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I just built my first gaming PC!!! I Haven't owned anything but ultrabooks/work laptops in the past 10+ years so I definitely splurged on most of the parts. I don't care though, I am super happy to have this big white box of rgb sexiness on my desk. Oh and a monitor finally! Still missing a couple of components (graphics card, 2nd ssd, moar fans), but close enough to complete. Anyways, let me know what you think! Here is my setup: 

 

PCPP link: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/V3ZRsY

 

 

 

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Specs: 
 

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OS = Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
Case = Phanteks P400S Tempered Glass Arctic
Mouse 1 = Logitech G403 
Mouse 2 = Logitech G502 (Use this as a Laptop mouse)
Mouse Pad = Steelseries QCK+ 
Keyboard = Logitech G810 
Motherboard = Gigabyte AORUS Z270X Gaming K7 
Power Supply = EVGA SuperNOVA 750W G3 (Also bought sleeved extensions. The GPU 6pin/8pin cables are just in the box waiting to be used) 
CPU = Intel Core i5-7600K @ stock for now. (Plan on overclocking soon)
CPU Cooler = NZXT Kraken x62 AIO 280mm Water cooler (CPU idles @ ~27C, max load @ ~46C - Extremely happy with it. It is also SILENT)
Case Fan 1 = Corsair ML120 PRO Blue LED (Set up as Exhaust)
Case Fan 2 & 3 = Corsair ML140 Pro Blue LED (Set up as Push/pull on radiator)
Case Fan 4 & 5 = NZXT Kraken X62 Stock Fans (Set up as Push/pull on radiator)
Memory = G.Skill 16GB (2x8) Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 14-14-14-34
Video card = VEGA WHERE ART THOU??? (Using Intel HD 630 for now)
Hard Drive 1 = Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2 NVMe 
Hard Drive 2 = Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2 NVMe (Still waiting for this to come in)
Hard Drive 3 = Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5" SATA III (This will be my gaming drive, just waiting for them to drop in price a bit)
Hard Drive 4 = External 2TB Western Digital My Passport USB 3.0 (Use this to store/backup all my important docs/pics/videos)
Hard Drive 5 = External 4TB Western Digital My Book USB 3.0 (Only use this for backups)
Monitor = Samsung C24FG70 1080p 24" Curved 144hz Quantum Dot Freesync 
Headphones 1 = Bose QC35 (Use these primarily for gaming, or if I need to tune out some external noise. A MUST for planes/trains)
Headphones 2 = Phillips SHP9500s (Use these most of the time - unless I am gaming, or it is loud)
Headphones 3 = Logitech G633 7.1 Headset (Hate these with a passion. Only use it if I want to use my mic)

 

Any suggestions for what fans to get for the top exhaust? I can put 2x 140mm or 2x 120mm. 

 

Also, should I go RAID 0 once I get my 2nd 960 EVO? 

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RAID0 isn't worth it, so don't do it.

 

If this is a pure gaming machine, NVMe isn't worth it anyways, since it doesn't improve game load times or boot times.

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Desktop:

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CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

Home Server:

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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1 minute ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Nice job man, looks great :)

Any reason why you're getting another SSD? If it's already coming then yes RAID 0 is ideal unless you need more space, but a 960 EVO should be plenty for most tasks.

Thanks!

 

I got both the 960 EVOs for ridiculous prices. $135 Canadian dollars each. That is cheaper than some SATA III SSDs so i kind of had to buy them. 

 

I am having a weird issue with write speeds and 4k random speeds being much lower than they should be in benchmarks. I can't really notice it in day to day use but I think I just set it up incorrectly or its a driver issue. 

 

I want to do the RAID 0 for the best speeds but it seems so complicated to set up..

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6 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

RAID0 isn't worth it, so don't do it.

 

If this is a pure gaming machine, NVMe isn't worth it anyways, since it doesn't improve game load times or boot times.

Yea I would say 80% gaming, 20% photo / video editing. Not like I have a youtube channel or anything, I just mess around in Adobe premiere once in a while after a vacation / event etc.

 

Seems way too complicated to set up Raid 0 too. Thanks

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Yea I would say 80% gaming, 20% photo / video editing. Not like I have a youtube channel or anything, I just mess around in Adobe premiere once in a while after a vacation / event etc.

 

Seems way too complicated to set up Raid 0 too. Thanks

nvme makes sense then. :) 

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CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

Home Server:

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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With how much you spent on this it just feels wrong that you didn't put a 7700k in it

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HTPC i3 7300 | Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H | 16GB G Skill | Adata XPG SX8000 128GB M.2 | Many HDDs | Rosewill FBM-01 | Corsair CXM 450W

 

 

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1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

With how much you spent on this it just feels wrong that you didn't put a 7700k in it

Wait wot it isn't.

Wat.

5 minutes ago, sliq said:

Yea I would say 80% gaming, 20% photo / video editing. Not like I have a youtube channel or anything, I just mess around in Adobe premiere once in a while after a vacation / event etc.

 

Seems way too complicated to set up Raid 0 too. Thanks

Outta curiosity, why not Ryzen?

 

Makes sense though if you want to photo edit tho.

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CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

Home Server:

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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1 minute ago, Cyracus said:

With how much you spent on this it just feels wrong that you didn't put a 7700k in it

 

Haha nooooo!! I don't want to hear that! Linus said get the 7600k over 7700k in his videos! 

 

In Linus I trust.

 

The headphones and mice I already owned before this, and I got most of the components on sale, so I don't think I spent that much really. 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Wait wot it isn't.

Wat.

Outta curiosity, why not Ryzen?

 

Makes sense though if you want to photo edit tho.

 

#Regrets

 

I started searching for deals before Ryzen 5 came out and didn't want to wait, and I wasn't really convinced ryzen would be much better. Everyone I asked said stick with an i5 7600k for gaming, and a 7700k would be overkill.  

 

Now I feel bad for not getting a 7700k or ryzen.

 

In the future, will Intel release their new processors that are backwards compatible on Z270? I could just upgrade then if needed. But honestly, I looked at the benchmarks and 7700k is maybe 10% faster than a 7600k for gaming. I would rather take the difference of $140 and spend that on the GPU (AMD Vega). Plus the 7700k runs hotter, and 7600k overclocks just as well. Right?

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2 minutes ago, sliq said:

 

#Regrets

 

I started searching for deals before Ryzen 5 came out and didn't want to wait, and I wasn't really convinced ryzen would be much better. Everyone I asked said stick with an i5 7600k for gaming, and a 7700k would be overkill.  

 

Now I feel bad for not getting a 7700k or ryzen.

 

In the future, will Intel release their new processors that are backwards compatible on Z270? I could just upgrade then if needed. But honestly, I looked at the benchmarks and 7700k is maybe 10% faster than a 7600k for gaming. I would rather take the difference of $140 and spend that on the GPU (AMD Vega). Plus the 7700k runs hotter, and 7600k overclocks just as well. Right?

Yeah, you could probably go for a Cannonlake i7 eventually.

 

i7 generally overclocks maybe .1 ghz higher or so, though yes, it does run hotter due to HT.

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Desktop:

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CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

Home Server:

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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44 minutes ago, sliq said:

 

Is Cannonlake the next processor? Or is that Coffeelake? 

Coffee Lake is I think, but I'm not sure if there will be desktop variants, plus Cannonlake is more worth waiting for.

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CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

Home Server:

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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