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@seon123 Is it possible for me to remove the 3 fans, put the Corsair Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler instead, then put 2 of the removed fans on the top of the case and last one on the other side of the Corsair Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler?

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41 minutes ago, Sword said:

@seon123 Is it possible for me to remove the 3 fans, put the Corsair Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler instead, then put 2 of the removed fans on the top of the case and last one on the other side of the Corsair Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler?

Yes

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1 minute ago, Sword said:

Is the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 TI SC Gaming good enough for a 240Hz monitor? @seon123

It won't reach 1080p 240FPS in most games. For things like CSGO it should be able to reach it. In other games, you should still be able to reach high framerates.

Though a 1440p 165Hz monitor might give a better experience. Monitor resolution and framerate is a personal preference thing. 

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Just now, Sword said:

what does Fully Modular mean for PSU? @seon123

There are 3 options for modularity

Non-modular means all the cables (CPU, ATX 24-pin, PCIe, SATA and molex) are permanently attatched to the PSU. Sometimes, the floppy drive connector is on an adapter instead of at the end of the molex chain. 

Semi-modular means some of the most common cables are permanently attatched to the PSU, while the less common ones are removable. Typically, the ATX 24-pin and CPU power is permanent, with the PCIe, SATA and molex being removable. Though this will vary by the model. 

Fully modular means all the cables are removable. Typically, this is only needed if the cables will be replaced by custom ones. 

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On ‎7‎/‎23‎/‎2018 at 9:06 PM, Sword said:

Intel core i7-8700

Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING LGA

Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz CL14

Samsung 970 EVO m.2 NVMe PCI-E 1TB SSD

Crystal Series 570X RGB ATX mid-tower case-red colour

EVGA 750 B3, 80PLUS BRONZE

EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 TI SC Gaming

Corsair Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler

 

TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BUILD!!!!!

I'd go for a 1080ti over an i7.  The coffee lake i5s outperform the kaby lake i7s and will be plenty for gaming, and the 1080ti will allow you to play literally anything you want on balls-to-the-wall ultra setting at meme-tier framerates.  Personally, I'd build on an r5 2600 and b350 pro4, but I know people have their inherent brand preferences and that's OK.

I edit the shit out of my posts.  Refresh before you respond.

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25 minutes ago, Sword said:

How does quad-channel RAM differ from dual-channel RAM? @seon123

In terms of the RAM, it's 4 sticks instead of 2. Running 4 sticks on a dual channel platform (LGA115x, AM4) will just run the RAM in dual channel. 

The gain is bandwidth, if you run quad channel on a quad channel platform (X299, TR4). 

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12 hours ago, Sword said:

Wait so the i5 is better than i7 for gaming?

No, but the newest i5s are better than every i7 that came before them, so they are a very good value, you really don't need to buy an i7.  The money is better spent on a higher-end GPU.

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