Gaming Pc

[Alex179]

I posted a set-up I was interested in a couple of months ago with a view to buying in July. I've managed to save faster than I expected and will be in a position to order next Friday hopefully. I was looking at a rig with the GTX Titan X but since then the GTX 980 Ti has been released. I've changed around a few things and made it so I can afford 2 GTX 980 Ti's in SLI. I've left out a wireless card and sound card since the motherboard has it built in. Other than that is there anything I need to consider that I might not have done already? Also I know this is overkill for a gaming pc (as many people are very vocal about telling me) but I live in rural France and all I do outside of work is play games.

Case
CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 780T FULL TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Six Core i7-5930K (3.5GHz @ MAX of 4.4GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE V EXTREME: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X PREDATOR QUAD-DDR4 3000MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 Ti - 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 3 DP - (PRE-ORDER ONLY)
Free Item
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT with select GTX 9 Series GPUs! -Subject to T&Cs
2nd Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 Ti - 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 3 DP - (PRE-ORDER ONLY)
Free Item
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT with select GTX 9 Series GPUs! -Subject to T&Cs
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st PCI-E SSD Drive
240GB KINGSTON HYPER-X PREDATOR PCIe SSD (up to 1400MB/sR | 600MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (194 €)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i GTX Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (124 €)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (13 €)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre European Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (110 €)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
ASUS 27" ROG Swift PG278Q (822 €)
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair Gaming K70 Fully Backlit Gaming Mechanical Keyboard (164 €)
Gaming Mouse Pad
Razer Goliathus Small Control Mouse Mat (20 €)
Speakers
LOGITECH Z200 2.0 SPEAKERS - 10W (39 €)
Webcam
Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 (32 €)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (19 €)
Delivery
2 DAY DELIVERY TO FRANCE (27 €)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

 

[keynes]

well my view is that there is no need to buy expensive components like the motherboard since it would provide no noticeable benefits (or any for gaming). I think your query is more to do with adding bits? the only suggestions I have are downgrades but if you are happy with your choice go for it. Don't think silver warranty applies to you since you are located outside of the UK.

 

[Alex179]

Ive considered a different motherboard but I'm going to stick with that just for the features it provides like wifi, sound card and OC Panel. I was originally going to get 32gb RAM but dropped it down to 16 to get the 2 GPUs and keep the price around what i was willing to spend. I was also looking at going for a bigger PCIe SSD and a HDD but its more cost effective to get 1 240gb PCIe and 1 240gb SSD plus the HDD instead of a 480gb PCIe and HDD. Also I've opted for the 144hz G Sync over 4k just going off reviews I have found on the internet. I'll look more into the warranty.

 

[Alex179]

Quad Channel RAM

A friend looked over the system I'm about to order and spotted a possible problem with the RAM. Im looking at 16gb Hyper X Predator (2x8gb) but since it is quad channel RAM and I'm ordering the ASUS Rampage motherboard he says I will be hitting a massive curve not having a 4x4gb kit. PCspecialist don't currently offer the 4x4 kits and I have no desire to upgrade to 32gb. Can anybody offer advice on this since I'm looking to order tomorrow but this is putting me off.