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Okay so I just recently sold my 5820k / 980Ti build and looking to upgrade.

My main use is light gaming (little non competitive PuBg at the most) & Lightroom/Photoshop.

My main goals is small form factor (small enough for carry on), quiet, and decent temperatures for its size.

 

I was originally going to buy a binned 7700k to ensure I could undervolt it, or get a decent overclock with minimal/no voltage increase. Now with the release of the 8700k I'm stumped. 90% of my pc use will be lightroom and photoshop so I want to optimize it around those two programs .I will be purchasing an ultrawide (hopefully 1440p) in the near future and still want to be able to game if I want to which is the main reason for the 1080 (maybe I don't need that much gpu for UW1440p gaming?).

 

With that being said is this build fine? Should I go back to the 7700k drawing board? What case fans would be ideal? Any other input/suggestions/tips?

 

Thanks for any and all input. Build below

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tNzyGf

 

 

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There are only two changes I would make:

1- Use either artic silver 5 or thermal Grizzly....have never heard of the paste in that list

2- Get windows 10 of kinguin and use some of the money you saved to get some fans to push air over the mobo(Create some air flow)

Other then that it looks fine to me. I would want to add a HDD for some backups of the main drive but thats down to your needs. 

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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4 minutes ago, Revamp said:

Okay so I just recently sold my 5820k / 980Ti build and looking to upgrade.

My main use is light gaming (little non competitive PuBg at the most) & Lightroom/Photoshop.

My main goals is small form factor (small enough for carry on), quiet, and decent temperatures for its size.

 

I was originally going to buy a binned 7700k to ensure I could undervolt it, or get a decent overclock with minimal/no voltage increase. Now with the release of the 8700k I'm stumped. 90% of my pc use will be lightroom and photoshop so I want to optimize it around those two programs .I will be purchasing an ultrawide (hopefully 1440p) in the near future and still want to be able to game if I want to which is the main reason for the 1080 (maybe I don't need that much gpu for UW1440p gaming?).

 

With that being said is this build fine? Should I go back to the 7700k drawing board? What case fans would be ideal? Any other input/suggestions/tips?

 

Thanks for any and all input. Build below

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tNzyGf

 

 

go Ryzen 1700X. get a hella cheaper mobo. 

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8 minutes ago, fixitnow said:

There are only two changes I would make:

1- Use either artic silver 5 or thermal Grizzly....have never heard of the paste in that list

2- Get windows 10 of kinguin and use some of the money you saved to get some fans to push air over the mobo(Create some air flow)

Other then that it looks fine to me. I would want to add a HDD for some backups of the main drive but thats down to your needs. 

I was actually probably going to switch to Grizzly so thank you for reinforcing my decision haha.

Windows 10 would be obtained from kinguin, just left it on the list to show that I need Windows 10.

As for backup, I use multiple external harddrives and in the works of obtaining a NAS for a more centralized backup plan.

 

What fans would you recommend. That is one thing I didn't forget, just need suggestions.

 

Appreciate your comment!

 

8 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

go Ryzen 1700X. get a hella cheaper mobo. 

Only problem with going Ryzen that I've noticed, is the fact lightroom, photoshop, and games are all pretty much 4 core optimized so the higher clock speeds benefit more.

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong as I am definitely not opposed to being educated further. I am all ears.

 

4 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

Ryzen 1700 still beat i7 8700k is multicore tests, just by a very small amount though

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-1700/3937vs3917

8700k has 43% faster quad core speeds? :S

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7 minutes ago, Revamp said:

I was actually probably going to switch to Grizzly so thank you for reinforcing my decision haha.

Windows 10 would be obtained from kinguin, just left it on the list to show that I need Windows 10.

As for backup, I use multiple external harddrives and in the works of obtaining a NAS for a more centralized backup plan.

 

What fans would you recommend. That is one thing I didn't forget, just need suggestions.

 

Appreciate your comment!

 

Only problem with going Ryzen that I've noticed, is the fact lightroom, photoshop, and games are all pretty much 4 core optimized so the higher clock speeds benefit more.

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong as I am definitely not opposed to being educated further. I am all ears.

 

8700k has 43% faster quad core speeds? :S

Yes so picking the 8700k is good if your doing anything at involves heavy single or quad core, but you may wanna just save your money and go with a 1700 if your also going to be doing programs that make use of more than 4 cores.

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The 8700K is a fair bit faster than 8 core Ryzen, according to Puget, an actually credible source. You can check how each CPU performs on each different task in their testing

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CC-2017-1-1-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1057/

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:)

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12 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

Yes so picking the 8700k is good if your doing anything at involves heavy single or quad core, but you may wanna just save your money and go with a 1700 if your also going to be doing programs that make use of more than 4 cores.

I am definitely not against Ryzen by any means. I've been contemplating a build for a few months so I've definitely looked into Ryzen. The only problem I have, is with my usage, the only thing that would make use of more than 4 cores is importing and exporting photos to/from lightroom. Although this can be a lengthy process, this is something I typically do right after I get home from a shoot. Plug my sd card in, then unpack my photography equipment. With my 5820k, I never had a single time I had to wait longer for importing pictures so I am thinking the 7700k/8700k is more ideal due to the high clock speeds.

 

The actual editing part of photography relies HEAVILY on single/quad core usage. The editing is what takes hours on end, vs importing taking 5-10minutes :P

 

This is just my reasoning, but you are welcome to chime in. I won't completely push something off due to stubbornness, only ignorance or the lack of knowledge on it. If you have good points, I am more than eager to listen.

 

9 minutes ago, moltencrystal said:

looks good to me, id say maybe go for some ek vadar fans to cool, they are really nice, quiet and black so ticks a lot of boxes

Thank you on the suggestion and indeed black fans would be perfect. I am at work, so any suggestions off the top of your head on specific models? I can dig into them myself later this afternoon if needed.

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3 minutes ago, Revamp said:

I am definitely not against Ryzen by any means. I've been contemplating a build for a few months so I've definitely looked into Ryzen. The only problem I have, is with my usage, the only thing that would make use of more than 4 cores is importing and exporting photos to/from lightroom. Although this can be a lengthy process, this is something I typically do right after I get home from a shoot. Plug my sd card in, then unpack my photography equipment. With my 5820k, I never had a single time I had to wait longer for importing pictures so I am thinking the 7700k/8700k is more ideal due to the high clock speeds.

 

This is just my reasoning, but you are welcome to chime in. I won't completely push something off due to stubbornness, only ignorance or the lack of knowledge on it. If you have good points, I am more than eager to listen.

 

Thank you on the suggestion and indeed black fans would be perfect. I am at work, so any suggestions off the top of your head on specific models? I can dig into them myself later this afternoon if needed.

these vadars should fit, according to the ncase website you can fit up to four in....

 

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-vardar-f4-120er-2200rpm

 

they also have two 92 or 80 mm fans, so if airflow form the main fans isnt enough for you then maybe theses as well 

 

http://noctua.at/en/products/product-line-redux/nf-b9-redux-1600-pwm

 

reduced noise ones so that you dont die from the tiny fan noise !

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Thank you Molten! Will definitely look into these tonight.

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Will likely give it another couple weeks to see if there will be more motherboard competition and hope for lower prices.

As of now, this is likely what I will be ordering.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/z6mGyf

 

I ofcourse will be shopping around to snag better deals when it comes to buying, PCPartPicker is just used for a rough price estimate and to keep track of my to-buy list. :)

 

 

Still open to hear more suggestions and recommendations though. This isn't 100% set in stone as I still have a couple weeks.

Osmium: NFC Skyreach 4 // i7-8700k (delidd) // GTX 1080 // 32GB DDR4-3200Mhz // 1TB 960 Evo M.2 // 1.1TB MX300 m.2
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12 hours ago, Revamp said:

was actually probably going to switch to Grizzly so thank you for reinforcing my decision haha.

Windows 10 would be obtained from kinguin, just left it on the list to show that I need Windows 10.

As for backup, I use multiple external harddrives and in the works of obtaining a NAS for a more centralized backup plan.

 

What fans would you recommend. That is one thing I didn't forget, just need suggestions.

 

Appreciate your comm

Fair enough... I would use either noctua or be quiet. It really doesn't matter as long as there is some air flow. I guess it comes down availability and cost. Fair enough for the NAS,external drives and windows. Just something I always say now days.....

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Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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