Awesome gaming rig or piece of crap?

[Wobblyyyy]

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($306.89 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270P-D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: PNY - Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($124.53 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($549.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - S340 - Designed by Razer ATX Mid Tower Case  ($115.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1513.35
 

I am going to be building a PC soon. After spending probably 50+ hrs browsing the web trying to find the best components for the best price, I think I may of finally done it. With a i7-7700K and a Gigabyte 1080 graphics card, this PC should be more than powerful enough to handle most modern AAA games at 60 fps. I am going to be using a 1920x1080 monitor, so all I really need is to be able to hit 1920x1080 60 frames.

 

Anyway, I was just wondering what you though of it. Should I go through with building it or scrap some components?

Thanks -

[Gungpae]

I would throw in an SSD if you can.

[sauce-c]

If I remember correctly only the 1tb Barracuda is 7200rpm and all the bigger sizes are 5900rpm. This is similar to how the WD Blue series works so I would upgrade to a Barracuda Pro or WD Black for 2tb options. 

 

Also, at this budget you should have an SSD, it will make your system feel SO much snappier, just a thought.

[rn8686]

Would add and SSD, but looks good otherwise. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

6 minutes ago, Wobblyyyy said:

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($306.89 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270P-D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: PNY - Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($124.53 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($549.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - S340 - Designed by Razer ATX Mid Tower Case  ($115.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1513.35
 

I am going to be building a PC soon. After spending probably 50+ hrs browsing the web trying to find the best components for the best price, I think I may of finally done it. With a i7-7700K and a Gigabyte 1080 graphics card, this PC should be more than powerful enough to handle most modern AAA games at 60 fps. I am going to be using a 1920x1080 monitor, so all I really need is to be able to hit 1920x1080 60 frames.

 

Anyway, I was just wondering what you though of it. Should I go through with building it or scrap some components?

Thanks -

A 1080 for 1080P 60 is unbelievably overkill. Get a 1070 for less or even better: get a 1060 6GB if you can find one.

 

Your case is pretty expensive for what it is.

 

Your motherboard is a narrow ATX board and you'd probably prefer one that looks nicer. 

 

I kinda wanna re-do everything since for 1080P 60FPS it's just super unnecessary. Give me a minute and I'll post a new PCPP build.

[ARikozuM]

8 minutes ago, Wobblyyyy said:

I am going to be building a PC soon. After spending probably 50+ hrs browsing the web trying to find the best components for the best price, I think I may of finally done it. With a i7-7700K and a Gigabyte 1080 graphics card, this PC should be more than powerful enough to handle most modern AAA games at 60 fps. I am going to be using a 1920x1080 monitor, so all I really need is to be able to hit 1920x1080 60 frames.

Get an ultrawide 2560x1080, an SSD (MX300, SU800, or 850 EVO), and a 1070 in lieu of the 1080.

[STRMfrmXMN]

This is more than enough for 1080P 60 Hz.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($156.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($71.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($132.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.99 @ Best Buy) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB OCV1 Video Card  ($289.89 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $904.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-14 21:20 EDT-0400

[Mi26]

Ryzen

[Wobblyyyy]

5 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

This is more than enough for 1080P 60 Hz.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($156.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($71.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($132.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.99 @ Best Buy) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB OCV1 Video Card  ($289.89 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $904.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-14 21:20 EDT-0400

Thanks!

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 minute ago, Wobblyyyy said:

Thanks!

Yeah, no worries.

 

If you have any questions about my part choices then go ahead.

[Wobblyyyy]

8 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Get an ultrawide 2560x1080, an SSD (MX300, SU800, or 850 EVO), and a 1070 in lieu of the 1080.

thanks

[Wobblyyyy]

3 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Yeah, no worries.

 

If you have any questions about my part choices then go ahead.

Is the Western Digital SSD the best for it's price?

I won't need a ton of storage for Windows and other key apps -

Thanks

[Not_Sean]

4 minutes ago, Wobblyyyy said:

Is the Western Digital SSD the best for it's price?

I won't need a ton of storage for Windows and other key apps -

Thanks

trust me you need at least 240Gb anything smaller and it constantly becomes a juggling act that gets super annoying. and the WD ones are great. you spending this much last thing you want is little niggles and stuff. 

 

@STRMfrmXMN we actually stopped using the WD Blues in our build as we found the Green SSD's are completely identical but the green has the cheaper price as its a "Green" legacy naming from the HDD's and smart marketing  

[Howitz]

RYZEN, dump the intel it's not in even comparable in price/perf to ryzen.

[STRMfrmXMN]

15 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

trust me you need at least 240Gb anything smaller and it constantly becomes a juggling act that gets super annoying. and the WD ones are great. you spending this much last thing you want is little niggles and stuff. 

 

@STRMfrmXMN we actually stopped using the WD Blues in our build as we found the Green SSD's are completely identical but the green has the cheaper price as its a "Green" legacy naming from the HDD's and smart marketing  

Didn't see anything better for cheaper on PCPP so it's what I went for. It is what it is but if the Green SSDs are good then by all means go for it.

 

23 minutes ago, Wobblyyyy said:

Is the Western Digital SSD the best for it's price?

I won't need a ton of storage for Windows and other key apps -

Thanks

From what I saw on PCPP it was. I put in a 1TB hard drive so you can store games and photos and whatever else you might want to on that hard drive then I put an SSD in there for your OS and maybe a couple games you want to load quickly. 120GB is just not enough for the OS these days thus I put on in there that was about 240GB.

[brob]

1 hour ago, Wobblyyyy said:

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($306.89 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270P-D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: PNY - Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($124.53 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($549.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - S340 - Designed by Razer ATX Mid Tower Case  ($115.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1513.35
 

I am going to be building a PC soon. After spending probably 50+ hrs browsing the web trying to find the best components for the best price, I think I may of finally done it. With a i7-7700K and a Gigabyte 1080 graphics card, this PC should be more than powerful enough to handle most modern AAA games at 60 fps. I am going to be using a 1920x1080 monitor, so all I really need is to be able to hit 1920x1080 60 frames.

 

Anyway, I was just wondering what you though of it. Should I go through with building it or scrap some components?

Thanks -

 

Very decent build. It's fine just the way it is. But you might consider a few small changes.

 

I would go with an H100i V2 cpu cooler, put the savings towards an ssd. WD Blue is a decent choice. So is Crucial CT275MX300SSD1. But check merchant web sites for sales. SSD are often on sale.

 

If you have any flexibility on merchants, consider getting some better memory. G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 or G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 would be good choices. In the same price range from Newegg.

 

 

[LienusLateTips]

46 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

trust me you need at least 240Gb anything smaller and it constantly becomes a juggling act that gets super annoying. and the WD ones are great. you spending this much last thing you want is little niggles and stuff. 

 

@STRMfrmXMN we actually stopped using the WD Blues in our build as we found the Green SSD's are completely identical but the green has the cheaper price as its a "Green" legacy naming from the HDD's and smart marketing  

 

29 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Didn't see anything better for cheaper on PCPP so it's what I went for. It is what it is but if the Green SSDs are good then by all means go for it.

 

From what I saw on PCPP it was. I put in a 1TB hard drive so you can store games and photos and whatever else you might want to on that hard drive then I put an SSD in there for your OS and maybe a couple games you want to load quickly. 120GB is just not enough for the OS these days thus I put on in there that was about 240GB.

The WD Greens are actually rebranded SSD Pluses.

 

[ARikozuM]

Just now, JDE said:

The WD Greens are actually rebranded SSD Pluses.

That is... one hell of a rebrand...

[STRMfrmXMN]

52 minutes ago, JDE said:

 

The WD Greens are actually rebranded SSD Pluses.

 

Oh but the SSD PLUS is a kinda suck SSD....

[ARikozuM]

2 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Oh but the SSD PLUS is a kinda suck SSD....

I prefer SSD Minuns...

 

I might be aging myself here.

[Not_Sean]

1 hour ago, JDE said:

 

The WD Greens are actually rebranded SSD Pluses.

 

SSD + ? link please ? 

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

SSD + ? link please ? 

SanDisk SSD Plus

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10748/western-digital-introduces-wd-blue-and-wd-green-ssds

[Not_Sean]

9 minutes ago, JDE said:

SanDisk SSD Plus

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10748/western-digital-introduces-wd-blue-and-wd-green-ssds

thanks man  

 

Yeah I'm still happy to provide the green's for HDD replacements in clients laptops. Never had many issues with the Sandisk stuff. 

[ARikozuM]

13 minutes ago, JDE said:

SanDisk SSD Plus

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10748/western-digital-introduces-wd-blue-and-wd-green-ssds

Here I stand like an idiot; having thought you meant SSD Plus were rebranded into Green HDD's...

[LienusLateTips]

10 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

thanks man  

 

Yeah I'm still happy to provide the green's for HDD replacements in clients laptops. Never had many issues with the Sandisk stuff. 

it's slightly slower though compared to SU800, etc.