First build

[No_One515]

Ive been doing some research on computers for the past year while i save up my money and finally have enough to get a pretty good build. Please help me change out any parts that you see necessary and critic my build.

 

CPU: Intel I7-7700k $343

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO $28

MotherBoard: Asus z170-A ATX

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16gb $110

Storage: Western Digital Blue 1tb $49

Video Card: Evga Geforce gtx 1089 $600

Case: Nzxt s340 elite $90

PSU: EVGA Supernova g2 750w $100

OS: Windows 10 $90

Monitor: Asus PG279Q Rog Swift  $800

Total: $2361

 

My budget is $2500 Max but lower would be best.

Can anyone also recommend some cheap peripherals such as keyboard and mouse. Doesnt have to be crazy good just some that will do the job. Also i dont think ill be doing any overclocking so dont really think i need a better cooler.

Any feedback will be highly appreciated. Thank You

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JyJJTH

[BenoitWW]

Everything looks really good eh. Um, what type of games / content creation you doing? Might be overkill or might not

 

[stealth80]

Looks good, get Windows 10 from Kinguin/G2A, some people frown at it but its perfectly legal. No need for that PSU either, so if 7700k is a must id go with the below

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($115.99 @ Jet)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($599.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($799.00 @ B&H)
Total: $2456.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-30 01:01 EST-0500

 

on the other hand

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($409.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Taichi ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($171.58 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($599.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($659.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2518.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-30 01:03 EST-0500

 

for a thought

[Energycore]

Welcome to the forums! A couple comments on your build

 

- The Hyper 212 EVO is a trash cooler especially for a chip with cooling problems like the 7700K. These two coolers wipe the floor with it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hJFPxr/deepcool-cpu-cooler-gammaxx400

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jK8H99/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h5universal

- Z170 motherboards can be made to work with 7000-series CPUs, but most don't work out of the box. Grab a Z270

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kFp323/asrock-fatal1ty-z270-gaming-k4-atx-lga1151-motherboard-fatal1ty-z270-gaming-k4

- That's a lot of money for 16GB RAM. Take this kit which is also faster (faster RAM up to 3200MHz does affect gaming performance).

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pfPzK8/gskill-memory-f42800c16d16gvg

- No computer today should go without an SSD. Spending 40 seconds waiting for Windows to boot should be a thing of the past. Get this.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8YRFf7/mydigitalssd-bpx-256gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mdnvme80-bpx-0256

 

That's it, solid build otherwise.

 

Oh and save $150 getting this AOC monitor. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/scM323/aoc-ag271qg-270-165hz-monitor-ag271qg

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($329.49 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($99.69 @ Jet) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($580.66 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($580.66 @ B&H) 
Case: DIYPC VT380-W ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.59 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($92.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Dell S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($429.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2507.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-30 01:06 EST-0500

[elvaldo03]

14 minutes ago, No_One515 said:

Ive been doing some research on computers for the past year while i save up my money and finally have enough to get a pretty good build. Please help me change out any parts that you see necessary and critic my build.

 

CPU: Intel I7-7700k $343

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO $28

MotherBoard: Asus z170-A ATX

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16gb $110

Storage: Western Digital Blue 1tb $49

Video Card: Evga Geforce gtx 1089 $600

Case: Nzxt s340 elite $90

PSU: EVGA Supernova g2 750w $100

OS: Windows 10 $90

Monitor: Asus PG279Q Rog Swift  $800

Total: $2361

 

My budget is $2500 Max but lower would be best.

Can anyone also recommend some cheap peripherals such as keyboard and mouse. Doesnt have to be crazy good just some that will do the job. Also i dont think ill be doing any overclocking so dont really think i need a better cooler.

Any feedback will be highly appreciated. Thank You

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JyJJTH

If you REALLY don't need a new pc now, i would suggest waiting for RYZEN. That would be much better for you.

[Energycore]

16 minutes ago, No_One515 said:

Can anyone also recommend some cheap peripherals such as keyboard and mouse. Doesnt have to be crazy good just some that will do the job.

I'll assume you're right handed.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($88.80 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($58.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $147.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-30 01:10 EST-0500

[No_One515]

10 minutes ago, BenoitWW said:

Everything looks really good eh. Um, what type of games / content creation you doing? Might be overkill or might not

 

Im not really a competitive gamer so just games like battlefield, Gta, fallout etc. It might be overkill but might want to futureproof

[Streetguru]

26 minutes ago, No_One515 said:

 

You have the wrong motherboard, you need a better cooler for the i7 7700K, needs an SSD for that budget, I cut out $1000 without losing a great deal of GPU capability for 1440p gaming anyways, won't be running AAA games at 144fps high/ultra of course, but it'll be above 60 anyways, and like Overwatch would run at 144fps no issue

When are you building? As Ryzen and Vega is launching soon

 

I'd highly suggest some better performance per dollar parts, like the $260 Fury here with this pixio 1440p 144hz IPS free-sync display, at half the price of the G-sync display, you could also potentially crossfire 480s, but that's not really worth it as Vega will be out soon

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB714894154

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($99.69 @ Jet)
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB NITRO Video Card  ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.33 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1177.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-30 01:15 EST-0500

[Zyndo]

36 minutes ago, No_One515 said:

Im not really a competitive gamer so just games like battlefield, Gta, fallout etc. It might be overkill but might want to futureproof

Get the Prime Z270-A from Asus and not the Z170-A if you're interested in having a Kaby chip. Not really a whole lot of reason not to, especially since you will probably need a BIOS update to make the Z170 board work. Its the same or better as the Z170-A in every way as far as i know, and its only like 10 bucks more: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7VZ2FT/asus-prime-z270-a-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z270-a

 

Get the Cryorig H7 CPU cooler instead of the Hyper 212. Its a bit better in cooling, more universally compatible, and a hell of a lot better looking. Should be plenty of cooling if you're unsure about how much overclocking you want to do (if any): https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7

 

Absolutely 100% get some kind of an SSD for your OS. It will make a world of difference in your day-to-day use. Adata-SP550, Crucial MX300, or any other reasonably priced 2.5" SATA SSD. You should get something ~250GB or more if you can so you could even drop a few games on it. Having a HDD is still good for mass storage, so its not like you should be choosing one or the other.

 

Other than that it looks great, and your choice of monitor is arguably the best gaming monitor on the market today for those interested in competitive gaming. If you need to bring the cost down a tad in order to fir your budget, get a cheaper kit of RAM (16GB does not need to be that expensive) and get a smaller wattage PSU.

[Matias_Chambers]

5 hours ago, Energycore said:

Welcome to the forums! A couple comments on your build

 

- The Hyper 212 EVO is a trash cooler especially for a chip with cooling problems like the 7700K. These two coolers wipe the floor with it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hJFPxr/deepcool-cpu-cooler-gammaxx400

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jK8H99/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h5universal

- Z170 motherboards can be made to work with 7000-series CPUs, but most don't work out of the box. Grab a Z270

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kFp323/asrock-fatal1ty-z270-gaming-k4-atx-lga1151-motherboard-fatal1ty-z270-gaming-k4

- That's a lot of money for 16GB RAM. Take this kit which is also faster (faster RAM up to 3200MHz does affect gaming performance).

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/pfPzK8/gskill-memory-f42800c16d16gvg

- No computer today should go without an SSD. Spending 40 seconds waiting for Windows to boot should be a thing of the past. Get this.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8YRFf7/mydigitalssd-bpx-256gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mdnvme80-bpx-0256

 

That's it, solid build otherwise.

 

Oh and save $150 getting this AOC monitor. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/scM323/aoc-ag271qg-270-165hz-monitor-ag271qg

About the H5 universal - I recommended a build to someone a while ago with an H7 and an NZXT S340. He couldn't get the cooler to fit in the case. It is supposed to fit but with pretty much no clearance. The H5 is taller than the H7 so...

[Matias_Chambers]

4 hours ago, Zyndo said:

Cryorig H7

 

1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

About the H5 universal - I recommended a build to someone a while ago with an H7 and an NZXT S340. He couldn't get the cooler to fit in the case. It is supposed to fit but with pretty much no clearance. The H5 is taller than the H7 so...

 

[Matias_Chambers]

4 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

About the H5 universal - I recommended a build to someone a while ago with an H7 and an NZXT S340. He couldn't get the cooler to fit in the case. It is supposed to fit but with pretty much no clearance. The H5 is taller than the H7 so...

 

3 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Energycore said:

I'll assume you're right handed.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($88.80 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($58.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $147.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-30 01:10 EST-0500

 

4 hours ago, Zyndo said:

Get the Prime Z270-A from Asus and not the Z170-A if you're interested in having a Kaby chip. Not really a whole lot of reason not to, especially since you will probably need a BIOS update to make the Z170 board work. Its the same or better as the Z170-A in every way as far as i know, and its only like 10 bucks more: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7VZ2FT/asus-prime-z270-a-atx-lga1151-motherboard-prime-z270-a

 

Get the Cryorig H7 CPU cooler instead of the Hyper 212. Its a bit better in cooling, more universally compatible, and a hell of a lot better looking. Should be plenty of cooling if you're unsure about how much overclocking you want to do (if any): https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7

 

Absolutely 100% get some kind of an SSD for your OS. It will make a world of difference in your day-to-day use. Adata-SP550, Crucial MX300, or any other reasonably priced 2.5" SATA SSD. You should get something ~250GB or more if you can so you could even drop a few games on it. Having a HDD is still good for mass storage, so its not like you should be choosing one or the other.

 

Other than that it looks great, and your choice of monitor is arguably the best gaming monitor on the market today for those interested in competitive gaming. If you need to bring the cost down a tad in order to fir your budget, get a cheaper kit of RAM (16GB does not need to be that expensive) and get a smaller wattage PSU.

Sorry he had an H5 Universal not an H7 and he had problems fitting it in the NZXT S340. The clearance is about 1-2 mm. He couldn't get it to fit.