What 1080 TI is better

[Daddy Dave]

Should I get the Gamer X GTX 1080 TI right now ? Or should I wait and get the Asus GTX 1080 TI ROG Strix.  Both of these parts are used but someone offered to give me 500$ for the Gamer X. What sucks about the Gamer is that it’s red so i am going to have to take it apart and change the color of the front thing. This is my build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$308.99 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler	RAIJINTEK - THEMIS Evo 65.68 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$25.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	MSI - B360M MORTAR TITANIUM Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$69.63 @ B&H
Memory	GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$125.98 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$79.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card	$574.00 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini Dark TG MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$85.16 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1424.72
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1404.72
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 19:37 EST-0500

Should I change anything or get anything used ? Like my mono or anything ? If you do want to change anything make sure it is low key popular so I can find a tutorial on YouTube easily. If it isn’t it’s ok 

 

[Fnige]

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https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/994566-what-1090ti-is-better/?tab=comments#comment-11962892

[W-L]

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[Daddy Dave]

On 11/14/2018 at 6:11 AM, Settlerteo said:

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your very mean

[Turtle Rig]

42 minutes ago, Daddy Dave said:

your very mean

Dave   BTW I hope your going to overclock that monster CPU of yours.  3.2Ghz won't cut the rug.  What form of cooling are you going to use.

[Daddy Dave]

3 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Dave   BTW I hope your going to overclock that monster CPU of yours.  3.2Ghz won't cut the rug.  What form of cooling are you going to use.

A CPU cooler. Im sorry I am a noob. If you want you can make me a killer 2000 PC rig. I will lower down to 1300 bye buying used stuff

[Happycowdance]

i gotchu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$339.99 @ Newegg Business
CPU Cooler	NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$145.59 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$79.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$129.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Gigabyte - UD PRO 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.65 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card	$804.98 @ Newegg Business
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$63.88 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$84.79 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1804.85
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1764.85
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-14 21:26 EST-0500

 

if you can you can upgrade the cpu to the 9700k for about 60$

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$409.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$145.59 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$79.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$129.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Gigabyte - UD PRO 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.65 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card	$804.98 @ Newegg Business
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$63.88 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$84.79 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1874.85
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1834.85
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-14 21:28 EST-0500

 

[Daddy Dave]

25 minutes ago, Happycowdance said:

if you can you can upgrade the cpu to the 9700k for about 60$

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$409.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$145.59 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$79.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$129.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Gigabyte - UD PRO 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.65 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card	$804.98 @ Newegg Business
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$63.88 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$84.79 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1874.85
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1834.85
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-14 21:28 EST-0500

 

Thank you man. But i think I am going to use Booksies since it looks good. If you want I can show you his build ? And thanks for helping me 

[Happycowdance]

np happy to help

[Daddy Dave]

Just now, Happycowdance said:

np happy to help

Thank you so much. Also do you know how to buy good used stuff ?

[Happycowdance]

ebay, craiglist lookaround wait for deals just make sure you have a reliable way of getting money back if they scam you

[Daddy Dave]

2 minutes ago, Happycowdance said:

ebay, craiglist lookaround wait for deals just make sure you have a reliable way of getting money back if they scam you

Your so right

[_Hustler_One_]

This reviews might give you better insight which GTX 1080 Ti is the best among other. They're each best by their own in certain category..

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3141-the-best-gtx-1080-ti-graphics-cards-designs-asus-vs-evga-msi

[Turtle Rig]

On 11/14/2018 at 8:56 PM, Daddy Dave said:

Thank you so much. Also do you know how to buy good used stuff ?

Ok I saw both the 1400 and 1700 rigs.  My suggestion to you is get a M.2 instead of a SSD and also 800 bucks for a 1080 Ti at this moment is way too much money.  Stick with the 2070 GTX its a really good bang for the buck.

 

Also I don't know much about your motherboard, but if you plan on overclocking that 3.2Ghz...... I would strongly suggest you buy a 150 to 200 dollar regular sized mobo.  micro atx is going to come back and haunt you, because one day youll get some card,,, a sound card or a adapter whatever... and youll see you don't have enough PCIe slots.  I understand your a noob, but your building this system once, to have for years to come.  Do it right, do it justice.

[mxk]

holy shit this is a LOT of views. Almost as many as the ltt firetruck video

[nick name]

So has anyone figured out what cause the view count to jump to 12 million?  Was it the threads being merged causing a bug?

[Daddy Dave]

On 11/14/2018 at 8:12 PM, Turtle Rig said:

Dave   BTW I hope your going to overclock that monster CPU of yours.  3.2Ghz won't cut the rug.  What form of cooling are you going to use.

How much should I over cloak

 

On 11/15/2018 at 1:47 PM, Turtle Rig said:

Also I don't know much about your motherboard, but if you plan on overclocking that 3.2Ghz...... I would strongly suggest you buy a 150 to 200 dollar regular sized mobo.  micro atx is going to come back and haunt you, because one day youll get some card,,, a sound card or a adapter whatever... and youll see you don't have enough PCIe slots.  I understand your a noob, but your building this system once, to have for years to come.  Do it right, do it justice.

I loved the do it right, do it justice part hahaha but this is the one I am getting now 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$358.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$84.43 @ Newegg Business
Motherboard	Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$204.99 @ Walmart
Memory	G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$129.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$79.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.65 @ OutletPC
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$63.88 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1067.81
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1047.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 18:54 EST-0500

 its looks good anything you recommend? 

[Turtle Rig]

20 hours ago, Daddy Dave said:

I loved the do it right, do it justice part hahaha but this is the one I am getting now 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$358.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$84.43 @ Newegg Business
Motherboard	Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$204.99 @ Walmart
Memory	G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$129.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$79.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$45.65 @ OutletPC
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$63.88 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$79.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1067.81
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1047.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 18:54 EST-0500

 its looks good anything you recommend? 

Wow much better man.  I looked over everything.  Sexy build.  Im glad you decided to go with Noctua as your CPU cooler as you can overclock now.  Also no need for the fan or fans to run at full speed and make a jet noise... They are effective at low rpm, so make sure you adjust that fan speed or else its going to get loud.  One thing I would recommend is grab a M.2 instead of SSD.  Also IMO I believe having a hard drive in a 2018 rig is a cardinal sin.  Also what is your backup source ?  I would recommend a external LaCie hard drive usb 3.0.  I want to say go with a M.2 but your not going to see a real world difference compared with the 860 Evo.  So stick with the Evo.  Amazing build, you have my stamp of approval.  OH and video card grab a ASUS 1080 GTX ,or 1070. 

[Zando_]

11 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Wow much better man.  I looked over everything.  Sexy build.  Im glad you decided to go with Noctua as your CPU cooler as you can overclock now.  Also no need for the fan or fans to run at full speed and make a jet noise... They are effective at low rpm, so make sure you adjust that fan speed or else its going to get loud.  One thing I would recommend is grab a M.2 instead of SSD.  Also IMO I believe having a hard drive in a 2018 rig is a cardinal sin.  Also what is your backup source ?  I would recommend a external LaCie hard drive usb 3.0.  I want to say go with a M.2 but your not going to see a real world difference compared with the 860 Evo.  So stick with the Evo.  Amazing build, you have my stamp of approval.  OH and video card grab a ASUS 1080 GTX ,or 1070. 

^^^ Only other thing I'd change is getting an NH-D15S instead of the D15. Same cooler, just offset slightly so it doesn't interfere with the top PCIe slot and has better RAM compatibility. 

[Turtle Rig]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

^^^ Only other thing I'd change is getting an NH-D15S instead of the D15. Same cooler, just offset slightly so it doesn't interfere with the top PCIe slot and has better RAM compatibility. 

Good post Zando Bob.

[Daddy Dave]

On 11/16/2018 at 2:20 PM, Zando Bob said:

^^^ Only other thing I'd change is getting an NH-D15S instead of the D15. Same cooler, just offset slightly so it doesn't interfere with the top PCIe slot and has better RAM compatibility. 

Is it the same size

 

On 11/16/2018 at 2:08 PM, Turtle Rig said:

Wow much better man.  I looked over everything.  Sexy build.  Im glad you decided to go with Noctua as your CPU cooler as you can overclock now.  Also no need for the fan or fans to run at full speed and make a jet noise... They are effective at low rpm, so make sure you adjust that fan speed or else its going to get loud.  One thing I would recommend is grab a M.2 instead of SSD.  Also IMO I believe having a hard drive in a 2018 rig is a cardinal sin.  Also what is your backup source ?  I would recommend a external LaCie hard drive usb 3.0.  I want to say go with a M.2 but your not going to see a real world difference compared with the 860 Evo.  So stick with the Evo.  Amazing build, you have my stamp of approval.  OH and video card grab a ASUS 1080 GTX ,or 1070. 

Wait so grab an M.2 or what. Also what would I use without a harddrive. Sorry I am a noob

[asand1]

On 11/14/2018 at 5:29 PM, Daddy Dave said:

your very mean

"You're"

[Zando_]

46 minutes ago, Daddy Dave said:

Is it the same size

Yep, just offset to one side slightly so when you mount it it doesn't block the top PCIe slot on some mobos.

[Turtle Rig]

On 11/15/2018 at 12:50 PM, mxk. said:

holy shit this is a LOT of views. Almost as many as the ltt firetruck video

Its bs, its something weird they did or a hacker did

[Daddy Dave]

18 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Yep, just offset to one side slightly so when you mount it it doesn't block the top PCIe slot on some mobos.

So can you I will make the changes. Does chromax fit on it tho

 

18 hours ago, asand1 said:

"You're"

Ok buddy