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[AndriesM]

4 minutes ago, MekaStrix said:

if I decide to go back to water cooling later on

You could buy the 1080Ti poseidon from ASUS. Add a bay res and a some rads. Then go mental

[MekaStrix]

Just now, AndriesM said:

I absolutely looovve bay resses. But the dark base has some. I can make a PSU shroud if i want (Got some stainless steel lying around) so i dont really know. I think the be quiet case is more future proof, as i want to get a bay res if i go for WC

 

If that's your plan I'd go with the one that supports bay res for the future thats the one thing that put me off the evolv although I don't use bays for dvd drives anymore (Kind of want a bluray rewriter lol) They have other uses as well like fan controllers and bay res's 

[MekaStrix]

Just now, AndriesM said:

You could buy the 1080Ti poseidon from ASUS. Add a bay res and a some rads. Then go mental

That card looks really nice but I bet it's gonna cost a bit

[AndriesM]

I kinda like the STRIX Z270E from ASUS

But i'm also liking the MAXIMUS IX HERO. 

What to go for? Is there a difference in BIOS UEFI? or something?

 

[MekaStrix]

1 minute ago, AndriesM said:

You could buy the 1080Ti poseidon from ASUS. Add a bay res and a some rads. Then go mental

I'm undecided I like having all the cores but if i'm not using them there's really no point in having them. By the time games start to use the cores properly we could be seeing mainstream cpu's with multiple cores at the prices of current quad cores which makes having this expensive 8 core pointless from the point of view that it wasn't really future proof because better performance can always be had later for cheaper. A bit like when I bought a GTX Titan X then the 1080 came out at 2/3rds the price and out performed it 

[AndriesM]

1 minute ago, MekaStrix said:

I bet it's gonna cost a bit

Of course but if you sell your 1080 itll be a 300-400 dollar upgrade i think

[MekaStrix]

1 minute ago, AndriesM said:

I kinda like the STRIX Z270E from ASUS

But i'm also liking the MAXIMUS IX HERO. 

What to go for? Is there a difference in BIOS UEFI? or something?

 

 

I like the strix board the wifi on it is amazing but then Asus make some great wifi stuff

[AndriesM]

1 minute ago, MekaStrix said:

I bought a GTX Titan X

ALERT *Detected person with too much money*

Wooo, how did you pay for that? sold a kidney?

[AndriesM]

1 minute ago, MekaStrix said:

I like the strix board

Is the Strix in MekaStrix also pointing out a passion for strix items ?

[MekaStrix]

Just now, AndriesM said:

Of course but if you sell your 1080 itll be a 300-400 dollar upgrade i think

Thats not so bad if I sell my 6900k for £750 and return my £550 board I'll have £1300 which I will only need a 7700k and z270 board which is about £550 so I'll have £750 in my pocket anyway. So if i'm not going to lose performance going from 6900k to 7700k in games then I might as well do it. I might even gain performance

[MekaStrix]

1 minute ago, AndriesM said:

ALERT *Detected person with too much money*

Wooo, how did you pay for that? sold a kidney?

 

Na spent a months wages on it though lol was worst purchase ever it was the first titan X the maxwell one but thankfully I sold mine just in time before 1080 results were out so I got most of my money back

[AndriesM]

Ya, but the custom loop is gonna cost ehhh i think about 400-600 dollar

[MekaStrix]

Just now, AndriesM said:

Ya, but the custom loop is gonna cost ehhh i think about 400-600 dollar

I only really need a rad and a bay res I have a pump, fittings and cpu block already cause I only stopped water cooling 6 months ago and went the AIO route 

[AndriesM]

1 minute ago, MekaStrix said:

Na spent a months wages on it though lol was worst purchase ever it was the first titan X the maxwell one but thankfully I sold mine just in time before 1080 results were out so I got most of my money back

Ok nice

[AndriesM]

Just get a 420 rad in your case w/ push pull. Do you have a CPU block too?

[MekaStrix]

2 minutes ago, AndriesM said:

Just get a 420 rad in your case w/ push pull. Do you have a CPU block too?

I've got a Swiftech apogee XL cpu block

[AndriesM]

Just now, MekaStrix said:

Swiftech apogee XL

Does it fit 1151?

[MekaStrix]

Just now, AndriesM said:

Does it fit 1151?

It fits 1155 but i'm pretty sure 1155 is the same as 1151 socket 

[AndriesM]

7 minutes ago, MekaStrix said:

 

8 minutes ago, AndriesM said:

Does it fit 1151?

It fits 1155 but i'm pretty sure 1155 is the same as 1151 socket 

 

It's not the same socket, but the same mounting holes

[MekaStrix]

Just now, AndriesM said:

It's not the same socket, but the same mounting holes

yeah sorry thats what I meant I use to use the mount for my 3770k

[Crossbred]

2 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

But the overclocked Ryzen CPU is a bit slower than a stock 5820K  If you mostly game, you should keep your CPU and get a 1070, or spend a bit more for a 1080....

Thing is I don't have too much cash in hand and need to sell parts to get parts. And x99 is waaay more expensive than either chipset.

[AndriesM]

2 hours ago, Crossbred said:

Thing is I don't have too much cash in hand and need to sell parts to get parts. And x99 is waaay more expensive than either chipset.

Just get a i5 6600 if its pure for gaming (No OC, no Optane support)

And a RX480 

And a h110 mobo

PSU and the other usual stuff. Good budget case is be quiet!'s pure base 600TG

 

Ow. i now see you have a good PC. Just keep it

[MekaStrix]

2 hours ago, Crossbred said:

Thing is I don't have too much cash in hand and need to sell parts to get parts. And x99 is waaay more expensive than either chipset.

Thing is won't it cost you more to move over to Ryzen then it would to stick with the 5820k? Kind of defeats the point in switching if you wont gain anything out of it at all?

[tom_w141]

3 hours ago, AndriesM said:

ALERT *Detected person with too much money*

Wooo, how did you pay for that? sold a kidney?

Ironic considering you are seriously thinking about paying double the cost of an AM4 8 core system to have a 6 core X99 system.

[AndriesM]

2 minutes ago, MekaStrix said:

Kind of defeats the point in switching if you wont gain anything out of it at all?

Then its, of course, not worth it. Just like i said here:

 

7 minutes ago, AndriesM said:

Ow. i now see you have a good PC. Just keep it