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MyMomDied
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This PC costs $2709.97, and my budget is 3k, and some people are telling me that the i7-8700k is bottlenecking the RTX 2080Ti, and I can't be sure since I don't know much about those things. But the other parts (In my opinion) are pretty good for a person building their first PC

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nRtQnH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nRtQnH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright - Macho Rev.B 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - TUF Z370 Plus Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING AMP Video Card  ($1299.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT - H700i ATX Mid Tower Case  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor  ($397.55 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $2709.97
 

Any help would be appreciated!

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8700K bottlenecking an RTX 2080 Ti? lol no. 

The only things I'd change about that build are the cooler and PSU. I've never heard of the cooler and the EVGA G3 is a loud unit based on an old design with bad overcurrent protection, just like the Seasonic S12 II.

 

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4 minutes ago, MyMomDied said:

This PC costs $2709.97, and my budget is 3k, 


CPU Cooler: Thermalright - Macho Rev.B 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.90 @ Amazon) 
 

3K budget and you get a shiddy AF cooler??

get a nice corsair AIO for petes sake

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $369.89 @ B&H
CPU Cooler NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $138.59 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Asus - TUF Z370 Plus Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $124.99 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $119.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $82.89 @ OutletPC
Storage Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card $1349.99 @ B&H
Case NZXT - H700i ATX Mid Tower Case $169.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 @ Newegg
Monitor Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor $397.55 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $2898.76
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $2878.76
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-27 20:29 EST-0500  

I've made some changes. I've added in a Corsair RM750x, which is known to be a reliable PSU. I've also added a Kraken X62 liquid cooler which will deliver good temperatures for your 8700K (the chance of it leaking is fairly low, it's not really something you should worry about with AIOs unless they're 3-5 years old) and I've also added Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM which is known to be pretty good. I also changed that Zotac card out for an EVGA one. EVGA make pretty solid cards which is why I chose it. I've never used a Zotac card in my life so I can't say a lot about it, but I know that EVGA make good cards.

 

Edit: A H150i will be just as good as the X62 so you can go for whichever one you want.

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11 minutes ago, MyMomDied said:

Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 

i would rather have a 1 TB SSD for that combined price. Grab a WD or Samsung 1 TB SATA III SSD

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The motherboard's rubbish, get the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus boards (I recommend the Pro)

 

Also you need to buy fans for the case, those that comes with the case arent enough.

 

7 minutes ago, tJuggernaut29 said:

shiddy AF cooler?

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6930/thermalright-macho-rev-cpu-cooler-review/index6.html

 

Your reaearch is shoddy, not the cooler.

 

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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This would be way better:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $399.89 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Corsair - H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $149.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $181.10 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $114.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive $259.99 @ B&H
Video Card Zotac - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING AMP Video Card $1299.99 @ B&H
Case NZXT - H700i ATX Mid Tower Case $169.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $59.99 @ B&H
Monitor Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor $397.55 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $3073.38
  Mail-in rebates -$40.00
  Total $3033.38
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-27 20:39 EST-0500  

 

Don't get a TUF motherboard, and you're budget allows for a few better parts so might as well get them.

Ryzen 3800X + MEG ACE w/ Radeon VII + 3733 c14 Trident Z RGB in a Custom Loop powered by Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium
PSU Tier List | Motherboard Tier List | My Build

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14 minutes ago, tJuggernaut29 said:

3K PC and a 50$ no name air cooler? plz no

That says a lot about your newbie status.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML360R RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($154.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 GAMING SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($96.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($67.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING OC Video Card  ($1279.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 White TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($143.16 @ Newegg Business) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($68.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($455.97 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2846.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-27 21:26 EST-0500

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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