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[Taran.Sidhu]

is this a good setup for the price? Also are there any compattability issues?

[seon123]

Depends on what you're using it for. For gaming, no. 

Yes, the motherboard is incompatible. 

[LienusLateTips]

Not compatible.

 

What's your budget and use case?

[Taran.Sidhu]

I am using it for gaming and my CAD budget is around 1500.

 

[Taran.Sidhu]

3 hours ago, LienusLateTips said:

Not compatible.

 

What's your budget and use case?

Gaming and 1500 CAD ish.

[Taran.Sidhu]

4 hours ago, seon123 said:

Depends on what you're using it for. For gaming, no. 

Yes, the motherboard is incompatible. 

Why isn't it good for gaming?

[RushFan]

dont get that motherboard that will be a lot of money gone up in a poof of intel-based shame

[RushFan]

Also get an 8700 non k with b360 board (300 series b250 equivalent)

[seon123]

12 minutes ago, Taran.Sidhu said:

Why isn't it good for gaming?

Not that it's bad for the task per se, but the parts aren't really that sensible for performance. Downgrading the CPU to an 8400 (still plenty good for just gaming and it costs a lot less) and swapping some other parts allows you to get a 1080 Ti for the same price as the build (which costs more than $1500?), as well as a much better PSU. Like this, for example. The 1080 Ti performs quite significantly better than the 1080. If you feel that the 1080 Ti is overkill, get the 1070 Ti, as it performs about ~5% worse for a lower price. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($236.75 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($90.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($190.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($116.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB iCX GAMING Video Card  ($934.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1730.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-05 20:19 EDT-0400

 

If you want a sub $1500 build for gaming, you could swap the 1080 Ti and get this for $1400. That'll allow you to change the case to the one you prefer, if you want to spend money on that. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($236.75 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($90.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($190.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($116.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Titanium Video Card  ($618.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1414.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-05 20:23 EDT-0400

[Taran.Sidhu]

10 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Not that it's bad for the task per se, but the parts aren't really that sensible for performance. Downgrading the CPU to an 8400 (still plenty good for just gaming and it costs a lot less) and swapping some other parts allows you to get a 1080 Ti for the same price as the build (which costs more than $1500?), as well as a much better PSU. Like this, for example. The 1080 Ti performs quite significantly better than the 1080. If you feel that the 1080 Ti is overkill, get the 1070 Ti, as it performs about ~5% worse for a lower price. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($236.75 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($90.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($190.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($116.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB iCX GAMING Video Card  ($934.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1730.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-05 20:19 EDT-0400

 

If you want a sub $1500 build for gaming, you could swap the 1080 Ti and get this for $1400. That'll allow you to change the case to the one you prefer, if you want to spend money on that. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($236.75 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($90.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($190.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($116.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Titanium Video Card  ($618.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($83.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1414.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-05 20:23 EDT-0400

Wow thanks so much man! Is the Gtx 1070 TI better than the 1080 for gaming? And I honestly dont really care about the case itself too much. This is my first build so I really need some guidance in building a quality pc that can last me several years. Will the i5 not bottleneck my gpu? I read that somewhere so thats why I went with the i7 but I dont really know much? Thanks for all the help.

[seon123]

1 minute ago, Taran.Sidhu said:

Wow thanks so much man! Is the Gtx 1070 TI better than the 1080 for gaming? And I honestly dont really care about the case itself too much. This is my first build so I really need some guidance in building a quality pc that can last me several years. Will the i5 not bottleneck my gpu? I read that somewhere so thats why I went with the i7 but I dont really know much? Thanks for all the help.

No, the 1080 is faster, but only by a little bit. 

Older I5s, yes. The 8th gen I5s are faster in many games than the 7th gen I7s, so you'll be fine