What do you think of my build video?

[lovelykristen02]

I made a video about an editing PC. I even got my boss to build it because it was april fools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrNmPpZSk4I

 

[Aeacus]

Watched your video and it's not the complete build video. It's more of an unboxing video though.

There were some mistakes, both in parts selection and mounting the CPU cooler. But the cable management looks really good.

 

[lovelykristen02]

Watched your video and it's not the complete build video. It's more of an unboxing video though.

There were some mistakes, both in parts selection and mounting the CPU cooler. But the cable management looks really good.

 

[lovelykristen02]

Thank you for your feedback. Which parts would you have changed? The cooler seems to be keeping things at 26C so I am pretty happy with that. There is no incentive to have cable management like filming a video!

 

[Aeacus]

I took the pcpp part list from your video description and refined it a bit.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($343.22 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($82.39 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($239.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($249.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 960 Pro 1.0TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($629.95 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($529.99 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition w/ Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME 650W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($138.88 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: LG 27UD58-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor ($395.42 @ Amazon)
Total: $3176.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-02 09:04 EDT-0400

Changes made
RAM: G.Skill 2x 16GB 3200 Mhz -> Corsair 2x 16GB 3000 Mhz
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650P2 (650W, 80+ Platinum) -> Seasonic PRIME 650 (650W, 80+ Titanium)

Reasons why
RAM: Since you went with Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU cooler (which is one of the best big air coolers and i personally like it too), you have RAM clearance of 40mm. That means you can't use high-profile RAM. Corsair Vengeance LPX RAM is 31mm tall and it's normal profile RAM. With Corsair RAM, you can install CPU cooler over the RAM slots just fine, where the CPU cooler's front fan is facing the ODD/HDD bay.
With Corsair RAM, it's wise to install RAM before installing the CPU cooler. It's easier this way.
Note: There is also 3200 Mhz Corsair RAM available but that costs $70 more than the 3000 Mhz one.

Since you have G.Skill RAM in there, which is high-profile RAM (42mm), you had to turn your CPU cooler 90 degrees. That in turn caused you to remove the front fan, to house your GPU, thus reducing the CPU cooler's cooling performance considerably. Even though your idle temps are 26 degrees Celsius, the drawback appears once the CPU is under heavy load and CPU cooler may struggle to cool the CPU since it only has 1 fan installed.

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 series PSU is of great quality PSU and it will do just fine. But when you have the money, why not go with the best 650W PSU money can buy at current date? Introducing the flagship of Seasonic PSUs: a Seasonic PRIME 650.
Seasonic PRIME 650 has the best efficiency there is (80+ Titanium), while being dead silent, even under the worst conditions. PSU also has hybrid fan control that you can toggle off from the button on the PSU and PSU comes with hefty 10 years of warranty.
review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/seasonic-prime-titanium-650w-psu,4690.html
specs: https://seasonic.com/product/prime-650-w-titanium/
(My Skylake build is also powered by Seasonic PRIME 650, full specs in my sig.)

About your case.
Since you don't use any 2.5" or 3.5" storage devices, i'd remove both HDD cages for better airflow from the front intake fans.

As far as the video itself goes, it would've been nice to see the entire process on how the entire build was put together. Something like this, where others can learn from the mistakes made by builders and also to get heads up regarding specific hardware in a specific case,
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQRunV2pBVU

 

[lovelykristen02]

Great suggestions! I had trouble with the ram, had to remove the cooler to get it in. This is a point very well taken. The fourth slot is all the way under the cooler...so maybe if I upgrade to 64Gb in the future, I'll use these modules because there is no way the ripjaws is going to fit (it cleared the third slot by a few mm).

The front fan on the cooler had to be removed to accommodate the graphics card in the x16 slot. Of course the graphics card could be moved to an x8 slot as well for a very small penalty, but i kept it in x16. It seems like removing that one fan has a minimal impact on cooling so I went that route. I could have fixed this by rotating the cooler 90 degrees (this is what most people do) but then the logo is not facing the right way. Normally I wouldn't care about that but, because this was for a video, I wanted things looking good...speaking of looking good [excuse my rant here] I find it so tacky how EVGA puts their logo on the front and won't even let you shut the LED off. The card is all black but it comes with white only lights and a billboard sized advert on the side.

Also, because this was for a video, I was trying to select parts that were all black...this guided the power supply decision... I know I got the second best one...I gave the seasonic a good look because of what jonnyguru had to say about it, but in the end I went with the evga because it was blacker!

Good call on the case, but those slots are going to get used as more storage is required...the board has one more m.2 slot and after that it is on to the drive bays.

I love LTT and making this video gives me newfound respect for what they do. I would have included more of the build but we had a short shooting schedule and the talent really did have a dinner party to go to! I think that either building a computer in 5 hours or filming a video in 5 hours is difficult enough...doing the two together is something I hope I won't have to do again. One thing about Linus is that he has a whole lot of help!


I really appreciate all your suggestions. You are right on with all of them. Thank you!

 

[Aeacus]

You're welcome.

As far as going with all black build and GPU selection, there are other manufacturers who provide better looking GPUs.
E.g MSI, pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FwcMnQ/msi-video-card-geforcegtx1080armor8goc
Asus, pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6shj4D/asus-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-video-card-rog-strix-gtx1080-8g-gaming
Gigabyte, pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kzwqqs/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-aorus-xtreme-edition-video-card-gv-n1080aorus-x-8gd

With GPUs, it's always possible to take the GPU shroud off and spray paint it black, to better match the PC theme.

About storage. Since MSI MoBo has 3x M.2 SSD slots, you can have up to 6TB of storage before going towards 2.5" / 3.5" storage devices. Though, the 2TB M.2 NVMe Samsung 960 Pro SSD does cost a nice fortune,
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FcGj4D/samsung-960-pro-20tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v6p2t0bw

Oh, don't use the MSI's M.2 Heat Shield that comes with MSI MoBo. Even though it looks nice and it may give a feeling that it helps to cool the M.2 NVMe SSD better, the reality is that it actually acts as a heat insulator, trapping the heat inside SSD. Review about it to watch,
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIkWnnDjhkk

It is true that LTT has plenty of manpower and also expertise to produce top notch videos for us to see. But even when you're alone with your camera, you still can produce nice videos to watch. Here's one such build log that also includes the review of Fractal Design Define R5 case,
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvRgjGOa7lk

Also, you don't have to build your PC in one go. You can space the build out for several days and afterwards edit all the videos into one single video.

For future builds and for a good challenge, try building completely white build while having great quality components.