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Very cool!

Why are we still calling display latency "input lag"? I get that it adds to the delay between your input and when you see its effect on-screen, but it does NOT affect the delay between your input and when it is registered by your PC/console. For example, in multiplayer games, the display latency doesn't affect when your input gets sent to the server to determine if you got the kill or not. It's really just OUTPUT LAG. It doesn't affect what happens -- just how long it takes for you to see what just happened.

The Battlefield V 4K graph at 3:35 doesn't make sense with the 25s there.

12 minute video with literally only 1 second of footage from actually bending the pipe (8:08). And you basically can't see anything that's going on in the time lapse.

It would be nice to see a build that doesn't have parts that are only there for cosmetics, like the heat spreaders you were talking about.

Sorry, I don't know a whole lot about formatting drives or Windows Disk Manager. I'd bet there are google-able support guides about that problem.

When I built my computer just recently, I thought some of the drives weren't showing up in the BIOS, but they were in some hidden menu. Maybe it isn't showing up in Windows because it isn't formatted yet. Does it show up in Windows Disk Management?

But @Dreaper said they don't stream much, so they should at least consider a 1600, seeing as it is ~$90 cheaper and will give similar gaming performance.

Don't feel like what nerdslayer1 is telling you is your only option. Since you don't stream much, the Ryzen 1600 should do you just fine with similar gaming performance for a significantly lower price.

I don't know how attached you are to that particular series of RAM, but Corsair has a set with similar specs (same clock, slightly higher latency) for much cheaper http://a.co/4nhUtFw

From what I understand, the 1700 is the way to go for Ryzen 7, because it can overclock to the same performance as an overclocked 1800X. As for the graphics card, Asus's STRIX cards seem to be the best in overclocking performance for Pascal so far, and the STRIX 1080 on Amazon is only about $10 more than what's listed on your PC Partpicker list (obviously, whether that's worth it is up to you). For B350 vs X370, it depends on whether or not you think you will buy another GTX 1080 or will buy a new single-card solution when you decide to upgrade your graphics. It seems like NVidia is trying to slowly phase out SLI. X370 also has some additional SATA, USB, and PCIe lanes, I think.

TBH, the higher core clock of a Ryzen 1600X or an overclocked 1600 is going to perform better in all the mentioned use cases (due to less of a need for more cores). You can save some money there to stay under budget, and still get that sweet GTX 1080.

Overall it looks good. The Ryzen 1600 and GTX 1070 will be able to run 1080p 144Hz well. One thing to note is that Ryzen's "infinity fabric" (the technology that connects the cores together, more or less) runs at a speed proportional to the RAM speed. For the price on PCPartPicker, you could get 2x8GB DDR4 at a higher clock speed (3000MHz or 3200MHz) for the same or lower price. Last note: Make sure to get a AM4 (that's the Ryzen socket) mounting bracket for the CPU liquid cooler if it doesn't come with it.

I recently bought the Corsair M65 pro rgb, and I like it. The only thing I miss coming from the Razer Naga Epic is the number of thumb buttons. Overall, the tracking, comfort, and software are far better than the Razer Naga Epic, though.

I would recommend Ryzen 1600 or 1600X instead of the i5-7600k. It will have similar performance in games, and because the 7600k doesn't have hyper-threading and has fewer cores, the Ryzen CPUs will be more effective in non-gaming applications. The GTX 1060 6GB should be good for modern titles if you are running at 1080p 60Hz.