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It's that time to update the motherboard. With the new 10nm CPUs continuously being pushed back and the latest information that Cannonlake will just be shrinkage without anything else, I lost my patience ^_^. Now it seems that the new true 10nm will be Icelake in 2018.
Given Kaby Lake won't be giving much, I decided that now is the time to upgrade the motherboard, and along with it, the CPU and RAM.
The new GTX 1080 is also out. However, I believe it best to wait for 3rd party GTX 1080 Ti cards before upgrading the GTX 980.
These are the components I decided on
$599 Asus Rampage V Edition 10
$1108 Intel 6900K
$115 NZXT Kraken X61 280mm All-in-One Liquid Cooling System RL-KRX61-01
$18 Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste
$400 EVGA SuperNOVA T2 1600W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
$600 Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB DDR4 3333 C16 Memory Kit
Coming out to a total of $2840
As I am relying solely on liquid cooling, I am sticking with my current NZXT 820 Phantom case that specializes in liquid cooling. The airflow isn't as great as other cases, but it does have wonderful compartments for 280mm radiators : ).
Part of the upgrade to my setup is about adding 3 additional monitors to it on a 3-mount stand. Currently I have a Samsung UN65JS9000 and a Samsung Syncmaster SA950. I needed 1080p monitors with good picture quality that were only between 24" and 27" and weren't overly expensive. I was determined to find IPS panels with 5ms latency : p.
The monitors seemed like a tall order, but I found this sucker
http://www.amazon.com/VN248Q-P-1920...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01
At only $170 a pop, I was wondering what the heck the catch was for such a wonderful display. Turns out, there was no catch. There are actually two other monitors that I found at equally amazing prices.
http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronic...ue&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_5&smid=A1XBP962TML3AH
I can't seem to find what the other was. What was also great was that the Asus one I found was AH-IPS ^_^.
So there went $507 on three monitors. Now I needed a stand, an MST hub, and a kvm switch.
After a lot of research, I found out that a lot of people swore by the ergotech stand, which was about $200 - . -. Very expensive, but easy to adjust. Totally worth it. I got it.
Next, the mst hub. I found that I had two choices. One was from Startech, a vendor that I don't trust at all, and the other from EVGA, a vendor that screams excellence for me : D. Clearly, I had my pick : P.
Finally, the kvm switch. This one required a lot of digging. I finally found one for an exorbitant price of $200. It was built by Aten, a company that was known for its quality. It was either that or I could go for a $150 switch from Startech. Aten it was, even if the switch was overly pricey - . -.
The final cost of my next upgrade to my setup ended up being $3597.
I am still unsure what the price of the GTX 1080 Ti will be, but I want to run 3-way Sli so that I can easily support all of these games at 4k on ultra, the syncmaster, and the 3 monitors.
Possible changes could be going with the 6850k instead of the 6900k. I am not doing the 6700k because the 2011-3 socket is better than the 1151 socket and this is primarily a motherboard upgrade : P. I am still perfectly happy with my 3930k.
Any feedback/suggestions on the build? : )
Given Kaby Lake won't be giving much, I decided that now is the time to upgrade the motherboard, and along with it, the CPU and RAM.
The new GTX 1080 is also out. However, I believe it best to wait for 3rd party GTX 1080 Ti cards before upgrading the GTX 980.
These are the components I decided on
$599 Asus Rampage V Edition 10
$1108 Intel 6900K
$115 NZXT Kraken X61 280mm All-in-One Liquid Cooling System RL-KRX61-01
$18 Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste
$400 EVGA SuperNOVA T2 1600W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
$600 Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB DDR4 3333 C16 Memory Kit
Coming out to a total of $2840
As I am relying solely on liquid cooling, I am sticking with my current NZXT 820 Phantom case that specializes in liquid cooling. The airflow isn't as great as other cases, but it does have wonderful compartments for 280mm radiators : ).
Part of the upgrade to my setup is about adding 3 additional monitors to it on a 3-mount stand. Currently I have a Samsung UN65JS9000 and a Samsung Syncmaster SA950. I needed 1080p monitors with good picture quality that were only between 24" and 27" and weren't overly expensive. I was determined to find IPS panels with 5ms latency : p.
The monitors seemed like a tall order, but I found this sucker
http://www.amazon.com/VN248Q-P-1920...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01
At only $170 a pop, I was wondering what the heck the catch was for such a wonderful display. Turns out, there was no catch. There are actually two other monitors that I found at equally amazing prices.
http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronic...ue&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_5&smid=A1XBP962TML3AH
I can't seem to find what the other was. What was also great was that the Asus one I found was AH-IPS ^_^.
So there went $507 on three monitors. Now I needed a stand, an MST hub, and a kvm switch.
After a lot of research, I found out that a lot of people swore by the ergotech stand, which was about $200 - . -. Very expensive, but easy to adjust. Totally worth it. I got it.
Next, the mst hub. I found that I had two choices. One was from Startech, a vendor that I don't trust at all, and the other from EVGA, a vendor that screams excellence for me : D. Clearly, I had my pick : P.
Finally, the kvm switch. This one required a lot of digging. I finally found one for an exorbitant price of $200. It was built by Aten, a company that was known for its quality. It was either that or I could go for a $150 switch from Startech. Aten it was, even if the switch was overly pricey - . -.
The final cost of my next upgrade to my setup ended up being $3597.
I am still unsure what the price of the GTX 1080 Ti will be, but I want to run 3-way Sli so that I can easily support all of these games at 4k on ultra, the syncmaster, and the 3 monitors.
Possible changes could be going with the 6850k instead of the 6900k. I am not doing the 6700k because the 2011-3 socket is better than the 1151 socket and this is primarily a motherboard upgrade : P. I am still perfectly happy with my 3930k.
Any feedback/suggestions on the build? : )