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alstein
10-12-2015, 02:47 PM
Hi. My current desktop PC was built by me about 7 years ago, and I am looking at building a new PC that will last at least 4-5 years. I am not a gamer,but I wouldn't mind my new machine having decent capacity so that my grandkids could play from time to time. I use Photoshop Elements, Word, Excel, Quicken as well as listen to music via Foobar. I also use a slingbox on the PC. Email, internet, Skype and YouTube are also used regularly.

I am not looking to build a low performance PC; quite the contrary. Here is what I've come up with:

CPU:
Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor

CPU Cooler:
Noctua NH-U9S 46.4 CFM CPU Cooler

Motherboard:
Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard

Memory:
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

Storage:
Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive and

Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card:
Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card

Case:
Fractal Design Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply:
EVGA 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)

Sound Card:
Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card

I would appreciate any opinions as to whether this prospective build will fulfill my requirements.

Thanks.