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chilly324

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Just wanted to check to see if I made any newbie mistakes. The system is 98% built and all parts are purchased and received. Intended use is mainly gaming and normal household use.

My PC BUILD

ASRock Z370M Pro4 LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-7600K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 3.8 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80677I57600K Desktop Processor

CORSAIR CX Series CX650 650W ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DirectX 12 GTX 1070 ARMOR 8G OC 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVRB

SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2 250GB NVMe PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V6E250BW

A used 1TB mechanical drive (brand unknown)

be quiet! PURE ROCK SLIM CPU Cooler 120W TDP - BK008

Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-ALPHA Mid-Tower Gaming Case, Black/Yellow https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HUFNX4M?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf





AOC - 28" LED 4K UHD FREESYNC MONITOR - BLACK & SILVER

3840 x 2160 resolution 1 ms response time 23 - 80 Hz refresh rate HDMI (MHL), VGA, DVI-D and DisplayPort inputs 170° horizontal and 160° vertical viewing angles 80,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio 300 cd/m² brightness Picture-in-picture

Windows 10 IS 64bit.

I'm considering doing a dual boot with LINUX Ubuntu and wine but not sure yet. Probably will though.
 
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Intel did this, ask them !!! :)
Just unfortunate Z370 is not backward compatible: https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/damien-cox/kaby-lake-processors-are-incompatible-with-the-intel-z370/
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1. Z370 does not support kaby lake, only coffee lake
2. so so quality psu, get CX550M
3. no need for nvme ssd, not worth the money, regular ssd is good enough
4. some components have cheaper alternatives.
5. GTX 1070 will not utilize that 4k monitor fully as you will need 1080ti to do 4k gaming.
 
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My edits:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($166.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8GB Video Card ($424.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($75.00 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: LG - 24GM79G-B 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($231.52 @ Amazon)
Total: $1650.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-09 02:17 EST-0500
 
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"1. Z370 does not support kaby lake, only coffee lake"

OH GREAT!! The CPU has been installed already but I haven't powered it up yet. NOW WHAT!!??

2. so so quality psu, get CX550M"

It is what it is & it'll work

3. no need for nvme ssd, not worth the money, regular ssd is good enough

Again...It is what it is & it'll work. I've already returned 2 SK hynix SL308 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) HFS120G32TND-N1A2A. I was going to put them in raid 0 based on advise from someone I THOUGHT knew what they were doing!! That same person ALSO said Kaby lake would be no difference. UGH!!!! ##$%$*^

4. some components have cheaper alternatives.

OH well to late NOW!


5. GTX 1070 will not utilize that 4k monitor fully as you will need 1080ti to do 4k gaming."

That's not entirely true. While ultra settings may not be an option 4k will still look better so I went with it. See the following links.

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/msi-geforce-gtx-1070-gaming-x-and-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-founders-edition-review-851725

https://youtu.be/a7LEUSoHTE8

https://youtu.be/6HP5kLqeGjk

So as we see in THIS VIDEO ( https://youtu.be/-BzoTweBPtM ) you're right. FPS would be under 60 at max settings but I'm willing to settle for lower settings & higher resolution.


So my main concern is #1 the wrong CPU!!
What do I need to do about that & what happens if I decide to power it up?? I won't but if I did what would happen??
 
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