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[B-Rax]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wnk8bX

 

I was just wondering what people think of this line up of parts. The number one comment I get is the overkill motherboard. I just want to know what everyone else thinks about it as a whole. I want real comments... be harsh.... be real.... be 100. Thanks.

[Jurrunio]

What is this monstrosity for?

[Wolf ~ IRONI]

8 minutes ago, B-Rax said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wnk8bX

 

I was just wondering what people think of this line up of parts. The number one comment I get is the overkill motherboard. I just want to know what everyone else thinks about it as a whole. I want real comments... be harsh.... be real.... be 100. Thanks.

You could spare alot of money if u dont buy such an overkill mobo, rgb ram and yeah. Only buy a watercooler if you are really going to overclock. If your not a air cooler should fit better and costs less money. But i mean if you have enough money why the fuck not! ?

[dizmo]

If the HDD was for mass storage it's a waste of money. Should have gotten a Blue.

G3 PSU's aren't as good as the G2's.

DVD drive was likely a waste of money.

$160 on fans is a little ridiculous and completely unnecessary; if you populated every fan position, you likely have worse cooling.

[Firewrath9]

i smell...

a shitpost

[Herman Mcpootis]

30 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

i smell...

 

a shitpost

a 2.4k rig? hardly. come back when it's 4k and higher on a one-poster.

[Herman Mcpootis]

don't need a 960 evo for just gaming, the G3 has issues with protections, the TX750M is cheaper and better, do you really need those RGB fans? get an asrock taichi or gigabyte gaming 7 instead.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($355.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($227.39 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($218.03 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card  ($709.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.39 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Fan Controller: Thermaltake - Commander FT Fan Controller  ($28.79 @ Amazon) 
Other: Phanteks halos 120mm X5 ($55.00) mount onto existing fans.

Other: Phanteks RGB adaptor ($2.81)
Total: $2111.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-14 20:57 EDT-0400

[B-Rax]

2 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

What is this monstrosity for?

First off gaming, duh, haha. I am also having to do lots of 3-d modeling with many programs for school along with god knows what else. 

[B-Rax]

2 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($355.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($227.39 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($218.03 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card  ($709.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.39 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Fan Controller: Thermaltake - Commander FT Fan Controller  ($28.79 @ Amazon) 
Other: Phanteks halos 120mm X5 ($55.00) mount onto existing fans.

Other: Phanteks RGB adaptor ($2.81)
Total: $2111.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-14 20:57 EDT-0400

i would say you've done this before.... first off i dang near got that cooler, but i got the one in the post as a gift from someone so not much i can do about that.. motherboard is a solid one ive seen plenty a reviews on it, more than the one i chose for sure i cant find any on this one its like no one uses it haha my reason for picking that is a "why not" ya know. with the memory i got the m.2 as a gift aswell and got the 2 tb hhd from an old dell rig i chose the ssd i did because of brand more or less. video card we good i got mine for cheap from evga. you have a point on the psu again i saw one that had reviews and not many bad ones and chose it with out looking at many other, i didnt give that much time. Last but not least the damn expensive ass fans i chose... yeah you can roast me on that hahaha i just wanted something to stand out thats all you are completely right on price for performance, but i just wanted one WOW factor for when people see it. 

 

P.S. what do you think about the case?

[B-Rax]

2 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

don't need a 960 evo for just gaming, the G3 has issues with protections, the TX750M is cheaper and better, do you really need those RGB fans? get an asrock taichi or gigabyte gaming 7 instead.

what do you mean by dont need it just for gaming? I never saw anything about issues with the G3 wdym? other stuff i already answered..

[B-Rax]

2 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

a 2.4k rig? hardly. come back when it's 4k and higher on a one-poster.

hahaha you right 

[B-Rax]

3 hours ago, dizmo said:

If the HDD was for mass storage it's a waste of money. Should have gotten a Blue.

G3 PSU's aren't as good as the G2's.

DVD drive was likely a waste of money.

$160 on fans is a little ridiculous and completely unnecessary; if you populated every fan position, you likely have worse cooling.

what is the difference between the two? (black and blue) i had it from my last rig.. how is the G2 better? isnt it suppose to be the next step up i thought? DVD drive.. maybe but i dont own a dvd player xDDD yeah that is alot on fans you win on that, but what do you mean by worse cooling on that? explain please.

[B-Rax]

3 hours ago, Wolf ~ IRONI said:

You could spare alot of money if u dont buy such an overkill mobo, rgb ram and yeah. Only buy a watercooler if you are really going to overclock. If your not a air cooler should fit better and costs less money. But i mean if you have enough money why the fuck not! ?

yeah motherboard was more for the fact i cant find many reviews on it so i wanted to give it the ol' collage try. its 2018 RGB RAM IS A MUST haha jk just looks nice. I do play on messing around with overclocking, so yeah you hit it on the head there. and i like your last sentence you are right

[Jurrunio]

15 minutes ago, B-Rax said:

First off gaming, duh, haha. I am also having to do lots of 3-d modeling with many programs for school along with god knows what else. 

chopped off things you already have (at least you seemed to) and modified something else as well

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XpvvdX

 

Mobo changed. Formula has vrm waterblock, o-led and armour while Hero doesnt, which you dont really need when you arent building a custom loop.

 

More RAM instead of faster ones, modelling will probably need that. Performance reduction by going for slower memory will be tiny in most cases anyway

 

Changed SATA SSD. Same space, same warranty for less money. Why not? Crucial is directly backed by Micron, a flash memory producer just like Samsung, so not like it's a 'lesser brand' either.

[B-Rax]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

chopped off things you already have (at least you seemed to) and modified something else as well

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XpvvdX

 

Mobo changed. Formula has vrm waterblock, o-led and armour while Hero doesnt, which you dont really need when you arent building a custom loop.

 

More RAM instead of faster ones, modelling will probably need that. Performance reduction by going for slower memory will be tiny in most cases anyway

 

Changed SATA SSD. Same space, same warranty for less money. Why not? Crucial is directly backed by Micron, a flash memory producer just like Samsung, so not like it's a 'lesser brand' either.

ooo yeah i dont know as much about the Formula as i thought, so it wont work with my aio, or its just over kill and the hero/Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 are just better choices?

 

the ram was was actually on sale on new egg for less than the 3000 so that is why i chose that i know what you mean though (sale was a few days ago) 

 

and the ssd yeah, i get the who save money and warranty, but im one of those people that when the box on amazon asks if i want the warranty and instantly says no so im not worried about that about the price though it is only about $20 and on this big build thats not too bad ya know 

[Jurrunio]

45 minutes ago, B-Rax said:

ooo yeah i dont know as much about the Formula as i thought, so it wont work with my aio, or its just over kill and the hero/Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 are just better choices?

Hero and Gaming 7 are both overkill boards, but Asus gets the better BIOS.

[B-Rax]

14 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Hero and Gaming 7 are both overkill boards, but Asus gets the better BIOS.

you would still say they are both overkill? what would you recommend? im truly baffled now

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, B-Rax said:

you would still say they are both overkill? what would you recommend? im truly baffled now

if all you care is supporting an 8700k overclocked as much as possible on ambient cooling with full debug feature set (dual BIOS and post code display), the Asrock Z370 K6 will do. The problem is that there is no RGB sync (so you'll get memory sticks flashing on their own ignoring whatever colour the fans are at), no memory overclocking presets (only find that in Asus flasgship boards these days, with Asrock board you're on your own). Oh, and there's no WiFi.

 

in short, these boards may be overkill, but you aren't paying for nothing. It's overkill only because it doesnt affect how the CPU peforms.

[dizmo]

2 hours ago, B-Rax said:

what is the difference between the two? (black and blue) i had it from my last rig.. how is the G2 better? isnt it suppose to be the next step up i thought? DVD drive.. maybe but i dont own a dvd player xDDD yeah that is alot on fans you win on that, but what do you mean by worse cooling on that? explain please.

I can't recall what was worse with it, but the G3 isn't up to the G2 in therms of quality.

Depends on your set up, but sometimes the fans can pull air out of the system before it has a chance to even make it to components to cool them down.

Having air moving in the same direction can also be extremely beneficial in some cases, whereas just having fans all over pulling air in every direction isn't as helpful.

The Black is generally a louder drive.

[B-Rax]

18 hours ago, dizmo said:

I can't recall what was worse with it, but the G3 isn't up to the G2 in therms of quality.

Depends on your set up, but sometimes the fans can pull air out of the system before it has a chance to even make it to components to cool them down.

Having air moving in the same direction can also be extremely beneficial in some cases, whereas just having fans all over pulling air in every direction isn't as helpful.

The Black is generally a louder drive.

hm, the more you know eh well thanks ill look more into this you have been very helpful! 

[B-Rax]

19 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

if all you care is supporting an 8700k overclocked as much as possible on ambient cooling with full debug feature set (dual BIOS and post code display), the Asrock Z370 K6 will do. The problem is that there is no RGB sync (so you'll get memory sticks flashing on their own ignoring whatever colour the fans are at), no memory overclocking presets (only find that in Asus flasgship boards these days, with Asrock board you're on your own). Oh, and there's no WiFi.

 

in short, these boards may be overkill, but you aren't paying for nothing. It's overkill only because it doesnt affect how the CPU peforms.

choseing that motherboard seems like id have to get different non rbg fans and ram then eh? seems like a bit of a hassle when that is around the same price as the hero

 

[Jurrunio]

13 minutes ago, B-Rax said:

choseing that motherboard seems like id have to get different non rbg fans and ram then eh? seems like a bit of a hassle when that is around the same price as the hero

 

Hero's like $230 so they arent in the same price range, but to your budget that difference might as well be nothing?

[B-Rax]

Sorry, yeah the budget is a bit big, so that's what I meant. Sorry if I confused you.