New PC Build - Questions/Advice

[Bardalicious]

Originally Posted by Ella`Ella [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stop leaning towards returning the 250gb M.2 and just do it. You absolutely need the 500gb.

You will only need a 1080ti to push even the most demanding games to their limits. A 1080 ti runs every game I've thrown at it on max settings running an Acer Predator x34 ultra wide (1440 reso at 100mhz).

The 1080 TI FE card gets very hot very quickly - it hits 82-83 degrees Celsius and then throttles performance at that point - considering water cooling it with the EVGA water cooling kit they sell. I did this and now my card has never gone above 55C.

1000 watt PSU is overkill even if your considering SLI (which you won't need to do for a very very long time. 850 is fine, but at least you got a very good PSU as it is.

32gb ram is overkill if you're trying to save money.

Invest in monitors. I went balls to the wall building my PC and at the end of the day, I just had these two piece of shit Acer monitors from 7 years ago. I went out and bought a top end monitor and never realized what a difference it could possibly make. I can sit in EC for hours or stare at a wall in ToV while tracking for hours and still be mesmerized by the pixe density!

My end build stats are -

CPU - Intel i7 7700k (OC'd to 5.0ghz stable)
CPU Cooler - NZXT Kraken X62
Motherboard - MSI Krait Gaming z270
RAM - 32gb Corsair Vengeance 2x16Gb DDR4 3200 (OC'd to 3600mhz stable. Side Note: Recently, I went to buy another 32gb of the same RAM and the price is now $150 MORE than what I paid for it back in January...)
GPU - Nvidia 1080 TI Founders Edition (Water cooled with EVGA Hybrid Water Cooling for 1080TI/Titan)
PSU - EVGA 850+ G3
Sound Card - SoundBlaster Z
Hard Drive 1: Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500Gb (Operating System Only)
Hard Drive 2: Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500Gb (Games)
Hard Drive 3: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Hard Drive 4: Seagate Barracude 2TB
Hard Drive 5: Some cheapy I've been moving from PC to PC for like 13 years now...
Monitor - Acer Predator x34
Headset - Steel Series Siberias 840
Desktop Speakers - Logitech Z5500
Keyboard - Logitech G710+
Mouse - Logitech G700s
Case - Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Airflow Edition

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Yea I already sent the 250 back. The question still remains about the PCI-E channels though, because I'd eventually like to add another 1 or 2 to the board.

Good post though, solid advice. I for sure need to look into a nice monitor for this system.

[gildor]

OR, spend 1200-1500 on a laptop with a desktop 1060 card [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] and be able to play eq from the shitter

[chadtwoke]

hey guys send me all your old parts i'm still running a 100mhz pentium 1 with a 3dfx voodoo rush 4mb vidya.

[Ella`Ella]

I have 2/2 M.2 Samsung 960 500gbs going right now and none of my PCI-E slots are disabled, but 4 of my SATAs are because of it.

I wouldn't worry about adding a third M.2 either. If you think about it practically, you just need enough space to dedicate to the highest performance games you have and the OS; everything else gets stored on cheap 7200RPM HDDs (2TB seagates are $70/ea). The only games I have on my M.2 drives are ones where load times are absolutely critical (PvP games and P99 which I haven't played in >2years...

[Metalopolis]

I'm running a 4790k @ 4.7GHz / 1.350vcore, 980ti, 16 GB DDR3, 2 SSDs and 6 140mm case fans on a Silverstone 520w FANLESS power supply. The entire housing of this PSU acts as a heat sink and doesn't even get warm.

And DONT buy a Founders Ed. 1080ti. They run hot (to the point of throttling) and sound like a fucking leafblower while doing it. A nice aftermarket GPU will run ya like $50 more, run @ higher clocks AND lower temps AND remain significantly quieter. I've heard really good things about EVGA hybrid umbrella has.

FE cards are only good for 2 things:

1) Early adopters who can't wait the 6-8 weeks til aftermarket cards hit retail
2) Custom loop water cooling where FE cards are gonna be cheaper both in terms of the card itself and the water block as well. Its much easier to find blocks for FE cards....hell EK has a full cover block that's fits ALL 10xx series FE cards.

[Loke]

Just wanted to add that for monitors there are some cheap Korean brands that use good panels you can get for cheap. Do your own research, but back when I bought monitors last you could get brands like Crossover or Achieva for a fraction of the price you'd pay for the same panel in different casing. I know the Achieva used the same panel as the 27 in. Apple monitor, but does have the downside of only having DVI-D connection (and because its dual link cheap hdmi/dp adapters don't work). If your card has multiple dvi ports that isn't much of an issue though.

I bought a nice 24 in. 120hz / <5ms monitor for normal gaming in 1080p, and then 2 of those big korean 27 inches in 1440 for everything else.

Also, spend the money on a monitor stand if you're going to do multiple monitors. Mine was like $70 on sale from Jet and cleared up so much desk space. It has fully adjustable arms that let me turn the monitors and even switch between portait and landscape. Probably one of the best sub $100 purchases I've ever made.

[Ella`Ella]

Originally Posted by Metalopolis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm running a 4790k @ 4.7GHz / 1.350vcore, 980ti, 16 GB DDR3, 2 SSDs and 6 140mm case fans on a Silverstone 520w FANLESS power supply. The entire housing of this PSU acts as a heat sink and doesn't even get warm.

And DONT buy a Founders Ed. 1080ti. They run hot (to the point of throttling) and sound like a fucking leafblower while doing it. A nice aftermarket GPU will run ya like $50 more, run @ higher clocks AND lower temps AND remain significantly quieter. I've heard really good things about EVGA hybrid umbrella has.

FE cards are only good for 2 things:

1) Early adopters who can't wait the 6-8 weeks til aftermarket cards hit retail
2) Custom loop water cooling where FE cards are gonna be cheaper both in terms of the card itself and the water block as well. Its much easier to find blocks for FE cards....hell EK has a full cover block that's fits ALL 10xx series FE cards.

This post is pretty spot on.

Regarding the FE cards, I pretty much agree. I fully planned on getting an aftermarket watercooled 1080ti but I got impatient, said "fuck it" and pulled the trigger the day the FEs launched. FE cards are also generally better for overclocking.I did get the aftermarket cooler from EVGA and it's great, really the next best thing to a full EK loop, which is expensive as hell. The block alone is like $120, I believe while the EVGA kit is only $150 and that's the entire cooling kit.

With regard to the noise, he's right. The only thing I hate more than LED lighting in my
PC is noise, so I have the fan max out around 70% (which is also why it heats faster, but really the noise vs performance vs the extra 30% of fan power has made zero difference in my opinion). Running at max load with the fan where it is (before watercooling) was relatively quiet but not my setup is absolutely silent and the card never heats over 53C ish.

[Ella`Ella]

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