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TL;DR Built 2 lower end pcs before and have some questions about higher end pcs, peripherals, cooling, and cases. Questions and example build below.
Recently I've been looking into building a new pc, primarily for gaming but I may end up doing some developing on it as well. In terms of gaming I like to mod heavily where I can and play multiplayer games at a high level of competition. I have built 2 pc's in the past however the first one was very entry level, I tried to save as much money as possible and purchased low end parts. The 2nd was a bit beefier but I did try to save money where I could. Both of these had 4GB of RAM and 1 to 2 GB of VRAM in the GPU. My goal during these was to buy in cheaply and upgrade as I go. However this actually seemed less cost effective. The longer time went on the more likely upgrades I could buy would be incompatible with parts I was already using. Because of this I go curious and decided to look at (what I believe to be ) very high end parts. Now I'm not fully committed to building a very expensive pc just yet especially since I some questions about things I never really invested in for previous builds.
Here's an example build I put together:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($394.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-UD3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($177.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($778.25 @ Amazon)
Total: $2659.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-06 12:37 EDT-0400
You may notice somethings missing. I already own a 600W Power supply and a CPU fan that came with a previous processor. I also do have a keyboard, mouse, and a monitor but all of these are ones that are either very cheap or very old since they were just things my family was getting rid of.
Also I already have a 7200rpm hard drive that I'll likely be installing along side of a SSD for increased storage of things I don't need super high performance with and to use as a separate drive for page files.
Here are my questions:
Thanks in advance for any and all responses!
TL;DR Built 2 lower end pcs before and have some questions about higher end pcs, peripherals, cooling, and cases. Questions and example build below.
Recently I've been looking into building a new pc, primarily for gaming but I may end up doing some developing on it as well. In terms of gaming I like to mod heavily where I can and play multiplayer games at a high level of competition. I have built 2 pc's in the past however the first one was very entry level, I tried to save as much money as possible and purchased low end parts. The 2nd was a bit beefier but I did try to save money where I could. Both of these had 4GB of RAM and 1 to 2 GB of VRAM in the GPU. My goal during these was to buy in cheaply and upgrade as I go. However this actually seemed less cost effective. The longer time went on the more likely upgrades I could buy would be incompatible with parts I was already using. Because of this I go curious and decided to look at (what I believe to be ) very high end parts. Now I'm not fully committed to building a very expensive pc just yet especially since I some questions about things I never really invested in for previous builds.
Here's an example build I put together:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($394.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-UD3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($177.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($242.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($778.25 @ Amazon)
Total: $2659.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-06 12:37 EDT-0400
You may notice somethings missing. I already own a 600W Power supply and a CPU fan that came with a previous processor. I also do have a keyboard, mouse, and a monitor but all of these are ones that are either very cheap or very old since they were just things my family was getting rid of.
Also I already have a 7200rpm hard drive that I'll likely be installing along side of a SSD for increased storage of things I don't need super high performance with and to use as a separate drive for page files.
Here are my questions:
How important is cooling? In general and for this example build?
What's the value in using water cooling vs non water cooling? (I have never used water cooling before)
How much of this example build is superfluous? I suspect the RAM selection is especially not needed because of the capacity but it was the lowest capacity quad kit I could find. Also I'm not sure about how much band with and latency will impact performance.
How future proof are peripherals (keyboard, mouse, headset, monitor, microphone, etc.)?
What to look for in peripherals?
Lastly a question I always ask since I don't feel it's worth spending hundreds on but I'd like to be more informed. How much to invest in a case?
Thanks in advance for any and all responses!