Is My PC High End?

[anthonydurant]

So, I have a PC with the following components:

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($308.87 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.78 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($209.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($141.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($234.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($84.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($493.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Suppressor F31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.49 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.89 @ OutletPC)


Would my PC be considered high end?

 

[adamscurr]

Well... That is a question only you can answer... Does your PC do everything you want it too? Does it play games well? Have you OC'd it and does it OC well...

To answer your question, it is on the high end of the scale of gaming PC's. The 7700k is arguably the best chip for gaming right now. You cooling is adequate for Ocing. You MB is good, and is also great for OCing. Your memory is fast (if you have it OC'd to that speed).

Your PC should run everything at pretty good settings. The only thing that sticks out as just ok is the video card. A 1070, while arguably a good card, is not as fast as the 1080's or 1080ti's. So that could be improved...

Adam

 

[lumineZ]

High end gaming computer exept from the video card.

 

[Superkoopatrooper]

So, I have a PC with the following components:

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($308.87 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.78 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($209.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($141.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($234.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($84.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($493.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Suppressor F31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.49 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.89 @ OutletPC)


Would my PC be considered high end?

You're on the high end of the consumer market... congrats! Not the HEDT market though, that stuff is like chasing the dragon.

 

[BFG-9000]

Not according to Intel. You have the standard consumer platform while the high end desktop (HEDT) platform would be based on the x299 or previous x99 chipsets. The professional or enterprise platform fits Xeons, often with multiple sockets.

But yes, for gaming the standard platform is fine.

 

[Deniedstingray]

If you wanna be technical, no.

But i would call it high end for sure.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

It's on the high-end of mainstream. Then there is actual HEDT (High-End Desktops) that use the X-series platform. I don't believe you have to have an X-series PC for it to be high-end. The 7700K is on par with the 7740X. The GTX 1070 is on the low-end of high-end Nvidia GPUs. Sure, your PC can be considered high-end.

 

[YoAndy]

I'll have to say no. And according to Intel itself Intel's high end platforms are the ones able to support Intel's Extreme editions Processors and are the ones always bringing new technologies like triple channel memory, quad channel memory, like when first DDR3 came out or DDR4. 6 core processors, 8 core processors and so on.

Socket LGA 1366
Socket LGA 2011
Socket LGA 2011-V3
And the new LGA 2066

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I'll have to say no. And according to Intel itself Intel's high end platforms are the ones able to support Intel's Extreme editions Processors

Socket LGA 1366
Socket LGA 2011
Socket LGA 2011-V3
And the new LGA 2066

Believing this would be allowing marketing to think for you. The 7700K will play games faster than most HEDT processors in those sockets.

 

[YoAndy]

I'll have to say no. And according to Intel itself Intel's high end platforms are the ones able to support Intel's Extreme editions Processors

Socket LGA 1366
Socket LGA 2011
Socket LGA 2011-V3
And the new LGA 2066

Believing this would be allowing marketing to think for you. The 7700K will play games faster than most HEDT processors in those sockets.

We are not talking about Games or gaming we are talking about High end Desktops now tell me if the i7 7700K can beat the muliti-tasking power of the HIGH END 10 core 20 threads i7 6950X

 

[Supahos]

Or even a lowly r5 1600/r7 1700 that are cheaper

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I'll have to say no. And according to Intel itself Intel's high end platforms are the ones able to support Intel's Extreme editions Processors

Socket LGA 1366
Socket LGA 2011
Socket LGA 2011-V3
And the new LGA 2066

Believing this would be allowing marketing to think for you. The 7700K will play games faster than most HEDT processors in those sockets.

We are not talking about Games or gaming we are talking about High end Desktops now tell me if the i7 7700K can beat the muliti-tasking power of the HIGH END 10 core 20 threads i7 6950X

Very good point. OP didn't actually specify. His PC is a high-end Gaming PC. Not necessarily a high-end desktop. Cleared that up for me too.

*But my point remains, you don't have to have a HEDT processor to have a high-end gaming pc.

 

[YoAndy]

Or even a lowly r5 1600/r7 1700 that are cheaper

Well i was talking about an old generation for that R5 or R7 that you mentioned intel has the new i7X and i5X they will clean the floor with Ryzen both i7 and i5 clock really high and the i7 stock reaches 4.7 GHz and the i5K comes with 6 cores, plus intel still leads when it comes to IPC. And like we all know Ryzen can't reach 5Ghz

processors

 

[Supahos]

Will still lose to a 1700 but it will take the 1600 down for sure. 4.3 on all cores won't be enough to make up for the missing 2 cores 4 threads. Not sure how well they'll oc, they might come close if they still reach 4.8ish

 

[YoAndy]

Will still lose to a 1700 but it will take the 1600 down for sure. 4.3 on all cores won't be enough to make up for the missing 2 cores 4 threads. Not sure how well they'll oc, they might come close if they still reach 4.8ish

Well I'm not talking about stock speed we must wait and see if we could have a i7 six core 5GHz monster

 

[Supahos]

Intel only has at best a 10% IPC (more like 5-6) advantage at the moment. The rest comes from clock speed. Well mostly have to see how much is gained by coffee on the IPC front. I suspect a 1600 will still beat the 6 core i5 in multithreaded situations if both are oced, and do so cheaper

 

[Supahos]

If Intel comes back with Tim under the ihs on a 6 core die that is smaller you'll need a car radiator to keep it cool at that speed

 

[YoAndy]

If Intel comes back with Tim under the ihs on a 6 core die that is smaller you'll need a car radiator to keep it cool at that speed

:lol:That is funny, well for me is okay I have a XSPC 3x fan radiator for just the CPU. Well lets say that intel's IPC is only 6% better than Ryzen (clock per clock), that means intel's i7 running at 5GHz is a whole 1GHz faster on top of that 6% do you know that right?( only 1GHz per core is 1 billion cycles per second faster than Ryzen) . The max overclock for Ryzen is around 4GHz.

 

[mrjack2207]

So, I have a PC with the following components:

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($308.87 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.78 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($209.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($141.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($234.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($84.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($493.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Suppressor F31 ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.49 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.89 @ OutletPC)


Would my PC be considered high end?

Almost the exactly same as my set up, apart from different brands on gpu and RAM. Un related question, what sorta temps do you see with your cpu ?

 

[Supahos]

Yes which puts it around 25% improvement on single core tasks. The smt is around 45% on ryzen so the 1600 should still beat the i5 varriant assuming it will do 5 GHz, and 2 more cores and 4 threads is 33% more so the 1700 still has more power for less money overall. Playing games that heavily load one core will still favor Intel obviously.

 

[YoAndy]

That's correct, so for gamers that core i5 should be the next big thing and the i7 is just overkill for Gamers

 

[Supahos]

The i5 may actually out perform the i7 in some games. There are those that don't play nice with ht

Edit: the elephant in the room is what will all this cost. If they don't raise the prices fairly substantially for the newer versions they're open to Monopoly lawsuits