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Captinbushy · Nov 28, 2017

I have been wanting to upgrade my current PC to something that will be able to handle games a lot better than what i have now. I have been searching relentlessly for months now hoping to find a good deal and decided to possibly build one with prices being lower like they currently are. I'm just looking for some tips on if this is too much or things i can possibly improve on for this build.

CPU: I7 7700k $264.99

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z270XP-SLI $104.99

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 $140

Storage: WD Blue 1TB Desktop HD - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch $49.00
WD Blue 250GB Internal SSD SSD - SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 Inch - WDS250G1B0A $79.99

Video Card: GIGABYTE GTX 1080 DirectX 12 GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD 8GB 256-Bit $499.99

Case: DIYPC Skyline-06-WB Black SECC ATX Full Tower Computer Case $79.99

Power Supply: Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-750FX 750W 80+ Gold ATX12V & EPS12V Full Modular 120mm FDB Fan Compact 140 mm Size $79.99

Cooler: Refurbished: Corsair Certified Hydro Series H100i v2 Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060025-WW/RF) $56.99

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$1290 after rebates

Any help in figuring this out would be great and thank you for your time.

mathewgarland · Nov 28, 2017

Seems like a pretty nice setup and almost the same as mine. Will have any parts to use from your old build?

Captinbushy · Nov 28, 2017

Reply i have spare PC that I'm going to pull the CD drive out of and put it in this only to install windows.

FD2Raptor · Nov 28, 2017

Personally, I do not recommend building a new gaming PC on Sky/Kabylake platform now, with Coffeelake being out there:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Video Card ($459.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.90 @ Newegg)
Other: WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s 2.5"/7mm Solid State ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Total after rebate: $1243.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-28 00:19 EST-0500

You can scale that back to the 250GB SSD if that would better fit in your budget.

An 8th gen 8400 will deliver similar performance to a 7th gen 7700k at stock in games while still leaving you with an upgrade path. This CPU is very often out of stock nowadays exactly because of its capability at this price point.
A GTX1070Ti is a better buy compare to a GTX1080, delivering almost exactly what a 1080 can do at a lower total cost. The performance difference is often negligible and anything that the 1070Ti can't do, the 1080 can't do either so I'd personally recommend you to save a bit on that and/or use the extra money on the SSD.
The new 3D NAND Blue has higher performance and reliability compare to the older planar NAND Blue at not much price difference (~$5 for the 250GB capacity).

mathewgarland · Nov 28, 2017

Ok well than your build is fine except I would switch out the ram for some 3000 for the same price.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313777

From what I have read 3000-3200 is the sweet spot for these chips.

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