Hey guys
I wondered what you think of my build.I would use the computer mainly for playing games on a 120Hz 4k monitor.
Im pretty new to the whole build a pc community so please warn me of any major mistakes i made. I would also like to find out, whether all my parts fit well together.
So here is the build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/topgun128/saved/rpm2FT
So, I dont think that the cooler fits into my case, and i wonder whether the Noctua NH-C12P would do a better job, or if the Noctua NH-L9i would be enough.
Again please warn me of any major noob mistakes.
Thank you in advance
TopGun
You man want to consider an AIO cooler if you're going to do any overclocking. Do you already have the monitor? I'm not aware of any GPU setup that can handle 120fps 4K, let alone consistent 60fps 4K (I think most setups with 3 or 4 way SLI are maxing out around 40-45fps in 4K) so that may be overkill. If you can get those framerates, you're going to have to crank down the settings. IMO, focus on either 4K at ~30fps OR 1080p/1440p at 60+fps.
I would love to know where you are going too find a 120hz 4k monitor...pretty sure those don't exist. And if they do, they would cost more than the computer you are building.
Thank you guys for the quick anser. To reply to both of your questions.
DemonX09 you are right, you are probably right, they do not exist. but i plan ahead. i want to buy this system to use it with my 1080p 120Hz monitor and i plan to upgrade my system (in 2 years or so) to said monitor and with another 980GTX to have a 2way SLI.
Sorry for not going into details. But they actually are details, since i wonder more about the cooler and whether the above system contains some major f***ups :).
i do not plan to do any overclocking. i made good experiences with noctua in the past so this is why i proposed said coolers. but i will check aio coolers out right now.
if you plan on doing the whole 4k thing down the road, I suggest that by then you upgrade graphics cards again to whatever is the best at the time, since they will probably smoke the 980s, and put the system on water.
By that point I would think NVIDIA or AMD would have better cards for 4K. Whatever they are, will probably be better to just buy a single new card than SLI'ing your 980. For me, building an X99/Haswell-e rig was more about the new socket, DDR4 memory, m.2 capability and 'futureproofness' in that direction. Remember, we're just now really starting to see widespread 4K. GPU's I imagine will change pretty rapidly once there's more development into optimization and such. But some of it is just that 4K is a lot of friggin pixels.
thank you again so much guys.
so my build would principally work?
If you're doing 1080p you'd be saving yourself a lot of money just going with a nice aftermarket-cooled 970 (EVGA, Asus, MSI are my preferred options, currently I believe EVGA has the cheapest model and their customer service more than trumps any other manufacturer)... 4K is unrealistic to plan for, especially gaming on it... 1440p is nice though, and you can get some very nice 27" 60hz IPS 1440p monitors for around $450... it should be noted my 780 pushes 1440p relatively well, so the 970 would also...
Unless you need the power of X99 for productivity, I would honestly just go with an i5/Z97/DDR3 build... the premium you pay there also isn't worth it... especially if all you do is the occasional Photoshop work and gaming...
You can spend whatever you want to, but for what you're doing with it, IMHO, it's a waste... the only things I go X99 for are 3D modeling cars or things with thousands of parts, and professional video editting/4k picture rendering...