Posted September 3, 2017 Hi, Can someone please tell me their thoughts on the below build. I have a limit of $3,000 AUD, purely uitlising it for gaming. Shoot forth any recommendations / compatability. Component Description Quantity Price Amount CPU Intel Core i7 7700K (Base:4.20GHz, Turbo:4.50GHz / 8MB / LGA1151 / Quad Core / 91W / Fully Unlocked / Without Heatsink/Fan / Kaby Lake) 1 $465.00 $465.00 CPU Cooling NZXT Kraken X52 Liquid CPU Cooler, With AM4 Bracket, 240mm Radiator, Aer-P Radiator-Optimised 120mm Fan x2, Reinforced Extended Tubing, NZXT CAM Power 1 $219.00 $219.00 Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix Z270F Gaming MB, Z270, 4x DDR4, 3x PCIE3.0 x16, 6x SATA3, 2x M.2, 4x USB3, 2x USB3.1, HDMI, DisplayPort, ATX, SupremeFX S1220A, ROG Aur 1 $289.00 $289.00 Graphics MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X+ (Base:1708MHz,Boost:1847MHz), 8GB GDDR5X (11,110MHz), PCI-E 3.0, DVI, HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1 $899.00 $899.00 Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) PC4-24000 (3000MHz) DDR4, 15-16-16-35, 1.35v, Dual Channel Kit 1 $255.00 $255.00 SSD Samsung 250GB SSD, 850 EVO Series, SATA III, 7mm, Read up to 540MB/s, Write up to 520MB/s 1 $148.00 $148.00 HDD Western Digital WD 1TB Blue, SATA III, 7200RPM, 64MB 1 $69.00 $69.00 Case Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Tempered Glass Satin Black ATX Case, Tempered Glass Window, No PSU, 2x USB3.0 , Aluminum Body, Includes 3x 140mm Fan, RGB LED Li 1 $289.00 $289.00 Power Supply EVGA 750W SuperNOVA G2 Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS GOLD, 4 x PCI-E, 9x SATA, 4x Molex 1 $159.00 $159.00 Case Fans Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound 3.5 Gram Tube 1 $15.00 $15.00 Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 Bit OEI 1 $145.00 $145.00 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2017 Looks alright to me. But I'd rather hold out for Coffee Lake (i7-8700K), instead of buying the i7-7700K now. 'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum. Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply. Spoiler CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2017 14 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said: Looks alright to me. But I'd rather hold out for Coffee Lake (i7-8700K), instead of buying the i7-7700K now. At this point, because the next best thing is just around the corner for what seems to be nearly the same price, its definitely not a good idea to buy the 7700k without at least seeing what the 8700k has to offer. Intel says an overall 10% increase IPC as well as having 2 more cores and 4 more threads, meaning it "should" do just as well, if not better, than the 7700k even in gaming, and will be more future proof with more cores and you can use it for more multi threading tasks if you ever need to. If your COMPLETELY set on this build and cant wait just a liiiiittle longer to have better parts for same price, then it looks to be all good. your ram speed is enough, AIO watercooling for the hot running cpu is proffered the board is a nice board (i would recommend the gaming E version, only because from first hand experience i can say its outstanding, as well as the reviews on it from what ive seen are great, hardware unboxed does a great review showing how far u can push it with the 7700k), Power supply is more than enough for expanding later, and the GPU is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2017 31 minutes ago, Morryjr said: Hi, Can someone please tell me their thoughts on the below build. I have a limit of $3,000 AUD, purely uitlising it for gaming. Shoot forth any recommendations / compatability. Component Description Quantity Price Amount CPU Intel Core i7 7700K (Base:4.20GHz, Turbo:4.50GHz / 8MB / LGA1151 / Quad Core / 91W / Fully Unlocked / Without Heatsink/Fan / Kaby Lake) 1 $465.00 $465.00 CPU Cooling NZXT Kraken X52 Liquid CPU Cooler, With AM4 Bracket, 240mm Radiator, Aer-P Radiator-Optimised 120mm Fan x2, Reinforced Extended Tubing, NZXT CAM Power 1 $219.00 $219.00 Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix Z270F Gaming MB, Z270, 4x DDR4, 3x PCIE3.0 x16, 6x SATA3, 2x M.2, 4x USB3, 2x USB3.1, HDMI, DisplayPort, ATX, SupremeFX S1220A, ROG Aur 1 $289.00 $289.00 Graphics MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X+ (Base:1708MHz,Boost:1847MHz), 8GB GDDR5X (11,110MHz), PCI-E 3.0, DVI, HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1 $899.00 $899.00 Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) PC4-24000 (3000MHz) DDR4, 15-16-16-35, 1.35v, Dual Channel Kit 1 $255.00 $255.00 SSD Samsung 250GB SSD, 850 EVO Series, SATA III, 7mm, Read up to 540MB/s, Write up to 520MB/s 1 $148.00 $148.00 HDD Western Digital WD 1TB Blue, SATA III, 7200RPM, 64MB 1 $69.00 $69.00 Case Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Tempered Glass Satin Black ATX Case, Tempered Glass Window, No PSU, 2x USB3.0 , Aluminum Body, Includes 3x 140mm Fan, RGB LED Li 1 $289.00 $289.00 Power Supply EVGA 750W SuperNOVA G2 Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS GOLD, 4 x PCI-E, 9x SATA, 4x Molex 1 $159.00 $159.00 Case Fans Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound 3.5 Gram Tube 1 $15.00 $15.00 Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 Bit OEI 1 $145.00 $145.00 Thanks Wait for Core i7- 8700K (Coffee Lake) and get GTX 1080 TI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2017 10 minutes ago, Raziq_26 said: Wait for Core i7- 8700K (Coffee Lake) and get GTX 1080 TI I think upgrading to the 1080TI would put him over his budgest. the 1080 does fine up to 2k running max settings, and if hes only running a high refresh rate 1080p screen it'll perform even better. but if budgest isnt an issue, going for more horsepower is never a bad thing for longevity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2017 Author 13 minutes ago, Trulop said: I think upgrading to the 1080TI would put him over his budgest. the 1080 does fine up to 2k running max settings, and if hes only running a high refresh rate 1080p screen it'll perform even better. but if budgest isnt an issue, going for more horsepower is never a bad thing for longevity Running a 1080p 144hz G-Sync, so yeah, will stick to the 1080 GTX over the Ti. I will await, but don't want too be waiting too long, as we don't have a set release date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2017 From what ive seen, they released a few of the low end 8th gen cpu's so far, and the next ones are coming soon. I havent seen a date yet so im not 100% sure exactly the time, but id assume its not gonna be too much longer as they were supposed to release august. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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