Finally Been Paid, New CPU Build :)

[Farmer Giles]

So ive been paid And i have enough to get my Intel build! 

Im looking at an: 

Intel i7 6700k CPU

Asus ROG Z170 Maximus VIII Hero Skylake ATX 

G.SKILL TridentZ Series F4-3200C16D-16GTZB 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4 3200MHz

And a CPU Water Cooler 240mm in size! idk what one to get! 

Does anyone know of any parts that are cheaper and offer the same performance? Preferably id like a cheaper motherboard, but im happy with the current one! 

Max price is 650!  

 

[Archie]

This is exciting for the stream

 

[lionel]

What sort of water cooling where you expecting to get? self build or AIO ?

tbh though that build looks good, if you can afford it go for it If you can manage it though, get yourself a m.2 nvme drive

 

[Zeito]

@Farmer Giles all looks good, ASUS ROG boards are great and very feature rich, I have a Maximus VII myself

 Your choice of cooler depends on your case.  The case will have a Max Cpu Cooler height limit that applies to Air coolers, and the use of an AIO or self-build water cooler loop depends on space inside for Radiators etc.

What case have you got?

 

[Farmer Giles]

@Farmer Giles all looks good, ASUS ROG boards are great and very feature rich, I have a Maximus VII myself

 Your choice of cooler depends on your case.  The case will have a Max Cpu Cooler height limit that applies to Air coolers, and the use of an AIO or self-build water cooler loop depends on space inside for Radiators etc.

What case have you got?

I have a zalman h1 Pretty sure max Cooler size is 240mm! 

Looking at the corsair extreme edition! 

 

[Kieran787]

Get the corsair H100I, that is the one I have got and it is really good @Farmer Giles

 

[MACCAS]

Love my new skylake build Farmer. Its a beast go for it!

 

[Farmer Giles]

Love my new skylake build Farmer. Its a beast go for it!

What board is that @SI MACCAS? 

What kinda frames do you get too? 

 

[Zeito]

What board is that @SI MACCAS? 

What kinda frames do you get too? 

Farmer, an H100i will not fit, or will be SUPER tight in the top. Consider an H80i GT for CPU cooling if you're going the AIO route, it has a 120x120 package side, but similar rad surface area to the H100.

If you're going for an Air cooler, double check the max cooler height, I see some reports of the Z1 being < 150mm which means a large cooler like a Noctua DH14/15 or a BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro wont fit. A CM 212 Evo should fit though.