R28k Gaming PC Advice

[Firebrand]

I'm here because a few years ago I got some great help building a gaming PC. This time I'd like some input on the following set up: http://www.evetech.co.za/config.aspx?id=47800

Can anyone improve the above without compromising price? I've also heard from a friend that Evetech's service is a bit iffy.

Any/all input much appreciated.

Update: The Joker is helping me optimise the set up. Legend.

[mottamort]

I'm here because a few years ago I got some great help building a gaming PC. This time I'd like some input on the following set up: http://www.evetech.co.za/config.aspx?id=47800

Can anyone improve the above without compromising price? I've also heard from a friend that Evetech's service is a bit iffy.

Any/all input much appreciated.

That 32gb RAM is really overkill. 16gb is already kinda overkill, but thats where most high end people sit. You can comfortably get rid of half that ram without seeing ANY loss in gaming performance.

Same would go for the cpu. If this is a gaming pc then a CPU over i5 4xxx series is gonna alleviate any potential bottleneck that might occur on CPU side.

Unless you plan on doing specific high cpu/ram tasks unrelated to gaming, then I'd say you can skim those 2 and possibly go for a better gfx card?

But wait for some more replies, maybe I have the unpopular opinion...I regard myself as a "high" end gamer but not the "unlimited budget" type (16gb, geforce 970 and a i7 3770k 2nd hand ), so definitely don't take my word alone

[mottamort]

Here's a snippet from a Tom's Article on their gaming CPU's for the money, that will give you an idea of what you want depending on what you looking for:

Diminishing Returns Kick In
Top-end CPUs offer rapidly diminishing returns when it comes to gaming performance. As such, we have a hard time recommending anything more expensive than the Core i5-6600K, especially since this multiplier-unlocked processor is easy to tune up to 4.5GHz or so with the right cooler.
We have seen a small handful of titles benefit from Hyper-Threaded Core i7 processors, though. Because we believe this is a trend that will continue as developers optimize their software, consider the Core i7-5820K an honorable mention. In a vast majority of games, they won't demonstrate much advantage over the Core i5. But if you're a serious enthusiast who wants some future-proofing and values threaded application performance, these processors may be worth the extra money.
In addition, there's certainly an argument to be made for using LGA 2011-v3 as the ultimate gaming platform. Haswell-E/Broadwell-E-based CPUs have more available cache and as many as four more execution cores than the flagship LGA 1150/1151 models. Additionally, more bandwidth is delivered through a quad-channel DDR4 memory controller. And with up to 40 lanes of third-gen PCIe connectivity available from Haswell-E/Broadwell-E-based processors, the platform natively supports two x16 and one x8 slot, or one x16 and three x8 slots, alleviating potential bottlenecks in three- and four-way CrossFire or SLI configurations.
Although they sound impressive, those advantages don't necessarily translate into significant performance gains in modern titles, since memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the game performance of existing Sandy Bridge-, Ivy Bridge-, Haswell-, and Skylake-based machines.
Where we do see the potential for Haswell-E to drive additional performance is in processor-bound games like the multiplayer component of Battlefield 4. If you're running a three- or four-way array of graphics cards already, there's a good chance that you already own more than enough rendering muscle. An overclocked Core i7-5960X or -5930K could help the rest of your platform catch up to an insanely powerful arrangement of GPUs.
To summarize, while we generally recommend against purchasing any gaming CPU that retails for more than the Core i5-6600K (sink that money into graphics and the motherboard instead), there are those of you who have no trouble throwing down serious money on the best of the best, and who require the fastest possible performance available. If this describes your goals, the following CPU may be for you

Also if you wanna read up on RAM, heres a fairly in-depth article, and heres a snippet from it too:

A lightweight system today can get by with 4GB of RAM. 8GB should be plenty for current and near-term future applications, 16GB gives you comfortable space for the future, and anything over 16GB is likely overkill unless you specifically know you need it (such as for video editing or audio post-production). This holds true for desktops as well as laptops.

[Firebrand]

Unless you plan on doing specific high cpu/ram tasks unrelated to gaming, then I'd say you can skim those 2 and possibly go for a better gfx card?

Actually, yes. The PC is also going to be used as a 3D rendering workstation.

Thanks for the rest of the feedback, hopefully more to come.