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Hi,

 

So I'm in the process of trying to build my first pc after my laptop smoked up after only 2 years. It still works for internet surfing and stuff, but not for anything more work intensive.

I want to build a pc for working, gaming and occasional video editing like birthday or wedding videos. Nothing overly crazy. My budget is 3000 €. I do want to go for something high-end,

because I mainly used low to middle rate stuff and I believe in go big or go home. I want to go for a red and black look. And I also want this thing to last for a couple years. I know a computer

is outdated the moment you build it, but i would like to be able to game with it for the forseeable future.

 

So this is my current build idea:

Cpu: Intel i7-8700k

Motherboard: Asus Rog Maximus X Hero (with Wi-fi)

Gpu: MSI Geforce Gtx 1080 ti 11gb

Ram: G.Skill Trident z RGB 16gb ddr4

Power Supply: Corsair Rmx 1000W 80+

Case: Corsair crystal 570x rgb

Cpu cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i V2 240mm

SSD: Samsung 960 evo 1tb

 

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut as thermal paste.

 

So I would appreciate your opinion and help. Have I made any mistakes? Do I bottleneck somewhere? Do I need a more powerful powersupply? Should I wait for the next generation of gpus?

 

Thanks

Kalcifer

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What's the model of graphics card?

 

I would buy a 360mm rad liquid cooler instead. 7700k is hot and needs 240mm liquid cooler, 8700k is even hotter.

 

Even 750W PSU is enough. No need for 1000w units with only 1 graphics card.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Do you mean the 8700k?

1000W is incredibly overkill, 650 could work

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WD Caviar Blue 1 TB                                                              

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT White 16GB (8x2GB) 2400

NZXT S340 White

Corsair CXM 450W 

 

Lenovo H320 (Old Pre-built PC)                                      Possible upgrade for H320          

i5 650 3.2 GHz (heh)                                                                                    Xeon X3470

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Crucial 240GB SSD                                                           Crucial 240GB SSD

6GB DDR3 (4+2GB)                                                           8-10GB DDR3 (4+2+2GB/4+4+2GB)

Lenovo H320 case                                                             Lenovo H320 case

Unknown PSU (210W?)                                                     Same PSU (210W?)    

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I want to use the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X 11gb by Msi. Do I really need a 360mm rad? If so could I just use the next bigger one from corsair? So 750W Psu is enough and 1000W is too much, but if I wanted to be safe I could use a 800 or 850 Watt one? Thanks for the fast answer.

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Well I wrote occasional video editing on a very low skill level. So it shouldn't be too demanding. I think? What do I need to look out for, when I buy Ram. I remember something about frequencys, that had to match, but I cant seem to actually recall which ones.

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24 minutes ago, Kalcifer said:

Hi,

 

So I'm in the process of trying to build my first pc after my laptop smoked up after only 2 years. It still works for internet surfing and stuff, but not for anything more work intensive.

I want to build a pc for working, gaming and occasional video editing like birthday or wedding videos. Nothing overly crazy. My budget is 3000 €. I do want to go for something high-end,

because I mainly used low to middle rate stuff and I believe in go big or go home. I want to go for a red and black look. And I also want this thing to last for a couple years. I know a computer

is outdated the moment you build it, but i would like to be able to game with it for the forseeable future.

 

So this is my current build idea:

Cpu: Intel i7-8700k

Motherboard: Asus Rog Maximus X Hero (with Wi-fi)

Gpu: MSI Geforce Gtx 1080 ti 11gb

Ram: G.Skill Trident z RGB 16gb ddr4

Power Supply: Corsair Rmx 1000W 80+

Case: Corsair crystal 570x rgb

Cpu cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i V2 240mm

SSD: Samsung 960 evo 1tb

 

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut as thermal paste.

 

So I would appreciate your opinion and help. Have I made any mistakes? Do I bottleneck somewhere? Do I need a more powerful powersupply? Should I wait for the next generation of gpus?

 

Thanks

Kalcifer

I love it. You might wanna a secondary hard drive just for file storage and a 1000W PSU is WAAAY overkill.

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3 hours ago, Kalcifer said:

@CyberFern0 Thanks. I already have a secondary sata ssd from an older computer and a 1tb hdd, which I wanted to use for storage.

Ok. I recommend a 750W PSU so you have overclocking or upgradability headroom for the future. 

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