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Hello Folks,

 

Looking into getting a new gaming PC.  My current one is 8 years old and its time for it to go.  I wanted to get feedback on the Intel and AMD build I was looking at.  Let me know what you guys think.

 

Thanks in Advance

 

Intel Build:

Thermaltake Core V31 Black Mid-Tower Gaming case w/ USB 3.0 & removable Drive Bays & Side-Panel Window
LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive
Intel® Core™ Processor i7-7700K 4.20GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Kaby Lake)
Corsair Hydro Series H60 120mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate (Dual RED (Push-Pull) Tt Riing 12 Series Case/Radiator Fans
512GB Plextor M8Pe Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - 2300MB/s Read & 1300MB/s Write
5TB (5TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/3200MHz Dual Channel Memory [+60] (GSKILL Ripjaws V
GIGABYTE GA-Z270X-ULTRA GAMING ATX w/ RGB, USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 1 M.2 SATA/PCIe [Intel Optane Ready]
Windows 10 Pro (64-bit Edition)
700 Watts - Enermax Revo DUO series 700Watts 80 Plus Gold high-efficient airflow w/ Dual Fans Power Supply
GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready] (Single Card)

 

AMD Build

IN WIN 303 Mid Tower High Air Flow Gaming Case w/ Tempered Glass Full Size Window
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz [4.0GHz Turbo] Eight-Core 16MB L3 Cache 95W Processor
CybepowerPC Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler [+3] (Dual RED (Push-Pull) Tt Riing 12 Series Case/Radiator Fans
512GB Plextor M8Pe Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - 2300MB/s Read & 1300MB/s Write
4TB (4TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/2400MHz Dual Channel Memory [+60] (GSKILL Ripjaws V
ASRock X370 Gaming K4 AM4 ATX w/ RGB, Intel LAN, 2 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe
Windows 10 Pro (64-bit Edition)
700 Watts - Enermax Revo DUO series 700Watts 80 Plus Gold high-efficient airflow w/ Dual Fans Power Supply
VIDEO: GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready]

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Don't get an 1800X a 1700 OCs to 4Ghz, or at least 3.9, which is close enough.

Other than that, I think your build is way too overkill unless you're playing at 4K, and streaming, and are a content creator at the same time.

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Laptop:

Lenovo Yoga 7 Air: Ryzen 7840S, 32GiB DDR5

 

Desktop (Old but I never replaced it):

Delidded Core i7 4770K - GTX 1070 ROG Strix - 16GB DDR3 @2000Mhz

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