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Higher end gaming PC build - help on parts

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  • 29-11-2016 4:20pm
    #1
    grizzly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭


    Thinking of getting these from Overclockers in the UK;

    Case Corsair Carbide Air 540 Cube

    Motherboard MSI Z170A Gaming M7 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

    Processor Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM

    CPU Cooler be quiet! Silent Loop Superior Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm

    Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black

    Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR OC 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express

    Drives
    M.2 Solid State Drive (For OS) Samsung PM961 Polaris 1TB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    Solid State Drive for games Samsung 2.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive
    Other HD WD Black 4TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 128mb Cache HDD - OEM

    Power Supply XFX XTR Series 850W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply

    Do these parts make sense together? Thought about getting two 1080 for SLI, but now I think I'll keep the cash for the next upgrade cycle and another single card.


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    Digital Solitude
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    Save yourself a hat of money and half the size of the two SSDs, I've Windows on a 120gb SSD and it's more than loads for it.

    Correct about the SLI cards, bad idea.

    1440p144 or 4k?


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    Sneak
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    Some seriously impressive storage there! The thing will be lightning fast, if you have the money of course why not! For budget purposes theres definitely a few areas to shave a few euro. Also, what monitor do you have out of interest?


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    #4
    grizzly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    Thanks Solitude, I've currently got a 2560 x 1440 Dell monitor (27 I think) It's not got gaming specs (fast refresh). Debating if I want/need a better one. Hard to decide as what I have seems grand.


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    #5
    Digital Solitude
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    Honestly a 250gb OS drive and 500gb for games is plenty, now you have money so go 750gb or 1tb if you want but 1tb for Windows is pointless.

    A 1070 will show no real difference from a 1080 at 1440p60, I'd up the monitor in your shoes to 1440p144 or even an Ultra wide


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