$1750 cad for gaming machine

[cakez]

HI guys, my friend is looking to build a new computer. It's going to be used for gaming+chrome. He has a budget of $1750 CAD. I got 2 builds to far. 15-8600k and a ryzen 5 1600. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($332.99 @ PC Canada) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.75 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($167.99 @ PC Canada) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($229.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Corsair - Force MP500 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($97.25 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($608.99 @ PC Canada) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($107.99 @ PC Canada) 
Total: $1781.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-01 17:53 EST-0500

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($249.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.05 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($212.99 @ PC Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($719.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($107.99 @ PC Canada) 
Total: $1769.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-01 17:53 EST-0500

[LienusLateTips]

8600K, 1080 isn't even that much faster compared to the 1070 Ti.

[ImNotThere]

i'd go for the 1600 build, the only reason you should still buy a 1080 is if it is only like 50 dollars more than a 1070ti, otherwise theres no point unfortunately

 

you don't need an aio for the ryzen build :P, that makes the ryzen build $100 cheaper, that should put you in 1080ti realm and that would make it better in gaming

 

tl:dr go with ryzen and remove the aio to get a 1080ti

edit: didnt realise 1080tis were so expensive over there lul

[jwh_]

1 minute ago, ImNotThere said:

i'd go for the 1600 build, the only reason you should still buy a 1080 is if it is only like 50 dollars more than a 1070ti, otherwise theres no point unfortunately

 

you don't need an aio for the ryzen build :P, that makes the ryzen build $100, that should put you in 1080ti realm and that would make it better in gaming

 

tl:dr go with ryzen and remove the aio to get a 1080ti

as long as you don't overclock, you dont need an aio

[cakez]

3 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

i'd go for the 1600 build, the only reason you should still buy a 1080 is if it is only like 50 dollars more than a 1070ti, otherwise theres no point unfortunately

 

you don't need an aio for the ryzen build :P, that makes the ryzen build $100 cheaper, that should put you in 1080ti realm and that would make it better in gaming

 

tl:dr go with ryzen and remove the aio to get a 1080ti

edit: didnt realise 1080tis were so expensive over there lul

why should I go with ryzen? 

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, cakez said:

why should I go with ryzen? 

b/c you can ditch the aio, put the same 1070ti as it doesnt perform much worse and then it's $200 cheaper

[cakez]

2 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

b/c you can ditch the aio, put the same 1070ti as it doesnt perform much worse and then it's $200 cheaper

ahh I see. thanks