All Around PC Build

djbaiza · May 5, 2019

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$409.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	Deepcool - CAPTAIN 240EX WHITE 153.04 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$79.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Asus - ROG STRIX B360-I GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard	$127.81 @ Amazon
Memory	Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$90.98 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital - Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$48.89 @ OutletPC
Storage	SanDisk - SSD PLUS 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$99.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$509.99 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT - H200i (White/Black) Mini ITX Tower Case	$129.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$53.98 @ Newegg
Other	NZXT Internal USB Hub	$24.69 @ Amazon
Other	CableMod AIO Sleeving Kit Series 2 for EVGA CLC / NZXT Kraken - White	$22.90 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1614.20
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$1599.20
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-04 20:12 EDT-0400

Looking to build a new PC for media, multitasking, and light gaming. Need some insight if i have made all the right choices with compatibility.

Fasauceome · May 5, 2019

Since you picked an ITX build I'm obligated to appear

Also why go with a 9700k in a locked motherboard? An 8700k doesn't have much slower turbo.

Jurrunio · May 5, 2019

1. Dont like mITX towers myself, too big to be worth the hassle to use a small board and hurt graphics card thermals.

2. This board doesnt support overclocking, making the K sku CPU pointless

3. Rather disappointing 240mm cooler. Yes it's cheap, but noise and cooling arent that good either. Especially on a case big enough to hold big air coolers like the be quiet Dark Rock Pro 4

4. Sandisk SSD Plus is terribly slow by SATA SSD standards, only slightly better than the "shame of SATA SSD you can still buy", the WD Green SSD (which is already hard to find)

brob · May 5, 2019

The i7-9700K is an unlocked processor. If you want to overclock you must use a Z370 or Z390 motherboard. More importantly, this cpu needs much better VRMs than ost B360 motherboards have just for normal, unthrottled operation.

If you want to stick with that motherboard, consider an i7-8700.

The WD Blue M.2 drive is SATA III. You might as well get the 2.5" version.

Instead of the H200i, you might consider the H200. The motherboard should be able to handle the case fans.

I'd suggest a better psu. Something like a Corsair RMX or Seasonic Focus Plus Gold. Something around 650W is more than enough capacity.

Slayer3032 · May 5, 2019

If high fps gaming isn't the primary focus, AMD would be a much better choice. Although with ITX being the form factor, I can't make any recommendations. I would also suggest going for a NVMe M.2 over a very small Sata M.2 and another Sata ssd except in 2.5". Newegg has had constant sales on 1TB OEM 960 Pro(SM961) M.2 drives.

I would also greatly recommend a much better, modular power supply preferably 80 Plus Gold. Seasonic, EVGA and Corsair all have great power supplies in that segment, whichever brand is your preference or whichever is on sale is usually what you'll want.

I'll also be that guy who's gonna tell you Zen 2 is coming soon and AMD is said to be doubling the core counts. Single thread performance is rumored to increase 15% on top of that. If you don't need an upgrade now, waiting on sales as they come and feeling out what AMD releases this summer with Zen 2 and Navi can't hurt.