Pc Build

Nolimits

Hey there folks, looking at building a new PC in a month or so and have been looking around, spent time on here as well as a few other places. Think I have the majority of my build decided. I'm mostly posting this up to see if the knowledgeable people on here can spot any conflicts or any reason why what I'm posting won't work. I'd just hate to spend the money and realise that I've made a stupid mistake somewhere. I have a couple of Komplett links here, the same is available from hardwareversand but if there isn't much difference in price I'd rather give it to the folks with a warehouse near me. Anyway,

Motherboard
MSI X99S MPOWER - Socket 2011-3
http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/20471363/msi-x99s-mpower-socket-2011-3-atx/details.aspx

Processor
Intel Core i7-5820K, 6x 3.30GHz
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/Sockel+2011-3/177236/Intel+Core+i7-5820K%2C+6x+3.30GHz%2C+retail+ohne+K%C3%BChler.article

Ram
16GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 MT/s DIMM 288pin, 8GBx2
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/2400/177850/16GB-Kit+Crucial+Ballistix+Sport+DDR4+2400+MT+s+DIMM+288pin%2C+8GBx2.article

Graphics card
MSI R9 280X GAMING 3G
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/3072+MB/109594/MSI+R9+280X+GAMING+3G+mit+MANTLE+und+Gaming+Evolved+Client%2C+3GB+DDR5.article

Power Supply
Cooler Master V750 - 750 Watt
http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/20434621/cooler-master-v750-750-watt/details.aspx

Hard Drives
Crucial SSD 250GB
http://www.hardwareversand.de//Solid-State-Disk/212257/Crucial+SSD+250GB+BX100.article


WD Red RD1000S 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/7200+RPM/62870/WD+Red+RD1000S+3TB+SATA+6Gb+s+64MB.article


If I had to guess myself I'd probably call the graphics card a weak point there, and I'm aware that there are a few things that I've left off, like case, cd drive.. etc but I'm not planning on spending much money on them.

Thanks for taking the time to look over this, I appreciate it.

Digital Solitude

Serious machine there, Video editing and rendering I'm assuming?

GPU is weak spot as you've said, mightn't be an issue for you, if its gaming then change it though.

Get a good case, things are going to get hot in there.

Not sure is 750w is needed, not sure what a hexacore Intel chip pulls but I can't imagine its anything close to that.

Nolimits

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Serious machine there, Video editing and rendering I'm assuming?

GPU is weak spot as you've said, mightn't be an issue for you, if its gaming then change it though.

Get a good case, things are going to get hot in there.

Not sure is 750w is needed, not sure what a hexacore Intel chip pulls but I can't imagine its anything close to that.

Thanks for the power supply comment, to be honest I just assumed that more is better and it's better to have it than not?

It will be used for gaming, I was hoping that the card would get me through a year or so. I'd rather swap out a graphics card in a year than try to put in a new motherboard or processor.

Digital Solitude

Pure gaming machine is it?

Nolimits

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Pure gaming machine is it?

Yeah, and general browsing.

Digital Solitude

Absolutely no need then so, even a 4790k will last 5+ years. Games are primarily single core now, its starting to change, but less stronger cores is generally better. A 4790k with a Z97 could save you over €200 here, to put towards a 970 say, or a 290x. When you're gaming, the graphics card is your defining factor for the most part

Nolimits

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Absolutely no need then so, even a 4790k will last 5+ years. Games are primarily single core now, its starting to change, but less stronger cores is generally better. A 4790k with a Z97 could save you over €200 here, to put towards a 970 say, or a 290x. When you're gaming, the graphics card is your defining factor for the most part

Not saying I don't appreciate the advice, but changing that would change everything, new motherboard and ram. Right now I'm not looking to make any major changes, as I said at the beginning I'm really just checking to make sure there isn't something stupid that I've missed.
Have I gone too far with the power supply?

Digital Solitude

Your money I suppose, all I'm offering is advice. I think so yeah, I'll check out what a hexacore pulls in a few minute. Crucial Ballistix 240 pin ram and a ASRock Pro4 z97 is all the changes you'd need for one example

Digital Solitude

A pretty hefty over clock (to 4ghz!) Will pull about 520w on that GPU, so I'd say a 550w or 600w is loads. Maybe 600w to leave space for extra peripherals or a next gen AMD card.

Nanoxia DS3 or DS1 would be a decent case for you, DS3 is pretty cold, loads of room inside, its about 65 euro from hwvs

Nolimits

Digital Solitude wrote: »

A pretty hefty over clock (to 4ghz!) Will pull about 520w on that GPU, so I'd say a 550w or 600w is loads. Maybe 600w to leave space for extra peripherals or a next gen AMD card.

Nanoxia DS3 or DS1 would be a decent case for you, DS3 is pretty cold, loads of room inside, its about 65 euro from hwvs

Hmm I wasn't actually coming here looking for a case but thanks for that. It appears to be made for the type of motherboard I'm getting (ATX) and has plenty of fans.

Will prob pick up a cheap network card even though it'll be used on wired internet. So it's just a CD drive left again I'll pick up a relatively cheap one, I don't suppose it matters too much.


Thanks for your help.

Nolimits

For close to the same price, would this be an upgrade on the graphics card? http://www.hardwareversand.de/4096+MB/223152/MSI+GeForce+GTX+960+Gaming+4G%2C+4GB+GDDR5.article

Digital Solitude

Slightly worse performance, runs cooler though, bit more ram.

wotzgoingon

Would you not get 4 sticks of 4GB RAM to utilize the quad channel RAM?