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DizzyQ

[Build Help] Need help finishing out a build

USD$

What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

Gaming primarily

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, FPS, game settings)

4k with high fps

What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?

like 4-5k but can go as high as it need to be

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

USA

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TWsVMp

Looking to make sure this build is optimized plus im looking for suggestions on a sound card a wireless card with a motherboard that will be able to fit the sli cards with the addons. I would also like suggestions on either a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker set up

Posted Jan 14, 2016, 6:26 PM UTC

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ZeroPaladn•
  • That PSU is overkill - 1000W is a good place for 2xSLI 980Ti.

  • Any particular reason you think you need a sound card? Most onboard sound cards nowadays are pretty good, and it looks like you want to drive a powered surround sound system anyways that won't see (hear?) a big difference anyways.

  • Wireless cards are pretty unambiguous, though this Gigabyte card has a positional wireless antenna that helps either hide it or get better signal in an area where it could be spotty, and it's a low-profile PCIe 1x slot so it find a spot in your machine easily. Mind you, if you're spending 5k on a computer you probably don't want it hampered by a spotty wireless network connection - make a wired connection happen if possible.

  • Where's your RAM? Oh, here it is. Feel free to change it up as need be, it's only a suggestion. Looks pretty sweet and matches the red/greyish accent of your board me thinks.

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Alchameth•

5820k is only compatible with up to 2133 mhz of memory.

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ZeroPaladn•

At stock - yes. If you're spending $5000 on a computer you're going to take it as far as it can go - the board support 3000MHz through XMP, and that's if OP doesn't want to tweak it themselves to go potentially higher.

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TUTCMO•

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

TypeItemPrice
CPUIntel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor$554.99 @ SuperBiiz
MotherboardAsus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard$505.98 @ Newegg
MemoryKingston 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory$152.00 @ Amazon
StorageSamsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive$327.99 @ SuperBiiz
StorageSamsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive$869.99 @ Micro Center
Video CardZotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Extreme Video Card (2-Way SLI)$678.89 @ B&H
Video CardZotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Extreme Video Card (2-Way SLI)$678.89 @ B&H
Power SupplySeaSonic 1050W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply$193.99 @ SuperBiiz
Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)$130.38 @ OutletPC
MonitorSamsung U28D590D 60Hz 28.0" Monitor$599.99 @ Best Buy
MonitorSamsung U28D590D 60Hz 28.0" Monitor$599.99 @ Best Buy
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total$5293.08
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-14 21:18 EST-0500

If you want to go for the X99 platform, I would recommend the 5930K over the 5820K. With the former, you get higher out the box base and turbo boost clocks and access to 40 PCI-E lanes, as opposed to latter's 28.

ASRock has a somewhat dodgy reputation. I would go for ASUS, Gigabyte, EVGA or MSI for MOBO. And with your budget, you can get a very nice one.

The m.2 drive would be an excellent home for your OS and most used programs. The 2.5" SSD would be an excellent home for your games. With these two drives, your PC will be blindingly fast, both in terms of boot time and load times.

The Zotac cards come with a really nice factory overclock, and you could always push them higher yourself.

SeaSonic is arguably the best PSU manufacturer on the planet. This PSU will provide plenty of clean and stable power for your PC.

And what ZeroPaladin said about sound cards. On the WiFi card, the MOBO I selected has WiFi built in. And, like ZeroPaladn said, go for a wired connection.

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GaiaNyx•

I can't really recommend 2TB SSD. That is a huge chunk of money that can be spent otherwise. 1TB is proportionally cheaper. Some go for less than 300 dollars if you get a good deal.

And you're missing a case D:

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TUTCMO•

I thought he already had a case. There is a case in the part list, but it has no price next to it, so I figured he already owned it.

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GaiaNyx•

ah I see. I didn't check the link.

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