Ready to buy! $2000 High End Gaming PC. Any last second changes?

CodenameHaswell

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I am just minutes away from ordering my new PC. I wanted to make sure that there are no other changes to be made, or ideas to be given.

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CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($5.84 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($187.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: *Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card ($794.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1962.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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Looks good to me. The only thing I'd suggest is maybe waiting a bit (a month or two) for coffee lake (Intel 8th gen) to come out because it might be the most significant generation of Intel CPUs in years due to them finally increasing the core count of their mainstream CPUs. But if you want/need a PC now, your build will be great.

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Looks good to me. The only thing I'd suggest is maybe waiting a bit (a month or two) for coffee lake (Intel 8th gen) to come out because it might be the most significant generation of Intel CPUs in years due to them finally increasing the core count of their mainstream CPUs. But if you want/need a PC now, your build will be great.
 
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Agreed. What will there be? A 10% performance boost? Maybe. Why buy the best now when better is coming out within a month? They also have Ryzen to contend with. AMD finally got off their lazy bums and made a CPU that is competitive. Intel's response to their volley can't be mediocre but it also won't be i5 25/2600K epic. Then again....

Does the case come will all the fans you'll want?
 

CodenameHaswell

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It comes with 2 fans, and I'm going to mount my radiator at the front so it will act as my intake. The 2 fans that came with the case will go in the back and top to be used as exhausts. So I'll basically have 4 fans total. I really want to wait for Coffee Lake! It's sooo tempting to just go ahead and make my purchase. It's going to be 10x better than my current system any way I go haha. Love my current system but she's starting to become a little outdated.

 


I have the 4690K with a 970. Dated? Yes. Outdated? No. Even if I had a chance to upgrade today I wouldn't. I would wait for coffee Lake. There will be a performance boost. That's a given. What will happen to the current gen. CPU's and boards? Most likely they will receive a discount.
 
The current 8th gen features 2 extra cores and 4 threads. That's a 50% performance gain we are looking. So I would say the 8700k upgrade is worth it. Simple use case scenario? Playing latest AAA games is fine with the 7700k. But if you want to stream it live? With audio and using a second screen to monitor it? 8700k makes sense.
The parts that I would change above in the op's build is the HDD to a 960 Evo or a bpx. And a psu downscale to a corsair txm 750 or seasonic focus plus 750 or any seasonic gold rated 750w. Enough headroom to overclock the shit out of it. 650w might be a bit too close for heavy oc.
3000mhz rams would be better and a thermal grizzly kryonaut is the best.