PC Build; tips, ideas?

[Darcaryn]

Hey Guys

I decided to upgrade my Pc. I live in the netherlands and the max budget is 2500 euro's

The mian use is gaming at 2560x1440@60Hz. Becuase of some other stuff I need atleast 8 threads and 32 GB of Ram.

I want to make something aestetically pleasing with a black build with white and blue accents.

After some looking around I come up with this:
CPU: i7-7700k
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 with 2 extra Aer P fans
GPU: EVGA 1080 FTW
Mobo: ASUS Z270 TUF Mark 1
Ram: 32 GB Trident z (2X16GB) white 3200MHz
SSD: 250 GB 960 EVO M.2
HDD: 4 TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
PSU: Corsair RM750x
Case: NZXT H440 black/blue
Monitor: ASUS PB277Q

This would cost me 2427 euro's

I'm really wondering about the R7 1700 and a closed loop GPU/ Custom loop.

Especially the custom loop i'm not sure if it would be something for me.

 

What's your opinion, any problems or improvements?

[xentropa]

I would skip the custom loop.  A good custom loop for gpu and cpu will run close to 400 euros or more.

[boltoflightning]

33 minutes ago, Darcaryn said:

Hey Guys

I decided to upgrade my Pc. I live in the netherlands and the max budget is 2500 euro's

The mian use is gaming at 2560x1440@60Hz. Becuase of some other stuff I need atleast 8 threads and 32 GB of Ram.

I want to make something aestetically pleasing with a black build with white and blue accents.

After some looking around I come up with this:
CPU: i7-7700k
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 with 2 extra Aer P fans
GPU: EVGA 1080 FTW
Mobo: ASUS Z270 TUF Mark 1
Ram: 32 GB Trident z (2X16GB) white 3200MHz
SSD: 250 GB 960 EVO M.2
HDD: 4 TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
PSU: Corsair RM750x
Case: NZXT H440 black/blue
Monitor: ASUS PB277Q

This would cost me 2427 euro's

I'm really wondering about the R7 1700 and a closed loop GPU/ Custom loop.

Especially the custom loop i'm not sure if it would be something for me.

 

What's your opinion, any problems or improvements?

I think you should change the processor, because it's more expensive, plus Kaby Lake mobos are more expensive because they are so new.

 

Also, you have room for 11 3.5" bays and 9 2.5" bays.

 

Some math here:

 

The hard drive you want is about 188 euros (depending on where you buy it from.)

A Western Digital 4tb hard drive is about 130 euros on their site. I personally like and trust WD more than any other hard drive company.

This means for 75 euros more than your current hard drive setup, you can have double the storage. (You have plenty of bays open after this. Use them )

You'll only go over by a few euros, and you don't have to change the mobo or processor like I said. (Just a thought though.)

 

Good luck, it's a real nice computer.

[Darcaryn]

21 hours ago, boltoflightning said:

I think you should change the processor, because it's more expensive, plus Kaby Lake mobos are more expensive because they are so new.

 

Also, you have room for 11 3.5" bays and 9 2.5" bays.

 

Some math here:

 

The hard drive you want is about 188 euros (depending on where you buy it from.)

A Western Digital 4tb hard drive is about 130 euros on their site. I personally like and trust WD more than any other hard drive company.

This means for 75 euros more than your current hard drive setup, you can have double the storage. (You have plenty of bays open after this. Use them )

You'll only go over by a few euros, and you don't have to change the mobo or processor like I said. (Just a thought though.)

 

Good luck, it's a real nice computer.

thank you for your answere.

Skylake instead of kaby lake is a fair point, but it would only save me 50 bucks tops and that is with a slightly worse mother board. So i think the kaby like choise it worth it for me.

The HDD options sounds interesting, but which drive did you find, because the 4TB blue on their own site is 169 for me, although 120 on newegg. But that is the 5900 RPM blue which is significantly slower, and the black is more expensive. If trust is the only issue I will take the risk since I currently also have a barracuda.

Again thanks for your reply and (non bashing) thoughts

[Fahrenheit01]

23 hours ago, Darcaryn said:

Hey Guys

I decided to upgrade my Pc. I live in the netherlands and the max budget is 2500 euro's

The mian use is gaming at 2560x1440@60Hz. Becuase of some other stuff I need atleast 8 threads and 32 GB of Ram.

I want to make something aestetically pleasing with a black build with white and blue accents.

After some looking around I come up with this:
CPU: i7-7700k
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 with 2 extra Aer P fans
GPU: EVGA 1080 FTW
Mobo: ASUS Z270 TUF Mark 1
Ram: 32 GB Trident z (2X16GB) white 3200MHz
SSD: 250 GB 960 EVO M.2
HDD: 4 TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
PSU: Corsair RM750x
Case: NZXT H440 black/blue
Monitor: ASUS PB277Q

This would cost me 2427 euro's

I'm really wondering about the R7 1700 and a closed loop GPU/ Custom loop.

Especially the custom loop i'm not sure if it would be something for me.

 

What's your opinion, any problems or improvements?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kf9Yhq this is a build i made for my friend and it destroys everything. It's black and has rgb lights so you can put it to any color. One note is that i would suggest getting the NZXT Hue+ 

[AniJan]

On 3/5/2017 at 7:42 AM, Darcaryn said:

Hey Guys

I decided to upgrade my Pc. I live in the netherlands and the max budget is 2500 euro's

The mian use is gaming at 2560x1440@60Hz. Becuase of some other stuff I need atleast 8 threads and 32 GB of Ram.

I want to make something aestetically pleasing with a black build with white and blue accents.

After some looking around I come up with this:
CPU: i7-7700k
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 with 2 extra Aer P fans
GPU: EVGA 1080 FTW
Mobo: ASUS Z270 TUF Mark 1
Ram: 32 GB Trident z (2X16GB) white 3200MHz
SSD: 250 GB 960 EVO M.2
HDD: 4 TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
PSU: Corsair RM750x
Case: NZXT H440 black/blue
Monitor: ASUS PB277Q

This would cost me 2427 euro's

I'm really wondering about the R7 1700 and a closed loop GPU/ Custom loop.

Especially the custom loop i'm not sure if it would be something for me.

 

What's your opinion, any problems or improvements?

32 GB? Lower it to 16GB. Nobody needs that much, tbh.

[Darcaryn]

On 3/6/2017 at 2:47 PM, AniJan said:

32 GB? Lower it to 16GB. Nobody needs that much, tbh.

yeah i know too much RAM is a common mistake, but I actually need it for some software. Currently use 16 GB and have some struggles during hard calculations/ simulations.

[AniJan]

5 hours ago, Darcaryn said:

yeah i know too much RAM is a common mistake, but I actually need it for some software. Currently use 16 GB and have some struggles during hard calculations/ simulations.

I'm a computer newbie, so I don't know if this is right...

 

Can you have 20GB of ram?

Like 2 sticks of 8GB, then one stick of 4 GB?

[Darcaryn]

18 hours ago, AniJan said:

I'm a computer newbie, so I don't know if this is right...

 

Can you have 20GB of ram?

Like 2 sticks of 8GB, then one stick of 4 GB?

As far as i know you can't. The only way to pair the RAm yourself is bij having the same RAM, so same timing and speed; which means the same stiks would be best.

Different amouts as you  proposed won't work that i know. Different stiks might work but only with slowest latancy and speed of both so you hinder one of the set atleast.

So If you want to upgrade just use more of the same stick (speed, latancy and size not only brand) to be sure.