Ordered a new PC

Yesterday, I decided to order a new PC as a replacement of my current rig. It will take about four to five weeks for this to arrive. My hope is for this to last me for the next four years.

• Core V71 Black Full Tower Case
• TPD-0750 Toughpower™ Gold 750W Power Supply w/ Modular Cables
• Z97-Gaming 3, LGA1150, Intel® Z97
• Core™ i7-4790 Quad-Core 3.6 - 4.0GHz
• 16GB (2 x 8GB) Stealth® Stiletto PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz
• GTX 980 GAMING 4G, GeForce® GTX 980 1140-1216MHz, 4GB GDDR5 7010MHz
• 3TB WD Black (WD3003FZEX), SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache
• 2TB WD Black (WD2003FZEX), SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache
• BW-12B1ST Black 12x/16x/48x BD/DVD/CD Blu-ray Disc™ Burner, SATA, Retail
• Window 7 Home Premium

@Jd1680a:

1 - Get an SSD drive to install Windows onto, the speed difference is amazing

2- Unsure on the PSU, not heard of the brand cant find any reviews for it, although on further investigation CWT make their PSU's, they sometimes make PSU's for corsair.

@Jd1680a said:

Yesterday, I decided to order a new PC as a replacement of my current rig. It will take about four to five weeks for this to arrive. My hope is for this to last me for the next four years.

• Core V71 Black Full Tower Case
• TPD-0750 Toughpower™ Gold 750W Power Supply w/ Modular Cables
• Z97-Gaming 3, LGA1150, Intel® Z97
• Core™ i7-4790 Quad-Core 3.6 - 4.0GHz
• 16GB (2 x 8GB) Stealth® Stiletto PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz
• GTX 980 GAMING 4G, GeForce® GTX 980 1140-1216MHz, 4GB GDDR5 7010MHz
• 3TB WD Black (WD3003FZEX), SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache
• 2TB WD Black (WD2003FZEX), SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache
• BW-12B1ST Black 12x/16x/48x BD/DVD/CD Blu-ray Disc™ Burner, SATA, Retail
• Window 7 Home Premium

A) No idea why you went with full tower but lets say it's for impressing people

B) i7, 5TB, 16GB RAM and GTX980 - please say that you bought this setup for editing... because it sure not a gaming setup, it might be a mix.

Buy first, get opinions later I always say.

@PredatorRules said:

@Jd1680a said:

Yesterday, I decided to order a new PC as a replacement of my current rig. It will take about four to five weeks for this to arrive. My hope is for this to last me for the next four years.

• Core V71 Black Full Tower Case
• TPD-0750 Toughpower™ Gold 750W Power Supply w/ Modular Cables
• Z97-Gaming 3, LGA1150, Intel® Z97
• Core™ i7-4790 Quad-Core 3.6 - 4.0GHz
• 16GB (2 x 8GB) Stealth® Stiletto PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz
• GTX 980 GAMING 4G, GeForce® GTX 980 1140-1216MHz, 4GB GDDR5 7010MHz
• 3TB WD Black (WD3003FZEX), SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache
• 2TB WD Black (WD2003FZEX), SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache
• BW-12B1ST Black 12x/16x/48x BD/DVD/CD Blu-ray Disc™ Burner, SATA, Retail
• Window 7 Home Premium

A) No idea why you went with full tower but lets say it's for impressing people

B) i7, 5TB, 16GB RAM and GTX980 - please say that you bought this setup for editing... because it sure not a gaming setup, it might be a mix.

He's trying to "futureproof". There's nothing wrong with his specs, although chances are he paid too much for it.

@quikdash6: There's not a huge difference between the 980 and 970 perfoamcne wise.

Wouldn't 970 sli be better value than a 980 and similar cost

Hahaha, W7 wont have dx12, and 4yrs there will be a game that uses dx12.

Wrong we will start seeing dx 12 games around a year after dx12 becomes available, DX 12 does not change what standards dx 11 laid down since its core abilities are the same. DX12 gives more control over resources while using less cpu resources.

Some people want a single card setup (specially the ones that don't know much).
Build looks good, it could use a bit better mobo.

i7, 16GB ram, 980, 5TB... No SSD.

Now that is stupid.

Yeah but SLI scaling sucks and not all games support it. Not to mention most games take a while to implement a proper SLI/Crossfire profile after release.

OP: 4790? If you want it to last long the only answer is a 4790K. Overclocks like a dream.

Also OP, how much did you pay? My guess is north of 2,000$.

most games support and its getting more common for it to be supported, if hes gonna game above 1080p its a better choice than a 980

@thehig1: It is always recommended to go for the single more powerful card than going SLI out of the gate. I know most games support SLI but the performance is wildly inconsistent ranging form no difference at all to almost perfect 100% scaling. I'm not a big fan of multi-gpu solution as I've tried it multiple times and it doesn't come near the smoothness and hassle-free experience of a single GPU.

Cool deal, hope you enjoy it.

I like how this topic is filled with nothing but criticism.

I didn't even say that...

TC wants it to last 4yrs, it wont with W7.

DX12 WILL be used within 4yrs, re-read what I said.

You must have tried it at a wrong time. For the past year SLI/Crossfire has been pretty good, supports most games, and SLI/Crossfire actually scales pretty good now.