Building gaming pc

[nologicgames]

Hello everyone.

I want to build gaming desktop, but last time when I did it, was 10 years ago. So I'm "little" behind with my knowledge about what is new and what is best.

So...

I need your help.

Right now I ALREADY have:
Processor: I9-7980XE
Memory: 4x Kingston HyperX Fury 16Gb xmp4 2933
Hard drive: nvme m.2 (lots of different so no matter)

Plus $1000 on other/missing stuff

So what you suggest?
Buy other missing components and stick to i9 or sell it and build something on i7-8700?

Computer gonna be used for gaming only.
Minimum overclocking or not at all.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

 

[toshibitsu]

If all you are doing is gaming, then sell the i9-7980XE. For what you'd get for the CPU alone, you'd have enough money to build a nice i7-8700k or Ryzen 7 2700x based system.

 

[breadpug]

For solely gaming you could sell the CPU and RAM both. An i9 processor with 64GB of RAM is immensely overkill for gaming, even at 4k resolution

 

[omegadoom13]

If you sell your CPU, you may even have some money left over for a really good gaming monitor to go with your rig.

 

[nologicgames]

So which motherboard, power supply, video card... you suggest to buy?

 

[toshibitsu]

If you care at all about being able to use Thunderbolt 3, there's currently only 1 LGA-1151 motherboard that supports it. The Gigabyte Z370 Aorus gaming 7-OP: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145076&cm_re=thunderbolt_3-_-13-145-076-_-Product

(the only other boards that support Thunderbolt 3 are X299 (LGA-2066) boards. No AMD boards support it yet.

As for video cards... the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 has the best performance/cooling: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487338&ignorebbr=1


PSU I'd suggest an 80+ Gold / Fully Modular. Either the EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438017
or the SeaSonic PRIME Ultra 750: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151206

 

[nologicgames]

Is 750 psu will be enough?

 

[toshibitsu]

Unless you're planning to do sli and have like 10 hard drives, then yes... 750 is plenty.

 

[nologicgames]

What about memory? Should I keep what I have or sell it and buy something else?

And any preference for processor cooling system?

Thank you all for helping

 

[toshibitsu]

You have 4 16GB sticks of that Kingston HyperX Fury 2933? Each one of those sticks is about $260. You'd at least be maxing out the memory on your build with those & they would work well.
You could sell them and get 32gb of faster memory... but with 64gb(even at 2933), that's going to be more then enough for any game out there.

As for your CPU... one of the best air coolers out there is the Noctua NH-D15: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608045

If you'd rather go with water, the Corsair Hydro H100i Pro or H115i Pro are the best/most popular ones(as far as an AIO solution goes:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181141&ignorebbr=1
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181138&ignorebbr=1

Regardless of which cooler you go with, don't forget your Kryonaut(the best paste available): https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1K66KE1699&cm_re=thermal_grizzly_kryonaut-_-9SIA1K66KE1699-_-Product

 

[nologicgames]

Thank you Toshibitsu .
You helping me a lot. And the way how you replying (with links)... thank you.

Last question:
Which monitor will be good for gaming?

 

[toshibitsu]

The standard these days is a 144hz monitor intended for playing games @ 1440p. The best ones(for Nvidia based cards) are the G-SYNC monitors. Do not get a "Freesync" monitor. They are cheaper, but the freesync feature only works with AMD cards.

G-SYNC monitors usually start around $400 for a 24", and $500 for a 27". Everyone's particular about what type they like "matte, anti-glare, etc..." Luckily stores like Best Buy & Fry's have a fair selection these days. So I'd say stop in at one of them and check out the ones on display. If anything... both stores match internet prices so you may as well pick one up from them.

 

[toshibitsu]

I'm actually looking at this one myself: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Gaming-S2716DGR-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B0149QBOF0

BestBuy has it listed for $599, but they'll price match that $460.