New PC / Upgrade | Your Thoughts

Optane^ · October 30, 2018

Hi all. I'm going to be upgrading my pc in the future so I threw together a list of what I'm looking for and if you have any ideas.

Purpose: Streaming & Gaming. My current PC doesn't have any sort of "flare" it's just black and well, black. I want a white build & some RGB so that's what my parts are based around. My current 4790K is struggling with streaming & gaming so I want something with 6 cores. I went for the 8700K because i'll probably lock it at 5Ghz and then I should be fine. I'm not a huge fan of AMD so I'll spend the extra cash.

I'm gonna use my same GPU right now because I'll probably tear it down & paint it.

As for my case, I have a Fractal Design S that's just too big, i wan't something just a little smaller but I'm not sure if everything will fit so I might re-use that case... Haven't decided.

Let me know what you think & if you have any EXP with any of these parts.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X52 Rev 2 73.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($132.44 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($159.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Black NVMe 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($129.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C White TG ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.90 @ Newegg)
Total: $1043.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-30 13:19 EDT-0400

Eastman51 · October 30, 2018

5GHz OC on an 8700k is building an oven, not a PC. You will want to delid if you go that route.

Also, Western Digital is a nice company and all, but Samsung SSDs are faster.

Fasauceome · October 30, 2018

You may not "like" AMD, but they've got Intel beat both with stream quality and value. Might want to consider a Ryzen 7.

Optane^ · October 31, 2018

7 hours ago, Eastman51 said:

5GHz OC on an 8700k is building an oven, not a PC. You will want to delid if you go that route.

Also, Western Digital is a nice company and all, but Samsung SSDs are faster.

Well, WD SSD is because it's white & fit's the theme honestly. I also don't think i'd notice a difference between the WD & Samsung. Anything is faster than a HDD. I think the 8700K is just a placeholder for the 9900 / 9700 because I still havent seen enough temps / anything of the 9900 yet. I dunno.

7 hours ago, fasauceome said:

You may not "like" AMD, but they've got Intel beat both with stream quality and value. Might want to consider a Ryzen 7.

I've never had a good exp with AMD so I want to stay away. I'll spend the extra since I've never had one issue with Intel with mine or client PC's. Most of the PC's I work on with dead CPU's are AMD & I'm not exaggerating, either. To me it just seems like there HAS to be a reason AMD is cheaper. I think Intel has more powerful cores, AMD gives you more cores. I dunno, I just want to use Intel for this build / any future builds. Plus, streaming isn't my focus, it's just a once in awhile thing when my friends want to watch. Intel is the king of gaming.

Eastman51 · October 31, 2018

12 minutes ago, Optane^ said:

I've never had a good exp with AMD so I want to stay away. I'll spend the extra since I've never had one issue with Intel with mine or client PC's. Most of the PC's I work on with dead CPU's are AMD & I'm not exaggerating, either. To me it just seems like there HAS to be a reason AMD is cheaper.

My first PC had an AMD A10 (and it was an HP laptop), which died within a year. I thought I'd never buy AMD again, until I got a Ryzen. Now I may never get Intel again, reinforced by how terrible our PCs are at work