I make computer. What computer I make?

randomshenans

randomshenans

randomshenans

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Yea, it's been some time since I built a PC from scratch really. I've upgraded all my mac/minis etc. and recently bought my son a 2nd hand Lenovo P300 i7 and we slapped 32gb ram and a couple of SSDs in it and it flies.

Anyway, I normally use my macbook pro for most things but we're hoping to move house soon, which will give me an office, and as such being tired of apple performance, I am going to go win 10 build.

Uses are probably fairly standard, 3 monitors, all my work, multiple VMs.

Spec I've lined up is:

  • Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2 GHz
  • Corsair CW-9060025-WW Hydro Series H100i V2 240 mm Extreme Performance All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler
  • Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 Vengeance 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz
  • Asus X99-A II Motherboard
  • EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Superclocked Gaming 6 GB GDDR5 Memory
  • EVGA 1000 W GQ Series ATX Modular Power Supply
  • Corsair Carbide Series 400C Mid-Tower ATX Performance Computer Case
  • Couple of 1tb SSDs, prob samsung 850 evos
Now, I would like it to be as small and quiet as possible, so wasn't sure if I could get a MB as good/ better with smaller form factor? Also, case wise, what decent smaller form factors are there?
Lastly, would the spec be decent? Any changes people would make?

Thanks guys

Now to drip feed it in one piece at a time to get past the wife :p
 
Good shout. In looking at smaller cases and options, I have moved things about a bit. What about this:

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OK, it doesn't need to be super quiet, but some of my previous machines make an awful racket. I think I'm pretty sold on the above. I might start picking up some of the pieces, drip feed it in the house so wife can't hit me :p

Now to find a nice 34" 4k monitor for the middle, think I'm going Samsung to match my 27s
 
Realistically, not loads consistently at once, but more the fact that the software that we make I need to test on multiple browsers and systems, which means having multiple VMs handy would be a priority.
 
I might have bought a few things... bought the Phenom case, Asus ROG Strix Z270G, EVGA 650w Supernova and the Corsair h100i v2. Just seen 32gb ddr4 3200mhz at 150quid, which I might have to get (I am just asking if it's 2x16 or 4x8, as I want 16s).

Then just the costly items left to get it "running" - CPU, 1080 and I'll get a 500gb m.2 for the boot drive. Oh, and I've spotted a really nice looking Samsung 34" curved 4k screen which is on offer at 620EUR as the new model is out... tempting!
 
Totally. I don't want to get 8s, waste of slots. Aiming for a couple of 16s. Shame that they have nothing available in the 3866 at 16 sticks though? It's all 8s for some reason...
 
If you read on, I've bought a 650w PSU, which is more than enough.

Just ordered the 32GB of Corsair Vengeance LED.

Right, so of the 1080s, what's the deal with all the different ones? Why do they vary so much? The one listed above seems to get good reviews, but is there anything I should look for?
 
OK, that's the 4.2 7700k ordered. We're cooking on gas...

I reckon I've managed to shop around for bargains and so far it'll come in at 1727EUR with single m.2 500gb (I'll add a couple of 1tb SSDs later, after I get the monitor) which I think is really good value for the spec.
 
Nice, thanks man.

Damn shop selling the RAM (found actually via google shopping ads) have refunded me and said they can't fulfill the order... tbf it was 2x16gb 3200 vengeance led for 170euros, so no wonder they pulled it! Going to have to search for another bargain, now.

Hmmph
 
Yea, I figured the Ryzen now, probably would have been a good choice. That said, I bought the ITX Phenom case by accident and so decided that I will build the Micro ATX above (just ordered the 1080 SC to complete pretty much everything now) and then use the ITX case to build out the Ryzen. My wife wants to be able to edit her own videos in 4k, so lining up a Biostar ITX Ryzen board, will get the 1700 and 32GB of the team group night force. I was thinking either a 1050 or 1070 GPU, depending on what I think at the time.
 
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Nearly there... Win10 installed, just need to get the new M.2 drive and I'll install on that instead and install the 1080 when it arrives tomorrow. Sweet.

Next build can start then :p
 
I'll see what I fancy when they're built. I need to get my hands on the BioStar X370GTN first and missed the first shot at Newegg! I've asked when the swiss dist. will have it in stock though. Then I'm going:

Biostar X370GTN
AMD 1700X
HyperX 32GB 2800mhz DDR4
Samsung 960 Pro 500gb M.2

I will either wait (by the time I build this up anyway, it should be out) for VEGA or go for a 1070, or maybe even 480. I haven't really decided. It'll all be a bit overkill anyway, but you know...

I got a notification to say that the French post has my GTX1080, which means I no doubt won't see it until I'm back from the US as I leave on Sunday, which is annoying as anything!
 
And the 1080 is in. She's virtually complete. I've tidied bits up and put it together again and there we have it. Tight squeeze but made it. Think this should do until for a bit until I can get a decent itx board for the ryzen.
 
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