$2800 CAD budget. Must be Intel-based.

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

I'm looking to build a $2800 CAD gaming PC. It must be based around the Intel Core i7 7700K as from what I've seen it's still the best CPU for gaming right now even after Ryzen came out. Anything else is fine. I can go slightly above $2800 to $2850 if needed, but not anything higher. PCPartPicker lists are preferred.

[DrMacintosh]

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[yathis]

Can you wait?

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

Just now, MCNX said:

How much ram and what GPU are you aiming for

16GB DDR4 clocked at 3000Mhz and the GTX 1080 Ti, preferably the EVGA Superclocked 2 variant.

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

2 minutes ago, yathis said:

Can you wait?

Not really. Laptop is on the verge of going rip and I don't have any backups.

[yathis]

You in Stampede or E-town?

 

You can go to Memoryexpress online to look at parts, or they have stores in RD as well as C and E

 

2 minutes ago, KamranMackey said:

Not really. Laptop is on the verge of going rip and I don't have any backups.

 

[DrMacintosh]

something like this maybe idk

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrMacintosh/saved/7NZt6h 

 

Im not a big fan of Intel anymore. 

[Creed1]

8 minutes ago, KamranMackey said:

I'm looking to build a $2800 CAD gaming PC. It must be based around the Intel Core i7 7700K as from what I've seen it's still the best CPU for gaming right now even after Ryzen came out. Anything else is fine. I can go slightly above $2800 to $2850 if needed, but not anything higher. PCPartPicker lists are preferred.

Are you only going to be gaming or doing more of video editing/multi core tasks?

[Oryzaki]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zqdQbj this maybe 

[Septimus]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

something like this maybe idk

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrMacintosh/saved/7NZt6h 

 

Im not a big fan of Intel anymore. 

I'm working on my own list and we basically came up with the same thing  

[Oryzaki]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

something like this maybe idk

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrMacintosh/saved/7NZt6h 

 

Im not a big fan of Intel anymore. 

He can't use that board look at the incompatibility notes

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, Oryzaki said:

He can't use that board look at the incompatibility notes

I did

 

• Some Intel Z170 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Kaby Lake-S CPUs. Upgrading the BIOS may require a different CPU that is supported by older BIOS revisions.

He can use the motherboard, just might have to update the bios but I fixed it anyway 

[Septimus]

Do you require a monitor? 

[Oryzaki]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

I did

 

• Some Intel Z170 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Kaby Lake-S CPUs. Upgrading the BIOS may require a different CPU that is supported by older BIOS revisions.

He can use the motherboard 

Do they ship them with the bios update now?

Edit he can't use it refer to this post 

 

[Septimus]

Here is a similar build, but with a lower price and higher value (in my opinion): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FgPqnn

No monitor

 

You could also add things like an NZXT Hue kit to liven things up a bit, maybe some RGB fans as well if you're into that. 

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

1 minute ago, Septimus said:

Do you require a monitor? 

Actually, yes I do. I'm currently relying on a 1080p 32" Element TN based TV at the moment which has really crappy colors and is not really suited for PCs as it doesn't auto adjust to work with Windows. Stuff is wayy oversharpened and is unreadable.

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: I already have storage figured out (already have an SSD and a hard drive) so no storage is necessary.

[Septimus]

1 minute ago, MCNX said:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/2YWR3F

This may do for what you want

Note keyboard,mouse etc not included in price

If you want you can upgrade to pro windows 10

I disagree with quite a few things in that build, such as the storage, cooler, and power supply. 

[Oryzaki]

3 minutes ago, Septimus said:

Here is a similar build, but with a lower price and higher value (in my opinion): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FgPqnn

No monitor

 

You could also add things like an NZXT Hue kit to liven things up a bit, maybe some RGB fans as well if you're into that. 

I think you meant with the 7700 non k thats not an overclocking board

[Septimus]

Here is an updated part list with a monitor and no storage: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Septimus/saved/kMrTWZ

(current motherboard does not support overclocking, revising parts list again...)

[Septimus]

Just now, Oryzaki said:

I think you meant with the 7700 non k thats not an overclocking board

My bad, will adjust that. 

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

On my own, this is what I came up with. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/q3wQbj

 

Probably not the best, but that's what I slapped together on my own. Oh yeah, my budget is in CAD so the US version of PCPartPicker won't really work as everything here is more expensive than things are in the US.

[Oryzaki]

2800CAD = 2200USD

[Evelyn Harthbrooke]

10 minutes ago, Oryzaki said:

2800CAD = 2200USD

Ah okay.

[Joshdc234]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/