Gtx 1080ti build from 1.5k to 2k ideas?

[richyman]

What would you build with a gtx 1080ti with a budget of $1500-$2000 usd? Thank you for your help and ideas :).

Note:

I dont have a monitor and Im selling my pc with all the peripherals. It can be just the pc or the pc, monitor, mouse and keyboard. I just want to see what can I do with that budget and see in order to determine what peripherals to get based on that. Id say 2k is my limit including the peripherals if possible. For gaming. 

[stealth80]

Guess it's for gaming? Does it need monitor, windows, kb/mouse? 

[richyman]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Guess it's for gaming? Does it need monitor, windows, kb/mouse? 

It is, I dont have a monitor and Im selling my pc with all the peripherals. It can be just the pc or the pc, monitor, mouse and keyboard. I just want to see what can I do with that budget and see in order to determine what peripherals to get based on that. Id say 2k is my limit including the peripherals if possible.

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($323.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ Jet) 
Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($178.98 @ Directron) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($149.97 @ Jet) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($698.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.89 @ OutletPC) 
Keyboard: Corsair K65 LUX RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($129.99 @ Best Buy) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1962.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-29 20:39 EDT-0400

[stealth80]

And a pure gaming machine with 1440p gsync, but dropped to a 1080

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.49 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($115.49 @ Jet) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($519.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Dell S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($499.00 @ Adorama) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K65 Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($69.65 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2084.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Damascus]

Honestly this system is unbalanced.  its a 1440p monitor so the 1080 ti is way overpowered for now.  If you go with this you can get a 4k or 144Hz 1440p monitor later and it would run really well.  The CPU could easily be pushed up to 4.5Ghz and beyond

 

Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wddvCy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.98 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: EVGA Z170 FTW ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($103.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($146.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($698.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 25.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Keyboard: DSI Modular Mac Wired Slim Keyboard  ($69.00 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Corsair M65 PRO RGB FPS Wired Optical Mouse  ($52.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1985.88

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

What's your use-case?  Gaming, or more than gaming?

[richyman]

Just now, N3v3r3nding_N3wb said:

What's your use-case?  Gaming, or more than gaming?

Gaming

[richyman]

5 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

And a pure gaming machine with 1440p gsync, but dropped to a 1080

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.49 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($115.49 @ Jet) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($519.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Dell S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($499.00 @ Adorama) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K65 Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($69.65 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2084.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-29 20:43 EDT-0400

I love this one

[stealth80]

3 minutes ago, richyman said:

I love this one

Then go buy it! Im on quite a similar system but with a custom loop and Asus RoG Swift 1440P and a slightly more dated 4790k - However the performance is great and the 1080 is strong enough to run most games at 4k 60FPS, ok some settings have to be dropped from ultra, but the experience is great. The rest of the time is spent maxed settings on 1440P gsync

[richyman]

I think I will, just need to sell my pc first, which wont be fast probably. And then I need my friend to go to the US and bring the parts to me hehehe. Thank you very much for the build.

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

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CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.49 @ OutletPC) 
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This pc is the best IMO. Ryzen doesn't seem to be as good for gaming, and the other recommended 6700 sounds good but when you have 2K to burn, why not get the little performance increase in Kaby Lake?

[stealth80]

2 minutes ago, fpo said:

This pc is the best IMO. Ryzen doesn't seem to be as good for gaming, and the other recommended 6700 sounds good but when you have 2K to burn, why not get the little performance increase in Kaby Lake?

Well I made 2x builds as I didnt know whether it was purely gaming or gaming + stuff, hence the second one labelled "pure gaming"

 

Also dont rule out Ryzen for gaming just yet - it's getting better, it just needs fast ram and a good bios

 

 

[Damascus]

24 minutes ago, fpo said:

This pc is the best IMO. Ryzen doesn't seem to be as good for gaming, and the other recommended 6700 sounds good but when you have 2K to burn, why not get the little performance increase in Kaby Lake?

I came right up to the line with that build.  Fitting a 1080 ti, good monitor etc. meant I needed to save the $100ish on going back a generation to fit in the other good stuff

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

I know that I'm probably going to get a bit of hate for this, but I'd honestly wait for Vega, if you don't need the computer now/soon.  This is purely because you'll have about 200 dollars more wiggle-room in your budget if you want adaptive sync in your monitor if you go with an AMD card.  That was actually the deciding factor in my build.  Now, with that, you run the risk of having a lower-performing card, or some disappointment.

 

If you don't want to wait, at least wait on third-party 1080 ti cards instead of FO.

 

With that said, here's my recommended build:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7vvNTH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7vvNTH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.49 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Patriot Torch LE 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($714.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Rosewill 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: LG 24UD58-B 23.8" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($296.00 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Keyboard: Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E.TE Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($58.76 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Thermaltake TALON Wired Optical Mouse  ($18.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1997.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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About the build:

CPU: You could potentially go with a 7600k, 6700k, 6600k, etc. to save a bit of money, but if just recommend getting the best CPU for gaming, if for no other reason than so you can wait a bit longer to upgrade.

 

CPU Cooler: This is a well-reviewed cooler from a company that I have experience with, and all had been great -- including customer service, which I've had contact with a few times to see about the AM4 backplate.

 

Motherboard: I assumed that you'd want Wi-Fi, but this can obviously be tweaked to your personal needs ('twas the cheapest ATX Z270 board with Wi-Fi).

 

Memory: Memory price is rising, so this is a relatively good price for some nice-looking and fast RAM.

 

Storage: Lots of people would've gone with a full--SSD setup, but I was looking to save some money for other parts of the build.  If you want to sacrifice done capacity for speed, you do you.  Also, that may not be the best-performing SSD in your price range, I just don't have time to research that for you.

 

Video Card: 'Tis what you wanted, although, again, I'd wait for custom cards.

 

Case: Well-reviewed, pretty, fits your stuff.

 

Power supply: Good, well-reviewed power supply with more than enough juice.

 

Monitor: this card is way overkill for this monitor.  I'd recommend finding some more budget and getting a better one or waiting for Vega, but this is the best that fits the budget.

 

Keyboard: Cheapest mechanical keyboard.  I haven't researched it at all, so results may vary.

 

Mouse: According to Hardware Canucks, this is the best sub-$20 mouse, and I couldn't fit any more in the budget.

 

Overall, it needs some personalization or for you to give me a bit more info to really give you the best.  Also, for a full setup 1080 ti build, this budget is a bit constrictive, so the peripherals will suffer, along with storage (only a little on storage, though).

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

2 hours ago, stealth80 said:

And a pure gaming machine with 1440p gsync, but dropped to a 1080

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($343.49 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($115.49 @ Jet) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($519.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Dell S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($499.00 @ Adorama) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K65 Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($69.65 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2084.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-29 20:43 EDT-0400

That's a 1080, not a 1080 ti.

[stealth80]

1 hour ago, N3v3r3nding_N3wb said:

That's a 1080, not a 1080 ti.

Yes, hence why it says i dropped to a 1080 .....

 

3 hours ago, stealth80 said:

And a pure gaming machine with 1440p gsync, but dropped to a 1080

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Owning both a 1080 and a 1440P gsync, I know the combo works flawlessly. 

[Czaja]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£304.49 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£74.70 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£140.02 @ More Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£116.40 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  (£699.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£53.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.24 @ Aria PC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC56 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£49.21 @ CCL Computers) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB 3-Pack w/Controller 52.0 CFM  120mm Fans  (£49.99 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1680.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Spoiler

 

 

just delete wifi card buy on ebay win10 oem for like 20quid

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

2 hours ago, stealth80 said:

Yes, hence why it says i dropped to a 1080 .....

 

Owning both a 1080 and a 1440P gsync, I know the combo works flawlessly. 

Oh, sorry.  I missed that part.

[NewAndy]

Wait for Ryzen 5 benchmarks/maybe optimization for Ryzen before buying

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hBxtqk

 

If the Ryzen 5 isn't that good, get a i5 unlocked and a z270 mobo

 

 

This is what I am going for in May/June

[stealth80]

4 hours ago, NewAndy said:

Wait for Ryzen 5 benchmarks/maybe optimization for Ryzen before buying

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hBxtqk

 

If the Ryzen 5 isn't that good, get a i5 unlocked and a z270 mobo

 

 

This is what I am going for in May/June

No! Do not get an i5 for a $2000 gaming rig using a 1080ti. 

 

See the thread in my signature for why

[NewAndy]

46 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

No! Do not get an i5 for a $2000 gaming rig using a 1080ti. 

 

See the thread in my signature for why

Sorry, I've seen you have this discussion with other people before, it's just that I'm used to thinking that an i5 is enough, just like people told me when I joined this community.

I will try to remember it from now on.

 

Also, I know that we still haven't seen any benchmarks, but do you think the Ryzen r5 will be any different?

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

1 hour ago, NewAndy said:

Sorry, I've seen you have this discussion with other people before, it's just that I'm used to thinking that an i5 is enough, just like people told me when I joined this community.

I will try to remember it from now on.

 

Also, I know that we still haven't seen any benchmarks, but do you think the Ryzen r5 will be any different?

The R5 series will be roughly as good at gaming as the R7 series, when overclocked.  They probably will not overclock much higher than 100 MHz more than the R7 series.  This is because the Zen architecture and the Samsung/GloFo LPP+ process aren't great at clocking over 4 GHz (https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/ryzen-strictly-technical.2500572/).

[NewAndy]

6 minutes ago, N3v3r3nding_N3wb said:

The R5 series will be roughly as good at gaming as the R7 series, when overclocked.  They probably will not overclock much higher than 100 MHz more than the R7 series.  This is because the Zen architecture and the Samsung/GloFo LPP+ process aren't great at clocking over 4 GHz (https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/ryzen-strictly-technical.2500572/).

Could you say that in the "I'm-not-a-IT-technician" language? Also called "English for dumb people"

[stealth80]

3 hours ago, NewAndy said:

Sorry, I've seen you have this discussion with other people before, it's just that I'm used to thinking that an i5 is enough, just like people told me when I joined this community.

I will try to remember it from now on.

 

Also, I know that we still haven't seen any benchmarks, but do you think the Ryzen r5 will be any different?

Well ye that's what i'm trying to change, it was right for years, people told me to get i5 when I bought my i7 over 2 years ago (I wanted 5820k) I'm glad I did, most people running 4690k/4570k have upgraded already