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I'm going to apologize in advance for being kinda boring. This pretty much fits the template of: here's my build, how do I improve it? I'd also appreciate help with the tags, or at least a link to the tag usage guidelines.

 

Everything will be done be done in $CAN.

 

You can find the working list here: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Remedous/saved/zm6bvK

 

With this build I can go up to about $1600, this budget does not include peripherals. I don't want to spend extra money on RGB things. With this budget I'd rather stay within manufacturer specification and not overclock. I have a fairly small desk, so I'd like something that won't compete with my legs for room. With this I plan to play games at 1440p. I also want to use it for scientific computing. You might be rightfully thinking "what kind of scientific computing", to which I would say, I'm not quite sure. I plan to learn either cuda or opencl, do more work with machine learning, and when I finish high school I'm going to go to a university program focused on accurately, and efficiently simulating complex systems. If you're interested you can see it here: https://uwaterloo.ca/computational-mathematics/

 

Case:

Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case

I went with a small case for the reasons described earlier, and because the larger cases tend to cost a bit more. This case has gotten a lot of praise on pcpartpicker, especially for the dust filtration and noise insulation.

 

GPU:

Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card

The 1070 looks like it does a pretty good job at 1440p gaming, and is just a good value card. I don't play anything really competitive, so I'm not looking for really high fps, so much as smoothness.

 

CPU:

AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor

8 cores, 16 threads, only 65W, 3Ghz, AMD final stepped up their instructions per clock efficiency. I'm fairly certain I will be able to make use of those cores.

Everything put together this seems like a pretty good chip for $400. I think it's generally better to spend more on the gpu, but a $500 graphics card alongside a $400 cpu doesn't seem like that bad a ration.

 

RAM:

Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

I know I go over 8GB from time to time, and 12GB solutions are hard to come by. I could spend slightly less on 16GB of DDR4 ram, but at only $140 you can't save that much more, and not without going for something significantly slower.

 

Storage:

Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

I know pretty well how much data I'll need, and this is large enough that I have some wiggle room. DocSwag pointed me towards this drive.

 

Motherboard:

Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

It was one of the cheapest board that would fit with all the parts. It also has 4 ram slots, and won't bottleneck the ram.

 

PSU:

EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

As per recommendation. Although I wasn't able to find it on http://www.jonnyguru.com/

 

Is there anything that'll just not work? Are there any little improvements you think I should make? You might have noticed I have just over $100 leftover in my budget, but there doesn't appear to be anywhere where I'll see significant gains by upgrading.

 

I'm probably not going to be able to use this too much leading up to exams, should I wait for vega reviews to start coming out?

 

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240gb 850 evo (samsung) + 1tb hdd blue

 

the 850 evo is much more reliable for data storage

 

 

go for a evga g2 550w. it's not a exploding piece of crap :)

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

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138 is a good number.

 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

- i would get somthing like air 540 is you plan on stressing that cpu 

- i would get a good cpu cooler, a air cooler such as darkrock pro 3 or DH-15

- a better psu

- headphones mx30 or mx40

iirc the stock wraith? RGB cooler is equivalent to a 212 evo

hes doing matx, so no DH-15.

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Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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DONT CHEAP OUT ON THE PSU!

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Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

i know but OP will be stressing out his system, it would be in OPs best interest to have good cooling.  

he's not overclocking. the stock cooler is fine for stock clocks. it wont be overheating at all.

not even intel's shitty stock cooler will make a stock chip overheat..

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Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

it will stand sound bad

he has a noise insulating case and it's not that loud IMO 

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138 is a good number.

 

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2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

it will stand sound bad

BitWit actually tested it, and it's fairly quiet for a stock cooler. I agree, for it to be kept nice n quiet, even under load, a third party cooler would be best.

Otherwise, I would advise he get a different psu.

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13 minutes ago, Remedous said:

More importantly, I don't corsair makes power supplies that will cause damage to my system.

Don't judge a PSU by its brand. Corsair makes sh't PSUs (CX green, VS) and some of the best PSUs (AXi)

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Helios EVO (Main):

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Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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4 minutes ago, BluJay614 said:

BitWit actually tested it, and it's fairly quiet for a stock cooler. I agree, for it to be kept nice n quiet, even under load, a third party cooler would be best.

Otherwise, I would advise he get a different psu.

Would I be better off with an air or water cooler?

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Just now, Remedous said:

Would I be better off with an air or water cooler?

Depends. I think an air one would be better for you.

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Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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20 minutes ago, Remedous said:

I'm going to apologize in advance for being kinda boring. This pretty much fits the template of: here's my build, how do I improve it? I'd also appreciate help with the tags, or at least a link to the tag usage guidelines.

 

Everything will be done be done in $CAN.

 

You can find the working list here: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Remedous/saved/zm6bvK

 

With this build I can go up to about $1600, this budget does not include peripherals. I don't want to spend extra money on RGB things. With this budget I'd rather stay within manufacturer specification and not overclock. I have a fairly small desk, so I'd like something that won't compete with my legs for room. With this I plan to play games at 1440p. I also want to use it for scientific computing. You might be rightfully thinking "what kind of scientific computing", to which I would say, I'm not quite sure. I plan to learn either cuda or opencl, do more work with machine learning, and when I finish high school I'm going to go to a university program focused on accurately, and efficiently simulating complex systems. If you're interested you can see it here: https://uwaterloo.ca/computational-mathematics/

 

Case:

Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case

I went with a small case for the reasons described earlier, and because the larger cases tend to cost a bit more. This case has gotten a lot of praise on pcpartpicker, especially for the dust filtration and noise insulation.

 

GPU:

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card

The 1070 looks like it does a pretty good job at 1440p gaming, and is just a good value card. I went with the founder's edition because it blows air directly out the case which I imagine is good for a smaller rig.

 

CPU:

AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor

8 cores, 16 threads, only 65W, 3Ghz, AMD final stepped up their instructions per clock efficiency. I'm fairly certain I will be able to make use of those cores.

Everything put together this seems like a pretty good chip for $400. I think it's generally better to spend more on the gpu, but a $500 graphics card alongside a $400 cpu doesn't seem like that bad a ration.

 

RAM:

Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

I know I go over 8GB from time to time, and 12GB solutions are hard to come by. I could spend slightly less on 16GB of DDR4 ram, but at only $140 you can't save that much more, and not without going for something significantly slower.

 

Storage:

ADATA Ultimate SU800 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

I know pretty well how much data I'll need, and this is large enough that I have some wiggle room. I really like the idea of all flash storage. This drive is fairly inexpensive for the capacity.

 

Motherboard:

ASRock AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard

It was the cheapest board that would fit with all the parts.

 

PSU:

EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

As per recommendation.

 

Is there anything that'll just not work? Are there any little improvements you think I should make? You might have noticed I have just over $100 leftover in my budget, but there doesn't appear to be anywhere where I'll see significant gains by upgrading.

 

I'm probably not going to be able to use this too much leading up to exams, should I wait for vega reviews to start coming out?

 

Also, is it weird that just digging around for parts makes me really happy?

 

Now for some improvements!

Quote

GPU:

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card

The 1070 looks like it does a pretty good job at 1440p gaming, and is just a good value card. I went with the founder's edition because it blows air directly out the case which I imagine is good for a smaller rig.

No. Just no.

Quote

Storage:

ADATA Ultimate SU800 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

I know pretty well how much data I'll need, and this is large enough that I have some wiggle room. I really like the idea of all flash storage. This drive is fairly inexpensive for the capacity.

Perhaps a faster SSD?

Quote

PSU:

EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

As per recommendation.

Perhaps better PSU for price?

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Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

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Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

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Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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Really, only things I got to say (besides the PSU, though idk what you had before hand but what's there now is good) is to get a better mobo with 4 DIMM slots like this (yes I know the pro4 is cheaper but I've heard of bad experiences with it such as having a hard time OCing RAM and it also only has 3 phases for the CPU, even if you're not OCing it's still better to go for more phases) and to not get a founders 1070. Otherwise looks great.

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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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Really, only things I got to say (besides the PSU, though idk what you had before hand but what's there now is good) is to get a better mobo with 4 DIMM slots like this (yes I know the pro4 is cheaper but I've heard of bad experiences with it such as having a hard time OCing RAM and it also only has 3 phases for the CPU, even if you're not OCing it's still better to go for more phases) and to not get a founders 1070. Otherwise looks great.

Hahahaha was going to talk about the motherboard in the above post but forgot.

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Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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Slightly modified list:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($406.95 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($199.85 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($507.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($54.95 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1494.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 22:39 EDT-0400

4 minutes ago, JDE said:

Perhaps a faster SSD?

It's not horrible, though it's more of an SSD that mainly makes sense if it's the absolute cheapest (still better than SSD Plus though :P.

 

Considering the Ultra II and MX300 are only a little more though I'd get one of those instead.

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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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Agree with maybe considering an X370 mobo just for the upgraded VRM's for the CPU and SOC which sale heavily with price.

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Stock

AMD Wraith Max cpu cooler, 

EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Black stock, 

16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3600c15 @  2133MT/s stock

Asus x470 Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi), 

EVGA T2 850w Gold Power Supply,  

Samsung 860 Evo 500gb SSD, 4TB RAID-5 drive,   

Cooler Master HAF XB Evo

ASUS ROG PG248Q, 

w/ Razer Blackwidow Chroma V2, Razer Mamba Elite, Razer Goliath chroma

 

Main Machine / Gaming Machine

 

Intel Core i7-8086k @ 5GHz 1.35v,

Corsair H115i Pro, ROG Maximus X Hero WiFi, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB SSD, 

ASUS Strix GTX 1080 Ti w/ NZXT G12 GPU & NZXT Kraken x42 140mm AIO,  G. Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB 3200MHz 14-14-14-34 1.35v,

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD, WD Black 2TB HDD, WD Red 4TB HDD, Seasonic Prime 1000w Titanium PSU,  (3x) Corsair ML140 Pro,

Dell S2417DG,  

Razer Blackwidow TE, Razer Lancehead, Razer Firefly,

Cooler Master H500P Mesh White

 

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1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

Slightly modified list:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($406.95 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Team Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($199.85 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($507.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($54.95 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.98 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1494.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 22:39 EDT-0400

It's not horrible, though it's more of an SSD that mainly makes sense if it's the absolute cheapest (still better than SSD Plus though :P.

 

Considering the Ultra II and MX300 are only a little more though I'd get one of those instead.

 

But I strongly recommend this one if you can't swing X370 as Asus is quality in my experience. I am comfortable with my Gigabyte K7 but that's cuz I couldn't fit another $50 for the crosshair vi... 

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Stock

AMD Wraith Max cpu cooler, 

EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Black stock, 

16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3600c15 @  2133MT/s stock

Asus x470 Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi), 

EVGA T2 850w Gold Power Supply,  

Samsung 860 Evo 500gb SSD, 4TB RAID-5 drive,   

Cooler Master HAF XB Evo

ASUS ROG PG248Q, 

w/ Razer Blackwidow Chroma V2, Razer Mamba Elite, Razer Goliath chroma

 

Main Machine / Gaming Machine

 

Intel Core i7-8086k @ 5GHz 1.35v,

Corsair H115i Pro, ROG Maximus X Hero WiFi, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB SSD, 

ASUS Strix GTX 1080 Ti w/ NZXT G12 GPU & NZXT Kraken x42 140mm AIO,  G. Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB 3200MHz 14-14-14-34 1.35v,

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD, WD Black 2TB HDD, WD Red 4TB HDD, Seasonic Prime 1000w Titanium PSU,  (3x) Corsair ML140 Pro,

Dell S2417DG,  

Razer Blackwidow TE, Razer Lancehead, Razer Firefly,

Cooler Master H500P Mesh White

 

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But I strongly recommend this one if you can't swing X370 as Asus is quality in my experience. I am comfortable with my Gigabyte K7 but that's cuz I couldn't fit another $50 for the crosshair vi... 

X370 would probably be ideal honestly, I've heard of them doing better when it comes to OCing RAM.

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X370 would probably be ideal honestly, I've heard of them doing better when it comes to OCing RAM.

The Crosshair definitely has. My K7 and the RAM kit I bought from copy-pasting the part number from the QVL into amazon... My RAM is stuck at 2400 but it's a 3200 kit. Next BIOS update "should add 20+ RAM kits to the list". Per GIGABYTE admin on their website and their Twitter USA page in a DM. So patience for me. 

yeah I'm still pretty salty about buying QVL approved RAM and it not working...

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Stock

AMD Wraith Max cpu cooler, 

EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Black stock, 

16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3600c15 @  2133MT/s stock

Asus x470 Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi), 

EVGA T2 850w Gold Power Supply,  

Samsung 860 Evo 500gb SSD, 4TB RAID-5 drive,   

Cooler Master HAF XB Evo

ASUS ROG PG248Q, 

w/ Razer Blackwidow Chroma V2, Razer Mamba Elite, Razer Goliath chroma

 

Main Machine / Gaming Machine

 

Intel Core i7-8086k @ 5GHz 1.35v,

Corsair H115i Pro, ROG Maximus X Hero WiFi, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB SSD, 

ASUS Strix GTX 1080 Ti w/ NZXT G12 GPU & NZXT Kraken x42 140mm AIO,  G. Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB 3200MHz 14-14-14-34 1.35v,

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD, WD Black 2TB HDD, WD Red 4TB HDD, Seasonic Prime 1000w Titanium PSU,  (3x) Corsair ML140 Pro,

Dell S2417DG,  

Razer Blackwidow TE, Razer Lancehead, Razer Firefly,

Cooler Master H500P Mesh White

 

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crosshair vi... 

WHY?

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Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

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WHY?

Why, what? Why didn't I capitalise the Roman numerals?

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Stock

AMD Wraith Max cpu cooler, 

EVGA GTX 1070 Ti SC Black stock, 

16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3600c15 @  2133MT/s stock

Asus x470 Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi), 

EVGA T2 850w Gold Power Supply,  

Samsung 860 Evo 500gb SSD, 4TB RAID-5 drive,   

Cooler Master HAF XB Evo

ASUS ROG PG248Q, 

w/ Razer Blackwidow Chroma V2, Razer Mamba Elite, Razer Goliath chroma

 

Main Machine / Gaming Machine

 

Intel Core i7-8086k @ 5GHz 1.35v,

Corsair H115i Pro, ROG Maximus X Hero WiFi, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB SSD, 

ASUS Strix GTX 1080 Ti w/ NZXT G12 GPU & NZXT Kraken x42 140mm AIO,  G. Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB 3200MHz 14-14-14-34 1.35v,

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD, WD Black 2TB HDD, WD Red 4TB HDD, Seasonic Prime 1000w Titanium PSU,  (3x) Corsair ML140 Pro,

Dell S2417DG,  

Razer Blackwidow TE, Razer Lancehead, Razer Firefly,

Cooler Master H500P Mesh White

 

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Why, what? Why didn't I capitalise the Roman numerals?

I think he's referring to it being a tad bit too expensive for this build.

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