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Hey, I Am finishing my build and now have found that the case I am using

does not support internal Optical Drivers, Please give suggestions for External

Optical Drivers.

 

Other Specs.

 

CPU - Intel® Core™ i7-7700K Processor – [£302]

CPU Cooler – NZXT KRAKEN X62 280mm – [£125]

Motherboard – MSI GAMING M7 Z270 – [£260]

Memory- G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4x 8GB) 3000MHz DDR4 – [£335]

Storage- Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" – [£80]

SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive – [£230]

Graphics Card – MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X – [$780]

Case – NZXT H440 – [£125]

Power Supply – Corsair RMx Series, RM650x [650W] - [£230]

Optical Drive - ?

Operating System – Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) – [£30]

CableMod C-Series RMi / RMx Basic Cable Kit - RED – [£80]

 

Thanks - Roy.

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Get a case with 5.25" drive bay, having an external one powering off a USB isn't something nice and looks ugly as well

True. If you need a DVD drive regularly, then get a case that can hold one. If you only need it to install some software and maybe pull out an old movie every now and then, then get an external one. 

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Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Get a case with 5.25" drive bay, having an external one powering off a USB isn't something nice and looks ugly as well

 

Just now, Zando Bob said:

True. If you need a DVD drive regularly, then get a case that can hold one. If you only need it to install some software and maybe pull out an old movie every now and then, then get an external one. 

With my current PC I bearly use the Diver, only once or twice when I needed to download software when I got it.

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2 minutes ago, RoyCS said:

windows?

Do you mean the OS or the case that has Windows?

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

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10 minutes ago, RoyCS said:

OS

Windows 10, but never enable the game mode facility

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

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My head on 2019 :

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1 minute ago, RoyCS said:

isnt it better for gaming?

"Gaming?" Exactly, that's why you shouldn't activate Game Mode in Windows 10. Here's why Click here

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

Spoiler

My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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To give some recommendations, any external DVD from Toshiba or LG or whatnot should do. These run for $30.

 

7 minutes ago, RoyCS said:

isnt it better for gaming?

Game Mode will basically lower the priority of all of your other applications to run on the CPU. Meaning their performance tanks. And if your PC is not struggling to run the game, then it's only going to receive marginal improvement.

 

Plus its gains only really happen on UWP apps (i.e., those from the Windows store)

I have a blog! And a list of guides I've posted

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1 minute ago, RoyCS said:

oh its worst for gaming xD ? at high end

Exactly, that's why I don't like it

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

Spoiler

My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

To give some recommendations, any external DVD from Toshiba or LG or whatnot should do. These run for $30.

 

Game Mode will basically lower the priority of all of your other applications to run on the CPU. Meaning their performance tanks. And if your PC is not struggling to run the game, then it's only going to receive marginal improvement.

 

Plus its gains only really happen on UWP apps (i.e., those from the Windows store)

 

2 minutes ago, NinJake said:

I picked up a LG external drive from bestbuy, works well when I need to use it. (Not often)

 

7 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

"Gaming?" Exactly, that's why you shouldn't activate Game Mode in Windows 10. Here's why Click here

CPU - Intel® Core™ i7-7700K Processor – [£302]

CPU Cooler – NZXT KRAKEN X62 280mm – [£125]

Motherboard – MSI GAMING M7 Z270 – [£260]

Memory- G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4x 8GB) 3000MHz DDR4 – [£335]

Storage- Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" – [£80]

SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive – [£230]

Graphics Card – MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X – [$780]

Case – NZXT H440 – [£125]

Power Supply – Corsair RMx Series, RM650x [650W] - [£230]

Optical Drive - ?

Operating System – Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) – [£30]

CableMod C-Series RMi / RMx Basic Cable Kit - RED – [£80]

 

These all work together?

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Just now, RoyCS said:

 

 

CPU - Intel® Core™ i7-7700K Processor – [£302]

CPU Cooler – NZXT KRAKEN X62 280mm – [£125]

Motherboard – MSI GAMING M7 Z270 – [£260]

Memory- G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB (4x 8GB) 3000MHz DDR4 – [£335]

Storage- Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" – [£80]

SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive – [£230]

Graphics Card – MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X – [$780]

Case – NZXT H440 – [£125]

Power Supply – Corsair RMx Series, RM650x [650W] - [£230]

Optical Drive - ?

Operating System – Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) – [£30]

CableMod C-Series RMi / RMx Basic Cable Kit - RED – [£80]

 

These all work together?

Wow dude even the storages are high end, good job! But I have a feeling that 650W is still tight for overclocking that graphics card

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

Spoiler

My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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1 minute ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

Wow dude even the storages are high end, good job! But I have a feeling that 650W is still tight for overclocking that graphics card

That's more than enough. I had an overclocked CPU with a AIO cooler and a high-end GPU and the thing was happy on a 450W power supply.

 

Just now, RoyCS said:

850W

1000W?

No, 650W is fine.

I have a blog! And a list of guides I've posted

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Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

That's more than enough. I had an overclocked CPU with a AIO cooler and a high-end GPU and the thing was happy on a 450W power supply.

 

No, 650W is fine.

 

1 minute ago, RoyCS said:

850W

1000W?

Be calm, it's just a feeling lol. Nothing can stop you @RoyCS (except blackout)!

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

Spoiler

My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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Just now, RoyCS said:

wait so get a 850w or 800w?

No, 750W above is for overclocking Crossfire/SLI cards

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

Spoiler

My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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