My Next Build: Glacies

[Aux10]

Build Status: Built

As I mentioned over in the Skylake thread, thanks to New Egg's horrible wallet burning emails I found myself starting out on my next build to replace Cassandra as my main rig. (I'd give the link to the old build thread but it seems the old forum archive is no longer available?) Cassandra was built just about six years ago has an i5 750 with two EVGA GTX 460's so I'm sure you'd all agree that it is more than time to upgrade!

So far I have the PSU, CPU, CPU cooler, and the OS. (Parts list at end of post below.) As I previously mentioned I've been debating over which Skylake CPU to get and well... Turns out thats not what happened. After seeing how insanely cheaper CPUs were at Micro Center I made the short journey to the nearest store. When I got there I still hadn't decided which CPU to get and spent about two hours browsing around their computer porn section before I FINALY decided. The sales guy managed to get me to buy not a shiny new Skylake but a i7 5820K. (12 WUs at once anyone? ) So I guess I'm going the X99 route, not the Z170 route like I first thought.

I also just happened to come across a sals rep from Nvidia who flipped what I thought I knew about SLI upside down. (looked it up, turns out he was right) So in other words I guess I'll go with a higher end GPU than a 960 and buy a second one later when the time comes about. Until then I do have an old GTS 250 (I think) that I could pop in for crunching.

The PSU is a Corsair AX760 which I got for an unbeatable deal on New Egg. After a discount code and the mail in rebate (which I have already mailed of course ) it was only $99. (Micro Center was selling it for $250 when I was there today.) As for the CPU cooling unit I got the trusty Cooler Master 212 EVO. As for the OS I got an OEM copy of Windows 10 at an whopping $20 off from New Egg.

Now I need to decide on my X99 MOBO, the case, GPU, storage, RAM. For the case I'd really like it to be white on most of the exterior with a side panel window. I was thinking of something like the Corsair 600T. Does anyone else have any experience with this case? Any better recommendations? Fan color doesn't matter because I'm going to replace them all with blue LED fans regardless.

Being the picky guy I am I'd like to adhere to the blue, white, and black color scheme to have it give off an icy appearance (it is it's name sake after all). I was liking the look of the X99 MSI Krait Edition or the ASRock Extreme 4. Any comments or suggestions? The MOBO reviews are sorely lacking to make a good comparison too. What's better? MSI or ASRock? GPU? Please enlighten me with breaking my bank.

As for storage a SSD is a must but they get costly fast. I was hoping I could run a SSD and a HDD together. Thoughts?

Parts List/Status:

PSU: Corsair AX760 (Received)
CPU: Intel i7 5820K (Received)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO (Received)
OS: Windows 10 OEM (Received)
Case: NXZT H440 (Received)
MOBO: MSI X99S Krait Edition (Received)
RAM: G.skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (Received)
HDD/SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB (Received)
GPU: EVGA GTX 980 ACX 2.0 (Waiting for Christmas )