Build Critque (For Gaming)

[ÜberModder]

I've built a several systems throughout my life, however the last build I put together for myself was in 2010. The goal then was to build it to last and its just showing its age almost six years later. That being the case, I am a little out of the loop on some things and just wanted to get some feedback on what I have planned so far:


Mobo:
ASUS Maximus VIII Extreme

CPU:
Intel i7 6700k

Storage:
Samsung 950Pro (M.2)

Memory:
G-Skill 16GB 4x4 PC4-30900

Video:
TBA ASUS 1080GTX


I feel that most might pick out the G-Skill RAM. However I picked this because I am partial to G-Skill, regardless, I am still open to suggestions.

 

[ÜberModder]

Crap. Realized this is in the wrong subforum. Excuse my stupidity.

Nuke it from orbit.

 

[Mchart]

I guess the question you have to ask yourself is why not X99 / 5820k instead? The 5820k build out won't cost much more but you'll be getting two more cores and more platform potential since 2011v3 is still sticking around. Once overclocked the singlethreaded performance the 6700k may have isn't much more anyways.

As it is you're getting a 4x4 kit of DDR4 anyways, so you don't even have to change that for the X99 build since you'll have quad channel. Not sure why you have a 4x4 kit selected since you're dual channel w/ Z170.

With the amount of money you're also spending on that Z170 motherboard you could spend less and get the Asus X99-Deluxe which has all the features you're apparently wanting on the high end anyways.

Basically the 6700k buildout doesn't seem worth it unless you actually plan on saving money. If you aren't saving money it doesn't make much sense to not choose X99/5820k instead.

 

[morningreis]

I recommend more storage.

 

[BlueLineSwinger]

I'm guessing this is a basic gaming build? OP doesn't say. That being the case, there's no real advantage with a Haswell-E build:

- No games will make good use of the additional cores/threads.
- The base clock is 700MHz slower, and turbo is 600 MHz slower.
- At a given clock rate, Skylake is a bit faster than Haswell-E.
- No games will effectively utilize the additional memory bandwidth.
- The additional PCIe lanes aren't needed unless you're getting into 3/4-way SLI, but that's not even really supported by Nvidia anymore.

As for the OP's component choices, I'd recommend the following changes:

- Are you sure about that mainboard? $500 is a near-insane amount. Is there really some must-have feature(s) that merits the cost?
- I'd recommend a 2x8 GB RAM setup, leaving two slots open in case you need additional RAM in the future.
- What is the resolution of your monitor? If you're running 1080p or even 1440p, the 1070 could be more than adequate.