Is this good enough?

[acepro71]

Thinking to build this for a friend.

 

EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card (or other 1080 TI card with proper cooling except zotac )

 

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

 

Any company 750W power supply (Minimum Bronze certified)

 

Cooler Master Hydro series AOI cpu water cooler

 

Asus STRIX B350-F GAMING Motherboard (or similar asus, msi, asrock mobo)

 

WIll be gaming on 4k.

 

And as an alternative intel with 7700k and a gaming motherboard.

 

[TristanK]

7700K will be a lot better for gaming especially if you  OC it...if he is only gaming...if he is streming too and making videos etc than get ryzen

[chimado]

i have a ryzen 7 1700 and 1080 ti build and it's great, i think it's way more than good enough.

[Ryujin2003]

I would recommend getting an x370 chipset instead. Better support, stability, and seems to provide a lot less issues with OC in the future.

[emosun]

will your friend need a hard drive or ssd or will he just be browsing the bios at 4k?

[Zebedeeboing]

Single core clock speed will be better on most Intel CPUs which would be better if it is going to be used for gaming only and not multi-tasking. 

 

I'm assuming that he will have a pretty sick monitor to be playing in 4k as well? Personally I don't see the fascination with 4k gaming (admittedly not have more than a few hours experience with it). Buttery smooth performance at 1080 or 1440 would be better. Ultrawide is really where it is at for gaming and far less likely to cause an issue running those games into the ultra specs. I would strongly recommend a high refresh gsync in ultra wide (or not) over 4k any day. 

 

On a very subjective and personal note I would avoid an AIO cooler when buying for someone else, more so if they are not tech savvy enough to build the system themselves. Granted there is no maintenance like a custom loop but there is simply more to go wrong than a good old fashioned air cooler. For less (depending on the model, but for most models this is true by a significant margin) I would put a Noctua NH 15 in there if the case will allow (which most will). It's damned near silent, covered by an amazing warantee, less stuff to go wrong and will never leak all over your precious CPU/graphics card etc in meltdown situations. 

 

Of course all of this is personal taste but you would get much better bang for your buck and longevity with these suggestions.

 

 

[Zebedeeboing]

Oh and the Noctua air cooler can actually beat or meet most AIOs as well.