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[CASDJ12345]

This desktop is gonna be used for Gaming, Video Editing and a bit of college use.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xxP9xY

also thinking about getting NZXT kraken x52 cooler but i thing the corsair one would be ok. Let me know what you guys think about his one. Thank You

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

why an m-atx board and atx case? just get a pcie wifi card if you ned it. no need for thermal paste, the h100i has it. why no ssd?

[seon123]

Consider the 8700 instead of the 8600K. Better for productivity. And you won't need a cooler that's as big. 

Consider an air cooler. Mostly the same performance, but quieter, more reliable and cheaper.

You don't have to get extra thermal paste, the cooler comes with some pre applied. 

Don't get an mATX motherboard for an ATX case. Few things look sillier.

You don't have to get a 3600MHz kit for Z370. The cheaper 3000MHz kit will perform identically for what you're using it for. 

Get an SSD. An $800 build without an SSD is sad, one that costs double must have one.

Maybe a cheaper case?

Gigabyte's GPU coolers are among the worst. It's just huge, and low quality. The Gaming X, Strix, SC/SC2 and FTW should cost less, and have better coolers and PCBs.

Why cheap out on the monitor? It's literally the thing you're staring at while using the PC.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($389.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($72.18 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($181.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - BX300 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($544.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: MSI Optix 27-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor (Optix G27C2)  ($289.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1964.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 20:57 EST-0500

[CASDJ12345]

4 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

why an m-atx board and atx case? just get a pcie wifi card if you ned it. no need for thermal paste, the h100i has it. why no ssd?

instead of ssd i am getting Intel optane cheap aswell

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, CASDJ12345 said:

instead of ssd i am getting Intel optane cheap aswell

not worth the price, you can get a 240gb ssd for the same price as a 32gb optane module and it'll perform better.

[CASDJ12345]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

not worth the price, you can get a 240gb ssd for the same price as a 32gb optane module and it'll perform better.

can you have both?

 

[CASDJ12345]

6 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($389.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($72.18 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($181.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - BX300 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($544.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: MSI Optix 27-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor (Optix G27C2)  ($289.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1964.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 20:57 EST-0500

Instead the asrock motherboard and wifi adapter wont the ASUS strix z370-g with wifi compatibily better option.

[seon123]

You can add a PCIe Wi-Fi adapter. Ideally, don't use Wi-Fi. Homeplug is an alternative that usually works really well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($209.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.95 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($544.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($435.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2033.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 21:04 EST-0500

[CASDJ12345]

12 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Consider the 8700 instead of the 8600K. Better for productivity. And you won't need a cooler that's as big. 

Consider an air cooler. Mostly the same performance, but quieter, more reliable and cheaper.

You don't have to get extra thermal paste, the cooler comes with some pre applied. 

Don't get an mATX motherboard for an ATX case. Few things look sillier.

You don't have to get a 3600MHz kit for Z370. The cheaper 3000MHz kit will perform identically for what you're using it for. 

Get an SSD. An $800 build without an SSD is sad, one that costs double must have one.

Maybe a cheaper case?

Gigabyte's GPU coolers are among the worst. It's just huge, and low quality. The Gaming X, Strix, SC/SC2 and FTW should cost less, and have better coolers and PCBs.

Why cheap out on the monitor? It's literally the thing you're staring at while using the PC.

for the monitor i wanted the msi one because it was a curved screen and thought its a better buy

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, CASDJ12345 said:

Instead the asrock motherboard and wifi adapter wont the ASUS strix z370-g with wifi compatibily better option.

not much of a difference, but you won't get stuck with just picking between 1-2 boards.

[AMD: With Sheggz]

No disrespect intended but for a 2000 dollar build something is a bit underwhelming. but then the recent pricing of parts i shouldn't be surprised. Get ATX board.

[Herman Mcpootis]

with a 144hz monitor:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($389.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($72.18 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($181.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - BX300 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($544.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: AOC - AG241QX 23.8" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($344.28 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2019.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 21:10 EST-0500

[CASDJ12345]

5 minutes ago, seon123 said:

You can add a PCIe Wi-Fi adapter. Ideally, don't use Wi-Fi. Homeplug is an alternative that usually works really well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($209.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.95 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($544.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($435.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2033.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 21:04 EST-0500

any other options for the monitor?

[seon123]

3 minutes ago, CASDJ12345 said:

any other options for the monitor?

I don't see the reason to only look for a curved monitor, but the Massdrop Vast is a curved 1440p ultrawide for $550. No G-sync, though, and you'll have to wait for it to be available on Massdrop again. 

[Watashi]

For the most part it looks good to me, but honestly, I would ditch the optane module and just go for a smaller SSD for your boot drive. I can't imagine there is much of a different in price, and isolating your OS to a drive always makes clean installs easier for me.