I already have a Fractal Design Case and a 650W PSU, I've built it to support 2-3 4k monitors.
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I definitely want water cooled for the noise reduction, thanks for the cooler master suggestion looks like it has good reviews and will save me some $$
For the motherboard, good question. I want a high quality board with dual m.2 but beyond that what I'm not sure what I actually need beyond that. I'm not going to SLI or use a lot of the PCIe slots.
Millerboy thanks for advice, I wasn't intending on 4K gaming but I wanted to have 4K capability for productivity/work. That said my mind might change and if the 980 is more valuable than the i7 I think i'll take your advice and modify my build.
Edit: Here is a modified build, better?
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/xRCCxr
Anything wrong with this gaming build?
Yeah, you didn't use pchound!
jeez.... can't even use the tools developed by [H]?
https://pchound.com/I7bMAD/
Please provide us a list of the games you will be playing at 4k, and what sort of quality levels you like to play at.
If you want to play any recent games at 4k at anything more than medium, you're going to need a GTX 980 Ti.
Honestly nothing at the moment because I've never had the option, I mostly play dota2 right now but if I could play other games in 4K i might bet torn away.
I more or less want the ability to play 4K if I so choose but I'd prefer not to spend $1k on a video card.
If a 980 non ti can't cut it I'll probably get a 970 and simply wait a few years until 4k gaming becomes cheaper.
I was shocked by the prices then realized you're in Canada.
Does the SSD have to be m2? You can get something like the 850 Evo for literally half the price. Or up it to a 1TB Evo for the same price.
Also the 980 is only 18% faster than the 970. The 980ti is around 50 - 60% faster (IIRC). Too lazy to look at pricing in Canada but at least a few months ago the 980 didn't make sense on the value curve. Gaming on one 4k I'd probably go 980ti... If you want high-ish settings. 970 on a single 4k would probably be medium?
Water cooling can lower noise. But the Contained Liquid Coolers (CLC) like any of the Corsair's Hydro series or the Coolermaster Seidon I linked to aren't quiet nor are they actually "water coolers". A proper water cooling setup will cost around $300 minimum give or take. So if you actually want quiet for a reasonable price, the Noctua NH-D14 that I linked to earlier is your best bet considering that you're in Canada. It's significantly quieter than the Seidon 120V. The Seidon 120V will cool better than either the Corsair H75 or the Noctua but that comes at the expense of higher noise. The H75 is still poor choice no matter what.I definitely want water cooled for the noise reduction, thanks for the cooler master suggestion looks like it has good reviews and will save me some $$
For the motherboard, good question. I want a high quality board with dual m.2 but beyond that what I'm not sure what I actually need beyond that. I'm not going to SLI or use a lot of the PCIe slots.
Millerboy thanks for advice, I wasn't intending on 4K gaming but I wanted to have 4K capability for productivity/work. That said my mind might change and if the 980 is more valuable than the i7 I think i'll take your advice and modify my build.
Edit: Here is a modified build, better?
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/xRCCxr