I’ve been following the threads here for some months, and have especially found interesting the comments from RoninEdits and Bill Gehrke thanks for your time and efforts here. February has finally arrived, so I can start getting serious about my new build. I have it mostly sorted it in my head, but could use some expert help such as I’ve seen here. Here’s my starting point Asus x99-Deluxe II Intel Core i7-6850K 3.6 GHz Noctua NH-D15S 140mm CPU Cooler Corsair HXi Series HX850i 850W Power Supply Per my post yesterday I currently have a two Samsung 960’s a 500gb EVO and a 512gb Pro. I’ll probably keep both. 32gb or 64gb of Memory I’m mostly a bang-for-your-buck type guy, and I don’t really have that much video stuff to do, but I like it a lot. I’m on old school / analog editor for many years, and have been enjoying getting better in PP and AE. I have a couple of projects going currently and plan to keep doing this for a while. I tend to keep my rig for some years, currently I’m using my 2011 build with an Asus Deluxe P8Z68, Sandy bridge, I7 2600K, 16GB, 850 EVO, 256gb, NVidia 560ti. I have a modest overclock on this rig, I'll probably do the same with the new one. My main area of question is What memory I should get for it, ie: actual memory sticks, and should I go 32 or 64g Which Case should I get. I prefer a specifically quiet case. Video card, 1060 or 1070 CASE: I’m into quiet cases. I have 3 5.25” bays in use currently, but I could go with 2 and get an external USB DVD writer. Antec P183 v3 I’ve used Antec P180 / 182 in my most recent builds. The P183 v3 seems to be the current Antec case, but not sure they are even making it anymore. Plus, it could use some updating. My plan was to use this since I’m familiar with it, but I could move to something else. I saw that RoninEdits seems to like the Fractal Design. Corsair 330R Quiet Tower Case Has advantage of 3 - 5.25” bays Fractal Design R5 Most up-to-date Only 2 – 5.25” bays Graphics Card Asus Dual OC GeForce GTX 1070 - $398.89 - (DUAL-GTX1070-O8G) or Asus Dual OC GeForce GTX 1060, - $259.99 - (DUAL-GTX1060-O6G) Is it worth the extra $ - performance wise and longevity, considering I probably won’t be upgrading this anytime soon. Thanks very much, your comments on this would be much appreciated.
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