gcoyle1992

Here's what I have two of. I think they're mainly for the FTW version of EVGA's cards, but I'm sure I could probably sell em to recoup some money to put towards a block for a 1080ti. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc1080-gtx-ftw2-acetal-nickel?___store=default

I'm not sure if they're compatible with other 1080s. I'll have to do some quick looking around to see if I can find the model and get more specifics on them. I don't think the waterblocks have any LEDs included, honestly.

Honestly, at first I won't need a ton of cores, but eventually I will expand into the realm of 24/7 dedicated gaming servers and I would like to get into more AutoCAD stuff. I would imagine, for those workloads, eventually I will start needing more cores to divvy up the loads. The M.2 was just because I have pretty much used up all of the drive bays in the lower cages and didn't want to ruin my pretty case by adding back those extra drive bays in the center of the case. But considering both you, and the gentleman above you have suggested 1080ti's instead, maybe I should throw up the 1080 waterblocks i have on eBay and make some money off of them.

Currently have three monitors. I game on my main monitor which is a 4k 60Hz LED monitor. The other two monitors are 1080 at 144Hz I think.

I went with Gigabyte instead of Asus Aura because it seems to have the best compatibility with Corsair's RGB RAM and CableMod's RGB strips, though I know CableMods has an adapter to hookup to Aura. For cooling, I was able to get some free GTX 1080 waterblocks from a raffle. So yes, a single 1080ti would probably be cheaper, but if I have to also pay for the waterblock which is about $160 US it seems a toss up. Also, this gives me the option to just get the single 1080 for now, then add a second later. Not sure if that's the most economical way though.

Before anyone asks, my current system is: Intel i7-4700k Gigabyte g1.Sniper 5 Motherboard 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133MHz EVGA GeForce GTX 980 2x Samsung EVO 850 120GB SSDs in RAID0 Corsair 850W Modular PSU A bunch of 2TB Storage drives.

Good followers of LTT, I need your feedback! I'm looking at upgrading my PC and I would like to "future-proof" as much as possible for now. I wasn't sure which platform to go with, X299 or Z370. I have two parts lists from PCPartPicker that I was hoping you guys could help me decide between. Currently I'm using the computer for gaming primarily. I play a lot of FPS games and pretty much anything created by Bethesda (judge me). I run tons of mods on the Fallout Series games and the Elder Scrolls games. I also run a few dedicated servers for smaller games like Garry's Mod, Minecraft, etc. I also work from my computer, but nothing like 3D rendering or anything like that. I basically just work in 2D CAD for small projects here and there. The X299 platform would be stretching my budget pretty thin, but I'm not quite sure if it would be worth it for what I use my PC for. Take a look at my Parts Lists and tell me what you think. Don't worry about cooling. I already have a full, custom loop cooling system using EK waterblocks and all I will have to do is purchase the correct waterblock for the CPU/Mobo. Also, I have plenty of storage drives beyond the M.2 on each list, so capacity won't be an issue either. Thanks! X299 List Z370 List And yes..... I'm going RGB...

If you ever scroll through Facebook and see those sponsored ads for that Wish app, you've probably seen computer components on there. Those no-name, knock-off, unbranded, sketchy components that take like 3 weeks to be delivered to you. I've had the app before for things like shirts and stuff, but I always wondered what it would be like to build a system with as many components from that app as possible to see how worth it those components would be. Along with the attached photos, they have stuff like graphics cards and a quite sketchy looking PSU.