Are these components any good for a gaming PC?

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zackdan2850

Jul 26, 2018
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So I'm thinking of buying a gaming PC and ended up with this. Will this work? And can some of these be exchanged with something better?

https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/rMk

(And please don't say to get rid of the 'PCCG Full Custom System Assembly Service' because I don't want to have to build it myself. Can you also tell me some monitors which are under $200 which are good, and I don't like wide screens, thank you)

 
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Man you are paying 700$ for a 1070 wtf when you can buy a 1080 for just 450 and its easy to install the gpu and windows you can buy for just 10 i would recommend you to get the parts off amazon and other sites and give them to someone to do the assembly for you. and you can get the 8700k which is better
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ano1337

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Man you are paying 700$ for a 1070 wtf when you can buy a 1080 for just 450 and its easy to install the gpu and windows you can buy for just 10 i would recommend you to get the parts off amazon and other sites and give them to someone to do the assembly for you. and you can get the 8700k which is better
 
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The 7700K requires a x100 or x200 series chipset (ideally Z270 to allow overclocking)

The 300 series board you have in there is not compatible.
It's for 8th Gen CPUs and it's the B chipsets will not allow overclocking (whereas the K skus for the CPUs are unlocked)


If you want the latest & greatest from Intel (today), then look to the i7-8700/8700K and an appropriate 300 series chipset.


The PurePower is a decent enough PSU, but 500W is a little thing (IMO) for a 7700K/8700K and a 1070TI.
I'd look more towards a quality 600-650W unit.


The TX650M from Corsair is the most affordable, quality 650W unit I could see on that site.
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/38283/corsair-tx650m-gold-650w-power-supply

Although I guess the G3 from EVGA isn't too far ahead of it on price.
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/42279/evga-supernova-g3-650w-modular-power-supply

But for that kind of money, the SeaSonic Focus+Gold 750W unit is the same price.
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/41817/seasonic-focus-plus-gold-750w-power-supply


Beyond that, the build looks solid. SSDs are becoming more & more affordable though, so if at all possible in budget, try to squeeze in a 500GB SSD.
If not, 250GB is still more than adequate.

 
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cisco9898

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($529.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: Asus - TUF Z370 Plus Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($219.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Turbo OC Video Card ($729.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black/White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $2440.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-27 02:21 AEST+1000

Personally don't see the need of spending over $200 on AIO...
 
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The clue was there all along.


That 1070TI is a bit overpriced though. Looks like they go for $650-$700 in Aus currently.... and you don't have to deal with the poor reference cooler. Or, at $729, just opt for a 1080 outright.



You can buy a key of questionable legitimacy for ~$10, yes.
Then rinse & repeat when it doesn't activate (or gets deactivated in time).... maybe rinse & repeat a couple of times before finally breaking down and buying a legit key.

Always buy your Windows license from an authorized source.



Agreed, although I'm not a fan of AIO's to begin with.
The one you proposed those, is a pretty budget unit and an underwhelming performer.
At the ~$100 range, you're really better looking at a higher end air cooler IMO.

NH-D14 or something.
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/13232/noctua-nh-d14-cpu-cooler/

If you're set on an AIO, the X52 really is one of the better ones - and that costs money.
 
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