high-end 4k gaming rig

[adamch10]

Hi,

I was looking forward to this for quite some time, and i finally have quite a bit of cash on hand. I want the PC to handle AAA titles at Ultra in 4K 60 FPS, and possibly to try VR at a later date. This is what i came up with:

 

Motherboard: ASUS TUF X299 MARK 2 (DDR4)

CPU: Intel i7-7800X 3.50GHz 8MB BOX (i'll probably overclock it)+ cooling (water? need advice on that)

Memory HyperX 8GB 2400MHz Fury Black CL15 x2 (16GB) (do i need 32GB?)

Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Turbo 11GB GDDR5

Power Supply :Corsair CS750M 750W Gold BOX

Storage: Samsung 250GB 1,8'' 960 EVO M.2 2280 NVMe (System)

Storage: i have an old HDD, but i wouldn't mind an upgrade. maybe this? Samsung 500GB 2,5'' SATA SSD 850 EVO

Haven't decided on a case yet. do i need a full tower or is mid tower enough?

i'll also need a monitor, but i'm not an expert on them.

 

I'm dubious about the CPU/Motherboard combo. is there any sense in going for X299 and 2066 socket?can the 7800X handle all the PCI-e lanes the board offers, and do I need it to? my assumption was that if i go for the newer socket, i'll have more expandability options in the future. I need your opinion on that.

 

I'm based in Poland, my budget is 8000-10000 PLN (that's 2500 - 3000 USD) but i can scrape up a few extra bucks in exchange for performance.

 

my current machine is a 6-year-old two-piece (as in "falling apart" ) laptop, so there is nothing going over to the new rig (maybe the hard drive)

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

[Zando_]

I wouldn't go for X299. A Ryzen 6 or 7 will do fine at 4K, and shave enough off the budget that you can get a proper 1080 Ti, instead of the Turbo version (blower cooler IIRC, and they overheat much quicker, so not as much OC'ing). 

[Colexd]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (€289.90 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€140.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€146.93 @ Mindfactory) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€161.64 @ Mindfactory) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€62.79 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  (€749.99 @ ARLT) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€79.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€100.17 @ Mindfactory) 
Total: €1732.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-31 16:33 CEST+0200

[Jurrunio]

7800x is stupid to go for. If you want to save money then Ryzen 5 1600. If you want the absolute best performance then wait for i7-8700k. Same 6 core, but noticeably cheaper.

 

The only devices that uses PCIe lanes from CPU is the graphics card. Even 1080Ti can run fine at x8 bandwidth in an ALI config though, so dont worry. Storage drives will run through the chipset.

 

1080ti with blower cooler? Not recommended since it uses reference power delivery and weak cooler.

 

16GB RAM is enough

 

CS750M isnt the best among 750W 80+ Gold PSU. Only get it if it's noticeably cheaper than others like Seasonic, EVGA G2/G3, Corsair TXM/RMx etc.

 

As boot drive, NVMe and SATA SSDs are just as fast. Advantage of NVMe only shows in mocing huge files around, so SATA SSD is enough for all but media servers, like those in LTT office where high data transfer rate is important.

[brob]

12 minutes ago, adamch10 said:

Hi,

I was looking forward to this for quite some time, and i finally have quite a bit of cash on hand. I want the PC to handle AAA titles at Ultra in 4K 60 FPS, and possibly to try VR at a later date. This is what i came up with:

 

Motherboard: ASUS TUF X299 MARK 2 (DDR4)

CPU: Intel i7-7800X 3.50GHz 8MB BOX (i'll probably overclock it)+ cooling (water? need advice on that)

Memory HyperX 8GB 2400MHz Fury Black CL15 x2 (16GB) (do i need 32GB?)

Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Turbo 11GB GDDR5

Power Supply :Corsair CS750M 750W Gold BOX

Storage: Samsung 250GB 1,8'' 960 EVO M.2 2280 NVMe (System)

Storage: i have an old HDD, but i wouldn't mind an upgrade. maybe this? Samsung 500GB 2,5'' SATA SSD 850 EVO

Haven't decided on a case yet. do i need a full tower or is mid tower enough?

i'll also need a monitor, but i'm not an expert on them.

 

I'm dubious about the CPU/Motherboard combo. is there any sense in going for X299 and 2066 socket?can the 7800X handle all the PCI-e lanes the board offers, and do I need it to? my assumption was that if i go for the newer socket, i'll have more expandability options in the future. I need your opinion on that.

 

I'm based in Poland, my budget is 8000-10000 PLN (that's 2500 - 3000 USD) but i can scrape up a few extra bucks in exchange for performance.

 

my current machine is a 6-year-old two-piece (as in "falling apart" ) laptop, so there is nothing going over to the new rig (maybe the hard drive)

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

 

Not familiar with CS750M "Gold Box", but if it is anything like other CSM psu I think the build deserves a better quality psu.

 

The i7-7800K has 28 PCIe 3.0 lanes. The X299 chipset provides up to 24 more PCIe lanes. 

 

I don't think an i7-7800K is optimal for the described usage. Consider instead waiting for the release of i7-8xxxK cpu. The expectation is that sometime this year Intel will release a 6 core/12 hyperthread i7-8700K. Current speculation suggests 11% better core performance over i7-7700K and up to 51% better overall cpu performance. Of course there are no independent benchmarks, so this may all just be Intel generated hype. But if these numbers are anywhere close to reality and if pricing is in line with current generation offerings, the i7-8700K may well be a killer cpu.

 

In a general use and gaming system, I would suggest going with a large SATA III ssd instead of a smaller, faster NVMe drive. Having everything on an ssd will improve overall performance.

 

[MandalorePlayz]

the 7800x isn't that great of a chip. for the same price get a 6850k it has the same specs exept 15mb cache and up to 48 PCIe lanes.