Comment on my build

[dantayy]

Intel i5-6600K

Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha

Noctua NH-D15

Intel 730 Series 480GB SSD

Kingston HyperX Fury 2400Mhz 2*8GB

GTX 1070 Founders Ed.

Corsair Carbide 400C

Corsair CX550M PSU

[Ridska]

Budget? Aim of this build? And what mech keyboard switch are you planing on getting?

[dantayy]

It's within my budget, just wondering if you have any comments, its for some gaming, video editing etc.. already have peripherals, monitors etc

[Simon771]

CX PSU ... meh

Also I wouldn't buy Founders Edition. Get some other brand with 2 fans

[Ichi]

Just now, Ernest_L said:

It's within my budget, just wondering if you have any comments, its for some gaming, video editing etc.. already have peripherals, monitors etc

Jump to i7 if you can.

[sgtrecker78]

A++ build, dabbling in the high end I see with that CPU+GPU

 

overall a great 1440p/4k build

 

what clocks have you gotten your 1070 to?

 

and have you overclocked your cpu yet, you should get that thing at about 4.5ghz with that mobo

[dantayy]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

CX PSU ... meh

Also I wouldn't buy Founders Edition. Get some other brand with 2 fans

The PSU isnt really that important for me lol, and I might be upgrading to a custom loop in the future, hence the founder's edition, plus its a little cheaper then the other cards

[Coombzy]

Just now, Ernest_L said:

The PSU isnt really that important for me lol, and I might be upgrading to a custom loop in the future, hence the founder's edition, plus its a little cheaper then the other cards

The PSU NEEDS to be important to you. It's what powers everything, if you cheap out and buy crap then its more likely your system will die.

[Pedro31]

Use a better psu, RM or AX. And 3GHz ram.

[Castdeath97]

3 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

CX PSU ... meh

Also I wouldn't buy Founders Edition. Get some other brand with 2 fans

The CX550M is decent unlike the others

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/

[Ichi]

The PSU is definitely fine BUT with that kind of specs, I would expect no less than Tier 1 or 2 on PSU at least.

[Simon771]

2 minutes ago, Ernest_L said:

The PSU isnt really that important for me lol, and I might be upgrading to a custom loop in the future, hence the founder's edition, plus its a little cheaper then the other cards

In that case I agree with your about GPU. if you can get Founders Edition for same or even lower price, just get that if you plan to use waterblock on it.

 

But PSU ... you should care about it. Get something like RM650x. It's like 100$ only and it's great quality.

 

You don't want PSu to fry your components right? CX is bad quality.

[Herman Mcpootis]

5 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

In that case I agree with your about GPU. if you can get Founders Edition for same or even lower price, just get that if you plan to use waterblock on it.

 

But PSU ... you should care about it. Get something like RM650x. It's like 100$ only and it's great quality.

 

You don't want PSu to fry your components right? CX is bad quality.

This is the CX 550M, the new corsair cx greys, not the older cx greens. Tier 3 in the psu tier list, its fine for his build.

[Simon771]

5 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

This is the CX 550M, the new corsair cx greys, not the older cx greens. Tier 3 in the psu tier list, its fine for his build.

Oh my bad.

Looked it up and I see that this PSU isn't bad at all.

 

So everything seems fine with that build

[dantayy]

Thanks for the feedback everyone