2 x 980Ti PC build advice

[samprice]

Hey Guys,

Familiar story here, I'm jumping off the mac train and onto the PC build for Octane train. Plan on purchasing the Octane for C4D plugin.

Hoping to get some of your expert advice to make sure I'm getting the right things here. I've read a bunch about what I need but honestly coming from 10 years on mac I'm just a bit unsure if I've got it all right.

Here's what I've been quoted from the computer store, would really appreciate any feedback on where I could improve or where I'm overdoing it and could save some money; I'll be mainly doing freelance animation. I'd like this to be a solid system but it doesn't have to be over the top amazing. This current configuration is about $5k AUD. I'd hoped to spend $4k but can stretch it to 5K if it is worthwhile. Only thing I really care about are the 2 x 980Ti, the rest I just want to be decent.

Particularly concerned about whether I've got the appropriate cooling though. I asked for water cooling, but I want GPU water cooling right? And they've quoted CPU cooling? (I have no clue about this stuff as I said)

Any help greatly appreciated thank you!

Intel core i7-6700K CPU

32GB Kingston DDR4 2133mhz Fury C14 RAM (8GB chips)

Cooler Master Hyper 212x Multi Socket CPU Cooler

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard

2 x ASUS STRIX GTX980Ti GPU

Corsair AX-1200i 1200W power supply

Corsair Obsidian 750D Case (3 x 140mm fans)

512GB SSD + 2TB HD

Windows 10 professional.

Thanks!

[mib2berlin]

Hi, looks very good to me, only two points from me.
1. For future extension may change bord with 3 usable PCIe slots
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813132686
2. I prefer reference card cooler cards, take a look
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=h ... rQMIyQEwNw

My two cards have only 10 mm space between each and my first card reach 80° C, my second 70° C.
You lost 5-10% performance but reference cards are cheaper and GTX 900 cards are clock down beyond 83° C.

Cheers, mib

[samprice]

Great, thank you for those links. The cooling info is really helpful.