Upgrading My Pc!

[gunner94]

Im stuck between two pc's.

1. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jF4NBP

2. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MXYWKZ

this pc is for fps,rpg's and many other games i dont know which one to go with.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Both are great builds , but that PSU is very very poor.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($100.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $100.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 17:58 EST-0500

 

[weberdarren97]

6800K is not a gaming chip. Games don't take advantage of the extra cores, and the fact that it's clocked lower actually hurts performance in many games.

Both lists include a very low quality power supply that I would never suggest. I definitely would try to overclock on it.

The motherboard in the 7700K list is strange... It has a heatsink on the VRMs to the left of the socket, but not on the VRMs above the socket. So when you overclock, do half of your MOSFETs instantly overheat? This design makes no sense to me. Unless someone else can back up a statement that this legitimately works as well as a full sized heatsink for both sets of MOSFETs, I wouldn't recommend this board for overclocking.

Also, neither list has an SSD. You're missing out. Storage hype has been here for years, and after the hype died down the SSDs still reigned supreme. I recommend the Samsung SSD 850 EVO lineup if you don't want to pay extra for a PCIe solution like M.2. If you decide to go with M.2, I would recommend the Samsung 950 Pro lineup.

@SR-71 Blackbird I like your new avatar and signature. I'm not usually a fan of yellow but that has a sort of professional look to it that I really like.

 

[gunner94]

I have a evo 850 pro 512mb already that im going to take out the computer that im already using

 

[weberdarren97]

I have a evo 850 pro 512mb already that im going to take out the computer that im already using

@SR-71 Blackbird, I'd like your opinion on the MOSFET cooling solution on the motherboard OP has chosen for the 7700K list. I just don't want OP to buy something that he's not going to be happy with.

The main reason I bring this up is because you can get a different board with a much beefier MOSFET cooling solution for only $15 more. Compare the boards I was looking at. The Z270-K doesn't have an image in PCPartPicker but if you go to a merchant link you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

[RCFProd]

Games don't take advantage of the extra cores

Plenty of games do. Battlefield's Frostbite engine, Watch Dogs 2, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and more. These statements can't be made without posting sources for proof anymore. Plenty of games support up to 8 cores/threads.

and the fact that it's clocked lower actually hurts performance in many games.

Ofcourse this CPU has an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.

For the record, I agree with an i7-7700k, or actually an i7-6700k actually being much better value for playing games but games do like 4+ cores/threads nowadays and the difference is more than noticable at times.

@SR-71 Blackbird, I'd like your opinion on the MOSFET cooling solution on the motherboard OP has chosen for the 7700K list. I just don't want OP to buy something that he's not going to be happy with.

I don't see the 7 power phase design being that much of a problem to be honest, unless we're going the extremes.

 

[weberdarren97]

Games don't take advantage of the extra cores

Plenty of games do. Battlefield's Frostbite engine, Watch Dogs 2, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and more. These statements can't be made without posting sources for proof anymore. Plenty of games support up to 8 cores/threads.

and the fact that it's clocked lower actually hurts performance in many games.

Ofcourse this CPU has an unlocked multiplier and can be overclocked.

For the record, I agree with an i7-7700k, or actually an i7-6700k actually being much better value for playing games but games do like 4+ cores/threads nowadays.

According to Intel, each thread can make independent forward progress. Key word being independent. Doesn't this mean that having eight threads is plenty for games that push the CPU hard?

https://youtu.be/PgejkSWzvNs?t=1m30s