PopsicleHustler

Still 9700k got 2 more cores compared to 9600k. But you're totally right, Intel is screwing us over with 9th gen chips

If you plan on recording gameplay and doing 3d modelling, I would switch to 8700k/9700k. Don't buy 120mm AiOs, they're generally worse in performance when compared to similarly priced air coolers.

Should have no issues running it on max settings.

Start downloading and it will tell you when you can start playing. I think its 20 or 25%.

Predator VA panels are infamous for terrible ghosting. Better stick with IPS because glow or backlight bleed isn't as bad as ghosting.

Then its not going to be a balanced build ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It is, but not at your budget.

If you have 1200USD budget, you don't want to get 8700k. Get down to 8600k/9600k for 144Hz or R5 2600 if you plan playing on a 60Hz monitor. Here is a balance build for 1200USD PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $164.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $129.00 @ B&H Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $114.99 @ Amazon Storage Crucial - BX300 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $79.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $58.50 @ Amazon Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card $499.99 @ B&H Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ B&H Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ B&H Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1197.44 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $1177.44 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-22 03:29 EST-0500

Good build. Although I would get higher tier cooler if you plan on overclocking 1700x. Dark Rock 4 for example.

Are they still making products? I haven't heard of them in a long time.

Google specific models. There is Zotan Mini version which is 211cm or 8.3 inches.

Its drawing 1.5v? Jesus Christ, how is it still alive? If you want to have a temp drop going from Prism cooler, get Dark Rock 4 or something better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor £89.50 @ Aria PC Motherboard Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £64.94 @ AWD-IT Memory G.Skill - NT Series 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 Memory £47.99 @ Amazon UK Storage Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £19.40 @ Amazon UK Storage Seagate - BarraCuda 500 GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £35.05 @ PC World Business Video Card PowerColor - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Red Devil Video Card £143.99 @ AWD-IT Case Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case £41.99 @ Novatech Power Supply Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit £94.92 @ PC World Business Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total £537.78 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-19 15:54 GMT+0000 "Fixed your link" Get Win 10 from ebay for 5GBP, and get RX580 instead. Also get faster RAM, 3000MHZ.

I'm trying to figure out why would he buy "presumably" top of the line PC if he doesn't need that much compute power?

It doesn't if you have Intel CPU. Ryzen though needs fast RAM to work properly in games and other workloads.