After a long hard fight with myself, I have decided to ditch Alienware. I have been a dedicated Fan, and have owned several systems, but nothing is more satisfying than ones own build. I have decided to go with the following components. This Machine will be used for Gaming, Occasional Game Streaming on Twitch.Tv, and for the next few years will be used 8 hours a Day, to complete my College Degree.
Ummm what are you even asking. Not sure why you are cheaping out with an I5 cpu but going with 2 pg34 rog displays. Honestly if budget is that tight you have to go with an i5 you should reconsider 2 pg34s ultra wide 2k is roughly the same as 4K in total pixel count. I think for a good experience GTX 1080 as bare min for today's games in 4K.
Ummm what are you even asking. Not sure why you are cheaping out with an I5 cpu but going with 2 pg34 rog displays. Honestly if budget is that tight you have to go with an i5 you should reconsider 2 pg34s ultra wide 2k is roughly the same as 4K in total pixel count. I think for a good experience GTX 1080 as bare min for today's games in 4K.
I don't see anything in his usage comments that would require X99. 6600k is more than competent for gaming and streaming and lots of people would rather spend the extra for a kick arse rig all around than have top of line hardware that doesn't get utilized. I'm running a 6400 at 4.3 with a GTX 970 and run FO4 and W3 pretty much on ultra and get a solid 60fps. I think suggesting overkill hardware gets thrown around a little too much sometimes.
I don't see anything in his usage comments that would require X99. 6600k is more than competent for gaming and streaming and lots of people would rather spend the extra for a kick arse rig all around than have top of line hardware that doesn't get utilized. I'm running a 6400 at 4.3 with a GTX 970 and run FO4 and W3 pretty much on ultra and get a solid 60fps. I think suggesting overkill hardware gets thrown around a little too much sometimes.
OP is going for 1080's Strix SLI and atleast 2 34" screens (4 in total, if I understand him correctly) and you argue that +$100 for a 6700k or even a few $100s more for 6800k on X99 os overkill???
If hes streaming he will definitely benefit from hyper-threading and more cores, especially if he tries to stream 1080p@60fps.
I don't get why u're upset.
I don't see anything in his usage comments that would require X99. 6600k is more than competent for gaming and streaming and lots of people would rather spend the extra for a kick arse rig all around than have top of line hardware that doesn't get utilized. I'm running a 6400 at 4.3 with a GTX 970 and run FO4 and W3 pretty much on ultra and get a solid 60fps. I think suggesting overkill hardware gets thrown around a little too much sometimes.
For streaming, you want at least an i7. You're a lot more likely to experience dropped frames with an i5.
These Skylake processors offer 16 PCI-e 3.0 lanes and the Z170 chipset offers 20. There's more than enough lanes available for the proposed build.
One thing to note: Z170 doesn't have quad channel memory so the kit listed would be running in dual channel. I really hate that memory is marketed in that way. RAM is RAM.
Price doesn't seem to be a factor so I don't really see the need to nitpick over price. If price was a factor, I'm not sure they would be spending $2600 on monitors.
There's also the option of building a gaming computer and separate streaming computer.
I don't see anything in his usage comments that would require X99. 6600k is more than competent for gaming and streaming and lots of people would rather spend the extra for a kick arse rig all around than have top of line hardware that doesn't get utilized. I'm running a 6400 at 4.3 with a GTX 970 and run FO4 and W3 pretty much on ultra and get a solid 60fps. I think suggesting overkill hardware gets thrown around a little too much sometimes.
Ummm what are you even asking. Not sure why you are cheaping out with an I5 cpu but going with 2 pg34 rog displays. Honestly if budget is that tight you have to go with an i5 you should reconsider 2 pg34s ultra wide 2k is roughly the same as 4K in total pixel count. I think for a good experience GTX 1080 as bare min for today's games in 4K.
Considered, but I am going to stick with a I5. I don't feel I need anything more for what I plan on doing, unless you can back this statement up for me with some Proof that I will benefit from it. Thank you for your time though.
I guess if you have it figured out why even make this post. I'm sure this is a complete waste of time cuz OP won't even build this rig. Anybody with common sense knows your not gunna run 4 4K displays of an i5 and a pair of 1080s lmao.
I guess if you have it figured out why even make this post. I'm sure this is a complete waste of time cuz OP won't even build this rig. Anybody with common sense knows your not gunna run 4 4K displays of an i5 and a pair of 1080s lmao.
First and Foremost, all I said was money is not an issue. Second of all, I do not have it figured out. I have never said that I will be running 2 Displays at the same time, while gaming. I am going with dual display's, so when I am doing my online courses, I don't have to keep flipping tabs on the interwebs.
I knew you were going to ask that, and no I can not give you much of anything right now.
I remember I was watching a review when the new boards came out, and there was some issue where some of the chipset pcie lanes were being used for some weird USB thing and would cause conflicts with NVME.
You plan on running SLI 1080's and don't have a need for overkill? I guess there's really no need to continue contributing to this thread. I hope everyone else has fun digesting that hypocrisy.
You plan on running SLI 1080's and don't have a need for overkill? I guess there's really no need to continue contributing to this thread. I hope everyone else has fun digesting that hypocrisy.
Because he's smart and getting overkill where he needs it. GPU is much more important for an overall game system than CPU. Yes some games are more CPU intensive but anyone with knowledge will ALWAYS tell you to get more GPU than CPU for gaming. Like was mentioned above there are 16 PCIE lanes for the slots and as long as the mobo supports it SLI is no problem, even if it runs at X8 it will barely be noticable, especially with 1080s. Now you probably won't be able to run a PCIE SSD with SLI, but honestly for a gaming system a SATA SSD is plenty.
X99 at its core is superior yes, but is way over exaggerated for a gaming system and Z170 tends to get a bad rap for its limited PCIE lanes but if you understand and realize what Intel intended for each platform then it makes sense. 6600k has been touted as the best gaming CPU per dollar for about a year now, and again why spend the extra on X99 that won't be utilized and spend it on things that make your build better in more important ways like cooling or bigger SSD.
You plan on running SLI 1080's and don't have a need for overkill? I guess there's really no need to continue contributing to this thread. I hope everyone else has fun digesting that hypocrisy.
OP is going for 1080's Strix SLI and atleast 2 34" screens (4 in total, if I understand him correctly) and you argue that +$100 for a 6700k or even a few $100s more for 6800k on X99 os overkill???
If hes streaming he will definitely benefit from hyper-threading and more cores, especially if he tries to stream 1080p@60fps.
I don't get why u're upset.
I would ditch all of the AIOs and get a decent heatsink (or consider the Swiftech, EK, BeQuiet or other expandable AIO with copper radiators and a decent pump) and get a case with better airflow (Phanteks, Fractal Design, Silverstone). The S340 isn't bad but you can do better for the money, and your SLI setup will appreciate it.
I would ditch all of the AIOs and get a decent heatsink (or consider the Swiftech, EK, BeQuiet or other expandable AIO with copper radiators and a decent pump) and get a case with better airflow (Phanteks, Fractal Design, Silverstone). The S340 isn't bad but you can do better for the money, and your SLI setup will appreciate it.
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