Time To Build

[-=HipKat=-]

Tax time is here, but I'm taking a 401K loan this week that I'll pay back with my tax return so I can FINALLY build a new machine.

 

Here's what I'm looking at, let me know what you think. (All in US Dollars before looking for deals)

 

CPU Intel Core i7-8700K $379

CPU COOLER Noctua NH-D15 SSO2 D-Type Premium CPU Cooler $87 - updated

GPU ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (eventually 2 of these) $450 updated

SSD Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $140

HDD Western Digital Re WD3001FYYG 3TB 7200 RPM SAS 6Gb/s 32MB Cache $120 updated

RAM HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 4X8GB $165

MBD ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero (Wi-Fi AC) LGA1151 $279 updated

KBD Logitech G910 - Already Own

MOU Logitech G502 - Already Own

MNT AOC - U2879VF 28.0" 3840x2160 $297

CASE Thermaltake Core X71 Tempered Glass Edition $133

PWR SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W $109 updated

OS Windows 10 64Bit Pro $140 

 

Total $2300

 

Edited January 21, 2018 by -=HipKat=-

[Sonofdoc]

Looks good, but I'd recommend actually building your PC rather than get it Pre-Built. Just my two cents. 

[Xernicus]

Avoid the 3TB Barracudas like the plague. Either go with a 2TB or 4TB HDD if you want to go with Seagate. A WD Black or Hitachi should be good if you want a 3TB drive though.

I'm not sure about driving a 4K monitor with a 1070... That GPU would be a bit anemic for such a high resolution. Going SLI in the future will help, but some games don't support SLI, so you'd have to drop to 1440p.

Otherwise all good.

 

Looks good, but I'd recommend actually building your PC rather than get it Pre-Built. Just my two cents. 

He is building it.

...so I can FINALLY build a new machine.

 

 

 

[daredevil]

You can definitely find some good deals on SSD bud. 

 

OS Windows 10 64Bit Pro $140 - Must be fking kidding me! Get some Windows 7 license key for 10 bucks and update to Windows 10, I believe their upgrade offer is still around. Use that money for additional 4TB mechanical HD for back up of SSD. 

[Sonofdoc]

Avoid the 3TB Barracudas like the plague. Either go with a 2TB or 4TB HDD if you want to go with Seagate. A WD Black or Hitachi should be good if you want a 3TB drive though.

 

I'm not sure about driving a 4K monitor with a 1070... That GPU would be a bit anemic for such a high resolution. Going SLI in the future will help, but some games don't support SLI, so you'd have to drop to 1440p.

 

Otherwise all good.

 

He is building it.

Ah, my bad! I know I read it, but I am so tired that by the time I looked at the photo I had completely forgot he was building it!

 

Well, on the other hand @Hipkat, let me know how it goes! Never seen a water cooling system installed

[Sonofdoc]

You can definitely find some good deals on SSD bud. 

 

OS Windows 10 64Bit Pro $140 - Must be fking kidding me! Get some Windows 7 license key for 10 bucks and update to Windows 10, I believe their upgrade offer is still around. Use that money for additional 4TB mechanical HD for back up of SSD. 

Actually, to add to this you can simply visit the page below and download any version of windows 10 for free. I got Windows 10 Pro 100% free by using this, and it is fully legal! Check it out. 

 

*note there will be a watermark and you won't be able to customize your background, but there is a program I know of that registers an activation key automatically to give you full access (was not necessary for me). Or you can simply remove the watermark by following the video and finding some sort of bypass to the wallpaper if you wish.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvONuPGOuGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkcDIQl7Z8

[-=HipKat=-]

Avoid the 3TB Barracudas like the plague. Either go with a 2TB or 4TB HDD if you want to go with Seagate. A WD Black or Hitachi should be good if you want a 3TB drive though.

 

I'm not sure about driving a 4K monitor with a 1070... That GPU would be a bit anemic for such a high resolution. Going SLI in the future will help, but some games don't support SLI, so you'd have to drop to 1440p.

 

Otherwise all good.

 

He is building it.

Thanks! These are the things i need to know. I didn't put a lot of research into Monitors, so I don't really know the best GPU/monitor to go with. Any suggestions?

Ah, my bad! I know I read it, but I am so tired that by the time I looked at the photo I had completely forgot he was building it!

 

Well, on the other hand @Hipkat, let me know how it goes! Never seen a water cooling system installed

Actually, I'm not doing water cooled. That was the only pics of the Thermaltake case I could find, BUT, I'm going to run a lot of fans, which is the best part of that case. I can put the Pwer Supply and HDD(s) in the lower bay with fans on both sides

You can definitely find some good deals on SSD bud. 

 

OS Windows 10 64Bit Pro $140 - Must be fking kidding me! Get some Windows 7 license key for 10 bucks and update to Windows 10, I believe their upgrade offer is still around. Use that money for additional 4TB mechanical HD for back up of SSD. 

I can probably find a lot of those things cheaper than the prices I listed here. I got those from PCPartspicker and UserBenchmark

[Vanaraud]

I really doubt if that Hyper 212 can handle any OC, even massive tower coolers could do at best 4.8Ghz by TH: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-coffee-lake-i7-8700k-cpu,review-34037-12.html

 

They use AIO but good tower air coolers can keep up in most of the cases...

 

And whats that Roswill PSU? Never heard about it, quick look at google pointed me to JH review: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=405

Read its based on Sirfa platform, turned away.

Personally I´d go with new Seasonic series or Corsair RMx or EVGA G2(not G3 as they put some leafblowers on them).

[-=HipKat=-]

I really doubt if that Hyper 212 can handle any OC, even massive tower coolers could do at best 4.8Ghz by TH: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-coffee-lake-i7-8700k-cpu,review-34037-12.html

 

They use AIO but good tower air coolers can keep up in most of the cases...

 

And whats that Roswill PSU? Never heard about it, quick look at google pointed me to JH review: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=405

Read its based on Sirfa platform, turned away.

Personally I´d go with new Seasonic series or Corsair RMx or EVGA G2(not G3 as they put some leafblowers on them).

Thanks man. I need these type of suggestions

[TulsaGeoff]

I went with the Seasonic 850w Focus Gold I got for $80 or less. May have been $65 after rebate. Its running 2 1080 TI's fine. You can do a lot better for the PSU for the price. I'd just get whatever large EVGA, Seasonic, Corsair, Thermaltake you can at a good price and gold efficiency. Honestly I would have gone larger, but I had not planned on another GPU until I saw the easy money it makes with mining and crazy resell value. The second GPU mines all day even when I'm gaming. I'm looking at ebay right now and seeing used ones sell >$300 over MSRP.

 

I'd also suggest a 280 AIO (shouldnt matter much which one). I went with the NZXT one since its heatsink is copper and has my 8700K at 5.1GHZ at 1.35v and never gets hot with MX3 compound. But it does have software you have to run to control it...

 

When the z370 boards came out everyone was saying how shitty the Strix motherboards were for overclocking. The Asrock Tachi, Gigabyte Gaming 7 and the Hero were the best. The Asus Maximus Hero is what I chose and its been a beast. I still see Asrock as budget stuff, but I know from reading all of the reviews that this one is a solid board. If you get an ASUS board, I recommend an ASUS GPU since you can sync the RGB color schemes.

 

If you want the absolute best FPS monitor, I'd recommend a 27" 144mhz/165mhz monitor. If you want more immersive then a larger 4K screen would do the trick

 

 

You can definitely find some good deals on SSD bud. 

 

OS Windows 10 64Bit Pro $140 - Must be fking kidding me! Get some Windows 7 license key for 10 bucks and update to Windows 10, I believe their upgrade offer is still around. Use that money for additional 4TB mechanical HD for back up of SSD. 

I did this and the key still works from eBay! The user that sold it to me has been banned though

 

That amount of RAM will likely be overkill. I have never needed more than 16gb. But none-the-less, it will be great to have. I'm not going to get another 16gb anytime soon.

 

I can second the WD Black. I bought a 1TB for my storage drive. These have been a solid HD for a long time now.

 

All in all it looks like a beast! You will love it! I would also highly recommend running a wired internet connection for the best experience since you are spending so much.

 

Check https://slickdeals.net/deals/computers/ daily for deals. A couple days ago they posted the 8700K for $330 tax free. Also, if you have a microcenter near by you can get some killer deals.

[-=HipKat=-]

I went with the Seasonic 850w Focus Gold I got for $80 or less. May have been $65 after rebate. Its running 2 1080 TI's fine. You can do a lot better for the PSU for the price. I'd just get whatever large EVGA, Seasonic, Corsair, Thermaltake you can at a good price and gold efficiency. Honestly I would have gone larger, but I had not planned on another GPU until I saw the easy money it makes with mining and crazy resell value. The second GPU mines all day even when I'm gaming. I'm looking at ebay right now and seeing used ones sell >$300 over MSRP.

 

I'd also suggest a 280 AIO (shouldnt matter much which one). I went with the NZXT one since its heatsink is copper and has my 8700K at 5.1GHZ at 1.35v and never gets hot with MX3 compound. But it does have software you have to run to control it...

 

When the z370 boards came out everyone was saying how shitty the Strix motherboards were for overclocking. The Asrock Tachi, Gigabyte Gaming 7 and the Hero were the best. The Asus Maximus Hero is what I chose and its been a beast. I still see Asrock as budget stuff, but I know from reading all of the reviews that this one is a solid board. If you get an ASUS board, I recommend an ASUS GPU since you can sync the RGB color schemes.

 

If you want the absolute best FPS monitor, I'd recommend a 27" 144mhz/165mhz monitor. If you want more immersive then a larger 4K screen would do the trick

 

 

 

I did this and the key still works from eBay! The user that sold it to me has been banned though

 

That amount of RAM will likely be overkill. I have never needed more than 16gb. But none-the-less, it will be great to have. I'm not going to get another 16gb anytime soon.

 

I can second the WD Black. I bought a 1TB for my storage drive. These have been a solid HD for a long time now.

 

All in all it looks like a beast! You will love it! I would also highly recommend running a wired internet connection for the best experience since you are spending so much.

 

Check https://slickdeals.net/deals/computers/ daily for deals. A couple days ago they posted the 8700K for $330 tax free. Also, if you have a microcenter near by you can get some killer deals.

You are the man. I’ll check these out tonight after work.

 

Yeah, this is one of the reasons why I love this place. There are some people here that are bigger computer nerds than I am, and I am a pretty big computer nerd and I love it when people post things like this or show off their new builds how some of you guys jump right in with reviews and suggestions, etc. Seriously I love that. By the time I’m ready to start ordering parts you guys are going to have made my build way better than what I originally posted, And I truly thank you guys for that

[TulsaGeoff]

BTW I absolutely love how that case looks. If I got a full tower case that would have been in the close running. Full tower over a mid tower any day. I went with a mid tower on my last build because I moved it to my desk top rather than the ground for a more clean look. My GF wasn't too happy about something sitting several feet high on the desk when I asked her about the size since its in our living room.

[-=HipKat=-]

BTW I absolutely love how that case looks. If I got a full tower case that would have been in the close running. Full tower over a mid tower any day. I went with a mid tower on my last build because I moved it to my desk top rather than the ground for a more clean look. My GF wasn't too happy about something sitting several feet high on the desk when I asked her about the size since its in our living room.

I have had my eye on that case for over a year, and I’ve been looking to see if anything could turn me on more than that one and nothing comes close. When you see how versatile it is and all the different ways that you can do your set up, it’s a win-win.

Edited January 20, 2018 by -=HipKat=-

[-=HipKat=-]

BTW I absolutely love how that case looks. If I got a full tower case that would have been in the close running. Full tower over a mid tower any day. I went with a mid tower on my last build because I moved it to my desk top rather than the ground for a more clean look. My GF wasn't too happy about something sitting several feet high on the desk when I asked her about the size since its in our living room.

Which do you like for the ASUS GPU's? I'm  not ready to spend 800 bucks, but I'll go 500. I'm liking the ASUS Radeon RX 580, but don't know much about it. I updated my list, too.

Edited January 21, 2018 by -=HipKat=-

[TulsaGeoff]

The ASUS Strix 1070 TI was $450 a month ago. New Nvidea cards may be coming out in April. They should be a pretty nice jump in performance, but I have a feeling they are also going to be extremely difficult to get since the current cards are still a pain in the A to get ahold of for MSRP prices. Sorry, I don't know anything about AMD GPU's.

 

https://slickdeals.net/f/11026807-asus-rog-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-strix-gtx1070ti-a8g-gaming-8gb-449-ar-w-free-shipping-newegg-449-99?src=SiteSearchV2_SearchBarV2Algo1

 

I'd put an auto notify on it on Newegg and also check https://pcpartpicker.com/product/62KhP6/asus-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-rog-strix-video-card-rog-strix-gtx1070ti-a8g-gaming daily.

 

That would be the card I'd be aiming to get. Typically the XX70's from Nvidea are the best monster deals. If you don't care about syncing the RGB colors then any 1070 with the same style cooler will do.

 

You want this design.

Not this

Deals in the past month have also included 1080's (Not TI) for $500 and free game which should be a better card. So be sure to check that slickdeals/computer link I posted above daily. I'd do that for a month or so and get deals on what you can and then buy the rest at regular prices if you get impatient like I did You should be able to save a couple hundred. The GPU's are just a b*** to get right now with all of the miners running.