New Build Share! My GF new PC! X99S SLI Krait Edtion PC

[lehtv]

are you insinuating the 5820K is a bad value? It has 2 more cores and 2x as much cache as the 4790k for only $40 more.

That is exactly what I'm "insinuating".

For $40 more you get 0.7GHz slower stock clock speed which means it performs worse in games than 4790K, and lower absolute overclocking potential which means it won't catch up to 4790K even with overclocking. It requires an expensive X99 motherboard which is $200 minimum, while 4790K pairs great with a mere $120 SLI board, so in essence you're not paying $40 more, you're paying $120 more. And it lacks integrated graphics (great as an emergency backup), and consumes a lot more power especially with overclocking.

It's not a bad value for what it's designed - heavily multithreaded processing - but it is a bad value for gaming.

 

[5150Joker]

All that for a gf? I hope she tastes like strawberries and is 10/10.

 

[GoStumpy]

All that for a gf? I hope she tastes like strawberries and is 10/10.

Pics required obv.

 

[MaeClark0318]

lol
This pc is awesome, and u just lucky not using 970
(NV 970 get lot problem right now)

but some question, how's the water cooling? it kinda cool can change the led color
and how's the temp while gaming??

 

[mfenn]

lol
This pc is awesome, and u just lucky not using 970
(NV 970 get lot problem right now)

The GTX 970 itself hasn't changed one iota from the day it was launched. If you buy a card based on performance benchmarks (which is what you should do anyway), then your purchase decision wouldn't have changed at all with the recent revelations about memory regions.

 

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

This is a bad choice IMHO as well, as LEHTV stated plus the new memory cost. You got a whale of a computer BUT! That phewny water junk pre built garabage made for a 4 core CPU.
On to the mother board, not the whitest one you could have gotten. And only 1 GPU, WHY! Why bother?
That tape on the PSU wires is as bout as ghetto as it gets IMHO!

Only thing that could honestly save this build is a picture of a DROP DEAD WOMAN! I did learn a lot here I must say! Now I'll shut my mouth

Why would you necro this thread just to slam the OP and harrass his girlfriend? Consider this your warning.

mfenn
General Hardware Moderator

 

[stockwiz]

Would have held out for skylake but I don't necessarily think going with the 5820K was a bad idea... a couple hundred bucks is no big deal when some people spend $900+ on just video cards alone to power their $1000 in monitors... and you do get the 2 extra cores which if you can get it overclocked into the 4.2-4.3 GHZ range will be just fine for single threaded performance and net you the extra benefit of those cores and more cores is the future.

I remember people badmouthing those who had quad cores, saying that dual core was 'good enough' .. meh. The choice of the GTX 960 on the other hand, when building such a powerful rig, was not the wisest one. A 980 would have been better.