Need Suggestions

[DVA]

Hey guys, this is my second post. Just asking if anyone has some suggestions to make this build any more solid. The price range pretty much needs to stay the same, give or take 20 bucks a piece per part.

 

I know the 1070ti ftw2 is just over 100 bucks less than the price of a 1080, but I actually got it for 415, not the listed 489. 

 

So, suggest away my friends!

 

PC Parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Zxfwmq

 

I was also thinking of adding water cooling for around the neighborhood for 90-120 bucks? I was thinking Corsair. Anyone can vouch for their water cooling?

 

 

[r2724r16]

- Get an ASUS Prime Z370-A motherboard instead of a MSI one

- Get an EVGA G2 650W PSU, not G3

[Firewrath9]

3 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

- Get an ASUS Prime Z370-A motherboard instead of a MSI one

- Get an EVGA G2 650W PSU, not G3

honestly the difference is minimal. If you read the jonnyguru g3 review, both the g2 and g3 are perfectly good. Unless you overdraw that PSU with SLI 1080 tis OC 2ghz, you are fine.

[Firewrath9]

OP: you might want a AIO, there are 240mm AIOs for the same price as the cooler and 280s for 10$ more.

[Blasteque]

24 minutes ago, DVA said:

 

I was also thinking of adding water cooling for around the neighborhood for 90-120 bucks? I was thinking Corsair. Anyone can vouch for their water cooling?

 

 

I've had good success (2 of them on different machines) with Corsair AIOs.

[dizmo]

I'd go with an M.2 SSD but other than that looks good.

[brob]

7 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

honestly the difference is minimal. If you read the jonnyguru g3 review, both the g2 and g3 are perfectly good. Unless you overdraw that PSU with SLI 1080 tis OC 2ghz, you are fine.

Data suggests the G3 is louder than G2, RMx, or Focus Gold Plus.

 

@DVA, I'd stick with the Dark Rock Pro 4 unless you want to push the overclocking.

 

I'd suggest SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 650 Gold or Corsair RM650x (2018) instead of the G3.

[Ordinarily_Greater]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($63.75 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($112.67 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1460.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-04 18:18 EDT-0400

[Firewrath9]

24 minutes ago, brob said:

Data suggests the G3 is louder than G2, RMx, or Focus Gold Plus.

 

what data?

please include a link.

 

jonnyguru

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=500

9.8 for the score. probably higher than the g2.

[brob]

1 minute ago, Firewrath9 said:

what data?

please include a link.

 

jonnyguru

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=500

9.8 for the score. probably higher than the g2.

jonnyguru does not do sound tests.

 

The 550W G2 got a perfect 10. Scoring has changed a bit over time so one needs to be careful doing straight up comparisons.

 

https://uk.hardware.info/product/376351/evga-supernova-g3-650w/testresults see noise tests for 100W, 300W and 500W draw near the bottom. https://uk.hardware.info/category/21/power-supplies/testresults?products[]=376351&specId=10456&tcId=307 compares a number of different models at 300W load.