Good Build?

[DaGallane]

Hello all. New to building PC's. Looking for a good PC that can play AAA video games on ultra graphics, and accomplish strenuous tasks like having many tabs and windows open simultaneously. I've built a starter build. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance. 

 

Build: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/X2qPKB

[Sernefarian]

Possibly switch M.2 for this: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/GQL48d/adata-xpg-sx8200-480gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-asx8200np-480gt-c

 

BENCHES

[Fearness]

I would not get corsair fans with a NZXT case, since the NZXT cases have a little hub for the rgb, if you just buy NZXT rgb fans, it will be much easyer to have rgb installed

 

The rest seems fine, some parts are a bit overkill, but if that is what you want go for it

 

[Sernefarian]

For ram substitute in: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/PBPKHx/team-t-force-delta-rgb-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-tf3d416g3000hc16cdc01

 

Tighter timings same clock.

[DaGallane]

Thanks for all the recommendations. Would anyone be able to suggest a PC with similar performance under $3,000? That was my initial budget. Thanks again.

[Sernefarian]

Did what I could do bring price down while at the very least maintaining overall performance though storage suffered, and it is now less RGB.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($448.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($214.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($179.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC BLACK Video Card  ($949.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core V31 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($85.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($118.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case Fan: Apevia - CF12S 63.9 CFM  120mm Fan  ($3.82 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case Fan: Apevia - CF12S 63.9 CFM  120mm Fan  ($3.82 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: AOC - AG241QX 23.8" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($430.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - MasterKeys Pro S Wired Standard Keyboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Mouse: Logitech - G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Headphones: Corsair - VOID PRO RGB (Black) 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($119.99 @ Memory Express) 
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers  ($99.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Total: $3135.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-18 19:10 EDT-0400

 

Mouse has lower price, more programmable buttons. Keyboard has the same switches and does RGB, SSD benches better than original choice but is lower capacity, ram is lower cost and approx equivalent performance, GPU costs less and should cool just about as well, 240MM AIO because cost, case switch, PSU switch, mobo switch. Smaller monitor at same res and refresh for 2/3rds price. Higher PPI so that's a win, right?

 

Switching to 8600k brought it into budget.  https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/ppKsmq

Edited July 18, 2018 by Sernefarian
Changes n stuffs. LIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK!

[dizmo]

Don't buy now, wait a month and see what happens with Intel and Nvidia.

[brob]

Difficult to cut more than 25% out of a budget while retaining same performance. This build sacrifices a little bit in various areas. The biggest loss is overclocking. For a first build I don't consider that a big loss. The cpu at all but idle has clocks just 100MHz lower than a stock i7-8700K.

 

All of the RGB components, (including the case), are Aura Sync so they can be synchronized through the motherboard.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.74 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix H370-F Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($178.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($238.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG  512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.25 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ROG STRIX Video Card  ($749.95 @ Vuugo) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P350X (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($159.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($669.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Keyboard: Corsair - STRAFE Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($134.58 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Mouse: Corsair - M65 PRO RGB FPS Wired Optical Mouse  ($55.80 @ Amazon Canada) 
Headphones: Corsair - Raptor HS40 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($59.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $3087.23
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-18 19:48 EDT-0400

[DaGallane]

1 hour ago, Sernefarian said:

Did what I could do bring price down while at the very least maintaining overall performance though storage suffered, and it is now less RGB.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($448.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($214.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($179.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC BLACK Video Card  ($949.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core V31 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($85.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($118.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case Fan: Apevia - CF12S 63.9 CFM  120mm Fan  ($3.82 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case Fan: Apevia - CF12S 63.9 CFM  120mm Fan  ($3.82 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: AOC - AG241QX 23.8" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($430.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - MasterKeys Pro S Wired Standard Keyboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Mouse: Logitech - G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Headphones: Corsair - VOID PRO RGB (Black) 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($119.99 @ Memory Express) 
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers  ($99.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Total: $3135.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-18 19:10 EDT-0400

 

Mouse has lower price, more programmable buttons. Keyboard has the same switches and does RGB, SSD benches better than original choice but is lower capacity, ram is lower cost and approx equivalent performance, GPU costs less and should cool just about as well, 240MM AIO because cost, case switch, PSU switch, mobo switch. Smaller monitor at same res and refresh for 2/3rds price. Higher PPI so that's a win, right?

 

Switching to 8600k brought it into budget.  https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/ppKsmq

Thank you for the recommendation. Will likely be going with this. Nothing is incompatible or will bottleneck anything else, right?

[Sernefarian]

Should all work together absolutely beautiful and maintain legs underneath it all the way past 2020. Might need to acquire a splitter for case fans, other than that though game on.