Thread: Building a new computer

Here's the new PSU
Corsair CX Series Modular CX750M 750W ATX Power Supply Black CP-9020061-NA - Best Buy

Here's a potential SSD
PNY CS1100 480GB Internal Serial ATA III Solid State Drive Black SSD7CS1111-480-RB - Best Buy

It looks like best buy only carries DDR3 so I'd have to go somewhere else

That looks good. I personally would swap out the CS1100 with the 850 Evo since the Evo is faster and more reliable in every regard, but if price remains important then the CS1100 will do fine.

For the RAM situtation, you only need to worry about DDR4 if you're getting the X99/5820k setup. If you're getting the LGA1150/4690k setup, the DDR3 you chose earlier is good.

And one last note so you're not surprised when you start putting the computer together: Solid State Drives are very small. They don't fit into normal 3.5" slots, but most cases either have pre-drilled holes on the 3.5" trays to attach a SSD, or the Phantom series has two mounting points specifically for SSDs behind the motherboard.

Best Buy isn't going to have Z170 stuff for another couple months. On top of that, I read an article by someone who delidded a Skylake and it shows they've got the crappy TIM under the heat spreader. The 4690k has significantly better TIM and will run significantly cooler (which means less noise from the CPU cooler)

Is there any reason you are looking at an X99 chipset? Are there certain features on the X99 that you want that are not offered on the Z97?

I am just asking because you could save money and possibly gain some features by going with a decked out Z97 as opposed to a mediocre X99 board.

This board supports M.2 SATA SSD on the board and PCI-E 3.0. You could drop an Intel 750 NVME SSD in, or run a speedy AHCI Samsung M.2 drive for incredible boot speeds.

The only reason I would recommend an X99 chipset at all is if you are looking to do SLI graphics. The X99 chipset will allow for dual x16 PCI-E while the Z97 board will only allow for dual x8 as there are only 16 lanes available. The X99 chipset could have between 24-40 lanes, depending on your CPU. The 5820 would have 28 total PCI-E lanes while the 5930k and 5960x have the full 40 lanes available. This REALLY doesn't make THAT much of a difference in gaming performance, if any at all, but if you start plugging in some PCI-E SSDs, you may see a decline in graphical performance if your lanes are fully saturated.

That being said, if you are on a $2200k budget, you would likely be running a single GPU or two mid range GPUs in SLI/Crossfire, which wouldn't saturate your PCI-E lanes. I think you would probably be best getting an Z97 chipset, drop some money into some speedy storage like an M.2 SSD and a higher capacity SSD (prices have been coming down quite a bit).

Originally Posted by Allane

That looks good. I personally would swap out the CS1100 with the 850 Evo since the Evo is faster and more reliable in every regard, but if price remains important then the CS1100 will do fine.

For the RAM situtation, you only need to worry about DDR4 if you're getting the X99/5820k setup. If you're getting the LGA1150/4690k setup, the DDR3 you chose earlier is good.

And one last note so you're not surprised when you start putting the computer together: Solid State Drives are very small. They don't fit into normal 3.5" slots, but most cases either have pre-drilled holes on the 3.5" trays to attach a SSD, or the Phantom series has two mounting points specifically for SSDs behind the motherboard.

Samsung isn't exactly known for it's reliability. They have had some firmware issues with both the 840 and 850 series. I actually had one of the bad 840s that I had to RMA. The drive got so slow, it was unbearable.

That being said, the Samsung 850 series is a great value drive in terms of performance/price. I have had better luck with Intel drives, but they are a bit more expensive, and actually don't perform quite as fast as the 850s. They just have a great warranty and are of great quality.

Originally Posted by Gunny

I would recommend the Corsair Hydro Series H100i Dual 120mm Fan CPU Cooler Black CW-9060009-WW - Best Buy
IF your case can handle it. I bought mine 7 months ago and haven't had an issue with it and my FX8350 runs right at 90 degrees F when gaming according to the Corsair Link system monitoring software.

The Corsair coolers are actually rebranded OEM coolers from Asetek.
510LC - Asetek

Cooler Master makes some good coolers as an alternative to the Corsair. I think the Corsair coolers will do fine, but the fans are a bit noisy at higher RPMs. If you are overclocking and running the fans at higher RPMs, you may want to consider swapping out the fans.

Corsair Link software is NOT good at all, in my opinion. It can get the job done, but I don't praise Corsair at all for their link software. It is buggy, doesn't work right, and they pretty much barely support it (rarely gets any updates). The Link Commander is a nifty little all in one unit for your LEDs and fans, but it uses that buggy software! As I said, it gets the job done, but it shouldn't be a major reason to buy the Corsair product. Corsair makes a great cooler, as does Cooler Master, and even DeepCool with their Captain 240 series.

CAPTAIN 240 DEEPCOOL GAMER STORM