1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
This will be a gaming machine with some light VR and very little FPS gaming. I'm an RPGer, and like for my visuals to be stunning while I take in the scenery rather than skewed towards the performance side of the equation.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Trying to stay around $1000 for this one. I can go over for the right reasons.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
All from U.S.
5. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
No brand preference. I tend to stay away from MSi as I still have a bad taste in my mouth from previous builds, but if the price is right . . .
6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Case: Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62
GPU: Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290X - Waiting on next gen to upgrade this as it was a fairly recent purchase.
SSD : Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB. Will upgrade this eventually, but no need for now. Perhaps in a year or 2 when I need to scratch that itch again.
Power Supply: Need advice here. Currently using a Corsair CMPSU-650TX that happily supplied 2 HD6950s in Crossfire for the same overclocked 2500k in my sig. Is there a need to upgrade this? It isn't modular, and I'm guessing it'll have the sleep issue from Haswell, so I'm torn on upgrading.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Overclocking an i7 6700k.
8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?
2560 x 1440
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Note that it is usually not cost or time effective to choose your build more than a month before you actually plan to be using it.
Ready to purchase when I make up my mind.
10. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
Windows 10. Is Home OK this round or is BitLocker and remote login worth 40 bucks?
NOTE: I DO have reasonable access to a microcenter, but it is about 3.5 hours away. Not worth it for less than 50 dollars saved, but I'm always up for a road trip.
Here's what I have so far.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($369.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($100.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($157.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)
Total: $858.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-30 05:29 EDT-0400
This will be a gaming machine with some light VR and very little FPS gaming. I'm an RPGer, and like for my visuals to be stunning while I take in the scenery rather than skewed towards the performance side of the equation.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Trying to stay around $1000 for this one. I can go over for the right reasons.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
All from U.S.
5. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
No brand preference. I tend to stay away from MSi as I still have a bad taste in my mouth from previous builds, but if the price is right . . .
6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Case: Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62
GPU: Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290X - Waiting on next gen to upgrade this as it was a fairly recent purchase.
SSD : Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB. Will upgrade this eventually, but no need for now. Perhaps in a year or 2 when I need to scratch that itch again.
Power Supply: Need advice here. Currently using a Corsair CMPSU-650TX that happily supplied 2 HD6950s in Crossfire for the same overclocked 2500k in my sig. Is there a need to upgrade this? It isn't modular, and I'm guessing it'll have the sleep issue from Haswell, so I'm torn on upgrading.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Overclocking an i7 6700k.
8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?
2560 x 1440
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Note that it is usually not cost or time effective to choose your build more than a month before you actually plan to be using it.
Ready to purchase when I make up my mind.
10. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?
Windows 10. Is Home OK this round or is BitLocker and remote login worth 40 bucks?
NOTE: I DO have reasonable access to a microcenter, but it is about 3.5 hours away. Not worth it for less than 50 dollars saved, but I'm always up for a road trip.
Here's what I have so far.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($369.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($100.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($157.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)
Total: $858.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-30 05:29 EDT-0400
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