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Hello down below is my plans for an over the top gaming rig, and I would like some advice on it (if cooling is efficient, any other part suggestions, ie) This build will be only for gaming and I may add a second 4K monitor in the future, any advice would be greatly appreciated. And I'm also building this through the cyberpowerpc website for convience sake, I just don't have the time to build it myself sadly. This is my second time posting about the build i recently had a build that included a i7-7820x but was told that the cpu wasn't the greatest so this is my revision.
 
Ps. Building in Canada
 
Final build price: 6000ish
 
Gaming Chassis: Corsair Crystal Series 570X RGB ATX Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ front/Top & Both Side tempered glass
Lighting: CORSAIR Lighting Node PRO individually addressable RGB lighting with software control Kit
Extra Case Fans: 3X 120mm Corsair SP Series, 120mm High Performance RGB LED Case Fans
CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-7700K 4.20GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Kaby Lake)
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro H100i V2 240mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Cooling Performance (2 x Standard 120MM Fans)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS IX FORMULA ATX w/ RGB, USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe [Intel Optane Ready]
RAM / System Memory: 32GB (8GBx4) RGB Lightning DDR4/3000MHz Memory Module (Corsair Vengeance RGB)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING iCX Edition 11GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready] (Dual Card (SLI))
Sli Bridge: EVGA High Bandwidth SLI Bridge for GTX 10 Series
EVGA Power: EVGA PowerLink Revolutionized Cable Management Adaptor (Dual Adaptor)
Power Supply: 1,000 Watts - Corsair RMx RM1000X 80 PLUS Gold certified Fully Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply
M.2 SSD: 16GB Intel® Optane™ Memory Accelerator M.2 PCIe NVMe + 1TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo [ARRAY MODE] (OS Drive)
Hard Drive: 500GB WD Blue SSD + 4TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo (Combo Drive)
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
LCD Monitor: 28" ASUS PB287Q 3840 x 2160, 1ms GTG, 60Hz, HDMI/MHL, DisplayPort. True 4K Ultra High Definition Gaming Monitor (Single Monitor)
Internal Network Card: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
USB Hub & Port: Internal USB 3.0 4-Port Hub
Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
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Looks pretty damn good, except for the overkill PSU. You really don't need to spend that much.

Want to know which mobo to get?

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Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

chEcK iNsidE sPoilEr fOr a tREat!

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2 minutes ago, tommyjet12345 said:
Hello down below is my plans for an over the top gaming rig, and I would like some advice on it (if cooling is efficient, any other part suggestions, ie) This build will be only for gaming and I may add a second 4K monitor in the future, any advice would be greatly appreciated. And I'm also building this through the cyberpowerpc website for convience sake, I just don't have the time to build it myself sadly. This is my second time posting about the build i recently had a build that included a i7-7820x but was told that the cpu wasn't the greatest so this is my revision.
 
Ps. Building in Canada
 
Final build price: 6000ish
 
Gaming Chassis: Corsair Crystal Series 570X RGB ATX Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ front/Top & Both Side tempered glass
Lighting: CORSAIR Lighting Node PRO individually addressable RGB lighting with software control Kit
Extra Case Fans: 3X 120mm Corsair SP Series, 120mm High Performance RGB LED Case Fans
CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-7700K 4.20GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Kaby Lake)
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro H100i V2 240mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Cooling Performance (2 x Standard 120MM Fans)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS IX FORMULA ATX w/ RGB, USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe [Intel Optane Ready]
RAM / System Memory: 32GB (8GBx4) RGB Lightning DDR4/3000MHz Memory Module (Corsair Vengeance RGB)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING iCX Edition 11GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready] (Dual Card (SLI))
Sli Bridge: EVGA High Bandwidth SLI Bridge for GTX 10 Series
EVGA Power: EVGA PowerLink Revolutionized Cable Management Adaptor (Dual Adaptor)
Power Supply: 1,000 Watts - Corsair RMx RM1000X 80 PLUS Gold certified Fully Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply
M.2 SSD: 16GB Intel® Optane™ Memory Accelerator M.2 PCIe NVMe + 1TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo [ARRAY MODE] (OS Drive)
Hard Drive: 500GB WD Blue SSD + 4TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo (Combo Drive)
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
LCD Monitor: 28" ASUS PB287Q 3840 x 2160, 1ms GTG, 60Hz, HDMI/MHL, DisplayPort. True 4K Ultra High Definition Gaming Monitor (Single Monitor)
Internal Network Card: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
USB Hub & Port: Internal USB 3.0 4-Port Hub
Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)

Awesome !

1000W PSU can't be bad, a bit overkill but if you don't mind the $ go for it.

Also, I would go 2X 16GB for the RAM probably instead of 4X8gb

CPU: Intel i7 6700K 4.5 ghz / CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 / Board: Asus Z170-A / GPU: Asus Rog Strix GTX 1070 8GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000 mhz / SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB / PSU: Corsair RMx 850w / Case: Fractal Design Define S / Keyboard: Corsair MX Silent / Mouse: Logitech G403 / Monitor: Dell 27" TN 1ms 1440p/144hz Gsync

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2 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

Awesome !

1000W PSU can't be bad, a bit overkill but if you don't mind the $ go for it.

Also, I would go 2X 16GB for the RAM probably instead of 4X8gb

If you don't mind me asking what would be the benefits of 2vs 4? I'm not much of a building expert lol.

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5 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Looks pretty damn good, except for the overkill PSU. You really don't need to spend that much.

What would you recommend for PSU size and is there any corners i could possibly cut without sacrificing performance?

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Just now, tommyjet12345 said:

If you don't mind me asking what would be the benefits of 2vs 4? I'm not much of a building expert lol.

More room for future if you want to add more, even tho 32 is already overkill,

Depending on how much you want to OC, I've seen some scenario where some board would be easier to OC higher on 2 sticks compared to 4  sticks of memory

Can't tell for sure, maybe other can help on this, but I always go for 2 over 4 if I can

CPU: Intel i7 6700K 4.5 ghz / CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 / Board: Asus Z170-A / GPU: Asus Rog Strix GTX 1070 8GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000 mhz / SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB / PSU: Corsair RMx 850w / Case: Fractal Design Define S / Keyboard: Corsair MX Silent / Mouse: Logitech G403 / Monitor: Dell 27" TN 1ms 1440p/144hz Gsync

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Just now, gbergeron said:

More room for future if you want to add more, even tho 32 is already overkill,

Depending on how much you want to OC, I've seen some scenario where some board would be easier to OC higher on 2 sticks compared to 4  sticks of memory

Can't tell for sure, maybe other can help on this, but I always go for 2 over 4 if I can

Awesome thank you very much, and yeah i don't think ill slap in any more than 32, lol.

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2 minutes ago, tommyjet12345 said:

What would you recommend for PSU size and is there any corners i could possibly cut without sacrificing performance?

You could save like 50-60$ and get a 850 Watts, same brand like corsair rm 850x

Would do it fine too

CPU: Intel i7 6700K 4.5 ghz / CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 / Board: Asus Z170-A / GPU: Asus Rog Strix GTX 1070 8GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000 mhz / SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB / PSU: Corsair RMx 850w / Case: Fractal Design Define S / Keyboard: Corsair MX Silent / Mouse: Logitech G403 / Monitor: Dell 27" TN 1ms 1440p/144hz Gsync

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EVGA are mostly the best for PSU tho but corsair RM 850x is Tier 1 PSU too, very good choice.

I got the 750x :) 

CPU: Intel i7 6700K 4.5 ghz / CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 / Board: Asus Z170-A / GPU: Asus Rog Strix GTX 1070 8GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000 mhz / SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB / PSU: Corsair RMx 850w / Case: Fractal Design Define S / Keyboard: Corsair MX Silent / Mouse: Logitech G403 / Monitor: Dell 27" TN 1ms 1440p/144hz Gsync

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2 minutes ago, tommyjet12345 said:

What would you recommend for PSU size and is there any corners i could possibly cut without sacrificing performance?

For PSU size 800/850ish watts will work perfectly fine.

 

And for cutting corners, of course you could take the lighting kit away, as well as a cheaper case, but I don't think you would want that. :P

Want to know which mobo to get?

Spoiler

Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

chEcK iNsidE sPoilEr fOr a tREat!

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Just now, bob51zhang said:

For PSU size 800/850ish watts will work perfectly fine.

 

And for cutting corners, of course you could take the lighting kit away, as well as a cheaper case, but I don't think you would want that. :P

I have fallen into the dreaded RGB fad and cannot escape it xD 

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EDIT: use NCIX PC instead, it's better

PSU Nerd | PC Parts Flipper | Cable Management Guru

Helpful Links: PSU Tier List | Why not group reg? | Avoid the EVGA G3

Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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Just now, tommyjet12345 said:

I would love to build it myself unfortunately I do not have the time, nor the experience to build this properly. 

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Helpful Links: PSU Tier List | Why not group reg? | Avoid the EVGA G3

Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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2 minutes ago, tommyjet12345 said:

Oh ok ill give it a look.

They charge only an $50 fee, and I've seen their good cable management in person.

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Helpful Links: PSU Tier List | Why not group reg? | Avoid the EVGA G3

Helios EVO (Main Desktop) Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W

 

Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

Spoiler

 

Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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