new gaming build check and some questions

[fillus]

Hello everyone,

So after 5 years I've decided I'd like to buy a new gaming machine.
A few things for you to know before you check my spec:

- I'm not planning to overclock or go SLI
- Ideally I would like this to last me another 4/5 years without having to upgrade aything.
I mainly play FF14 or WOW.

Also here are some questions about the build which I hope you can help me with:

1) CASE: Last time I went for the Cooleramaster CM690 II which in my opinion is gigantic... considering my build is there anything smaller that would comfortaby fit my build?
2) RAM: Really not sure if I should go 8gb or 16gb
3) MOTHERBOARD: Have no clue so just went for cheapest
4) FAN: I'd like something valid and possibly not too noisy so I went for the most expensive one of the list
5) GRAPHICS: There is quite a price gap between the 980 4gb and 6gb.... is it worth it?

Thanks in advance for all your help



Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 III ADVANCED CASE (GREEN)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z170-P: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 3 DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£69)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-D15S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler (£69)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) 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 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,315.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Stephen M]

What are your intended uses. If it is just gaming 8GB RAM is enough, although if there is not much of a price difference 16GB can be useful, especially if you are going to be editing, multi-tasking and stuff. Are you going to add your own HDDs from the old system, 500GB seems a lot but if you have quite a few games and other programmes it is easily used. You would probably be best checking benchmarks online for the GPU, although there will be people here who can help. I am a laptop user so not in a good position to advise about cases and cooling but I am sure there will be those who can and will.

 

[fillus]

I will primarily use it for some gaming and to watch films, videos. Not into anything complicated (video editing and all of that).

Currently I have a 500gb disk and I don't use even 50% of it so I think it will be ok... Main concern is case to be honest...