsair Air Series SP120 QuietEdition x2

Thermal Paste
Arctic MX-4 Arctic Cooling

Memory RAM
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) Vengeance LPX DDR4

Graphics Card
Evga GeForce GTX 980 SuperClocked (x2)

Motherboard
Asus X99-S Intel X99 S2011 

Hard Drive
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD

Optical Drive
Pioneer Bluray RW BDR-209EBK

Power Supply Unit
Corsair X860i Digital 860W Full Modular

Computer Case
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D

Front Fan Replacement
Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition High Airflow (x2)

Exhaust Fan Replacement
Corsair Air Series AF120 PE

Monitor
Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27"


Look forward to reading your comments.

Cheers!

 

[Benab3]

For a gaming system, I would not personally recommend the X99 intels, unless you are doing other very heavy CPU tasks such as rendering etc.
In some games there is a bit of a performance increase using it, on some there is even a slight decrease, as opposed to the X79 I7 4790K, for a few reasons, including the 4790k has a higher clock speed and higher performance in tasks that cannot utilise the 5820k's cores.

With the money saved from this you could possibly watercool your video cards, if not confident doing custom loop then something like the evga 980 hybrid

 

[Clarky466]

Thanks for your response Benab3!

Yeah, when I was researching I found that the x79 with I74790k would offer similar performance results for less the cost... I created an x79 build and the saving was only around £100, when spending 3k on a system, this doesnt seem too much, I thought it was worth it to be using the latest platform etc?

Also is it even worth waiting for the next platform from Intel? will they be releasing any other interesting CPUs? I had a look but couldn't find much...

 

[Benab3]

Here is something I put together, if that was mu budget this is what I would get.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BgywXL

About intel 6th gen, not heard much about them yet apart that they should be coming late this year

 

[Clarky466]

Yeah that is pretty much exactly the same as what I put together mate!

Core i7 4790K
Hydro CPU Cooler H100i GTX
Vengeance Pro (2x8GB) 16GB DDR3
GeForce GTX 980 SuperClocked (x2)
Maximus VII Hero
850 EVO 1TB SSD
Bluray RW BDR-209EBK
X860i Digital 860W Full Modular
Obsidian Series 650D

Wont the 4790k naturally run at higher temp than 5820k with it having intergrated graphics? Also, couldnt I just easily overclock the 5820k to match the clock speeds of 4790k?

 

[Clarky466]

Lol, just noticed the Titan X sli, nice! I take it you will be having a multi monitor setup?

 

[Benab3]

The integrated graphics will not make a difference because it is not being used, you could maybe overclock the 5820k to 4.4 like the turbo on the 4790k but it is a very steep overclock of nearly one Ghz and all chips are different, you may get a chip that isnt so good at overclocking. Also you will be able to overclock the 4790k aswell, I have a £30 cooler and mine is at 4.6 Ghz still room for more.

Main difference between your X99 build and my X79 build is SLI titan X insteal of SLI 980, which will give you an outstanding gaming machine.

 

[Benab3]

Yeah the multi monitor setup is up to you, and no this isnt a PC I am getting, lol wish it was but no XD

 

[Clarky466]

Okay Benab3, I'm swaying more towards the x79 platform then!

If anyone else could provide any of their advice that would be great 😀