There's this rig I'm thinking of getting. Is it a good spec and is it worth it?

[MrV1ndictive]

Alright so I'm coming into a bit of money in September, and I want to buy a badass PC, because a window of opportunity to buy one won't exist for a good number of years after. Therefore, I have built around the goal of futureproofing. This is the build I threw together. I would buy the parts myself but I feel like this website does it pretty cheap; it's PCSPECIALIST, a UK based company. Personally I would rather pay a bit more for build quality and customer support than trust myself with the whole thing.
I play all kinds of games intensively and I need a PC to reflect that while also providing what futureproofing I can, hence the beefy GPUs for example.
My questions are; Is the build WORTH the money, and is the spec itself good? I added speakers too so any people up on audio that might have an opinion on them feel free to comment.

[Thunderball]

Just a huge overkill. If you want futureproof you want LGA 2011 platform. Also, this PSU is not enough for GTX 1080 SLI.

[Deleted]

Don't know how you managed to get this up to £4000

[Bryntrollian]

4000 on a system with no X99 ?

[MrV1ndictive]

Not a good reception for this build, guess it just shows how little I know about PCs. Could people expand please? Suggest alternatives?

[Thunderball]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£399.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£119.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£209.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Savage 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£125.05 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£139.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.54 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£658.53 @ BT Shop)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£658.53 @ BT Shop)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case (£159.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£151.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£51.27 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz 27.0" 144Hz Monitor (£529.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Other: Windows 10 - Kinguin.net (£24.00)
Total: £3285.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-14 16:38 BST+0100

Honestly, GTX 1080 SLI is next to worthless. Didnt add all the minor stuff, you can do that yourself. 780T is a pretty good case, especially for SLI and I guess you like the design, so keeping it.

[MrV1ndictive]

Honestly, GTX 1080 SLI is next to worthless. Didnt add all the minor stuff, you can do that yourself. 780T is a pretty good case, especially for SLI and I guess you like the design, so keeping it.

Thanks for the build, but why is SLI 1080 next to worthless?

[Thunderball]

Thanks for the build, but why is SLI 1080 next to worthless?

1) Lack of multiGPU support in a multitude of games, some of the supported one still have issues; 2) Top dual card configuration really pushes PSU, especially with overclocking; 3) Performance/price ratio is very poor.

[MrV1ndictive]

Revised build, feedback appreciated.

[Thunderball]

Revised build, feedback appreciated.

Mobo is bad, dont buy HyperX Predator and I'm not sure why the 6850K instead of 6800K, you're overpaying for nothing. Your GTX 1080 have to be specific models, if you get Founders Edition you'd waste a lot of money for nothing right there. Also, note that 128GB SSD will be considerably slower than 256GB counterparts.

[Darkrulerxxx]

a lot of this overkill....are you buying this prebuilt from a site?? if so, they are ripping you off.

buy the parts separately and build it yourself and most likely reduce the costs in half.

[MrV1ndictive]

Mobo is bad, dont buy HyperX Predator and I'm not sure why the 6850K instead of 6800K, you're overpaying for nothing. Your GTX 1080 have to be specific models, if you get Founders Edition you'd waste a lot of money for nothing right there. Also, note that 128GB SSD will be considerably slower than 256GB counterparts.

'For the CPU, I'd get the i7-6850k. I got the 6800k because I only needed 28 lanes, but you need 40 to accommodate the SLI, and the Samsung M.2. That way your storage and GPUs will all have dedicated PCI lanes, so both GPUs can run at x16, and the M.2 can run at the full 4x.

Switching to the Broadwell-E from Skylake will maximize your GPU performance, and the M.2 drive is a shitload faster than the SATA 850 from Samsung. At your budget, this shouldn't be an issue.'
@Darkrulerxxx
Put a build of the same parts together on PCPARTPICKER and came up with a build only £100~ cheaper.

[Biernot]

https://s3.postimg.io/5jfgk5rdd/buildrevised.png

Revised build, feedback appreciated.

- All this talk about X99 being more future-proof is bullshit. X99 is only better, if you need more than the 4 HT cores that the i7-6700k has to offer (which you do not for gaming). The current X99 cpus are actually build with Broadwell-E which is a generation behind the 6700k (Skylake). Per core, the 6700k is faster per clock and has a higher clock speed.

- 32GB RAM is absolutely overkill. Even the newest hottest games don't need more than 8GB. So if you want to pinch some pennies, go for 16GB. But, ram is fairly cheap, so 32GB is not that bad.

- Ditch SLI. It is just not worth it. Get a single GTX1080 and save yourself from a lot of hassle (more power hungry, limited support for games, glitches, etc.). As a follow up, you can also go a step down with the PSU (600W is more than enough for any single GPU system).

- 128GB SSD is way to small. At least 250GB, better 500GB.
- 1TB HDD for storage is also kinda "meh". If a 500GB SSD is too small, get at least a 2TB HDD, the price difference is minuscule.

- Your speakers should be ok, but the Corsair SP2500 are generally considered the best around the price point.

- The monitor i put in my list is just an alternative. It has only got 60Hz, but it is an 21:9 3440x1440 ultra wide.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£293.88 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£119.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£142.54 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£102.34 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£139.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.54 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card (£658.53 @ BT Shop)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case (£159.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£82.49 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£51.27 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£79.98 @ Novatech)
Monitor: Samsung S34E790C 34.0" 60Hz Monitor (£669.00 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 232W 2.1ch Speakers (£159.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £2717.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-14 18:39 BST+0100

Alternatively as a pcspecialist list:

[Thunderball]

'For the CPU, I'd get the i7-6850k. I got the 6800k because I only needed 28 lanes, but you need 40 to accommodate the SLI, and the Samsung M.2. That way your storage and GPUs will all have dedicated PCI lanes, so both GPUs can run at x16, and the M.2 can run at the full 4x.

Switching to the Broadwell-E from Skylake will maximize your GPU performance, and the M.2 drive is a shitload faster than the SATA 850 from Samsung. At your budget, this shouldn't be an issue.'
@Darkrulerxxx
Put a build of the same parts together on PCPARTPICKER and came up with a build only £100~ cheaper.

Right, forgot you're running SLI. M.2 speed advantage doesnt really matter for gaming though.

[MrV1ndictive]

@Biernot Thank you man, this was awesome, and I'll never argue with over a grand off my original build price.
Will a single 1080 definitely be enough for 1440p gaming?

[Thunderball]

@Biernot Thank you man, this was awesome, and I'll never argue with over a grand off my original build price.
Will a single 1080 definitely be enough for 1440p gaming?

it's a Z170 build (and a bad one too), which you can easily shed at least 800 euro off. But it has nothing in common with futureproofing.

[MrV1ndictive]

@Thunderball
If you get time, could you throw together a build on PCSPECIALIST for me? That would be super useful

[Thunderball]

@Thunderball
If you get time, could you throw together a build on PCSPECIALIST for me? That would be super useful

It's pointless. They have no choice of motherboards, cant choose the model of the videocard, no choice of SSDs, etc. I can go on, but if you really want to get something worth your money you HAVE TO build yourself.

[Packing an i5]

Sexy case as others have said just overkill. Why not start with just 1 1080 and get another one down the road when they drop in price?

[MrV1ndictive]

@White Spider Association

If I were to do this, how big should the PSU be?