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I am building a PC tower for a friend and like suggestions on how to build it. Enforcing a $2500 soft limit. I would like (I think) to build the PC around a fast M.2 ssd, 1  hard disk drive, maybe future storage upgrades, 16 gb of DDR4 min, a 4K experience at 60 Hertz, and water cooling (also a maybe). No need to include peripherals, but comments on this would not be turned away. I am also thinking of going the Intel route, but I might be encouraged to buy a AMD based system. ATX motherboard please. 

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-Thread moved to New Builds and Planning. Welcome to the forums :P

How do you mean soft limit? Does your friend have a specific colour scheme in mind? Do you like tempered glass?

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8700k 1080 ti m2 nvme ssd, u can go amd for 60hz but u won't be able to game 120hz consistently without upgrading the cpu, a new amd cpu is coming in march or april but it isnt a guarantee the improvements will be enough.

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1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

-Thread moved to New Builds and Planning. Welcome to the forums :P

How do you mean soft limit? Does your friend have a specific colour scheme in mind? Do you like tempered glass?

Buy soft limit I mean that a build that comes in a just over $2500 is fine, providing that the boost in experience is worth it. Color.... I am not so sure, but I don't plan on buying RGB for this build, that's his part. Tempered glass is cool looking, but performance is ranked higher in this build.

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With the current GPU price shortage, anything better than a GTX 1060 is going to cost an insane amount. You might want to hold off on your build, or at least gpu for a bit. 

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1 minute ago, YJmari0Y said:

Buy soft limit I mean that a build that comes in a just over $2500 is fine, providing that the boost in experience is worth it. Color.... I am not so sure, but I don't plan on buying RGB for this build, that's his part. Tempered glass is cool looking, but performance is ranked higher in this build.

Forgot to ask, does this budget also include the monitor?

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5 minutes ago, Airdragonz said:

With the current GPU price shortage, anything better than a GTX 1060 is going to cost an insane amount. You might want to hold off on your build, or at least gpu for a bit. 

Checking pcpartpicker they list almost not terribly marked up cards at each step from a 1070 to 1080, of course for 4k 60fps 1080ti is the place to be

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1 minute ago, YJmari0Y said:

Just the PC itself.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($147.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($194.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($173.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($229.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($299.00 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($819.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Black TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2489.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-11 20:34 EST-0500

 

Let's see if I can try squeeze a second 1080 Ti in there. And yes, all SSD storage.

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I would like to buy a 1080ti, but the price tag is making me nervous... Dont want to get ahead of myself and go over budget.

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Anything but a 1080ti is pretty much oos or overpriced because of the mining craze.

Edit: even 1080 ti are overpriced, but they are to a lesser relative degree than other stuff right now.

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Good thing it came out, with its power almost the same as the Titan but $200 cheaper.

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59 minutes ago, YJmari0Y said:

I would like to buy a 1080ti, but the price tag is making me nervous... Dont want to get ahead of myself and go over budget.

The parts list contains everything in a $2500 budget :P

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1 hour ago, TheRandomness said:


Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($819.99 @ Amazon) 

current price is $1200, not $820

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Just now, herman mcpootis said:

current price is $1200, not $820

Why is Amazing lying. Ah well, that parts list is going to stay there for the nearish future, if it's remembered, and if it stays relevant. I guess the best idea is to just stay out of the building game for a little longer.

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1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Why is Amazing lying. Ah well, that parts list is going to stay there for the nearish future, if it's remembered, and if it stays relevant. I guess the best idea is to just stay out of the building game for a little longer.

it's PCpartpicker's fault, they often fuck up amazon pricing 24/7, other merchants in other countries get price/stock screwups even more.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake - Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360 40.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($154.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($194.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra 3D 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($102.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: GTX Titan Xp ($1200.00)
Total: $2461.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-12 07:14 EST-0500

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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Instead of an NVMe drive and hdd, why not simplify and improve overall performance with a large SATA III ssd. Instead of an unlocked cpu and aio, consider an i7-8700 with a decent air cooler. Will run quieter with performance very close to a stock i7-8700K.

 

Note the absolutely insane price on the gpu. Best to monitor gpu prices and buy when there is a decent GTX 1080 Ti around US$800 - US$850.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.89 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.90 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($161.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 2.0TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($500.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Turbo Video Card  ($1199.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.59 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2583.83
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