$2600 PC Build HELP

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rakaradhitya12

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so this is the rig

CPU
Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor $178.89 OutletPC

Motherboard
ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $141.26 Newegg

Memory
G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $164.99 Newegg

Storage
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 43.09 SuperBiiz

Video Card
Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Mini Video Card (2-Way SLI) $849.99 SuperBiiz
Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Mini Video Card (2-Way SLI) $849.99 SuperBiiz

Case
Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case $39.99 Newegg

Power Supply
EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $95.98
Newegg

So what i wanna ask is :
1. Is the build good?? should i change anything
2. Do i need an SLI Bridge?? this is my first time doing SLI
3. What happen if i don't use SLI Bridge but still do a 2 way SLI?
 
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1. Build is severely unbalanced imo. If you can go for a 1080Ti sli, you can go for a better chip.

2. Yes, you do. Some high end mobos come with a HB SLI bridge, but many do not.

3. You cannot SLI without a bridge.

Like parani said, SLI is not supported very well nowadays.

You can do much better for the build.

With that budget, you can easily include an SSD and your case can be better.

There are better options:

8700k with 1 1080Ti:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4p69r6
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4p69r6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($327.99 @ Walmart)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.89 @ OutletPC)...
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parani

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Not many newer games supports sli or crossfire . It's not worth the money and power . What resolution you game at ? You can spend that money on monitor (upcoming 4k 144hz ) or cpu (8700k ) . After that you can buy the latest upcoming volts to drive that monitor . So save the money for that .
 
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ArchitSahu

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1. Build is severely unbalanced imo. If you can go for a 1080Ti sli, you can go for a better chip.

2. Yes, you do. Some high end mobos come with a HB SLI bridge, but many do not.

3. You cannot SLI without a bridge.

Like parani said, SLI is not supported very well nowadays.

You can do much better for the build.

With that budget, you can easily include an SSD and your case can be better.

There are better options:

8700k with 1 1080Ti:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4p69r6
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4p69r6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($327.99 @ Walmart)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1810.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 03:31 EDT-0400

2700x with 1 1080Ti:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PKwW4q
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PKwW4q/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - TUF X470-PLUS GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($155.00 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1807.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 03:32 EDT-0400

8700k with 2 1080Ti incase you really want to SLI:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vdLGLJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vdLGLJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($327.99 @ Walmart)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2560.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 03:33 EDT-0400

2700x with 2 1080Ti:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cm9gbX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cm9gbX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2566.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 03:35 EDT-0400


As you can see, all of the builds are below $2600, and are much more balanced. They all have an SSD, better case, better CPU. There are also builds with 2 x 1080Ti's incase you want to stick with SLI.
 
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Lucky_SLS

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Entire setup for 3k :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($146.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS GAMING 5 WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($119.39 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX VEGA 64 8GB ROG STRIX Video Card ($799.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow RGB 48.8 CFM 120mm Fan ($18.10 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Monitor: Acer - ED7 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor ($582.17 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: G.Skill - RIPJAWS KM780R RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard ($122.05 @ Amazon)
Mouse: SteelSeries - Rival 700 Wired Optical Mouse ($84.44 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Corsair - VOID PRO RGB USB (Black) 7.1 Channel Headset ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Corsair Gaming MM800C Polaris RGB LED Lighting Cloth Mouse Pad (CH-9440021-NA) ($44.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $2990.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 07:29 EDT-0400
 
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ArchitSahu

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If the budget is 2.6k, what is the point of going up till 3k??

Also, is not the 1080Ti better than the Vega 64? And the EVGA version is cheaper than the Vega 64.

Personally, I would say that cooler is overpriced. The H100i v2 is just as good irl, has better software to control and is cheaper. Only point for X62 is RGB.

Pretty sure what ate up your budget is the monitor.

You can easily get an entire setup with the build with a 1080Ti and Ryzen 2700x or 8700k below 2.6k:

2700x and 1080Ti:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DG2XyX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DG2XyX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - TUF X470-PLUS GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($155.00 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card ($749.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Dell - S2716DGR 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor ($479.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Corsair - STRAFE Wired Gaming Keyboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Corsair - Sabre RGB Wired Optical Mouse ($38.39 @ OutletPC)
Headphones: Corsair - VOID PRO RGB USB (Black) 7.1 Channel Headset ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2570.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 22:47 EDT-0400

8700k and 1080Ti:
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tQLMbX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tQLMbX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($327.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card ($769.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($103.98 @ Newegg Business)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell - S2716DGR 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor ($479.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Corsair - STRAFE Wired Gaming Keyboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Corsair - Sabre RGB Wired Optical Mouse ($38.39 @ OutletPC)
Headphones: Logitech - G230 Headset ($34.39 @ Amazon)
Total: $2593.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 22:51 EDT-0400
 
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^ yeah, that setup is for the ultrawide curved screen gaming experience and rgb.
Vega 64 cuz that ultrawide is freesync. Good luck getting an ultrawide g sync and 1080ti combo within 3k.

Also, the components I chose aren't just top bill components :

Mouse : has haptic feedback just like ur PS or Xbox controller.
Kb: dedicated macro buttons and rgb. Full fledged gaming keyboard.
Headset : improved version of void with better surround sound and comfortable padding.
 
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