$2000 Aud PC

[Ice blue]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/mQ3J3F
Any comments on part quality or compatibility?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Remove the ssd if you want, but it's better if you have it. Changed the sub par psu and case psu. other parts are upto you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($465.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270H ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($229.00 @ IJK)
Memory: GeIL - EVO X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($195.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($170.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($92.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($799.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: Inwin - 703 BLACK ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: Fractal Design - Edison M 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $2207.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-07 16:22 AEST+1000

 

[Chugalug_]

My suggestion.
Agreed with Lucky's comments.
I believe Ryzen 7 will be a longer term option while providing practically the same frame rates at above 1080p.
A 1080 Ti should also be had in this price range, the coincidentally lower cost of the 1700 also helps with this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($399.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($118.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: GeIL - EVO X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($195.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($170.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($92.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($1099.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3 (Windowed) MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($49.00 @ Umart)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $2217.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-07 16:33 AEST+1000

 

[Saturnity]

Go to Xidax.com you can build a PC thats probably better than these ^^

 

[Chugalug_]

That's not an Australian site, and it looks pretty dodgy.
They just make pre-built systems for exorbitant prices like any other retailer, and they use comic sans on their web page even.

I configured a PC on their site, a build with the same specs and performance costs over $4000 US, vs $2200 AUD.

 

[-HH-]

This is my look at is:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($399.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M MORTAR ARCTIC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($129.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: GeIL - EVO X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($195.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($135.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($1099.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($95.00 @ Shopping Express)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($105.60 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $2220.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-07 20:42 AEST+1000

 

[Chugalug_]

In that price range I wouldn't consider a 1TB HDD.
The CX550M, smaller Masterbox version (The mobo is mATX anyway) and a 960 Evo can all be fit in for an overall slightly lower cost as above.

 

[-HH-]

I use a 1TB HDD.

The CXM still has no reliable review as far as I can see.
The 960 EVO is not worth the extra money,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($399.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($138.00 @ Umart)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($192.50 @ Umart)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($135.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($1099.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Case: Silverstone - Redline RL05 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.00 @ Scorptec)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($105.60 @ Skycomp Technology)
Total: $2217.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-07 21:38 AEST+1000

changed a couple bits around, also a consistent theme of red/black.

 

[Chugalug_]

It's the new CX550M, it's been out for a fair while and is extremely reliable, about on par with the S12II with better warranty and cable modularity.
The 960 Evo offers quite significant perf gains, and 1TB will fill up quickly given how big games are nowadays, hell, my HDD for games alone is at 1.6TB right now.
Just sayin for the same money there's not much reason to swing the other way, that's all.

In boot times it may only be about 25% faster, but in transfer rates it trashes the 850.
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-960-Evo-NVMe-PCIe-M2-250GB-vs-Samsung-850-Evo-250GB/m200373vs2977

 

[Lucky_SLS]

I would choose the cxm over s12 since the circuit design of s12 is pretty outdated. But anyway, that Edison m is better Imo.

 

[-HH-]

Yeah just ya'know as said I can't find any review proving the CXM is good and I don't want it to be another EVGA 600B where everyone thinks its great for ages but it turns out to be trash. But as said I can't personally prove that which is why I don't recommend it but I know the Seasonic is BUT if you have proof it's a decent PSU please post away.

It'd be nice to see how the M.2 850evo stacks up against the 960 M.2 but userbenchmark doesn't have the M.2 850's

 

[Lucky_SLS]

here is a tom's review of the 650W unit : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-cx650m-psu,4770-11.html the 550W comes under the same platform.
the 850 and 960 are poles apart. one is sata based and the other one is nvme. y r u comparing those 2 ?

 

[Chugalug_]

850 M.2s are identical to the SATA version, there's not quite enough performance to take advantage of that bandwidth.

 

[-HH-]

here is a tom's review of the 650W unit : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-cx650m-psu,4770-11.html the 550W comes under the same platform.
the 850 and 960 are poles apart. one is sata based and the other one is nvme. y r u comparing those 2 ?

The same guy rated the Be Quiet as an alright supply for the same price bracket: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/be-quiet-pure-power-10-600w-psu,5070-11.html

Personally I look at other sources E.G JonnyGuru and stuff BUT I'm not gonna nitpick and stuff so yeah go for it in your builds but I'm still not keen on it.

I actually didn't realise the difference between the 850 and 960 was that substantial after checking the userbench and stuff I get what you mean, you guys actually got one in any of your rigs?

 

[Chugalug_]

Given the small cost gap in SSDs and the ability to fit all those improvements into a list which is actually cheaper, there's not much of a problem.
Most of the negatives for the CXM are small nitpicks on internal design or cables, not really affecting performance.
However the Be Quiet is alright, not great though.
The following were the listed cons, among which capacitor quality, temperature resistance, and power distribution overall are rather major.
Quality of filtering caps
85°C bulk cap
Not accurate Power Ok signal
5VSB turn-on transient
3.3V transient response
Single EPS connector
Power distribution


The Pure Power 10 is pretty mediocre, but the Edison M listed above by Lucky is a very good unit.

 

[-HH-]

Either way im still not 100% keen on the unit, until I see a reviewer (who I regularly look at) review the unit in depth which hasn't been done, as said the whole craze when everyone thought the EVGA 600B was an awesome unit happened and then it turned out to be rubbish... So imma give it some more time before I use it in my parts-lists

 

[Chugalug_]

The B1 was never considered truly good, just kinda meh.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=486

 

[-HH-]

interesting read, that based on the same unit as the 650 too? The CXM still aren't recommended supplies by him :3

In comparison though; http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=185

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^ a bit more info on the new cx 2017 :
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604822/corsair-cx-series-explained
And that's y u see me recommending the new cx 2017 series. Anyways, I suggested the Edison m model to the op. Not the cxm.

 

[Chugalug_]

@HH, only problem is the S12II isn't very competitively priced with non-modular cables sitting around the $105 mark, at which better quality units like the Edison M can be had. Still solid, just not a contender here i'm afraid.
@Lucky, it's a new platform, but they have similar performance and application with a bit of basic hold up and comparison testing. Capacitors are still a standout point unfortunately. The Vengeance is very good and high quality, the new CX, still, not so much.

 

[-HH-]

I guess a bonus of using corsair is their terrible customer service should it go wrong. I've had some great issues previously with Corsair, maybe I'm biased against them but with reason, none the less, it's a hard one really, just if you can get the seasonic I always will, luckily in the UK Superflower are also pretty good in the budget department so it's generally Super/Seasonic fighting it out.

- EVGA has SOME superflower psu's. Either way Seasonic are pretty much my go to because of how good they are and the full package you get is just good for the price. For example my SS1000 PSU included cable ties, extra cables, screw driver (with phillips and flat head sides) and a cable bag. Of course that doesn't come with every PSU in their range but it was a super nice touch when I did my first build with their PSU.

in PSU's everyone will have the preference from previous experience.

Just to note though the CX fans are horrid and should never be put in any unit ever again. - Previous experience.

Thing is every product I personally have had from Corsair has just not been good or has broken, my case has massive damages to it (which occurred during shipping) which they want me to send the 900D to them to repair, like I'm sorry but I'm not going to spend 25gbp on shipping that to them, it wasn't my fault, also the retailer said I had to run directly through Corsair.. Though that's getting off topic

 

[Chugalug_]

No worries.
As long as it's the new CXM, RMi, AX/AXi or HX/HXi units though Corsair is pretty good.
Shipping cases is expensive though, with a hulking beast like the 900D I can see why they might want you to pay initially, most companies do this to make sure you're not trying to scam them out of a replacement, which means they would take a hit in cost later by offering to take it in for free.
They usually cover it if they find out it's a manufacturer issue.

 

[-HH-]

they could just charge you a fee if it's falsely accused (handling fee) but like to make you pay shipping to get it to them even though their packaging/product failed in the first place is stupid, my opinion. Amazon for example have an insane customer service; if you buy corsair buy it through amazon..

 

[Chugalug_]

Let's keep it on topic.