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AgentAY
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as a caveat to the above if you wish to overclock your system choose the one with better power phase/VRM's for a more stable experience

 

7 hours ago, AgentAY said:

I’m trying to pick out a motherboard for the 8700k and I’m torn between the strix 370-e and a prime board. What would be better for gaming? And what would be a good prime board if not the strix?

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The PRIME is the one to go for unless you need WiFI/BT. The Prime Z370-A is the best value motherboard; I had one for a long time till I upgraded recently.

CPU: Core i9 12900K || CPU COOLER : Corsair H100i Pro XT || MOBO : ASUS Prime Z690 PLUS D4 || GPU: PowerColor RX 6800XT Red Dragon || RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance (3200) || SSDs: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB (Boot), Crucial P2 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB (x2), Samsung 850 EVO 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM850 || CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini || MONITOR: Acer Predator X34A (1440p 100hz), HP 27yh (1080p 60hz) || KEYBOARD: GameSir GK300 || MOUSE: Logitech G502 Hero || AUDIO: Bose QC35 II || CASE FANS : 2x Corsair ML140, 1x BeQuiet SilentWings 3 120 ||

 

LAPTOP: Dell XPS 15 7590

TABLET: iPad Pro

PHONE: Galaxy S9

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1 minute ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

The PRIME is the one to go for unless you need WiFI/BT. The Prime Z370-A is the best value motherboard; I had one for a long time till I upgraded recently.

^^^ Looks gorgeous too, I have one running my 8600K at 5GHz with 0 issues. 

Gaming PC NAS Laptop Workstation

CPU: i5 12600KF 6P+4E Ryzen 7 3700X M4 SoC 4P+6E Xeon X5690 6c12t

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S Wraith Stealth w/NF-A9 Passive Apple CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax ASUS Pro B550M-C/CSM Apple J713AP Mac-F221BEC8 (Mac Pro 5,1)

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4 2x16GB 2400MHz DDR4 24GB Micron LPDDR5 4x8GB 1333MHz ECC DDR3

GPU: Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9060 XT 16GB Radeon WX2100 M4 SoC 10C Radeon RX 5700

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 500GB SSD + 2x4TB IronWolf Pro in ZFS Mirror Apple AP0512Z 1TB Crucial MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40 None LG GP65NB60 USB DVD Writer Don't know

PSU: EVGA 850W GM Silverstone SST-TX300 53.8Wh LiPo Battery Delta DPS-980BB

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14 Dell Inspiron 530S Mac16,12 chassis (13" MBA) 2009-2012 Mac Pro "Cheese Grater"

OS: Gentoo Linux TrueNAS Scale macOS 26 Tahoe Fedora Linux

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 14" M5P MacBook Pro (work) - iPhone 17 Pro - Apple Watch S11

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, iFlash Solo w/128GB SD Card, Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650, 1994 DR350SE

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor $369.99 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler Corsair - H115i PRO 55.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $129.99 @ Corsair
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $159.99 @ Amazon
Memory Team - T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $260.98 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $162.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB ROG Strix Gaming OC Video Card $1200.00
Case Corsair - Carbide 400C White ATX Mid Tower Case $74.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 @ Newegg
Monitor Acer - ED7 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor $478.68 @ Amazon
Keyboard Corsair - K70 LUX RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard $138.96 @ Amazon
Mouse Logitech - G502 Proteus Spectrum Wired Optical Mouse $49.98 @ Newegg
Headphones SteelSeries - Arctis Pro Wireless Headset $329.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $3471.53
  Mail-in rebates -$35.00
  Total $3436.53
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-23 11:49 EDT-0400  

 

CPU: Core i9 12900K || CPU COOLER : Corsair H100i Pro XT || MOBO : ASUS Prime Z690 PLUS D4 || GPU: PowerColor RX 6800XT Red Dragon || RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance (3200) || SSDs: Samsung 970 Evo 250GB (Boot), Crucial P2 1TB, Crucial MX500 1TB (x2), Samsung 850 EVO 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM850 || CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini || MONITOR: Acer Predator X34A (1440p 100hz), HP 27yh (1080p 60hz) || KEYBOARD: GameSir GK300 || MOUSE: Logitech G502 Hero || AUDIO: Bose QC35 II || CASE FANS : 2x Corsair ML140, 1x BeQuiet SilentWings 3 120 ||

 

LAPTOP: Dell XPS 15 7590

TABLET: iPad Pro

PHONE: Galaxy S9

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