Help me build my GeForce GTX 1080 new PC Rig

[Pemalite]

Mummelmann said:

Pemalite said:
I would go with the Core i7 5820K over the 6700K, I would also probably lean towards 32Gb of DDR4 Ram... Then all you need to worry about is dropping in a new GPU every few years and the system should last almost a decade.

I second this, I have a 5820K and it works incredibly well, and if he's not going SLi, there's no need for the extra lanes on the 5830 either. Beastly processor, plus the fact that CPU's haven't really been bottlenecks in gaming at all since the multi-core processing units came about. I remember my first Core 2 Duo kicking ass when the GPU kneeled (an AMD 1950XTX at the time).

You can still go SLI/Crossfire with the 5820K. But I just wouldn't take it farther than 3 cards though, PCI-E 3.0 8x vs 16x isn't terribly massive in gaming, compute is another matter entirely though...

Raistline said:

Here are my suggestions for you build.
Memory: Upgrade to a 2800 kit (16 GB is perfeclty fine and future proof. Today you honestly don't need more than 8GB but you will eventually need 16GB before your build needs an upgrade. Ignore the 32GB suggestions unless you plan to run Photoshop while encoding video in the background and gaming at the same time.)

I just don't see the point in going with 16Gb of Ram. If you go Socket 2011, you will have Quad Channel DDR. You can get a quad channel 16Gb for $109 AUD or 32Gb for $189. That extra $80 will mean you will never need to worry about Ram. Ever, for that entire systems life, heck even in the next system, which is a good thing as you would likely not upgrade the 5820 and the 2011 motherboard for many many many many years. Do it once, do it right.

I have noticed that games are starting to trend towards using 16Gb of system Ram too.

Also the frequency memory runs at... Has little bearing on performance.