I am looking to build a super clean pc with no sata hdd's or ssd's or disc drives. For storage I plan on using 2x 1TB m2 drives which should be available on samsungs next m2 drive that incorporates v nand as well as pci-e 3.0x4 and nvme interface. I don't mind using my 512GB xp941 and 2TB HDD until the m2 drives are available. Basically for the build everything will be attached to the motherboard directly except case fans and power supply.
Planned Build:
NZXT H440, 3x 120mm noctua nf-f12 front intake, 3x 120mm noctua nf-f12 top exhaust, 1x 140mm noctua nf-a15 rear exhaust, i7 5960x, noctua nh-d15 cooler, coollaboratory liquid metal TIM, 4x8GB 3000Mhz CL 15 GSkill Ripjaws 4 DDR4, Reused GTX 780 until 16nm finfet gpu's out, Arctic Accelero Extreme IV GPU cooler + large backside heatsink with 2x 92mm noctua nf-a9 cooling rear heatsink with coollaboratory liquid metal tim, Asus Essence STX II sound card in bottom pci-e to let gpu fully breathe, Reused 512GB xp941 + HGST deskstar NAS 2TB HDD until Samsung V-nand pci-e 3.0 x4 nvme drives out, 1200 watt Seasonic 1200xp3 (yes i know I don't need 1200 watts but it stays fanless until 500-550 watts and on the lowest rpm 500-750 watts), GPU, CPU and RAM will be overclocked to verified stable maximums supported with the fans kept at the highest rpm before noise starts getting noticeably loud so a motherboard with top quality power delivery is also needed. Ending price when new gpu and new storage purchased should be about 4200 dollars and ill be able to offset about 1500 conservatively, most likely more, selling old parts so it should put me in the hole about 2700 which isn't bad since ill be keeping it a long time.
Haven't chose the motherboard yet as it's hard to find the info of what motherboards have 2 ultra m2 slots has there are a buncha conflicts when searching.
I currently am using a 5 year old build with upgrades along the way. An i7-980x system. I do a lot of video transcoding so the 8 core haswell-e finally made upgrading worth it for more than just the new features. I've saved a lot of money due to the slowdown in cpu processing growth and can afford to splurge and keep this next build a long time. Though maybe it is more prudent to wait for skylake-e as it will have a lot of major updates like native usb 3.1, pci-e 4.0 and the new DMI 3.0 and intel said skylake will actually be a major leap in performance and since I plan to keep this next build for a minimum of 5 years most likely more it may be smart to have the latest standards.
Is there an x99 option with 2x ultra m2 slots? I will only be using 16x lanes for graphics and 8 lanes for ssd's and I could even add another graphics card (but I never would I'm all about using the single fastest card you can to avoid dual gpu headaches)and still be at 40 lanes with both gpu's in 16x mode so that isn't a problem.
If there is no suitable x99 option then hopefully x100 series skylake-e mobos will carry dual ultra m2 slots. I will most likely wait for the regular mainstream skylake release before i start this build to see the actual IPC gains because if skylake is as big of a leap in performance and IPC like intel says then I will 100% wait for skylake-e whether x99 has dual ultra m2 or not.
Planned Build:
NZXT H440, 3x 120mm noctua nf-f12 front intake, 3x 120mm noctua nf-f12 top exhaust, 1x 140mm noctua nf-a15 rear exhaust, i7 5960x, noctua nh-d15 cooler, coollaboratory liquid metal TIM, 4x8GB 3000Mhz CL 15 GSkill Ripjaws 4 DDR4, Reused GTX 780 until 16nm finfet gpu's out, Arctic Accelero Extreme IV GPU cooler + large backside heatsink with 2x 92mm noctua nf-a9 cooling rear heatsink with coollaboratory liquid metal tim, Asus Essence STX II sound card in bottom pci-e to let gpu fully breathe, Reused 512GB xp941 + HGST deskstar NAS 2TB HDD until Samsung V-nand pci-e 3.0 x4 nvme drives out, 1200 watt Seasonic 1200xp3 (yes i know I don't need 1200 watts but it stays fanless until 500-550 watts and on the lowest rpm 500-750 watts), GPU, CPU and RAM will be overclocked to verified stable maximums supported with the fans kept at the highest rpm before noise starts getting noticeably loud so a motherboard with top quality power delivery is also needed. Ending price when new gpu and new storage purchased should be about 4200 dollars and ill be able to offset about 1500 conservatively, most likely more, selling old parts so it should put me in the hole about 2700 which isn't bad since ill be keeping it a long time.
Haven't chose the motherboard yet as it's hard to find the info of what motherboards have 2 ultra m2 slots has there are a buncha conflicts when searching.
I currently am using a 5 year old build with upgrades along the way. An i7-980x system. I do a lot of video transcoding so the 8 core haswell-e finally made upgrading worth it for more than just the new features. I've saved a lot of money due to the slowdown in cpu processing growth and can afford to splurge and keep this next build a long time. Though maybe it is more prudent to wait for skylake-e as it will have a lot of major updates like native usb 3.1, pci-e 4.0 and the new DMI 3.0 and intel said skylake will actually be a major leap in performance and since I plan to keep this next build for a minimum of 5 years most likely more it may be smart to have the latest standards.
Is there an x99 option with 2x ultra m2 slots? I will only be using 16x lanes for graphics and 8 lanes for ssd's and I could even add another graphics card (but I never would I'm all about using the single fastest card you can to avoid dual gpu headaches)and still be at 40 lanes with both gpu's in 16x mode so that isn't a problem.
If there is no suitable x99 option then hopefully x100 series skylake-e mobos will carry dual ultra m2 slots. I will most likely wait for the regular mainstream skylake release before i start this build to see the actual IPC gains because if skylake is as big of a leap in performance and IPC like intel says then I will 100% wait for skylake-e whether x99 has dual ultra m2 or not.
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