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AgentAY
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So this is what I had in mind for a kinda budget gaming pc. 

1. Intel i7 8700k

2. ASUS Strix Z370-e gaming

3. G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32 GB (4x8) 3200 MHz C16

4. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

5. Corsair RMX Series, RM850x, 850 Watt

6. Seagate 2TB FireCuda Gaming SSHD 3.5 inch

 

Is is there anything y’all would change for the better? Would intel optane serve any benefits for this setup?

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update:

1. Intel i7 8700k

2. ASUS Strix Z370-e gaming

3. G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16 GB (2x8) 3200 MHz C16

4. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

5. Corsair RMX Series, RM750x, 750 Watt

6. Seagate 2TB BarraCuda HHD 3.5 inch

7. Samsung 860 Evo 500gb SSD

 

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Kinda budget..

8700k

1080

 

Instead of optane + sshd just get a regular SSD and pair it with a regular HDD.

Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.9 Ghz  | Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3 |  PaliT GTX 1050Ti  |  8gb Kingston HyperX Fury @ 2933 Mhz  |  Corsair CX550m  |  1 TB WD Blue HDD


Inside some old case I found lying around.

 

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28 minutes ago, AgentAY said:

kinda budget

how dare you call this 'budget'

 

Overkill power supply, and stupid SSHD. Seperate SATA SSD + HDD is better, or if you have the money, add a 32GB Optane module.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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4 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

how dare you call this 'budget'

 

Overkill power supply, and stupid SSHD. Seperate SATA SSD + HDD is better, or if you have the money, add a 32GB Optane module.

Technically he is right doing so. Budget is not the same as cheap, but the cap of how much he or she has to spend. :-)

But I  think the RAM to is overkill, 2X8 GB with 3000 MHz is more then enough.

 

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21 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

how dare you call this 'budget'

 

Overkill power supply, and stupid SSHD. Seperate SATA SSD + HDD is better, or if you have the money, add a 32GB Optane module.

Well the power supply is for future proofing. I want to run dual 1080ti sli in the future. And how would that work? Would I just install windows on the ssd and install all the steam games and everything else on the hhd? I’m honestly new to this so I’m trying to figure this out.

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29 minutes ago, AgentAY said:

Well the power supply is for future proofing. I want to run dual 1080ti sli in the future. And how would that work? Would I just install windows on the ssd and install all the steam games and everything else on the hhd? I’m honestly new to this so I’m trying to figure this out.

when that time comes, just buy a single fastest card available. One card is always better value than 2 in games.

 

Yes, though if there's space, you can put games that you need short loading times (competitve ones like Battlefield 5 or CSGO for example) into the SSD. Things that doesnt need speed will be fine in a HDD.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

when that time comes, just buy a single fastest card available. One card is always better value than 2 in games.

 

Yes, though if there's space, you can put games that you need short loading times (competitve ones like Battlefield 5 or CSGO for example) into the SSD. Things that doesnt need speed will be fine in a HDD.

Okay okay I can probably knock down the psu a couple hundred watts but why is an ssd + hhd combo better then a single sshd? Sorry for all these dumb questions I’ve never built a pc before so I’m trying to make something that actually runs effectively.

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3 minutes ago, AgentAY said:

Okay okay I can probably knock down the psu a couple hundred watts but why is an ssd + hhd combo better then a single sshd? Sorry for all these dumb questions I’ve never built a pc before so I’m trying to make something that actually runs effectively.

because SSHDs arent 'SSDs with HDD capacity' as ads try to make people believe. The firecudas (and many others) are more like '8GB SSD + xTB HDD', which means only a tiny portion of it runs fast, the rest are just as slow as any other HDD.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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15 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

because SSHDs arent 'SSDs with HDD capacity' as ads try to make people believe. The firecudas (and many others) are more like '8GB SSD + xTB HDD', which means only a tiny portion of it runs fast, the rest are just as slow as any other HDD.

Oooooh. I mean great marketing but thanks? I’ll probably try to get a Samsung 860 evo 500gb and a seagate barracuda 1tb. And probably my last question. Would I benefit in any way by adding a intel optane 32gb?

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3 minutes ago, AgentAY said:

Oooooh. I mean great marketing but thanks? I’ll probably try to get a Samsung 860 evo 500gb and a seagate barracuda 1tb. And probably my last question. Would I benefit in any way by adding a intel optane 32gb?

It will, as long as the things you most commonly use in the HDD doesnt exceed 32GB.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

It will, as long as the things you most commonly use in the HDD doesnt exceed 32GB.

Thank you so much!!!

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