Can anyone review my partpicker attempt please?

[curtisbain95]

Looking to build a new PC as my 4790k and GTX 970 is getting on a bit, relatively inexperienced with building, I have a few concerns over the motherboard and whether it supports Nvidia GPU's or not, as it works with crossfire just not SLI, I assume (and hope) that PCIe slots are universal for all modern graphics cards, not in need of SLI. And my other concern was how accurate Partpickers TDP calculator is, I'm aware of the variables with OC'ing etc, But if I did dabble in OC'ing is 620w enough, I'm also aware I'm fan cooling.

Last of all, is it worth holding out for the new Ryzen CPU series next year? As I heard price vs performance will be better than intel can offer.

Thanks in advance

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/CdkTYT

 

[SkyNetRising]

You could save a bit, if you went with i7-8700 (instead of i7-8700k). Their difference is turbo boost 4.6Ghz vs 4.7Ghz. Insignificant.
And that motherboard doesn't support oveclocking anyway.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Honestly, I would hold onto your 4790k and just upgrade to a 1080ti. The 4790k is still a very good CPU. Additionally, if you are going to game at 1440p or 4k, the CPU becomes even less important as the bottleneck moved from the CPU to the GPU. If you were to drop a 1080ti in your current rig, the fps would be within 10% of the rig on your parts list. Not sure if a 10% bump is work $1k.

But, if you want to make the upgrade, here is a few changes to the list. I would go with a little fast RAM as the pricing is very similar. I would also go with the Z370 board for the 8700k because you will need it to overclock. The H370 boards do not overclock. I would also get a little better CPU cooler as the 8700k is pretty hot. I went ahead and added a little better PSU, because you will be building a high end rig and you should not pair it with a budget PSU.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9XD89J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9XD89J/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£282.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£92.95 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£89.87 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£101.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card (£701.24 @ Amazon UK)
Case: RIOTORO - CR500 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.93 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Total: £1598.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-22 15:06 BST+0100

 

[curtisbain95]

You could save a bit, if you went with i7-8700 (instead of i7-8700k). Their difference is turbo boost 4.6Ghz vs 4.7Ghz. Insignificant.
And that motherboard doesn't support oveclocking anyway.

I wondered why it was so cheap haha, can you recommend a MOBO that is £100ish that you can OC with?

 

[curtisbain95]

Honestly, I would hold onto your 4790k and just upgrade to a 1080ti. The 4790k is still a very good CPU. Additionally, if you are going to game at 1440p or 4k, the CPU becomes even less important as the bottleneck moved from the CPU to the GPU. If you were to drop a 1080ti in your current rig, the fps would be within 10% of the rig on your parts list. Not sure if a 10% bump is work $1k.

But, if you want to make the upgrade, here is a few changes to the list. I would go with a little fast RAM as the pricing is very similar. I would also go with the Z370 board for the 8700k because you will need it to overclock. The H370 boards do not overclock. I would also get a little better CPU cooler as the 8700k is pretty hot. I went ahead and added a little better PSU, because you will be building a high end rig and you should not pair it with a budget PSU.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9XD89J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9XD89J/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£282.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£92.95 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£89.87 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£101.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card (£701.24 @ Amazon UK)
Case: RIOTORO - CR500 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.93 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Total: £1598.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-22 15:06 BST+0100

Top man thank you so much! I'm just sticking to 1080p for the time being, I may bump it to 1440p someday. If I were to keep my current haswel chipset, how long do you believe it would hold out for? If I just went for a GTX 1080/1080ti

I'm currently using this:

MSI z87m Gaming Mobo
i7 4790k @4.6Ghz
HyperX Savage 16gb 2400mhz
GTX 970 mini
Seasonic s12 620w

 

[feelinfroggy777]

You don't need a 1080ti to run 1080p. If I had a 4790k, I would wait till next year and look at Ryzen 2 or whatever the next Lake Intel will release.

 

[DSzymborski]

I agree with FF. The pre-DDR4 flagship i7s starting with Sandy Bridge (2600k, 2700k, 3770k, 4770k, 4790k) are still very competent processors. The differences between them and the newer i7s, especially the 8700k, are much more likely to be seen in high-end productivity applications. If you're doing a lot of rendering, Monte Carlo simulations, and the like, it's a good upgrade.

For gaming on the other hand, the older i7s hold up quite well. An overclocked 2600k, for example, overclocks well enough that you're only losing a few fps versus a 7700k.

Hardware Canucks had a video on this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMFd0aVhVKU

 

[curtisbain95]

You don't need a 1080ti to run 1080p. If I had a 4790k, I would wait till next year and look at Ryzen 2 or whatever the next Lake Intel will release.

Okay man, thanks for all the help, I'll keep this bookmarked for future reference!

 

[curtisbain95]

I agree with FF. The pre-DDR4 flagship i7s starting with Sandy Bridge (2600k, 2700k, 3770k, 4770k, 4790k) are still very competent processors. The differences between them and the newer i7s, especially the 8700k, are much more likely to be seen in high-end productivity applications. If you're doing a lot of rendering, Monte Carlo simulations, and the like, it's a good upgrade.

For gaming on the other hand, the older i7s hold up quite well. An overclocked 2600k, for example, overclocks well enough that you're only losing a few fps versus a 7700k.

Hardware Canucks had a video on this topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMFd0aVhVKU

That was quite unbelievable, pretty much ended alot of my concerns of having an older PC, thanks so much man, you guys have helped massively