New Rig please rate or berate it.

[Ishtar]

First post on this forum... my names Clint im  27 work 30 hours a week doing what i love (teach special needs kids grades 4-6 and have TONS of free time for video games... and my wife i suppose... 

 

but due to my natural nature i never splurge on myself... until now.

 

EDIT 8/6 with taxes etc from CA, roughly 4k  spent. 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FLBkgw

 

components i have already bought 

 

CPU i7 8086k ($420)

silicon lottery binning and OC ($80)

EDIT 8/6 just came in today.. 5.2 stable) lucky me!!! 

 

MOBO Asus maximus x hero ($270)

 

RAM G skill trident z RGB 4x8 @3200mhz ($400)

 

Storage 970 samsung evo 500 gig ($159)

 

CPU COOLING Corsair h115i ($120) 

 

EDIT 8/6 PSU EVGA 850 watt gold G2($100)

 

CASE Meshify C dark TG ($90) 

 

EDIT 8/6 GPU Evga ftw3 elite 1080 ti ($770)

 

case / radiator FANS 3x ll120mm and 2x 140mm ll140 corsair rgb fans plus lighting node pro etc ($120)

 

CABLES cablemod Carbon ($70)

 

Noctua nh-1 cpu / radiator paste ($5)

 

KEYBOARD corsair platinum K95 ($160)

 

MOUSE Corsair scimitar ($75)

 

HEADSET Corsair void rgb wireless ($100)

 

MONITOR Asus pg34q 34 inch ultrawide ($900)

 

Ikea chair ($170)

 

Geek desk max (online $1000) BUT OFFER UP ($80) lol 90% off used

 

salt lamp... ross ($12)

 

Phew... what a list... Please note i have ALREADY bought these things.... so cant go back now... 

 

My goals with this PC are to eventually Stream on twitch, (no youtube or content creation) 

 

Games i currently play, Overwatch and World of warcraft

 

games i will play in the future, Fortnite Battlefield 5 

 

1.  Any build tips?.. front mounting Radiator btw)

 

2. I know my nvme2 / storage is low but i usually have my OS and 5 games I actually play... really only considering 1 more 1 tb SSD (for the wifes pictures and files)

 

3. For streaming, i want a blue yeti mic and boom arm to start, and a 2nd display i can tilt sideways to read twitch chat) any reccomemdations? 

 

4. Does anyone currently use this graphics card and play WoW on a 2k ultrawide? That could give me performance results? 

 

5. EVGA Warranty voided if i use grizzly thermal paste on my GPU? and if not.. is it worth it? (Wether i OC or not heat kills hardware.. so the cooler the better 20 dollar investment on my 800 to make it last longer seems worth it to me?) 

 

any advice... criticism or pro tips would help. 

 

1st Sister and niece in the background of first picture... monitor is bigger than her lol

 

2nd pic is of everything including temporary graphics card only missing cpu which comes wednesday from silicon lottery 

 

3rd is everything out of the box except the internal cpu parts... just to give the masses an idea

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 6, 2018 by Ishtar

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

@LienusLateTips G3. Go at it.

[dizmo]

1. You can wait, and get better performance, but it'll likely be 50% more expensive. We don't have benchmarks, and if the new cards use DDR6 like is expected we might see a pretty nice increase. They're not out, so we don't know. You mentioned waiting for the Ti; they don't come out for another year and a half-ish.
2. Take your time and pay attention to airflow. Having a ton of fans all over the places is sometimes significantly less effective than having them only at the front/back or bottom/top.
3. Nothing's future proof, that's such a stupid phrase when it comes to computer parts. It depends entirely on how willing you are to lower settings, what resolution/refresh rate you aim at, what games you want to play, etc etc...
4. Just don't bother getting another NVME drive. They're a waste of money, really.
5. I want to say no, but I haven't looked at the requirements for WoW. I'm sure they're available online.
6. Anything 1080p with a VESA mount. I'd go for something IPS. Just use PCPartPicker and sort by price, with those considerations in mind (except VESA, as it doesn't populate the list correctly when you select it).

Criticisms:

• Should have gotten a G2 PSU, the G3 isn't as good.
• Should have gotten a regular SSD, NVME won't really benefit you.
• I wouldn't have paid for binning on something that will likely get you there anyway, especially since 100mhz here or there doesn't make a difference.
• Don't do the BestBuy thing. Such a dick move.

Welcome to the forum!

Don't forget to quote or tag when replying.

[brob]

Have fun. May as well wait a bit on the gpu.

[Ishtar]

6 minutes ago, dizmo said:

1. You can wait, and get better performance, but it'll likely be 50% more expensive. We don't have benchmarks, and if the new cards use DDR6 like is expected we might see a pretty nice increase. They're not out, so we don't know. You mentioned waiting for the Ti; they don't come out for another year and a half-ish.
2. Take your time and pay attention to airflow. Having a ton of fans all over the places is sometimes significantly less effective than having them only at the front/back or bottom/top.
3. Nothing's future proof, that's such a stupid phrase when it comes to computer parts. It depends entirely on how willing you are to lower settings, what resolution/refresh rate you aim at, what games you want to play, etc etc...
4. Just don't bother getting another NVME drive. They're a waste of money, really.
5. I want to say no, but I haven't looked at the requirements for WoW. I'm sure they're available online.
6. Anything 1080p with a VESA mount. I'd go for something IPS. Just use PCPartPicker and sort by price, with those considerations in mind (except VESA, as it doesn't populate the list correctly when you select it).

Criticisms:

• Should have gotten a G2 PSU, the G3 isn't as good.
• Should have gotten a regular SSD, NVME won't really benefit you.
• I wouldn't have paid for binning on something that will likely get you there anyway, especially since 100mhz here or there doesn't make a difference.
• Don't do the BestBuy thing. Such a dick move.

Welcome to the forum!

Don't forget to quote or tag when replying.

@dizmo thanks for the tip!! Incan snag a G2  and return this 1 today (Prime) 850 watts good enough?? 

[brob]

yes

[dizmo]

2 minutes ago, Ishtar said:

@dizmo thanks for the tip!! Incan snag a G2  and return this 1 today (Prime) 850 watts good enough?? 

Realistically you don't need more than 650w.

Depending on the price I'd go 650w or 750w.

You can also consult the PSU Tier List, there might be a sale on something of similar quality.

[Ishtar]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Realistically you don't need more than 650w.

Depending on the price I'd go 650w or 750w.

You can also consult the PSU Tier List, there might be a sale on something of similar quality.

@dizmo awesome... now you say we wont see 1180 ti or aftermarket brands until a year or so down the line... will  a 1180 founders edition ($800)  be the better alternative over say... an Asus Strix 1080ti? (Which might drop to $650) when 11 series drop..

 

Based on past performance increases and assuming GDDR6 will be a thing thats groundbreaking... 

 

im thinking the 1080 ti asus 3x fan strix will have way better cooling than a 1180 founders Silver brick that I will have to pull apart and rattlecan the casing. 

 

[dizmo]

7 minutes ago, Ishtar said:

@dizmo awesome... now you say we wont see 1180 ti or aftermarket brands until a year or so down the line... will  a 1180 founders edition ($800)  be the better alternative over say... an Asus Strix 1080ti? (Which might drop to $650) when 11 series drop..

 

Based on past performance increases and assuming GDDR6 will be a thing thats groundbreaking... 

 

im thinking the 1080 ti asus 3x fan strix will have way better cooling than a 1180 founders Silver brick that I will have to pull apart and rattlecan the casing. 

 

You can't really base performance increases on the 900 series to the 10 series. That was indeed quite significant, but it was the exception, not the rule. Generally performance increases are not as large. I'd expect that the 2080 will perform the same, or a little better than the 1080Ti for less money...I don't expect we'll see an $800 2080. More likely it'll be closer to $649.

 

Cards also likely won't see too much of a price drop; it's not like a car, where you have tons of them sitting on a lot at the end of the year. Production is generally pretty close to demand (granted this year will be a little different), and they just clear them out at slightly lower prices on Black Friday to people that don't know better.

[Ishtar]

6 minutes ago, dizmo said:

You can't really base performance increases on the 900 series to the 10 series. That was indeed quite significant, but it was the exception, not the rule. Generally performance increases are not as large. I'd expect that the 2080 will perform the same, or a little better than the 1080Ti for less money...I don't expect we'll see an $800 2080. More likely it'll be closer to $649.

 

Cards also likely won't see too much of a price drop; it's not like a car, where you have tons of them sitting on a lot at the end of the year. Production is generally pretty close to demand (granted this year will be a little different), and they just clear them out at slightly lower prices on Black Friday to people that don't know better.

@dizmo thanks a ton!!! Amy reccomemdations on where to buy on aug 20th?... i guess ill be refreshing amazon every 2 minutes? And hope i can click buy before any1 else? 

[Ishtar]

For anyone still looking at this thread... i can inly find 1080p threads (2014 gpu) on workd of was craft performance... using 4500k type cpus etc... no ultrawide benchmarks i can see... if anyone has experience let me know... thanks!! 

[Phentos]

13 minutes ago, Ishtar said:

For anyone still looking at this thread... i can inly find 1080p threads (2014 gpu) on workd of was craft performance... using 4500k type cpus etc... no ultrawide benchmarks i can see... if anyone has experience let me know... thanks!! 

A good friend of mine plays WoW regularly on his 2560x1080 monitor. Game works fine and scales very well to the 21:9 aspect ratio.

 

In terms of performance it runs pretty solid in all but the busiest of areas, though my friend also has weaker specs (Ryzen 1600 + R9 Fury). 

 

I wish I could give you my own input but I recently parted out my old build to get ready for a new one... and I haven't played WoW since 2009. 

[Ishtar]

1 minute ago, Phentos said:

A good friend of mine plays WoW regularly on his 2560x1080 monitor. Game works fine and scales very well to the 21:9 aspect ratio.

 

In terms of performance it runs pretty solid in all but the busiest of areas, though my friend also has weaker specs (Ryzen 1600 + R9 Fury). 

 

I wish I could give you my own input but I recently parted out my old build to get ready for a new one... and I haven't played WoW since 2009. 

@Phentos thanks!! The r9 fury is weaker than the radeon 7970? 

[Phentos]

1 minute ago, Ishtar said:

@Phentos thanks!! The r9 fury is weaker than the radeon 7970? 

Oh I forgot you were using a 7970 for a while. 

 

The Fury performs a fair bit better than the 7970, but for a game like WoW you should have no issues so long as you reduce a few settings, like shadows.

[Ishtar]

Just now, Phentos said:

Oh I forgot you were using a 7970 for a while. 

 

The Fury performs a fair bit better than the 7970, but for a game like WoW you should have no issues so long as you reduce a few settings, like shadows.

@Phentos right on!! Ya shadows and small stuff will be turned off... do you have any experience using a g sync monitor and a radeon card?..  should i turn v sync on or off until i upgrade?... or just trial and error? 

[dizmo]

26 minutes ago, Ishtar said:

@dizmo thanks a ton!!! Amy reccomemdations on where to buy on aug 20th?... i guess ill be refreshing amazon every 2 minutes? And hope i can click buy before any1 else? 

I'd almost wait a few weeks for the partner products to come out instead of grabbing a Founders Edition right away.

Plus then you'll see more benchmarks.

[Phentos]

Just now, Ishtar said:

@Phentos right on!! Ya shadows and small stuff will be turned off... do you have any experience using a g sync monitor and a radeon card?..  should i turn v sync on or off until i upgrade?... or just trial and error? 

I don't have a G-sync monitor, as I'm still saving up for one. However the Radeon card will still work just fine on it. You just won't be able to take advantage of the G-sync functionality until you install an Nvidia card.

 

Vsync is a personal preference. For competitive gaming I strongly recommend it to be disabled though. 

[Ishtar]

Just now, dizmo said:

I'd almost wait a few weeks for the partner products to come out instead of grabbing a Founders Edition right away.

Plus then you'll see more benchmarks.

@dizmo thanks!! 

[Ishtar]

1 minute ago, Phentos said:

I don't have a G-sync monitor, as I'm still saving up for one. However the Radeon card will still work just fine on it. You just won't be able to take advantage of the G-sync functionality until you install an Nvidia card.

 

Vsync is a personal preference. For competitive gaming I strongly recommend it to be disabled though. 

@Phentos sweet!! Thanks... btw COSTCO has the acer35 g sync for like $700 i just read... ultra-wide.. but you need a membership and the reviews are mixed on the acer (but they all cry about ips glow)... best part is costcos return policy 

[Phentos]

5 minutes ago, Ishtar said:

@Phentos sweet!! Thanks... btw COSTCO has the acer35 g sync for like $700 i just read... ultra-wide.. but you need a membership and the reviews are mixed on the acer (but they all cry about ips glow)... best part is costcos return policy 

If you're on about the Acer Z35 ultrawide monitor, it is a VA panel that suffers from substantial ghosting and smearing. I want to avoid that crap if at all possible.  

[Ishtar]

3 minutes ago, Phentos said:

If you're on about the Acer Z35 ultrawide monitor, it is a VA panel that suffers from substantial ghosting and smearing. I want to avoid that crap if at all possible.  

@Phentos oh wow... i almost set people up for failure lol... didnt realize the costco one was a VA panel... glad i shelled out the money for my Asus... (although i hear alienware one was better i couldnt afford the 200$ more unless i cut into my g card money

 

sorry about that!! 

[Phentos]

3 minutes ago, Ishtar said:

@Phentos oh wow... i almost set people up for failure lol... didnt realize the costco one was a VA panel... glad i shelled out the money for my Asus... (although i hear alienware one was better i couldnt afford the 200$ more unless i cut into my g card money

 

sorry about that!! 

Yup your ASUS panel was a good buy. That's one of the units I'm personally looking into as well, though its price is a bit of a downer.

[Ishtar]

Just now, Phentos said:

Yup your ASUS panel was a good buy. That's one of the units I'm personally looking into as well, though its price is a bit of a downer.

@Phentos was 970 on amazon with 2 day shipping, came out to 1040 after tax... california.....  waited on my 2nd day... only for it to never come from fedex called customer support explained to them i took off work etc waited all day... they gave me 12% back and i ended up paying 922 after tax  

[Ishtar]

Bump

[Queen Chrysalis]

You wasted A LOT of money on this build for your listed use case.  You could have built something that would have been more than enough for half of this budget, and put the rest away to build another one in six years.