New X99 build for music production and gaming

[garamo]

No GPU at present as I'm waiting to see if 8GB 970/980's appear soon. I'll be looking to run 3 of these in SLI to power a triple monitor set-up. May just order the PC and add these in myself on release.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-5930K (3.5GHz) 15MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® X99-S: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X PREDATOR QUAD-DDR4 2666MHz X.M.P (4 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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 (£139)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£89)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
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 UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
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 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

 

[keynes]

I wouldn't suggest running 3 GPUs, you are likely to experience heat issues and you get significant diminishing returns with the 3rd GPU. I also don't think you will have a noticeable difference between the 4gb or 8gb (if available)

 

[garamo]

I've heard that temps aren't as much of an issue with the 900's as they run a lot cooler? I know the 3rd card will get diminishing returns but it still seems 3 x 970 will give better results than 2 x 980 in most cases? I know 4 or 8gb vram doesn't make much difference right at this minute but it feels as if that could change quite soon! Especially as I'll be running at 5760x1080.

I'm a bit stumped on what to do GPU wise. I've got £1000 for GPU's and want to go as all out as possible.

 

[keynes]

My comment regarding the vram was considering 3 monitors and a single gpu may run cooler than the previous generation but you are going to have 3 GPUs together. I wouldn't reconmend doing tri-sli, I would suggest looking at benchmarks/reviews (if available) of tri sli set ups with the gtx 970 or 980