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1st time DS buyer looking for suggestions

Post Date: 2015-11-03

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  Quote xcman04 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Topic: 1st time DS buyer looking for suggestions
    Posted: 03 Nov 2015 at 3:00pm
Soon to be 1st time DS buyer, wanted to post the rig I'm thinking of to see if anyone has any suggestions. Don't feel I really need a 2x SLI setup (only one monitor), and the TITAN is too expensive for the minor gain it gives over the 980 Ti.

Budget:
3-4k

Expectations:
Be able to play most, if not all games at high settings. Not looking for Ultra everything turned on, but I also am not looking at setting my games to mid-low graphics either.

Usage:
Gaming

Special Needs:
N/A

Saved Ticket #: N/A

Specifications:

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm Apollo
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 5930K 3.5GHz (Six-Core) (Unlocked CPU)
Motherboard: ASUS X99-DELUXE USB 3.1 (Intel X99 Chipset)
System Memory: 32GB DDR4 2800MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX (High-Performance)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX1000i (Digitally Controlled Power)
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (500GB Samsung 850 EVO)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (2TB Western Digital - Enterprise Edition)
Internet Access: Wireless PCI-E ASUS PCE-N53 (Dual Band Performance) (Supports 802.11n/g/b)
Graphics Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex 240mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (Extreme-Performance Edition)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Green)
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit Edition)

Any tips, suggestions, ideas or input would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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  Quote bprat22 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Nov 2015 at 3:12pm
Hi xcman04.....Nice setup but I would make a couple of suggestions.   Swap the 5930k for the 5820k .   The only difference is the number of Pcie lanes for graphics cards. The 5820k will save you some money and give even an sli setup all the bandwidth they need.

I agree with 980 it over the Titan.

Go with 16gb ram. For gaming, 32gb is a bit much but doesn't hurt if that's the choice.

Unless you're going 4K monitor the single 980ti is excellent.

Hope this helps and good luck.
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  Quote db188 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Nov 2015 at 4:13pm
for a gaming-only rig i'd suggest going with a Skylake/Z170 platform over X99.  i, myself was all set to buy X99, but after getting familiar with the new chipset, it just made more sense to go with the new "shiny".  if you plan on doing some heavy video editing, rendering, 3D modeling, etc, than by all means stay with X99.
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Gigabyte G1 Z170X Gaming GT
16GB Corsair Dominator 3000MHz
Corsair Hx1000i 1000W
Samsung M.2 980 Pro 2TB;Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
MSI RTX 3080 Ventus OC 10G LHR
Gigabyte M28U 4K
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