Potential Rig - Advice Required!

[JaM1e]

Hi

I'm still looking at building a new rig for my brother I've got a couple of questions I'd like answering if possible? So below is the prelimery build I've looked at, I don't want to spend more than £2800. The build is purely for gaming alone, no plans on SLI and I really don't see the point of 4K at this moment in time, he plays competitive FPS games so is demanding a refresh rate of 144hz.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 III ADVANCED CASE (GREEN)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-5930K (3.5GHz) 15MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH X99: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
8GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 Ti - DVI, HDMI, 3 DP
1st Hard Disk
240GB HyperX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
4TB WD BLACK WD4003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-D15S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof)
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
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) Home DVD with paper sleeve
Monitor
IIYAMA GB2788HS-B1 27" Freesync Gaming Monitor
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair Gaming K70 Fully Backlit Gaming Mechanical Keyboard
Mouse
Razer® Deathadder Chroma Gaming Mouse - 10000dpi
Gaming Mouse Pad
SteelSeries QcK+ Gaming Mouse Pad
Games Controller
Xbox One Controller + Cable for Windows
Speakers
LOGITECH Z200 2.0 SPEAKERS - 10W
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

What I would like to know is first of all is the monitor good enough? Will FreeSync work okay with an nvidia GPU? I was tempted to go for the Rog Swift as that's what I have but if I can keep the price down I will.

Also is the CPU cooler good enough? I have the top liquid cooler which again I was tempted to get for him however if he's just gaming then it shouldn't really require it? Plus the liquid cooler is extremelly noisy.

Lastly is about the case? I looked at the CORSAIR AIR SERIES™ 540 GAMING CASE CASE would that be better than the selected case giving the choice of CPU cooler etc?

I'd really appreciate advice on these matters, I just want to make sure I get him a good rig.

Merry Christmas!

Jamie

 

[ItsPhire]

I've heard great things about that cooler. Any reason for the six core processor when it's for gaming?

 

[steaky360]

To answer a few of the queries;

As far as I know freesync doesn't work with NVidia graphics cards (yet anyway...) - could be wrong about that though. If that is the case, you'll just get adaptive vsync (standard stuff really).

The Noctua cooler is excellent.

Both cases would be fine in my opinion, choose the one that you (or your brother) thinks looks best maybe?

 

[Spuff]

You want a G-Sync monitor if you can afford one to go with an NVIDIA GPU.
If your monitor is 144Hz then that is what the refresh rate is. The monitor Hz is not fps.

Freesync only works with AMD GPUs. G-Sync only works with NVIDIA GPUs.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-g-sync-or-amd-freesync-pick-a-side-and-stick-with-it/

 

[JaM1e]

Thanks for the response guys, so based on what you've said I've came up with the below spec... will dropping from 6 core to quad core not impact performance at all?

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 III ADVANCED CASE (GREEN)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z170 PRO GAMING: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 Ti - DVI, HDMI, 3 DP
1st Hard Disk
240GB HyperX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
4TB WD BLACK WD4003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-D15S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) Home DVD with paper sleeve
Monitor
ASUS 27" ROG Swift PG278Q
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair Gaming K70 Fully Backlit Gaming Mechanical Keyboard
Mouse
Razer® Deathadder Chroma Gaming Mouse - 10000dpi
Gaming Mouse Pad
SteelSeries QcK+ Gaming Mouse Pad
Games Controller
Xbox One Controller + Cable for Windows
Speakers
LOGITECH Z200 2.0 SPEAKERS - 10W
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)