Jafo

[doing this in 'bits' because the ISP is flaky] ...

What I ended up getting, less what I might add [matching mouse and a Blueray burner]-------------->

Prices are in AUD so [these days] multiply by 80% for USD.

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Thermaltake Level 10 VL300A9N1N Titanium Limited Edition Case   $1299   

Corsair ASX 1200I Platinum Certified 1200w Modular PSU    $  439   

ASUS X99 Deluxe LGA2011v3 MotherBoard      $  529   

Intel i7 5960 3.00Ghz @3.50Ghz LGA2011v3 CPU     $1279   

Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 LGA2011 CPU Cooler     $    88   

32G Corsair Dominator Platinum [4x8G] 2666MHz DDR4 Ram   $1020   

ASUS Strix GTX980 4GB GPU       $  869   

512G Samsung XP941 M.2 PCIe x4 SSD [C]=Win7 Ultimate [H]=Games $  611 

240G Corsair Neutron GTX SSD [E]=[Office + Proggies]  [hotswap] $  279

240G Corsair Neutron GTX SSD [F]=[Games 2]   [hotswap] $  279

3TB Western Digital Caviar Green Sata2 HD [G + D]  [hotswap]  $  128

2TB Western Digital Caviar Green Sata2 HD [I]   [hotswap]  $    99

2TB Western Digital Caviar Green Sata2 HD [J]   [hotswap] $    99

LG Sata DVD-RW [M] [black]        $    19

3X SATA 3 Cables         $      9   

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.        $ Technet    

MS Office 2007 Ultimate 64bit       $ Technet    

          $7037    TOTAL

I'd say that's more of an "awesome" build.

Wow forget it on this end.

I agree with ID. The thing is it's like skinning. If you like it that is all that matters. Wish you the best using it.

The OS is on the M.2 OK... however I think I'm waiting for a 'Bios' upgrade to get past the 2 or 3 cold boots needed before the thing actually fires up.  Typically the Windows 'load' stalls halfway through the 'flag' animation and you just restart it again [with normal settings].

Since I rarely turn my computer off it's really only a pain with windows updates that 'demand' a reboot.

I expect once I've moved on to Windows 10 Microsoft will have caught up with 'modern' hardware...

Intel i7 5960 3.00Ghz @3.50Ghz LGA2011v3 CPU     $1279   

there is no such thing- U must have missed the mighty X behind it (Intel i7 5960X)
good choice for it`s cooling 
I also need to upgrade soon but i wait for the next gen i still have some puffer i can run the I72600k on 5Ghz with air cooling  
Thought of upgrading to a 8Pack Supernova I75960X Extreme OC but that would blow my wallet hehe
About the system stalling try changing the PCI-e SSD on a diff slot or take a look at the mainboard description should be working on every x99 board
As far as i know the x99 bios should have the bootcode for the m2 

 Went to check on some useful reviews of this M.2 Card. faster than a speeding bullet. The reviewers who bought this seem to have a handle on how to make it bootable and recognized. hope this is helpful!!

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-XP941-512GB-80mm-PCIe/product-reviews/B00JOSM3TK

Yes, forgot the 'x' ...

It's an M.2 card in an M.2 slot, not in a PCIe - there may be 5 of those in the X99 but only one M.2 slot.

And yes it's bootable....I'm using it right here.

500.  Mine's No.221 ...

ahh ok...
the small thing with the screws, honestly i havent tested one yet 
enlighten me ^^ what is the difference beetween m2 and pci-e supertalent for example ?
I found something that says that they save up space but that cant be the only reason or is it?
 

M.2 is just a newer, smaller connection method.  It's no different from a normal SATA connection, performance wise.  Space wise it's a relatlvely tiny chip instead of a full 2.5 inch form, and plugs into a connector on the board.  It's the standard for mobile applications because of it's size, but there are quite a few performance motherboards coming with them in the desktop environment as well.

PCI-E has a much higher bandwidth capability than SATA, the supertalent cards can be in the 2GB/s range, massively faster than the sub 600MB/s you can get on a SATA3 port.

They're also leaving SATA for PCI-E, just using the same connection methods going forward.  the SATA-Express standard is a PCI-E interface in there for faster speeds.

M.2 is just a newer, smaller connection method.  It's no different from a normal PCIe connection, performance wise....except can be better...

Third gen m.2x4 has a throughput up to 32 gig/sec.  SATA3 is quite a bit less than that.

Specs I got once installed....

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 Shizuku Edition x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
                           Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

           Sequential Read :   968.661 MB/s
          Sequential Write :   899.165 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :   657.540 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :   827.227 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :    34.918 MB/s [  8524.8 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :   105.197 MB/s [ 25683.0 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :   199.841 MB/s [ 48789.4 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :   146.707 MB/s [ 35817.2 IOPS]

  Test : 1000 MB [C: 50.6% (99.1/195.8 GB)] (x5)
  Date : 2015/01/08 9:05:50
    OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)

Edit....

Just ran Passmark's Performance Test 8.0 to see what it found with the m.2 .... came out at 7736 when the nearest best in the default listing was a Kingston SH100S3120G at 3822.

Perhaps I should have shut down FSX, etc first before running benchmarks....

Paul...........You sure that's going to fit under the bonnet of your Saab? Oh! my bad its a PC build..........thought it was a new engine for your car!