Getting ready to order, help and tips appreciated.

[Possum]

Planning a new build and could use recommendations, tips and tricks. I haven't been keeping up on hardware for quite a few years.

I'm upgrading because my old comp is rather old with motherboard, CPU and RAM from 2010. I've upgraded the GPU twice since then (980 at the moment) and added SSDs.

 

New gaming rig - Main use will be playing games and just surfing the web, watching videos etc.

Playing on my Asus PG279Q ROG Swift, so 2560x1440 at 165 mhz. Only running the one monitor at the moment as I gave my other one to my GF, but will be running another just for browsing and videos in the future. 

Playing PUBG smoothly is the fotm goal, but gaming in general at a nice, high smooth framerate is the general goal.

I also want to build a small, and preferably quiet rig.

I'm in Norway, but budget is around the equivalent of 2500 $. A little over is no sweat.

Peripherals and extra storage will be moved from my current rig (2 SSDs).

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Nv2NkT
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Nv2NkT/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($447.99 @ PC-Canada) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($168.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B350-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($166.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($279.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($298.75 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card  ($1049.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: NZXT - H200i (Black/Red) Mini ITX Tower Case 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: Asus - PG279Q ROG Swift 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $2517.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-14 08:17 EST-0500

 

Thanks in advance guys.

[seon123]

What's the budget in NOK?

[Skiiwee29]

biggest thing I can recommend is to make sure you double check the QVL list from your motherboard manufacture to ensure the ram is compatible. With Ryzen this is a MUST DO before ordering. if its on there, then you are good to go in my book. 

[seon123]

Just now, legacy99 said:

biggest thing I can recommend is to make sure you double check the QVL list from your motherboard manufacture to ensure the ram is compatible. With Ryzen this is a MUST DO before ordering. if its on there, then you are good to go in my book. 

Higher end Ryzen motherboards and CPUs are pretty much fixed with Agesa 1006 on Hynix, up to ~3000-3200MHz

[Possum]

I'm at NOK 23 300 now from Komplett.no, and I don't want to push it much beyond that.

 

I can push it down to 22 000 if I order from several vendors.

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, seon123 said:

Higher end Ryzen motherboards and CPUs are pretty much fixed with Agesa 1006 on Hynix, up to ~3000-3200MHz

not true. Pauls Hardware had a build he did in either Nov or Dec where he was planning to include Trident RGB memory that he couldnt because the board would not post with them in there. With Ryzen you need to follow the QVL list much more so than any other chip lineup out there. 

[Possum]

Yep. It's there. On the bottom of the list of course, and god forbid they actually sort it by vendor 

[seon123]

3 minutes ago, Possum said:

I'm at NOK 23 300 now from Komplett.no, and I don't want to push it much beyond that.

 

I can push it down to 22 000 if I order from several vendors.

For gaming, you'll want Coffee. Even the 1800X lags behind the 8400 in a lot of titles. You should be able to get the 8700 or 8700K (making a list on Prisjakt, checking it rn).

An NVMe drive won't improve anything. It won't help with Windows boot times and game load times. 

[seon123]

Something like this? There is a B-die Trident Z kit for 2500kr, if you want that.

https://www.prisjakt.no/list.php?l=451872

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($134.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($173.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($219.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card 
Case: NZXT - H200i (Black/Red) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($144.98 @ NZXT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1267.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-14 08:42 EST-0500

[seon123]

26 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

not true. Pauls Hardware had a build he did in either Nov or Dec where he was planning to include Trident RGB memory that he couldnt because the board would not post with them in there. With Ryzen you need to follow the QVL list much more so than any other chip lineup out there. 

The H400i build? That's curious, because the only 32GB kits on the QVL for the Pro4M are 8GB sticks. And the kit he swapped in isn't on the QVL either. And dual rank Hynix kits are among the worst for compatibility. 

 

Some luck, but mostly fixed, that's an anomaly.