Looking to buy a new gaming rig

So pretty much what the subject says, I'm looking to buy a new gaming rig. I've switched builders quite a few times in the last mont but I think that DS is the way to go.

My budget is $2200-2750 (however going slightly over isn't a huge deal). I have a monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers already, however I do have a new Keyboard and Mouse I plan on getting after I get my new PC.

I want the build to be able to run modern games High-Max on 1080p at 60+ FPS (BF4, Witcher 3, Modded Skyrim, the new NFS, Mirrors Edge, Battlefront, Assassins Creed etc.) and originally I had set out to build something that as of today would be considered overkill for the current market of games.

I plan on using it primarily for gaming, no real video editing or anything. The only other thing I would be doing is basic computer things such as web browsing, watching movies, listening to music and that sort of stuff.

As for special needs I don't think I have any other than to take into consideration that I have a massive Steam library of games (2.1TB all together) and I have some serious problems with a single 1TB HDD right now (constantly below the 100GB mark so I'm always trying to find something to delete) so 2-4TB is preferred.

My current build that I'm looking at right now is as follows (config code:1262082):

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Corsair Obsidian 550D
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 6700K 4.0GHz (Codename Skylake) (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z170XP-SLI (Intel Z170 Chipset)
System Memory: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series
Power Supply: 750W EVGA SuperNOVA
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x Storage (2TB Western Digital - Black Edition)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (2TB Western Digital/Seagate/Hitachi)
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: RAID 0: Striping: Performance, But No Data Fault Tolerance Protection (Requires 2 HDDs)
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex 120mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (High-Performance Edition)
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package Stage 1 (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds Only)
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Boost Graphics Card(s): - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows CD)
Virus Protection: FREE: McAfee AntiVirus Plus (1 Year Service Activation Card) (Not Pre-installed) ($35 Value)
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
Portable Gaming: - No Thanks
Branded Gear: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)


Edited by HypeFree - 15 Aug 2015 at 12:53pm

Removed them, didn't realize it would be an issue. Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks for the ideas, I assumed that with the two drives if one failed you only lost the data on the one that failed. So I should probably do Raid 1 then?

Also I was avoiding SSDs due to the fact that there are some games on Steam (Saints Row IV for example) that don't actually run properly unless Steam and the game are on the same drive as the OS so it kind of scared me away from SSDs but I will definitely take it into consideration and read into it more for both pros and cons. As for the PSU I didn't even really connect the fact that I would need a better PSU in the future if I wanted to SLI 980Tis so I'm glad that you pointed that out. Thanks for the response!


Edited by HypeFree - 15 Aug 2015 at 1:21pm

So if I grabbed the 500GB SSD what exactly would I be putting on it other than the OS? Would you recommend games from Origin/Steam? And also would the SSD actually help with loading times on games? It does cut the cost down a little bit which is nice but I also lose 1.5TB of space and I don't know all that much about SSDs other than they're helpful for boot times (although with Windows 10 boot times are super short already).

Oh so by mirror it means literally mirror data. I assumed it had something to do with saving data to the other drive in the wake of a failure or something. So then if I went with the 2x2TB then no raid would be the best overall.

So then the question of what exactly the benefits in this build would be from having the SSD over the other 2TB HDD still stands? In your guys opinion is it worth giving up that much space for a $40 difference and a slightly increased speed boost to certain games/programs and launch? Or are there other pros to having the SSD that I'm missing?