Looking to upgrade

[68falcon]

As you can tell from the following computer parts are not my strong suit 

What is the "processor graphics HD530" on the i7 6700K? Does it take the place of a video card or will it conflict with one? I have intentions of adding a Nvidia 1080 in this build.
Processor specs http://ark.intel.com/products/88195/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz

thanks in advance for your replies 

[guncrasher]

it's a built in graphics card.  so you do need a video card.

semp

[Gman]

Good CPU - my local shop just dropped the 6700k 100$, there are sales worldwide on them recently I see.  Lots of used ones around too, my local boards I use to sell/buy used hardware has several for outstanding deals.

I have a bunch of 1080s, and have two in a 6700k system.  1080+6700 is about the best gaming bang/$ out there, although some will argue the i5 6600k is as good for gaming for the $ with good reason.

[68falcon]

Well here is what I am looking at. Any advice is welcome Thank you 

Intel Core i7-6700 8M Skylake Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I76700 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530

GIGABYTE G1 Gaming GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z170 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C15D-16GVR

The video card will eventually be a Nvidia 1080. My HD6970 will be used for the time being

[Bizman]

That looks like a balanced build to me.

As I may have said in previous posts, I'm not too familiar with minor details in fine tuning performance, so someone more savvy might have a say for the memory etc. However, in a build of this level a notch this or that way would only be noticed in benchmark programs, not in games or everyday performance.

You don't say anything about your hard disk choice or, what's most important, the power supply. Are you going to salvage them from your current computer? If so, are they new and good enough to be considered reliable?

[68falcon]

Going to use the existing componnents as I have not had any problems with them (knock on wood)

CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 (CMPSU-850AX) 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply purchased Feb. 2012

Western Digital Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive 3 of them.

[Bizman]

Alright...

The Corsair is made by Seasonic as per http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supply-oem-manufacturer,2913-5.html. Should last for another four years, depending of course on the temperature you're been using it in. Ten degrees more or less makes a huge difference in the life span of capacitors! Doubling or halving, that is.

Hard disks also have a life span. The small ones seem to last longer since the data doesn't have to be packed so dense. There's more space between bits and bytes, allowing for some inconsistency. However, packaging techniques have been evolving, too, so it's hard to tell where the new technology eliminates the tightness issues. Anyhow, its very easy to stay prepared for a hard disk failure, so using old disks is no big deal. At least back up your valuable data often enough. If your business depends on a working computer and crucial files, making a full backup on another disk weekly or semi-monthly might be worth the time spent. Windows has quite good tools for that, too. They can even be automated, although I prefer the manual way: IMO it would be too easy to bypass a scheduled task if I'm doing something else. A To-Do mark in the calendar allows for more flexibility. Again, ymmv. Automatic or manual, you probably do have something you wouldn't like to lose. Photos, texts, worksheets, game settings... Do backups before you've lost everything. Even new hard drives can fail, seen it happen in mere weeks.