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DIY the fastest handheld for too much money warning: this is stupid, but if you want the fast handheld pc, this is an option. Also need to be very tech-savvy. (or very stupid (or both)) to actually do this. Question? What is faster than a ROG Ally but smaller than an itx pc? It's the motherboard of an alienware x17 12900hk (very important that it's that CPU(unless you know how to undervolt a 12700h(I don’t))). The reason for the choice is that it is too my knowledge. The smallest, most compact, motherboard that is available with a CPU that can be undervolted. The steps are quite simple really. 1: Acquire alienware x17 with 12900hk. For somewhat high resolution photos of the motherboard, I suggest the pictures from this seller on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/166369177351?epid=20059595121&hash=item26bc602f07:g:Xb0AAOSwjOllK8Tu&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0DuhiKAcX%2BQi8kj%2Bp2xSRBPLDRlrlPrIAX4CD%2BCNE9y55Mi66%2Bw%2FUGuati20mFkwWOdjK2SzJV%2BPmd%2F%2BQhj2u9lYQLoqFNR9pZVJpvG5AzQomZQqOFcPvGHXNJdzQnxrKTLW6m5330xPj1NaAABMF4W6DetNfPgokUWmXHYM54w%2FDxL8h8VncdjZxUMbC2efUUUzIvMPlc%2BJfnl0qY5Tx66oCUxks5mjwQtFy90RMK8RBYnjMzeTnB5faI7RTe%2BN6XtWT2Oqfm2MaeOFierC5Pw%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_LnvLabYw 2: Undervolt the shit out of it. So it draws as little power as possible 3: Figure out cooling, and battery. 4: now for the controls, some laptops complain if the keyboard is not plugged in to the motherboard, I don't know if that is the case here. If so, I suggest going with the clamshell style. Small keyboard on the bottom, with flip-up screen on top, and half of a sawed off controller on each side. 5 hopefully while reading this you have already been thinking of a design for this amalgamation to go in, if not you should probably get on that now. After figuring all that out, you should hopefully have a working handheld pc that still is guzzling power too hot is heavy and quite big. But faster than anything else on the market. Good luck an idiot. Disclaimers: This is stupid and perhaps impossible. This was written by someone that does not know enough about this kind of things to actually be writing this. And lastly I am dyslectic and English is not my first language so grammatical errors are inevitable.

A recent article suggests that an Apple mixed reality headset would be the Macbook Pro of VR devices, and it would sell for a very high price, precisely 3000 dollars, due to the presence of two 8K displays. Quotes My Opinion Personally I can't see the need for any person to buy this product, however that doesn't mean there might not be people interested in it, the first example that comes to mind are those programmers who want to try their games or applications at the maximum graphic and visual potential. In conclusion for me it is a product for professionals belonging to a small niche of people who need the specifics of the product and are willing to spend a lot of money on it. Sources https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/04/apple-mixed-reality-headset/

Just watched the ShortCircuit video on a glass mouse mat and got me wondering… Does it actually matter to invest in a much more expensive one? Examples: * $14.99USD: https://steelseries.com/gaming-mousepads/qck-series?size=l * $59.99USD: https://www.razer.com/gaming-mouse-mats/Razer-Acari/RZ02-03310100-R3U1 * $29.99: https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mouse-pads/g440-hard-gaming-mouse-pad.943-000098.html * $49.99: https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mouse-pads/g840-cloth-xl-gaming-mouse-pad.943-000117.html

Budget (including currency): ---- Country: United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly Gaming - Some 3D design Hey there! I am really new to the PC-building community and have saved up enough money to build an epic gaming rig. Ive already started my build and are building inside of the ROG Helios case. I wanted to switch out the intake fans that are included in the front of the case for cougar 120mm RGB Fans. However, in order to make these fans function as intake, the rgb band around the fan blades has to face out, so you can't see the rgb very well from the inside of the case. Not to mention, in the helios case, the only way to mount the fans is to mount them to the fan sled that coves up the sides of the fans, so that also covers up the rgb. I can't find a way to mount the fans without the sled so that the rgb shows. any suggestions?

A company called Raptor Computing Systems sells motherboards and POWER9 processors that can range into the thousands, because it’s server and enterprise level hardware. I ain’t made of money, but if I could build a workstation or server for no other reason than its price and austerity, I would probably use those. But then that begs the question of being able to host server software on POWER architecture when most of it has been developed for x86 or ARM, like a Java Minecraft server. And whether the cost of the hardware is justified being its potential limitations. And software that translates x86 code to POWER code, something I haven’t really seen yet. Someone from another forum said: If not POWER then I’ll probably be looking for an ARM server/workstation board, but I can’t find them outside of expensive server hardware.

Hello, i’m new to the forum. i’ve been watching LTT for quite some time now. Thought joining the forum would be fun and positive. Apologies if i start topics or video requests sometimes out of curiosity. Anyone ever took apart the internals of different display brands out of curiosity to see how different they are from each other. Because i have been using a 5 year old used 1080p60 monitor from Philips and its still great while a friend of mine has been using a better curved IPS display which is cheaper and a relatively unknown brand called nvision and it is starting to have problems already. Is this just maybe in his situation. Don’t know why but local or unknown and cheap brands are becoming popular around my area and i have mostly stuck to the proven ones.

Hi, I'm from New Zealand and I want to buy an mATX build. However, there's only one problem... prices. NZ prices are off the roof and the cases are horrible, and when I find something on amazon the shipping is literally over $200. So, I was just wondering, if there are any websites out there for PC cases that are somewhat affordable? thanks

So at the moment Im using the Victsing Gaming Keyboard, which cost me £28 and a Summivision Zark Gaming Mouse, which cost me £10. I've has the mouse now for 3 years and the keyboard for 1 year. Does the price really matter when buying keyboard and mouse as currently the feeling that mouse have is great and comfortable. But should I invest in more expensive equipment.

Does price matter when buying a motherboard im stuck on wether to buy the gigabyte b45m s2h for £65 or the Aorus b450 Aorus Pro for £110. This will be for an AMD build with a Ryzen 5 3600

Hello everybody, I am building a pc over the summer, but I don't know what parts I should use. Should I use an intel i3-7350k with an amd radeon rx480, or should I use an intel i5-7500 with and Nividia GTX 1070?

To start off, I Imagine this will be quite a long post, it's somewhat of a rant, and I don't really need anything right now so it's going to immediately turn of lots of people. That's fine. I just wanted to hear some feedback regarding my experience trying to find server cabinets for a future project I have in mind. This is a place for discussion after all. So bear with me. So I have this idea right. It's somewhat a dream of mine and I've spent a long time thinking of how to achieve this even if it will take a few years. I would like to somewhat follow in Linus' footsteps after he completed Personal Rig Update 2015(2016) and successfully utilized Optical Thunderbolt to move his personal rig out of the same room as his peripherals. I have a similar idea to that, but on an entirely different scale. My idea is this: I would like to source a 24-42u server cabinet/ enclosure, a server rack-mounted 4u case(which I will get multiples of), and multiple runs of 100ft Optical thunderbolt cable. I don't know if I will be in the same house when I finally start working on this project, but the issue still remains. I would clear a space in the basement to place the server cabinet, build a new personal rig and a few other high-performance computers, and finally run the Optical Thunderbolt upstairs to a room where all the peripherals will connect to a breakout box. This system can apply to multiple rooms in the house running off different computers. Each desk basically acting as a sort of terminal to each respective computer. This will allow the computers 4u's worth of space for housing high-performance components while taking up that space somewhere else entirely(in the server cabinet in the basement). The cabinet will not just house computers; I plan to create a home lab with full networking and a NAS. I probably spent more time than I should researching components and solutions for future reference. I managed to find a couple great options for 4u rackmount computer cases that are compatible with the parts I would like to use and might even have room for water cooling. The last piece of the puzzle in my mind is a cabinet to house everything. I thought this would be the easiest part because server cabinets are standardised and don't vary much from model to model... right? Also price wouldn't be an issue because it's just fabricated metal, they oftentimes don't even come with rails, sides, a door, or even casters........... right? <rant> So as I've spent a long time researching everything that will go in the cabinet, I've also spent a long time researching the cabinets themselves. I Immediately hit a wall because I started to see a pattern with the price. "Why is an 18u open-frame rack more than $500US? It doesn't even have rails, sides, a door, or even casters." You can see where I'm going with this. I was somewhat surprised to find that sites like Amazon and Newegg didn't have a large selection, but that's somewhat justified because those are more consumer-centric sites. So I started looking at sites like: rackmountsolutions .net, xcase .co.uk, servercase .co.uk, racksolutions .com (not to be confused with rackmountsolutions .net), superlogics .com, ebay and even my local craigslist. At this point I started getting frustrated. I just wanna find a 24-42u standard 19 inch 25-30 inch-deep cabinet to house my hobby. I can envision the bomb cost for most of these cabinets being under $100. So what gives? I've read about a dozen times about how building a cabinet can be a better solution than actually buying one by a company that specializes in building them. Like, actually what the fuck. Is the only reason why cabinets are so expensive because manufacturers artificially inflate the price because only large corporations and data centers purchase their products? This can't be the only reason can it? There's no monopoly/ oligopoly with server cabinet manufacturers. Where's the competition? The only way to find reasonably priced enclosures that I've heard of so far is to find ones that aren't being used anymore; Surplus, unused, no longer needed, being sold for less than half their original value. And it's still kind of overpriced. I should stop. </rant> I'm interested to hear what others think of the situation and I'm open to suggestions regarding a better server cabinet solution, or a better solution overall with this project-in-the-making. Here's the cases I'm looking at: ARK IPC-4570 Black Nice design, built well, reasonable price. Rosewill RSV-L4000 Slightly longer, more fans, room for water cooling? Here's a cabinet I kinda like, too bad it's expensive: Tripp Lite 24U Blaaaaack, sweet-spot size, fully-enclosed, expensive :c tl;dr Why are server rack-mount cabinets enclosures so expensive?

I'm attempting to buy a 240gb ssd in the UK but there are no brands I know with anywhere near the prices they had a year ago, I had thought then that I could snag a cheap 240gb ssd for the same price as a 120gb ssd cost then, wtf is going on? And when will prices go back down? I had thought this must have been due to brexit as the difference in currency value from the silicon valley to where I live i.e. the dollar to pound exchange rate almost compensated for the increase in price from last year, but it seems that a) the 120gb ssds havnt gone up by nearly as much and neither have the around 500gb ssds, and b) other components like hdds and cpus have stayed at around the same price as last year? although also going up slightly. Is 240gb just becoming the new 120gb, and the marketeers are just taking advantage of even reviewers natural reflexes that say prices will go down year on year??? And most importantly does this mean I'll have to buy 240gb of extra storage I dont need to feel that I'm getting a near on par deal with a year ago??? What are your thoughts/ any ideas on how to get my hands on an upgrade to my sata 2 hdd?

I've been having my eyes set on a specific kit of ram for a while as I will be upgrading from DDR3 to DDR4 but what I just can't explain to myself is why it is so expensive at the moment. Does it have to do anything with the launch of Ryzen and the fact that AMDs old CPUs only used DDR3 and now use DDR4 and now a bunch of people are upgrading to it? I mean if you look at the graphs on PPP they show that they've been having their price increase over time. A couple of weeks ago you would be able to get a kit of 16GB for around $85-$95. Now they are north of $130 (or at least the kit I want) at the time of making this post.

Hi all, I call upon your wisdom... I recently indiegogo'd the Dr Zaber mini ITX case and just received it - now I want to build in it. I'm currently running a full tower system with a i7 3770k and GTX 1080, though unfortunately none of the parts fit (and I want M.2 slots on my mobo...) Budget is around £1500; short of HEDT stuff this isn't really an issue. The main issue I'm having here is deciding between AMD and Intel: 90% of my use case is gaming @ 3440x1440 resolution Deep down I think I'd like to support AMD since I don't want to give my money to fund intel's complacent nature over the last few years AMD has no decent mini itx mobo's (the ONE that's out has no wifi and only 1 M.2 slot) Ryzen has RAM issues? I'd like to fully utilise some high speed ram and I'm worried that getting a nice set that's compatible may be a hassle. I think more than 4 cores is where we're headed but all the benchmarks I've seen of Ryzen in gaming are much worse than the 7700k. (though these are mostly 1080p benchmarks.) I'm looking at a i7 7700k vs Ryzen 5 1600x (since it has the highest single threaded performance) - cost wise there's about £30 between the two. (surprisingly little). I do some multitasking but it's mostly 30 Chrome tabs open and playing games. So essentially my question(s) to you all are: Will i be making a large sacrifice in gaming performance picking ryzen (say a 1600x) at my resolution (3440x1440)? Will the RAM issues with Ryzen stop me from buying ballin' RGB RAM? Are there better ITX Ryzen motherboards coming soon? Is there any logical reason I should buy Ryzen above Intel (apart from my personal feelings)? Should I wait for new releases coming from intel? Thanks

Are the sennheiser HD 650 still worth buying in 2016? I am going to use it with the FiiO E10k. Are there any other headphones that are better than the HD 650 in the same price range (~300$) I would like to use them for listening to music and play games. Can people hear what you are listening to? Thanks!

i thought oh i can ask a controller for some steam games with secret santa, but those fuckers are expensive as hell holy balls. and from what i read the third party ones are cheap pieces of shit. is there some licensing fee for creating third party controllers so the console manufacturers have some kind of monopoly and can just mandate whatever they want? i mean what is so expensive in a controller that justifies 50 euros. not to even mention the fucking xbox one elite for fucking 130 euros.

I am going to build my new rig.Last Friday I had gone to a PC shop and they said that the Ram prices are getting Higher and Higher.But why? Last time I had paid 5600 Taka(ApX 60$) for a 8 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz kit and now a 8 GB DDR4 Kit is going for 7500 Taka(ApX 90$).Can I know the reason???

i have a decent knowledge for pc, but im dumb when specing one out, can any1 make this PC?? https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/emeraldGameZ/saved/#view=cKRkTW

So i moved into a new apartment. And we have Internett in the rent (sorry for bad english) if u know what i mean. But we dont have a router in our apartment, the connection is 30/30mbits. So i cant hook up my desktop with cabel inet. I ordered the ASUS PCE-AC56 AC1300 (https://www.komplett.no/product/833426/datautstyr/nettverk/nettverkskort/asus-pce-ac56-ac1300-traadloes-adapter#) But untill that arrives i went in my lokal hardweare store and bought a cheap usb wifi adapter, i keep lagging in games and buffring videos on youtube, when i check the connection with the usb wifi its only 2mbits dl and 20upload. Im hoping the asus pce is going to make things better, do you guys think so ? PS: I also tried to hook up my laptop, using the wifi on the laptop and plugging it into my desktop with internett cabel, it didnt seem to change much.

Hello people just to have an interest what would the best 7000 dollar gaming pc build be?

Hey guys! I am thinking of buying myself a ASUS ROG Swift PG278QR monitor. My question is to you, is it worth for me to do it? I currently have a BenQ XL2411Z that's been with me since a couple of years back. I have a Nvidia GTX 980 in my PC.

I feel like 2017 has been the best and also the worst year to build a gaming rig. The good part about 2017 has definitely been pascal (even tho it came out in may 2016 but the prices have only come down significantly in 2017), the really nice and cheap deepcool cases, Ryzen, and sort of coffee lake. But my god. The prices for ram has increased almost 300% over the last year. WTF. I remember back in mid-late 2016 when you could buy a 1x8gb stick of DDR3 for $36 Australian dollars (about 28 US dollars), but ever since april 2017 ive noticed the prices getting higher and higher, i remember one day i was on pcpartpicker parting out a rig just because i was bored and thats what i do in my spare time. The same crucial 1x8gb stick of ddr3 was around $50 and i was kind of shocked. The cheapest 1x8gb stick of ddr3 right now it $84 australian dollars. WHAT?! And DDR4 is no different, the cheapest 8gb kit being 99 freaking dollars. This increase in ram prices alone has made 2017 a very bad year to build a gaming pc, because if you are like by my estimate around 70% of PC gamers out there, you are usually building with a budget of around 600-800 dollars. and having to spend $100 on only 8 gigs of memory is a real pain in the ass especially since very popular games like Battlefield 1 and PUBG need 12 gigs of ram at the minimum. Can somebody please explain to me why the damn ram is so damn expensive and will it get better any time soon?

Ok so here's the deal, My grades have been terrible throughout my high school career. I'm about a quarter of the way through my senior year and I have almost all A's. My dad was so surprised that he said if I got a 4.0 GPA He would get me ANY laptop I wanted. So now comes the search for the most costly laptop I can get my hands on. It's easy to find the most expensive laptop but I want this to be fairly realistic for college. so things like the Acer preditor 21x are probably not a good option. Any recommendations? (I'm going to be doing some editing and gaming and I don't want it to be huge because of college and such) Anything helps! Thanks!

[PCPartPicker part list](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/QYgc9W) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/QYgc9W/by_merchant/) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel - Xeon E5-2697 V4 2.3GHz 18-Core Processor](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/NKp323/intel-cpu-bx80660e52697v4) | $3950.00 @ Umart **CPU** | [Intel - Xeon E5-2697 V4 2.3GHz 18-Core Processor](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/NKp323/intel-cpu-bx80660e52697v4) | $3950.00 @ Umart **CPU Cooler** | [Thermaltake - Floe Riing RGB 360 TT Premium Edition 42.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/CVJkcf/thermaltake-floe-riing-rgb-360-tt-premium-edition-423-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-cl-w158-pl12sw-a) | $274.80 @ Skycomp Technology **CPU Cooler** | [Thermaltake - Floe Riing RGB 360 TT Premium Edition 42.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/CVJkcf/thermaltake-floe-riing-rgb-360-tt-premium-edition-423-cfm-liquid-cpu-cooler-cl-w158-pl12sw-a) | $274.80 @ Skycomp Technology **Thermal Compound** | [ARCTIC - MX4 20g Thermal Paste](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/tp7wrH/arctic-cooling-thermal-paste-actcmx420g) | $74.80 @ Skycomp Technology **Motherboard** | [Asus - Z10PE-D16 WS SSI EEB Dual-CPU LGA2011-3 Motherboard](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/4q4NnQ/asus-motherboard-z10ped16ws) | $945.00 @ Scorptec **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Memory** | [Samsung - 32GB (1 x 32GB) Registered DDR4-2133 Memory](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BmxFT/samsung-memory-m386a4g40dm0cpb) | $636.88 @ RamCity **Storage** | [Samsung - 850 EVO 4TB 2.5" Solid State Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/kTYWGX/samsung-850-evo-4tb-25-solid-state-drive-mz-75e4t0bam) | $1799.00 @ Shopping Express **Storage** | [Western Digital - Gold 12TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/KsRFf7/western-digital-gold-12tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd121kryz) | $916.30 @ Skycomp Technology **Video Card** | [AMD - FirePro W9100 32GB Video Card](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/tgBrxr/amd-firepro-w9100-32gb-video-card-100-505989) (4-Way CrossFire) | $4893.90 @ Newegg Australia **Video Card** | [AMD - FirePro W9100 32GB Video Card](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/tgBrxr/amd-firepro-w9100-32gb-video-card-100-505989) (4-Way CrossFire) | $4893.90 @ Newegg Australia **Video Card** | [AMD - FirePro W9100 32GB Video Card](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/tgBrxr/amd-firepro-w9100-32gb-video-card-100-505989) (4-Way CrossFire) | $4893.90 @ Newegg Australia **Video Card** | [AMD - FirePro W9100 32GB Video Card](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/tgBrxr/amd-firepro-w9100-32gb-video-card-100-505989) (4-Way CrossFire) | $4893.90 @ Newegg Australia **Case** | [Phanteks - Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/cMR48d/phanteks-case-phes813pbl) | $319.00 @ PCCaseGear **Power Supply** | [Corsair - AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/cn3RsY/corsair-power-supply-cp9020057na) | $599.00 @ Umart **Optical Drive** | [Asus - BC-12D2HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/6d3RsY/asus-optical-drive-bc12d2ht) | $89.00 @ Mwave Australia **Operating System** | [Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/CYH48d/microsoft-os-fqc09131) | $259.00 @ IJK **Software** | [Microsoft - Office Home and Business 2016 Software](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/trrcCJ/microsoft-software-t5d02375) | $219.00 @ Shopping Express **Sound Card** | [Asus - Essence STX II 7.1 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/8Pbp99/asus-sound-card-essencestxii71) | $445.00 @ Umart **Wired Network Adapter** | [Intel - E1G44ET2BLK PCI-Express x4 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Adapter](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/VwLypg/intel-wired-network-card-e1g44et2blk) | $483.10 @ Umart **Wireless Network Adapter** | [Asus - PCE-AC88 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/vwcMnQ/asus-pce-ac88-none-wi-fi-adapter-pce-ac88) | $147.00 @ Shopping Express **Case Fan** | [Thermaltake - Riing Plus 14 RGB TT Premium Edition (5 Fan Pack) 63.2 CFM 140mm Fans](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/Wqx9TW/thermaltake-riing-plus-14-rgb-tt-premium-edition-5-fan-pack-632-cfm-140mm-fans-cl-f057-pl14sw-a) | $179.00 @ Mwave Australia **Fan Controller** | [NZXT - Sentry LX Fan Controller](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/KNfp99/nzxt-fan-controller-sen001lx) | $79.00 @ Umart **Monitor** | [Eizo - CG318-BK 31.1" 4096x2160 Monitor](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/ZTCrxr/eizo-monitor-cg318bk) | $8030.00 @ Mwave Australia **Monitor** | [Eizo - CG318-BK 31.1" 4096x2160 Monitor](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/ZTCrxr/eizo-monitor-cg318bk) | $8030.00 @ Mwave Australia **Keyboard** | [Cherry - G80-8113LUVEU-2 Wired Standard Keyboard](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/3VV48d/cherry-keyboard-g808113luveu2) | $399.98 @ Mwave Australia **Mouse** | [Asus - ROG Spatha Wireless Laser Mouse](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/bW4NnQ/asus-mouse-rogspatha) | $209.00 @ Storm Computers **Headphones** | [Audio-Technica - ATH-E70 In Ear ](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/qgNypg/audio-technica-ath-e70-in-ear-ath-e70) | $559.00 @ Mwave Australia **Speakers** | [KRK - VXT 8 360W 2ch Speakers](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/vvPfrH/krk-speakers-vxt8) | $629.00 @ Umart **External Storage** | [LaCie - 2big 10TB External Hard Drive](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/HXg323/lacie-external-hard-drive-9000478) | $849.00 @ Shopping Express **UPS** | [APC - SRT8KRMXLI UPS](https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/pPs8TW/apc-ups-srt8krmxli) | $7601.00 @ Skycomp Technology | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **$71075.46** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2017-10-12 10:51 AEDT+1100 |

Hey everyone, hope you are having a great day! So I finally decided my parts on my PC (I want to build for gaming and a little bit of workstation due to youtube video processing and editing) after a 6700K (to cheap out on a Z170 rather than Z270 I find it worth it) and a GTX 1080. BUT, the biggest bottleneck that no one expects is.... The Monitor... I am going to buy the Asus VX228H (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236358&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=) Which is a 1080p 60hz. I can't have the full experience but I have to, to stay under the 1800$ budget I have, I know you can build that same computer for like ~1400$ but the youtube gear also takes about 300$ and I have no peripherals, to be honest, it is at ~1870$ with Kinguin windows as of right but I can't spend another hundred for a better monitor. So in this case scenario, do I go for the better parts and worse monitor and have a bottle neck (REMEMBER IT IS UPGRADEABLE LATER) or do I get a better monitor and change my CPU (NOT GPU DUE TO MINING.) I don't know because I'm falling towards the bottlenecked monitor because it would be cheaper to upgrade rather than getting newer parts later (and because the newer parts in the future may also create a bottleneck to today's parts.) And because monitors just keep getting cheaper and cheaper. So any advice? I appreciate your time, and thanks for the advice, I hope it helps me and many others.