Project Eyecandy

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

So just so it's said: This is not a planned build, but a sort of concept for my dreamrig. I will paste the PcPartPicker link below, and a list of the components for those who'd prefer that.

I'm curious if others have suggestions to improve on my choices. Again, this is not a planned build, so there's no problem with changing most things, but a few parts are set in stone (figuratively).

Total price is of no importance, focus is eyecandy, general and gaming performance, and as silent operation as possible.

 

/PcPartPicker/

 

Component list (bold means settled) :

 

ASUS TUF Z270 Mark I

Intel Core i7-6700K (on custom watercooling loop, AIO in PcPartPicker just represents WC)

Windows 8.1 64-bit Pro

Corsair Vengeance RGB 64GB

 

Corsair HX1000i

 

Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280

Intel 750-series 400GB PCI-e SSD

 

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 Hybrid Gaming (same as with CPU, just picked a hybrid card)

 

Lian-Li PC-O11

Corsair LL120RGB with controller

[R3ep3r]

27 minutes ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

So just so it's said: This is not a planned build, but a sort of concept for my dreamrig. I will paste the PcPartPicker link below, and a list of the components for those who'd prefer that.

I'm curious if others have suggestions to improve on my choices. Again, this is not a planned build, so there's no problem with changing most things, but a few parts are set in stone (figuratively).

Total price is of no importance, focus is eyecandy, general and gaming performance, and as silent operation as possible.

 

/PcPartPicker/

 

Component list (bold means settled) :

 

ASUS TUF Z270 Mark I

Intel Core i7-6700K (on custom watercooling loop, AIO in PcPartPicker just represents WC)

Windows 8.1 64-bit Pro

Corsair Vengeance RGB 64GB

 

Corsair HX1000i

 

Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280

Intel 750-series 400GB PCI-e SSD

 

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 Hybrid Gaming (same as with CPU, just picked a hybrid card)

 

Lian-Li PC-O11

Corsair LL120RGB with controller

Somehow you are using a two generations old CPU. Why don't you upgrade to the latest gen of intel CPUs? Or by settled you meant already bought those items. If you don't have them yet then I'd suggest you upgrade to the eight gen. Along with Windows 10.

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

9 minutes ago, R3ep3r said:

Somehow you are using a two generations old CPU. Why don't you upgrade to the latest gen of intel CPUs? Or by settled you meant already bought those items. If you don't have them yet then I'd suggest you upgrade to the eight gen. Along with Windows 10.

The only thing in the list I own is the OS. By settled I mean I do not wish to change it for something else. Win8.1 is the second best OS I have worked with (in terms of overall satisfaction, including total number of bugs, crashes and so on), and Win10 is the second worst I've had to deal with, only bested by iOS *cough cough PC gaming master race*.

[R3ep3r]

1 minute ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

The only thing in the list I own is the OS. By settled I mean I do not wish to change it for something else. Win8.1 is the second best OS I have worked with (in terms of overall satisfaction, including total number of bugs, crashes and so on), and Win10 is the second worst I've had to deal with, only bested by iOS *cough cough PC gaming master race*.

Good but how about the CPU why wouldn't you change it for something better? Just remember the fact that the i7-8700k has 6 physical cores and 12 threads which means higher performance when it comes to the CPU. 

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

4 minutes ago, R3ep3r said:

Good but how about the CPU why wouldn't you change it for something better? Just remember the fact that the i7-8700k has 6 physical cores and 12 threads which means higher performance when it comes to the CPU. 

Screenshot from specs page of the motherboard: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-Z270-MARK-1/specifications/

The CPU is chosen with Win8.1 compatibility as first priority. If I were to go with Win10 I'd have chosen a newer CPU like you suggest.