Feedback/aid requiest on new gaming pc

[Dlanor]

Hello all,

 

after 10 year of playing on a gtx 280 and I figured with the prices of the 1080ti dropping  that it might be a good time to build a new pc.

I would like to re-use  my old case a CM Trooper and CPU Liquid Cooler : neptopn 240m for my new build as they have not seen much use and still do the job.

Now I did not want to buy a RTX 2080 an managed to get myself a new AORUS GTX 1080 Ti on sale.

 

I'm struggling with Motherboard and  CPU though watching ton of videos hasn't brought me any closer to a decision. Everytime I think I reached a decision I read something new such as AORUS GTX not fitting in AORUS gamimg 7 ?

Now RAM will be depeneded on the board so I did not look into it yet, I don't care for RGB on the ram though

 

 

Overview  PC I'm thinking about:

 

Case: CM Trooper  the case has 4 Coolers in it

CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K or Intel i7-8700k?

I have seen my charts and just wanted to now the personal expierence of you guys if difference is noticeable enough to make it worth the extra 200€

 

CPU-Cooling: neptopn 240m

GPU: AORUS GTX 1080 Ti  (Purchased) 650.-€

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 or ROG MAXIMUS X HERO ( are equally priced where I live)

The problem what I have with the Aorus is I have read that there are issues with Aorus Z370 and the Aorus GTX 1080ti not fitting, I called customer support and they said that the GTX 1080ti was revised and there should no longer be a problem, if so I need to contact support. Can anyone confirm that it has been fixed?

Any reason I should consider another board?

 

RAM:  16 GB should be enough for now just want the best performance for either of the boards  RGB is nice to have

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo M.2 500GB

              Samsung 860 EVO, 1 TB SSD (Purchased) 160€,-

POWER: Coolermaster recommend 631W min any recommendations I'm tending towards Be Quit not haven't looked into which one

 

 

Thanks you in advance for your aid

 

Budget between 1400-1800€ max

location Netherlands/Germany

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by Dlanor
forgot budget and location

[ZeouLs]

we need a budget and your location though

[Starelementpoke]

15 minutes ago, Dlanor said:

Hello all,

 

after 10 year of playing on a gtx 280 and I figured with the prices of the 1080ti dropping  that it might be a good time to build a new pc.

I would like to re-use  my old case a CM Trooper and CPU Liquid Cooler : neptopn 240m for my new build as they have not seen much use and still do the job.

Now I did not want to buy a RTX 2080 an managed to get myself a new AORUS GTX 1080 Ti on sale.

 

I'm struggling with Motherboard and  CPU though watching ton of videos hasn't brought me any closer to a decision. Everytime I think I reached a decision I read something new such as AORUS GTX not fitting in AORUS gamimg 7 ?

Now RAM will be depeneded on the board so I did not look into it yet, I don't care for RGB on the ram though

 

 

Overview  PC I'm thinking about:

 

Case: CM Trooper  the case has 4 Coolers in it

CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K or Intel i7-8700k?

I have seen my charts and just wanted to now the personal expierence of you guys if difference is noticeable enough to make it worth the extra 200€

 

CPU-Cooling: neptopn 240m

GPU: AORUS GTX 1080 Ti  (Purchased)

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 or ROG MAXIMUS X HERO ( are equally priced where I live)

The problem what I have with the Aorus is I have read that there are issues with Aorus Z370 and the Aorus GTX 1080ti not fitting, I called customer support and they said that the GTX 1080ti was revised and there should no longer be a problem, if so I need to contact support. Can anyone confirm that it has been fixed?

Any reason I should consider another board?

 

RAM:  16 GB should be enough for now just want the best performance for either of the boards  RGB is nice to have

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo M.2 500GB

              Samsung 860 EVO, 1 TB SSD (Purchased)

POWER: Coolermaster recommend 631W min any recommendations I'm tending towards Be Quit not haven't looked into which one

 

 

Thanks you in advance for your aid

 

Depends. What's your budget and where do you live country wise?

[PopsicleHustler]

If you got a budget, go for 8700k, ROG Maximus X Hero, pick RAM of your choice, 16GB 3000Mhz will be plenty. PSU is up to you, I would personally go with something like Corsair RM850.

[Dlanor]

11 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

we need a budget and your location though

added the location

 

4 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

If you got a budget, go for 8700k, ROG Maximus X Hero, pick RAM of your choice, 16GB 3000Mhz will be plenty. PSU is up to you, I would personally go with something like Corsair RM850.

why would you pick the ROG maximus x hero over MSI  or asrock? I read that the AORUS has the better VRM?  Not critizing just wish to know why :).   thanks for the tip on the PSU

[Dlanor]

4 hours ago, PopsicleHustler said:

If you got a budget, go for 8700k, ROG Maximus X Hero, pick RAM of your choice, 16GB 3000Mhz will be plenty. PSU is up to you, I would personally go with something like Corsair RM850.

Shouldn't a 750W PSU be sufficient?

[m0n4rchy]

Just now, Dlanor said:

Shouldn't a 750W PSU be sufficient?

For all of those parts, 750W is more than enough.

[Dlanor]

1 minute ago, m0n4rchy said:

For all of those parts, 750W is more than enough.

even with overclocking to 5ghz? I went with the I7-8700k and Coolermaster calc/outervision say recommend psu wattage 691W.

I read that both coolermaster and outervision already have a safety margin so I could go with 700W?

[m0n4rchy]

Just now, Dlanor said:

even with overclocking to 5ghz? I went with the I7-8700k and Coolermaster calc/outervision say recommend psu wattage 691W.

I read that both coolermaster and outervision already have a safety margin so I could go with 700W?

I remember watching a Hardware Unboxed video, and they said that even with a ~5.0GHz 8700K, 1080 TI, and at least (sorry, been a while since I've watched it) 16GB of RAM, among other things, it consumed 450W of power.

[Dlanor]

I didn't find the video you mentioned m0n4rchy but as but you and cooler master say that 678w is enough see  image I guess ill go either with a 700w or 750 w depending on what i'll find