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Yes it is. The more power it consumes, the more heat is generated. Heat is a bad thing! Are you overclocked? Stock CPU cooler? Aftermarket CPU cooler? What are your CPU temps? Tell us more about your setup...

CPU - The i5-8400 will give you a pretty good increase in performance with its newer technology and six physical cores. If you can stretch the budget, the i7-8700 would be even better (hyperthreading enabled). MB - Unfortunately, only Z series chipsets (overclocking) are available for the 8th...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£360.79 @ Alza) CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£149.98 @...

MB - The WiFi version of that board is not that much more expensive. CPU COOLER - Water cooling isn't required to overclock. Look toward a good air cooler to keep temps in check just the same, but also save on the budget. STORAGE - Your M.2 and the SATA ports contend for lanes, not your PCIe...

You aren't looking at a heavily threaded workload so the Ryzen CPU wouldn't get many chances to stretch its legs. You would be better off with a higher IPC for single threaded workloads which means the Intel CPU would be the better option. You would likely be happy with either..

CPU - You have the budget for the i7. CPU COOLER - The stock Intel cooler will be just fine for the i5-8400 or i7-8700. MB - You can wait for the new H or B series chipsets, but it could be well into the first quarter before they are available. MEM - Always install memory in matching pairs to...

The stock Intel cooler will be just fine for the i7-8700. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($485.00 @ Shopping Express) Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.00 @ IJK) Memory: G.Skill -...

The FX lineup is a bit dated and always lagged behind, but the GTX 1060 will be able to stretch its legs. No worries there..

That is a fine build. A bit overkill on some parts, but still a nice build. My thoughts are below.. CPU + MB + CPU Cooler - If you aren't sold on overclocking now, you likely won't do it down the road either. Overclocking isn't needed to game at high settings so consider a non-K series CPU...

For your first build I would suggest not overclocking. It isn't necessary to game at high settings. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($339.99 @ B&H) Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard...

Unless you are gaming above 1080 resolution or on multiple monitors, the GTX 1060 6GB will be just fine. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.79 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($568.00 @ Shopping Express) CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear) Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($249.00 @ Shopping...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($339.99 @ B&H) Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg) Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($529.99 @...

The Seasonic M12II is a good Tier 2 unit. The Super Flower is a Tier 3 unit. Hard to know if the EVGA is a good unit without knowing the model. Look for something Gold rated from XFX or Seasonic, from EVGA the G2 / G3 / GS / GQ lineups, or filter through the Tier 1 or Tier 2 list...

CPU - As tsnor said, they both perform very well. I personally would take six physical cores on the newer i5-8400 over the four cores / four hyperthreads of the i7-7700. You would be happy with either. OPTANE - You aren't really going to get much performance from a caching drive. You are WAY...