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Thank you @For Science!, this is the exact sort of reply I was looking for. When I get home today I will remount it and take it on faith that things will tighten up. It just made me REEEEEEAL nervous.

Thanks for the reply, I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure what you mean? Or possible I expressed my intent poorly. This is the instruction page that pertains to where my issue cropped up. The instructions don't indicate any use of washers here, but I inserted 2 per stand off between the stand off and the board. Are you saying I should have used 1 on back side of the Mobo between the Mobo and the bracket? Obviously the instructions don't indicate that, but it's entirely possible that's a better work around.

I just got the final component of my new build, and installed the H150i Pro. I should mention this is my first time installing an AIO, so this may be standard and I am just inexperienced, but I wanted to run things by a few more experienced users. I installed the backplate for the 115X mounting bracket without issue, but when I went to install the stand offs for the 115X socket, I noticed there was a significant amount of play between the standoff and the bracket, it could slide back and forth probably a few cm on the standoff. I triple checked the installation standoffs and bracket with the instructions, it's all right. I ended up using two of the included washers on each stand off to remove the play, and mounted the pump. I was a little nervous about this causing the pump to be too far, but when I booted the machine didn't immediately overheat, so there's that at least. I did notice idle temps in the low to mids 30s, which seems accurate, what had me a little un-nerved though was a max temp spike of 70 on one core while only under 10% load, I haven't tried any extensive stress testing yet. My question is, is that looseness normal? Would tightening down the pump resolve that? Did I do more harm than good adding in the washers? Like I said, this is my first time installing an AIO, and the components involved a fairly serious investment, so I wanted to be careful.

Based on feedback here, and as concern over the 9900K availability rises, I have created the following 2700X build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor $304.89 @ OutletPC CPU Cooler Corsair - H115i PRO 55.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.99 @ Corsair Motherboard Asus - ROG Crosshair VII Hero ATX AM4 Motherboard $257.99 @ SuperBiiz Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $309.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung - 970 Pro 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $189.89 @ OutletPC Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $344.99 @ Amazon Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card $764.98 @ Newegg Case Lian-Li - LANCOOL ONE DIGITAL ATX Mid Tower Case $88.99 @ SuperBiiz Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.89 @ OutletPC Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $2486.60 Mail-in rebates -$15.00 Total $2471.60 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-23 22:25 EDT-0400

I'm pretty sold on the 9900K. At this point if I was to go with something else I may as well have upgraded last year. I've been dealing with a limited CPU for so long, I want to get the best I possibly can, and build around that. The only thing that may dissuade me from the 9900K is the heat problems I've been hearing about.

Thanks! I will have to look into lower Wattage PSUs. I already thought I was being conservative not getting a 1000+ for something like this. To be honest, there is nothing wrong with my current PSU, so I may just get another 750, I just want to get something modular at this point. The plan for the 2x 1TBs is too run them together in RAID 0 for "fast as possible" storage, and not having to deal with different drives. You are right regarding Black Friday. I plan to pick up the "Sell out" items, like the CPU and GPU now, and I'll wait for Black Friday on the "sub" components.

Thanks for the feedback! I decided to go with 32 for a few reasons. 1) Future, as evidenced by my last rig, I tend to wait to awhile for upgrading, so I'd rather get more now then worry about it later. 2) I briefly mentioned streaming, but I will also likely end up cutting VODs up into YouTube videos at some point and the extra RAM may help with rendering 3) I work in IT, and so I may well end up running a few VMs at a time, and I'd like to have the overhead for that. Regarding the 2x 1TB SSDs, I plan to run these in RAID 0 for 2TB dedicated storage, and mirror these to a 2TB HDD I already have in case the RAID fails.

Getting ready to upgrade my ANCIENT (8+ year old) gaming machine that's been struggling along. I intend to go as high end as I can, I've been dealing with lag and low settings for a long time, ready to enjoy some power for awhile. Here is what I've got so far. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor $579.99 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Corsair - H115i PRO 55.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $139.89 @ OutletPC Motherboard Asus - ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $349.99 @ Amazon Memory G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $339.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 1.0TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $277.99 @ Amazon Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 1.0TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $277.99 @ Amazon Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card $759.99 @ Newegg Case Lian-Li - LANCOOL ONE DIGITAL ATX Mid Tower Case $88.99 @ SuperBiiz Power Supply Corsair - 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $189.89 @ OutletPC Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $3004.71 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-19 13:46 EDT-0400 I already have the 1080Ti, everything else will be a new purchase. After reports of the 9900K heat issues, I am considering upgrade the 115i to a 150i. I am still undecided on OS. Microsoft has really been pissing me off with Windows 10, basically turning it into adware and constantly changing settings etc. This makes me tempted to consider a primary Linux machine, running a Windows VM when necessary, but the extra hassle for this... I will still likely go with Windows 10 Pro. Primary use will be 1440p gaming, on an ROG swift at 165Hz and 1ms refresh. I have a total of 3 monitors, with two 1080p panels in addition to the 1440p swift. I am getting ready to also upgrade these to 1440p however. Currently set on peripherals, although I will need to replace my mouse ASAP. Will likely do that on Black Friday. Thanks for reading

I am like you, and very broad shouldered. I have the DX Racer Max, and find it uncomfortable, getting pain in my upper back and sometimes obliques after sitting in it for extended periods because it forces my shoulders forward. I'm with @geo3 on this one, get a solid executive chair and thank yourself later. I would not buy a DX Racer (or similar) again.

I spent several years working in an E-Cycling shop. Unless you are a licensed Microsoft Distributor, advertising and selling a device with a Microsoft product is illegal. Even if it has a COA ON THE DEVICE, that you can clearly pick up and see, the device is sold as No OS included. Now, as soon as you get home you can create an install disk and install with that key, but I can't sell it to you on the basis of it having that software. If you ask about the COA I just have to say "It is sold as is, with no OS or other software pre-installed". It led to some pretty dumb conversations between people who knew what it was and myself.

Switched it out to a FocusPlus, just didn't see it when I was looking, definitely seems like a better deal. Actually already updated the drive. It will be used for a mix of gaming, work, and general web browsing. GPU I can't say, I would assume "when he can afford a decent one"

Hey everyone, a friend asked me to build a budget rig for him in the $500-$700 range. This is what I came up with, it's a little over, but not bad. I thought I would run it by you guys and see what you thought (he specifically requested no graphics card, I believe he wants to buy one separately at a later time) PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/f4NxcY Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/f4NxcY/by_merchant/ CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($162.79 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($91.88 @ OutletPC) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($163.89 @ OutletPC) Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($119.89 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.85 @ OutletPC) Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg) Total: $737.28 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-27 11:52 EDT-0400 EDIT::: Noticed HDD was 5400rpm, fixed to a similar price 7200rpm EDIT2:: Updated PSU per recommendation

The PB277Q seems like another strong contender! I don't really need the 75Hz but the price isn't bad. I'm not sure why ASUS didn't find this themselves when I asked their sales people... I guess they don't like money?

That's actually a great suggestion I had completely forgotten about, and my company is a Dell partner, so I can hopefully get a pretty decent price. I'd still be interested in hearing of another idea or two (just to see if there's a great deal out there) but this is likely what I'll end up doing. Thanks!

I run a three monitor array with my center monitor being an ROG Swift PG278QR and my two side monitors are just old 1080p monitors I've acquired over time. I'd play to replace these with 27" 1440p monitors that are visually similar to the ROG Swift (Black, Matte, Thin Bezel). The premiere features of the Swift are not necessary (144hz, Gsync, 1ms, etc) these are just for youtube / discord while my primary screen is where I'm focusing, although IPS would be ideal. I've checked ASUS inventory, and they don't appear to make anything by this description, but I thought one of the experts here would know just the thing. TLDR: WTB 27" 1440p monitor that looks like a ROG swift but is cheaper