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Please advise on improving this build. My intended use is 4k gaming and daily use. Price is not a priority, my last build was 4 years ago and is just now sliding out of date (i7-2600K ,ASUS P8Z68-V, GTX 560 Ti) had to pop in a GTX 1060 6GB while I decided on what’s next. I’d like this one to last for a while as well.

CPU
Intel Core i7-6850K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor $607.99
CPU Cooler
Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $119.99
Motherboard
Asus X99-A II ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard $233.99
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $199.99
Storage
Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $314.99
Video Card
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card $644.00
Case
Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX ATX Mid Tower Case $169.99
Power Supply
Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $119.99
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $98.99
Total: $2509.92
Questions: Right CPU? Memory match? Cooler?(probablly not enough time to do custom).
Titan X Pascal instead?

thanks in advance
 

peche

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Processor intel i7 3770 *Dellided*
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s) GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s) 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s) On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?
1st, fill sys specs here...
2nd, how much money do you have?
3rd, the current computer does not meet al your requirements? why?
4rd entire complete build or upgrade over the current one?

Regards,
 
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Memory Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s) ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
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Power Supply Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
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And your geographic location for possible deals
 

peche

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System Name Athenna
Processor intel i7 3770 *Dellided*
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s) GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s) 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s) On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?
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Seattle,
$$ what ever it takes
Won't run all the games I want at 4k
entire new build, current one going to a friend minus one of the 3 TB drives
latest and lasting-at least for a couple of years
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
Looks fine to me honestly... you can save some coin by going 6700K/Z170, but, seems like you want to spend. Pull the trigger. :)
 
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Cooling Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s) ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s) ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s) Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro
Your going to love that case
 
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If I had the money this is what I would do...

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LppxRG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LppxRG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6850K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($588.89 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.99 @ Best Buy)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 OC Formula EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($187.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($164.99 @ Jet)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.26 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card ($664.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2545.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-10 11:20 EST-0500


I wouldnt run 2 1080 in SLI, most games dont take that much advantage so its a bit waste of money.
 
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Processor 13700KF - 5.7GHZ
Motherboard Z690 UNIFY-X
Cooling ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 (NF-A12x25)
Memory 2x16 G.SKILL M-DIE (7200-34-44-44-28)
Video Card(s) XFX MERC 7900XT
Storage 1TB KINGSTON KC3000
Display(s) FI32Q
Case LIAN LI O11 DYNAMIC EVO
Audio Device(s) HD599
Power Supply RMX1000
Mouse PULSAR XLITE V2 MINI (RETRO)
Keyboard KEYCHRON V3 (DUROCK T1 + MT3 GODSPEED R2)
Software Windows 11
Benchmark Scores Superposition 4k optimized - 20652
Please advise on improving this build. My intended use is 4k gaming and daily use. Price is not a priority, my last build was 4 years ago and is just now sliding out of date (i7-2600K ,ASUS P8Z68-V, GTX 560 Ti) had to pop in a GTX 1060 6GB while I decided on what’s next. I’d like this one to last for a while as well.

CPU
Intel Core i7-6850K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor $607.99
CPU Cooler
Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $119.99
Motherboard
Asus X99-A II ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard $233.99
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $199.99
Storage
Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $314.99
Video Card
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card $644.00
Case
Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX ATX Mid Tower Case $169.99
Power Supply
Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $119.99
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $98.99
Total: $2509.92
Questions: Right CPU? Memory match? Cooler?(probablly not enough time to do custom).
Titan X Pascal instead?

thanks in advance
I think it is not the time to build a 4k build , if the most powerful card can't handle it alone then it means you shouldn't do it. Other than my opinion the build looks okay.
 

peche

Thermaltake fanboy
Joined
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Messages
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Location
San Jose, Costa Rica
System Name Athenna
Processor intel i7 3770 *Dellided*
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s) GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s) 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s) On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?
Seattle,
$$ what ever it takes
Won't run all the games I want at 4k
entire new build, current one going to a friend minus one of the 3 TB drives
latest and lasting-at least for a couple of years
so what about this!?
 
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