First Gaming/Content Creating PC - Are these parts compatible?

[clvnngyn]

Hello,

A friend of mine asked to create a post to ask for help about my parts being compatible and if I should swap out parts for different ones. I would greatly appreciate the help!

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mkjjbX

 

[Lucky_SLS]

White rgb build :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - A40 ULTIMATE 83.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($114.35 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel - 660p Series 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card ($704.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1869.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-16 04:04 EDT-0400

Better connectivity in z390. Better value for money in 1080ti.

 

[clvnngyn]

There seems to be a compatibility issue with that build.
"The motherboard M.2 slot #1 shares bandwidth with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s port. When the M.2 slot is populated, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled."

 

[Lucky_SLS]

The mobo has many sata ports. It just says that using the M.2 will disable one. So use another sata port.

 

[coozie7]

The build is compatible, all the parts will work together, the SATA issue is a common one and usually it doesn't effect ports 1 and 2, but, as Lucky_SLS says, just ignore the deactivated port, Windows won't care which ports you connect drives to and will assign drive letters to each connected drive as usual.

What content will you be creating and what software will you use?
What gaming will you do and what is the display you'll be gaming on?
In some cases a Ryzen build will offer a better all round solution providing: Your content creation software can fully use multiple cores and threads and you'll be gaming at 2K rez or higher; Intel is still king at high refresh HD gaming but the gap between them and AMD narrows significantly once you move beyond HD resolutions.


Your build with a few tiny tweaks:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($158.90 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($166.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $76.89)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8GB ROG Strix Gaming OC Video Card ($899.99 @ B&H)
Case: Aerocool - P7-C0 ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.27 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.67 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2192.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-16 14:26 EDT-0400

Single SSD, cheaper, but still quality PSU BIG air cooler.
Note, unless you're after the very highest gaming or playing a very long game, you could swap the RTX2080 for a GTX1080Ti and save a significant amount of cash.

 

[clvnngyn]

The build is compatible, all the parts will work together, the SATA issue is a common one and usually it doesn't effect ports 1 and 2, but, as Lucky_SLS says, just ignore the deactivated port, Windows won't care which ports you connect drives to and will assign drive letters to each connected drive as usual.

What content will you be creating and what software will you use?
What gaming will you do and what is the display you'll be gaming on?
In some cases a Ryzen build will offer a better all round solution providing: Your content creation software can fully use multiple cores and threads and you'll be gaming at 2K rez or higher; Intel is still king at high refresh HD gaming but the gap between them and AMD narrows significantly once you move beyond HD resolutions.


Your build with a few tiny tweaks:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($158.90 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($166.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $76.89)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2080 8GB ROG Strix Gaming OC Video Card ($899.99 @ B&H)
Case: Aerocool - P7-C0 ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.27 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.67 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2192.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-16 14:26 EDT-0400

Single SSD, cheaper, but still quality PSU BIG air cooler.
Note, unless you're after the very highest gaming or playing a very long game, you could swap the RTX2080 for a GTX1080Ti and save a significant amount of cash.

The content I will be creating will just be heavily focus on my streaming. I also will be video editing. Well I am not sure what programs I will be using. Not yet that is. I am going to focus on the mainstream games for now, for my streaming. And a few other games that won't involve too much hassle. But most of my games are multiplayer focused. I am switching out my monitor from 2560 x 1080 to 1920 x 1080.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

On a second thought, the only change I would do to my build is to get a adata sx8200 ssd instead of the 660p.

 

[coozie7]

@ Clvnngyn: Well, I can't see any reason to consider pursuing a Ryzen build, your choice of a HD display ( hopefully a very fast one ) means Intel is the best way forwards for you and the i7 8700K isn't exactly a slug for streaming of video editing either.
There's nothing wrong with your build, nothing at all, so if you want to go that way, that's fine, and the build posted by Lucky_SLS is also a good one.
Here's my take on the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($169.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($166.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $76.89)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card ($759.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Aerocool - P7-C0 ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.14 @ Amazon)
Total: $2099.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-18 14:54 EDT-0400

Big air cooler, similar or better performance to the Corsair H100i without the potential issues of an AIO ( leaks, potential pump failure ) but not everyone likes a big cooler cluttering up the build interior.
The Pro Carbon Mb has better OC features and VRMs than the more mid range Asus Prime 'boards.
kept the 1Tb SSD, despite the reviews PCI-E NVMe drives aren't that much faster for us normal mortals than SATA ones, we just don't shift enough data to justify the increased cost.
Moved to a GTX1080Ti, right now the RTX cards are just stupidly overpriced, scarce and at 1080 rez really don't offer enough over a GTX1080Ti to justify the cost, even worse, applying raytracing seems to be a new way to really, savagely hammer the frame rate. Oh, and I have the Aorus card, the stock cooler may be big but it's absurdly effective and quiet with it.

 

[logainofhades]

Gaming and content creation? I would go with a 2700x, personally.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($304.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: EVGA - CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($123.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel - 660p Series 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel - 660p Series 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $76.89)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8GB XC GAMING Video Card ($799.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2103.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-18 15:27 EDT-0400

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^I suggested a different ssd than the 660p cuz it got poor endurance / life and is slow.

 

[logainofhades]

For a gaming rig, the endurance really is a non issue. Any big files, for content creation should be on the HDD anyway. It was good enough to get editor's choice. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-ssd-660p-qlc-nvme,5719.html

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Yeah, but the endurance rating as shown in the review of corsair mp 510 makes me think twice. Especially when you have other decent options for just a bit more.