Budget: What budget? As they said in the Right Stuff .... No Buck$...No Buck Roger$.
Anyways, based on current parts selected on Vendors Website it should come to AUD$2000. About to finalise with Vendor next day or 2.
Intended use for build is mostly flight simulation FSX-SE 9 / Falcon BMS 432 / COD. Oh! and some gaming on Steam (TF2/ARMA II)
Parts required: CPU, Motherboard, RAM , SSD , Power Supply (See selected parts below):
*Intel Core i7 6700K Skylake Quad-Core CPU LGA 1151
*MAXIMUS VIII HERO Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero Socket LGA1151 ATX Motherboard - DDR4
*Noctua NH-D15 Multi Socket PWM High Performance CPU Cooler
*Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1 Gaming Edition Graphics Card
*Corsair HX850i 850 Watt Fully Modular 80+ Platinum Power Supply
*Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2666MHz RAM, Black - CMK16GX4M2A2666C16
Previous build information (list details of parts):
* i7-940@2.93GHz (never overclocked, but that can be changed)
* GA-EX58-UD5
* Corsair 6Gb DDR3(TR3X6G1600C8D)
* Nvidia GTX295 (341.44)
* RAID5 - 3x WD1500HLFS (279Gb capacity, now with 33gb free!)
* 3x 1Tb Storage Drives + 6TB USB Storage backup.
*Corsair HX620W
* Lian Li PC-A20B case
* 1x24"ASUS MK241H(1920x1200)
* Vista 64bit Ultimate.
Monitor resolution:
* The 24"ASUS MK241H is native 1920x1200. I am also planning to use 3x Dell U2412M , native 1920x1200.
Storage requirements:
* re-using my 3x 1Tb Storage Drives + USB Storage backup 6x TB
Will you be over-clocking:
* Yes. Plan to stabilise @4.6Ghz on Air after initial setup. I'm happy to initially run in and trial everything at 4.2Ghz
Any motherboard requirements (no. of USB, Xfire/SLI, fan headers):
* Pretty happy with what MAXIMUS VIII HERO has to offer. Has enough fan headers.
Extra information about desired system:
The following purchased parts are waiting to be installed, purchased earlier for my current system but put aside.
* Samsung 850 EVO Series 1TB 2.5in SSD
* Windows 7 Ultimate
* I am also thinking of going with an AIO water cooling system maybe next year. Thinking of EK Predator 240 AIO Expandable Liquid CPU Cooler. But need to check setup in current case!
* Any thoughts or comments regarding choice of memory? I have checked and confirmed compatibility on ASUS website and read good reviews.
* Thoughts on Corsair HX850i regarding adequate power system. I don't plan to SLI in the future. but then again who knows?
* One main concern is checking conflicts of Noctua NH-D15 blocking PCI express, or any other ports, using chosen HERO VIII Mobo. Noctua compatibility site says all is OK?
Looking forward to your thoughts and comments. Thanks in advance.
MoBo: Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero / LGA1151
CPU: i7 6700K Skylake Quad-Core. - 4.2GHz / Noctua NH-D15
Mem: Corsair Vengeance 16GB - DDR4 2666MHz
GrafixCard: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1
Storage 1: Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2TB
Storage 2: TBA
PSU: Corsair HX1000i 80 Plus Platinum 1000W
Case: Lian Li LanCool II Mesh RGB
OS: Win 10 Pro.
Gigabyte M32Q 31.5" QHD 170Hz 0.8ms IPS Gaming Monitor
SteelSeries Apex Pro RGB Mech Keyboards
Razer Basilisk V3 Gaming Mouse