- Feb 16, 2013
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Approximate Purchase Date: Yesterday! (ASAP)
Budget Range: $1000-1400
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Movies/Tv/Netflix, day to day use
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: All
Do you need to buy OS: No, Win 10 Pro boxed
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No real preference. Cheapest option
Location: Norfolk, VA
Parts Preferences: Pretty set on GTX 1080. Was intrigued by Rysen, but like the 7600K
Overclocking: Yes. To like 4.6 probably tops. Believe stock turbo is to 4.2
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080. May upgrade but not for at least 1-2 years
Additional Comments: I view aesthetics as a bonus. As long as it games well, that's what matters. I run a secondary monitor with a stream/video/show on it frequently while gaming on main monitor.
Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Had a gaming behemoth laptop for last 6 years. GPU breathed its last yesterday. I knew this day was coming. Rest in peace.
So this will be my first PC I’ve ever built…and I guess it’s one of those “You don’t know what you don’t know" type of situations. Need some guidance and a sanity check to make sure I’m not overlooking anything that a compatibility checker won’t tell me, don’t have better options, etc. I feel like this is a good setup of parts for my price point. But is it overkill? Should I rather hit a 800 price point and then do it again in 2 years? Things I'm already considering if I stick with this: 1)better cooler, 2)better case, 3)Dropping the wireless adapter. Thanks for the help in advance everyone.
List of products with a PCPartPicker link:
CPU: Intel i5-7600K 3.8ghz Quad
Cooler: CRYORIG H7
Mobo: MSI Z270 Sli Plus ATX (LGA1151)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3000
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-series 250gg 2.5” SSD/secondary HDD 1 TB
GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Gaming ACX 3.0
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold (Build estimate 415w)
Optical Drive: Asus cheap option (DRW-24B1ST)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow
Budget Range: $1000-1400
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Movies/Tv/Netflix, day to day use
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: All
Do you need to buy OS: No, Win 10 Pro boxed
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No real preference. Cheapest option
Location: Norfolk, VA
Parts Preferences: Pretty set on GTX 1080. Was intrigued by Rysen, but like the 7600K
Overclocking: Yes. To like 4.6 probably tops. Believe stock turbo is to 4.2
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080. May upgrade but not for at least 1-2 years
Additional Comments: I view aesthetics as a bonus. As long as it games well, that's what matters. I run a secondary monitor with a stream/video/show on it frequently while gaming on main monitor.
Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Had a gaming behemoth laptop for last 6 years. GPU breathed its last yesterday. I knew this day was coming. Rest in peace.
So this will be my first PC I’ve ever built…and I guess it’s one of those “You don’t know what you don’t know" type of situations. Need some guidance and a sanity check to make sure I’m not overlooking anything that a compatibility checker won’t tell me, don’t have better options, etc. I feel like this is a good setup of parts for my price point. But is it overkill? Should I rather hit a 800 price point and then do it again in 2 years? Things I'm already considering if I stick with this: 1)better cooler, 2)better case, 3)Dropping the wireless adapter. Thanks for the help in advance everyone.
List of products with a PCPartPicker link:
CPU: Intel i5-7600K 3.8ghz Quad
Cooler: CRYORIG H7
Mobo: MSI Z270 Sli Plus ATX (LGA1151)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3000
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-series 250gg 2.5” SSD/secondary HDD 1 TB
GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Gaming ACX 3.0
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold (Build estimate 415w)
Optical Drive: Asus cheap option (DRW-24B1ST)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow
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