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Personally, I'd wait for Coffee Lake unless you're positive you need more than 6 cores. Coffee Lake is supposed to have 6 cores on the flagship with faster clocks than an equivalent Ryzen. I'm not saying the Coffee Lake WILL be better than Ryzen for the task, but if you're aiming for 6 cores it might be worth sticking around a little and waiting to see the multi threaded performance on the chip. Additionally, Kaby Lake will be most likely dead after Coffee Lake so you wouldn't have an upgrade path. If you need more than 6, go with Ryzen or TR. Hope this helps!

Yeah, if you're not loving the x299 Prime than I'm not sure the x399 would be for you. Definitely out of the two, go with the Aorus (as long as it matches your aesthetic, because thats the most important). Hope this helps!

Honestly looks great! Can't really critique much. Only question I have is, if you're only cooling the CPU, why did you decide to go with a custom loop? Most of those who opt to use one cool both the CPU and GPU, and that might pull your whole build together more. Otherwise, looks good! Much better than I could do anyway!

Hey guys, Just wondering what your experience is with the aforementioned line of fans. Need RGB fans for an RGB build (thanks linus) and I was considering those to pair with the HUE+ I'm purchasing. Are those fans any good as far as noise and cooling performance? Specs for planned build are 7700k (or 8700k if it comes out in time), EVGA 1080ti FTW3, 32 GB GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200, in the (most likely) NZXT S340 Elite Thanks for the help!

I agree. I really like the ASUS PRIME series overall because of its overall versatility at a reasonable price. In my opinion, a better option than the ROG STRIX line of mobos if it can fit your aesthetic

If you have to pick between the two, I would go with the Gigabyte board, simply becuase of the bad MSI reputation with the newer AMD chips (as someone said before). However, if you can wait, an ASUS or ASRock board would probably be the best for the price. Hope that helps!

As far as the original question, it is a good deal if it is the NVIDIA reference card. For example, as someone said, if it's the ASUS Card, it is not worth it. However, if I was in your position I would not go for this deal for a few reasons: - 1070 will not be able to do most games at 4k 60 (and definitely not PUBG) - The prices are still pretty bad due to the mining incident so resell you MIGHT break even if not lose any For those reasons, you'd be better off going for the 1080 if you have a little more, or the 980ti for its stagnant prices to resell for a 1080ti 1080ti is really the only card that can run 4k 60 at solid settings Hope this helps!

Definitely will check out. Thank you for the link!

600-650ish including a monitor. Unfortunately no room for a 1400. Thank you for the suggestion though!

Yeah I've been researching both significantly and I'll probably advise he go with the 1200, even if its slightly more. RIP Kaby Lake so it'd be nice if he can get an upgrade path and not have to invest in an aftermarket cooler. Thanks for the suggestion!

Ohh thank you for the simple explanation makes a ton of sense now!

What specifically makes the G4560 more powerful? Sorry I'm pretty new at the PC building process, so I really only know to look at cores and frequency..

Hey guys! So I've been helping a friend plan a budget build and have been comparing a slew of various CPUs. The top 2 CPUs I was looking at were the R3 1200 and the G4560. However, recently I've noticed an older AMD FX series of CPUs. Why aren't these CPUs discussed as much compared to Ryzen. Looking at a 3.5ghz 6 core processor for $80 (FX-8300) and a 4.7 ghz 8 core processor for only $120 (FX-9590) seems fairly promising. Why aren't these chips used more often? Would an FX chip be better for a budget CPU, since I can get more physical cores and higher frequencies for the same price or cheaper? Thanks for the help!

Performance wise, it may not be worth it, but, personally, I'd do the exchange. Especially if you have some time, you might as well get your money's worth. You PAID for 9 gbps so it's really only fair you get it. However minimal the performance increase, I'd be upset if I paid for a higher performance card and got a lower one. Hope this helps!

From what I've seen, the Poseidon has had some good success (I know its silicon lottery, but I know Jay's video showed it clocking fairly high). Additionally, it comes with the waterblock. GALAX is pretty premier if you can find a block for it, although its really made for LN2

Buy the best you can afford at the time. Volta has a while to come and there will always be the "next" thing in a field like this. Additionally, with little competition from AMD in this department and the sizable jump from Maxwell to Pascal, Volta will not most likely be a comparable jump. Personally, I am waiting for Coffee Lake to build a new computer as well and am going with the Pascal architecture. Hope this helped!

1080ti is overkill for 1080p gaming HOWEVER, would probably give you more futureproofing as it's the fastest gaming card to date. In general, one more powerful card is more effective for gaming than two lower cards due to some problems with SLI (stuttering, etc). For your purposes, the 970 SLI would be good enough, however for a sensible upgrade path and substantially more power, the 1080ti makes more sense. Hope this helps!

The only thing making me hesitant to purchase the EVGA card is that they aren't binned. I'd like this system to last a few years into the future ( I can upgrade the CPU but ideally would like to keep the 1080ti for a while) so having a binned card would be ideal so I don't get a 'loser' in the lottery. Thanks for the help though!

That's a nice deal but honestly the orange/copper accents would clash with my build Thanks for the heads up though!

Is there a difference between the Lightning regular, X, and Z? Also are they binned? Thanks for the suggestion though!

I know a lot of binned cards can hit around 2100 such as the Poseidon. Does hitting that 2100 affect performance noticeably?

I looked at the STRIX but honestly, I thought the FTW3 had more tasteful RGB. The logo on the side is too small for me on the STRIX. I've also been considering the GALAX EXOC White. Thank you for the help!

Hey guys! So I've been planning a build for a while and I've been eyeing the GTX 1080ti line for a while. Perusing the forums and watching countless benchmark videos, I get the sense that the effective performance difference isn't that much between the cards. That being said, is it worth it to purchase a premium custom PCB, like a HOF, Poseidon, or Lightning, simply for that sweet, sweet 2100 mhz? Coming from a GTX 760, I'm sure any 1080ti will be a sizable upgrade. But is investing more in more mhz worth it? The main card I've been looking at right now is the FTW3 ICX due to tasteful RGB lighting, solid cooling, and reasonable OCing. Would the aforementioned FTW3 card be powerful enough for some time? What are the benefits of the $850+ variants of this card? Sorry if there are many questions in this one post, many of the reviews and benchmarks have been contradictory or confusing for a pretty new builder like myself, Really just looking for a solid 'final' answer. Thank you so much for the help!

The third point was not something I considered when weighing the options initially (RIP kaby lake 2017-2017) Thank you for the help!

Very informative and helpful video for this decision! You, sir, earned a sub Thank you for the help.