New Rig for Gaming and Streaming

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Daymar

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Hello,
First of all apologies for somewhat rough english - I'm a bit out of practice:/
I'm trying to come up with a new rig for gaming/streaming as well as some occasional video editing.


This is what I currently have:

Rampage III Extreme
Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80 ghz
6GB DDR3
XFX Radeon HD 6970
Corsair H50 Liquid CPU cooler
Corsair AX850 PSU

This is what I came up with so far:
Intel Core i7-5820K
MSI X99S SLI
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4
GIGABYTE GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 970
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100

I'm pretty sure that all this can be changed to something better/cost efficient :)
I'm thinking about using my current PSU(I think it's still viable for the task). Squeezing two monitors into this budget is impossible so I'll stick with an old one for a while.

My budget is ~1200-1500 EUR
 
Judging by the complete absence of comments, it must be a nice setup. ^^
But I'd still love some help with the case. I need something that well protected from the dust(I have corsair graphite right now and it's getting full of dust REALLY fast). But at the same time I can't completely sacrifice silence since my PC running almost 24/7. I'm not even talking about good cooling as it's a must by default.
I suppose we all have been there at some point, on an epic quest for perfect PC case....
 
I7-5820K
MSI X99S SLI
32GB Ripjaws
GTX 970
H100
AX850

Looks pretty top notch to me, as far as cases go I'd recommend the Fractal Define R5 or S, they have awesome dust filtering. I moved from a Corsair Carbide 450D and I have cut my system dusting down to once every 3 months now compared to every month.
 
I'd think about looking at a AMD 390 instead of the gtx970 unless you're worried about heat. In terms of cases both Fractal and Phanteks are both worth looking at.
 
Daymar said:
I prefer AMD cards, but heat is indeed a concern.
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You prefer AMD cards but you originally selected a GTX 970:D
The 390 is basically a 970 in terms of power. Both are very close and trade small blows with the other depending on the game. So far DX12 seems to really favor AMD cards, but that could change(not much imo though). So getting a 390 like Barnsley recommended is again, equal to a 970 but has an additional 4GB of memory. It's worth getting the 390 as games seem to be really using as much vram as possible these days. If you do indeed get a 390 you probably already know(since you prefer AMD) that XFX/Sapphire/MSI have the best coolers. So any of one of those are worth getting.
 
Well, SAPPHIRE R9 390 Nitro seems to be one to go for in case I'll decide to stick with amd. Not sure about that yet. If it's not going heat up MUCH more than 970, then I may go for it.
Still trying to find a case. Not a huge fan of Fractal Design in terms of... uh..."design"...
Both R5 and S should be combined into one new case with a steel frame like CM Cosmos...
I wish....
 
Daymar said:
Well, SAPPHIRE R9 390 Nitro seems to be one to go for in case I'll decide to stick with amd. Not sure about that yet. If it's not going heat up MUCH more than 970, then I may go for it.
Still trying to find a case. Not a huge fan of Fractal Design in terms of... uh..."design"...
Both R5 and S should be combined into one new case with a steel frame like CM Cosmos...
I wish....
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Both the R5 and Define S have their places, TBH the CM Cosmos is not that great of a case
 
Daymar said:
Well, SAPPHIRE R9 390 Nitro seems to be one to go for in case I'll decide to stick with amd. Not sure about that yet. If it's not going heat up MUCH more than 970, then I may go for it.
Still trying to find a case. Not a huge fan of Fractal Design in terms of... uh..."design"...
Both R5 and S should be combined into one new case with a steel frame like CM Cosmos...
I wish....
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That's one of the better cards for the 390. Really the heat differences aren't much between them. Nvidia cards will go up to 82C or whatever temp target you set. The Nitro/MSI Gaming/XFX cards will pretty much all sit in the 70-80C range. I personally owned the XFX card. It was quiet and in gaming sessions(ranging from WoT/WoWs/Witcher 3) it would typically go from 65C-77C. No coil whine or anything, no other card I have had was as perfectly built as that one was(inlcuding my old 7950 in some situations)
 
What absolutely kills R5 case for me it's the absence of a dust filter on top. Phanteks Enthoo Evolv could work, but it's somewhat expensive and it has bloody window!
I feel it would be easier to mount all the components on a bloody wall, or inside a bookshelf.^^
 
Then don't take off the top tabs? No dust filter needed if that's big of an issue. Taking it off and putting a fan there would be better though. Dust won't really settle back in and this is from experience with a Define S. Just make sure you got fans there is all.
 
Can you, guys, believe it? I still haven't made a final decision on a case. Looking at Enthoo Evolv from Phanteks atm...
 
Bloody hell! When all is pretty much ready for assembling, I'm stuck without a motherboard. For some reason they decided to disappear from local stores. :( Maybe I should get a different one...
 
Daymar said:
Well, SAPPHIRE R9 390 Nitro seems to be one to go for in case I'll decide to stick with amd. Not sure about that yet. If it's not going heat up MUCH more than 970, then I may go for it.
Still trying to find a case. Not a huge fan of Fractal Design in terms of... uh..."design"...
Both R5 and S should be combined into one new case with a steel frame like CM Cosmos...
I wish....
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The Nitro cooler is one of the best of any cards this generation. I don't think temps is really an issue lately. But if you can hold off another month, you might want to see what the next launch will bring. I've heard rumors that things may be cool enough, there might be some passive cards being produced. But that that's "rumour" with nothing confirmed. :-)
 
Well, there are different editions of this board(raider, krait) or the x99S. I might end up going with one of those...
 
Is it worth paying extra for either Krait edition or MSI X99A GAMING 7? I somehow doubt it, but maybe I'm wrong after all...
 
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