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mbilal2

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Hi there. I made this about 2 months ago. I was thinking of getting water cooling but the 212 was working more than fine keeping my cpu at ~78C when OC'd to 4.6GHz. I game on it, record and edit videos and of course help people on Tom's hardware.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tpvtTH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tpvtTH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($27.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z270 GAMING PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - T-Force / Night Hawk 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($282.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.61 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card ($799.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Zalman - Z11 Plus HF1 ATX Mid Tower Case ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.49 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor ($479.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($26.88 @ OutletPC)
Mouse: Razer - Mamba Tournament Edition Wired Laser Mouse ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $2433.47

Looking to buy a Razer BlackWidow V2 keyboard.

Thoughts? Willing to make a few upgrades. Nothing major. Might go Ryzen but not without selling this one first.

If you have made up your mind as to how much it is worth, let me tell you this. I built it for just over 1400$ lol. Had to hunt for the parts but got em all for awesome prices. That's the beauty of custom builds. If you're patient enough, you can save so much! All parts are new except the monitor. :)
 
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I'd shy away from Seagate's drives. I've had nothing but quality problems from them before, and from what I've read, that hasn't changed. I would recommend a WD Red drive. They're pretty fast for mechanical drives, reliable, and are decently priced. The GPU is nice, but at the price, I'd rather have bought an EVGA 1080 TI. Your case is a little cheap for such a build, to be honest, but you do you on that one. Everything else looks to be pretty good, but I wouldn't buy Razer products. They're honestly overpriced for what they are and you can get better deals on other brands like Corsair, Logitech, and Cooler Master. Also, be aware that all K series CPUs have VT-i and TPM disabled on die, so you can't run certain virtual machine...
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I'd shy away from Seagate's drives. I've had nothing but quality problems from them before, and from what I've read, that hasn't changed. I would recommend a WD Red drive. They're pretty fast for mechanical drives, reliable, and are decently priced. The GPU is nice, but at the price, I'd rather have bought an EVGA 1080 TI. Your case is a little cheap for such a build, to be honest, but you do you on that one. Everything else looks to be pretty good, but I wouldn't buy Razer products. They're honestly overpriced for what they are and you can get better deals on other brands like Corsair, Logitech, and Cooler Master. Also, be aware that all K series CPUs have VT-i and TPM disabled on die, so you can't run certain virtual machine setups, though it all depends on whether you care about it/know what that is.
 
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mbilal2

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Don't like the case either. I was thinking of changing all 120mm fans to RGB ones but the window to the side is colored red! WT* I HATE that about it. The side fans are as good as useless. Rams are trash too (aesthetically). They work perfectly though. Haven't had trouble with Seagate yet and hopefully that won't change.

I got the GPU for just 500$!! It was brand new :D

I had trouble with the Razer Mamba but it was a driver issue and Razer had a hot fix so all went well there. Hate my cheap coolermaster keyboard but now that I have a Razer mouse, though of going for a Razer keyboard too. I'll look into corsair and the others you suggested.
 
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