tax return computer build

[singledad30000]

Hello everyone, new guy here. So lets get straight to the point. Its about time to retire my 8 year old Shuttle XPC SN68PTG5. This was back when 4GB of memory and PCI express x16 (kinda like your version 1.0) ment something. She just doesn't have the oomff to play these new games coming out.

Now, sticking to the ITX form factor, I have a particular build in mind with a budget of around $1500 +/-. Trying to get the most power with the best amount of cooling. So, this is what i have came up with. All can be found on newegg. The cream of this crop is the water cooled GTX 970 and the corsair hydro H5, to keep my cpu and gpu cool when "thinking about overclocking"

Corsair Obsidian Series 250D (ITX case)

MSI Gaming Z170I Gaming Pro AC LGA 1151 Intel Z170

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 DirectX 12 04G-P4-1976-KR 4GB hybrid (water cooled, very nice)

CORSAIR AX series AX760 760W 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Intel Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1151

SanDisk Ultra II 2.5" 480GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3000

CORSAIR Hydro Series H5 SF Water Cooler (just came out, hovers above the mother board with mount brackets, fully compatible with case).

Current price is $1574. What do you think

 

[N3rdR4ge]

you could do so much better.

1. overclocking on a mitx is, well, meh.
2. you can budget things WAY better for a $1500.
3. 32gb of ram for gaming is absolutely useless. 8gb is the standard. 16gb is for enthusiast. 32gb is only really useful for memory intensive programs like adobe premiere, not tax software and games.
4. the xeon on haswell platform is equivalent to an i7-4770 at a much more affordable price. the xeon gives you hyperthreading which a lot of games love. itll make up for the lower clock speed/not being able to overclock like the i5. the non-overclocking downgrade will lose you a few fps, but the giant leap to the 980 ti will more than make up for it. the xeon won't hold back a 980 ti at all.
5. the 850 evo ssd has better performance and its actually $3 less.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1369.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-11 21:00 EST-0500

 

[singledad30000]

you could do so much better.

1. overclocking on a mitx is, well, meh.
2. you can budget things WAY better for a $1500.
3. 32gb of ram for gaming is absolutely useless. 8gb is the standard. 16gb is for enthusiast. 32gb is only really useful for memory intensive programs like adobe premiere, not tax software and games.
4. the xeon on haswell platform is equivalent to an i7-4770 at a much more affordable price. the xeon gives you hyperthreading which a lot of games love. itll make up for the lower clock speed/not being able to overclock like the i5.
5. the 850 evo ssd has better performance and its actually $3 less.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1369.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-11 21:00 EST-0500

very very nice. didn't even think about that.