Gaming PC Build

[RealSwift]

I want to build a gaming PC that I can run games at high FPS and be able to stream or edit and render a video if I wanted too but, don't really know what I'm doing. I've been watching countless Youtube videos on how to build a gaming PC and decided that it would be best to just build one myself. I threw together a quick build on Pcpartpicker and just wanted to get some suggestions on if this is good or not. If anyone could help me out that would be appreciated. I don't plan on buying the parts and building the PC til around Christmas time but, I wanted to start looking for a build now so that I'm ready when the time comes.

 

My Budget is $1500 - $2500 USD

 

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI - Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX 11Gbps Video Card

Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit 

 

Total: $1812.40 USD

 

I haven't decided on the Peripherals but, I know I want to make this dual monitor setup. The type of games I'll be playing is GTA V, Forza, and other PC games like that at a pretty normal resolution.

 

And could someone tell me what Overclocking means?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[seon123]

Dolce you're building it in December, you'll want to see how Coffee Lake performs first. 6 instead of 4 cores, and it will require a 300-series chipset motherboard. 

The Hyper 212 Evo is decent for the price, but for a 7700K, it's more or less the minimum. 

A 1TB SSD will be nice, However imo it would make more sense to get a 500GB SSD, and an HDD for mass storage. 

You could probably get a 1080 Ti into the budget if you wanted. It has significantly higher performance, and is especially noticeable in 4K. 

The Supernova NEX is pretty bad. A Seasonic Focus Plus Gold, Corsair RMx or TXM, or a BitFenix Whisper M would be way better. 

 

Overclocking is running the component in question faster than the default speed. This usually produces more heat, and puts some more stress on the component. 

 

If you were building today, I would get something like this. Ryzen 7 has 8 cores, but some lower single core performance. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($59.90 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($148.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($75.28 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($749.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1759.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-06 17:00 EDT-0400

[RealSwift]

31 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Dolce you're building it in December, you'll want to see how Coffee Lake performs first. 6 instead of 4 cores, and it will require a 300-series chipset motherboard. 

The Hyper 212 Evo is decent for the price, but for a 7700K, it's more or less the minimum. 

A 1TB SSD will be nice, However imo it would make more sense to get a 500GB SSD, and an HDD for mass storage. 

You could probably get a 1080 Ti into the budget if you wanted. It has significantly higher performance, and is especially noticeable in 4K. 

The Supernova NEX is pretty bad. A Seasonic Focus Plus Gold, Corsair RMx or TXM, or a BitFenix Whisper M would be way better. 

 

Overclocking is running the component in question faster than the default speed. This usually produces more heat, and puts some more stress on the component. 

 

If you were building today, I would get something like this. Ryzen 7 has 8 cores, but some lower single core performance. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($59.90 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($148.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($75.28 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($749.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1759.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-06 17:00 EDT-0400

Thanks man do you know how I would be able to use both of the storage's? When I download a game could I move that to a certain Storage? I'm kinda of confused

[seon123]

26 minutes ago, RealSwift said:

Thanks man do you know how I would be able to use both of the storage's? When I download a game could I move that to a certain Storage? I'm kinda of confused

Just add a game folder in the HDD. In Steam, just go to settings, downloads, and click add library folder. Then just choose to add the folder on the HDD.

For e.g. the downloads or videos folder, just go to system settings, storage, change where new content is saved. Then just choose the HDD. 

[seagate_surfer]

18 hours ago, RealSwift said:

Thanks man do you know how I would be able to use both of the storage's? When I download a game could I move that to a certain Storage? I'm kinda of confused

So basically both SSDs and HDDs have their advantages. The simple breakdown is this:

SSD Pro: This is the fastest for storing data, especially when it comes to loading things, it makes your operating system boot up a lot quicker, makes apps load quicker, games load quicker, especially if you're into games where there's an "open-world" concept and you load new areas of maps as you move into them.

SSD Con: It's still fairly expensive for the amount of storage space you're getting. In an ideal world, everyone would be able to store all their stuff on SSD, but this would be incredibly expensive and most people just can't afford it.

HDD Pro: You're getting a good amount of storage space for a bang-for-your-buck cost.

HDD Con: It's slower than SSDs, especially when loading/booting things up.


Because of this breakdown, a popular build option is to have as big of an SSD as you can afford, and also have a HDD. This way you can put your operating system and the games/stuff that's important for you to load quicker and perform better on the SSD, but you also have the larger storage space for general stuff that doesn't need to load as fast, like your photos, music, extra game storage, etc. When you download/save things, you just have to think about where on the priority list they fall given how much space you have available on your SSD, and use that to decide whether to save it to a partition on the SSD or one on the HDD.

[RealSwift]

Thanks seagate I appreciate the help and do you know any good gaming monitors for a dual setup that would be good with my build? I'm going with the build seon listed, somewhere around  $500 - $600 for both? Or any other suggestions that would help the build would be great as well. 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gmV3Ps 

 

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