Coming out of retirement | New Gaming PC Build

[Xtabi]

I have not built a gaming PC in about seven years. I stopped playing PC games about two years ago. It's time to come out of retirement!

I just ordered an AOC Agon AG352UCG monitor. This locks me into Nvidia. Most likely going with a 1080 ti.

Outside of that I have not done much research yet.

What is everyone going with for HW these days?

[theriz]

I'm pretty sure that ASUS coming out with a 4k 144hz monitor later this year. As far as GPU's go not sure what is coming out in the near future and I havent looked at benchmarks for the 1080ti

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by theriz

I'm pretty sure that ASUS coming out with a 4k 144hz monitor later this year. As far as GPU's go not sure what is coming out in the near future.

The 1080 ti just came out so I'm betting nothing worthwhile will be out any time soon.

I need a new monitor now and wanted a curved 3440x1440 21:9 display. I was going to try to hold out for the revised Acer X34 named the X34P....but it has been delayed again to at least Q3 this year.

[ToddinTN]

Just finished a build with my 10 year old daughter for her birthday.. still trying to decide on a monitor.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $345.99)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $112.99)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $164.99)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $139.99)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $177.89)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Hybrid Gaming Video Card (Purchased For $589.99)
Case: Corsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $179.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $139.99)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (Purchased For $199.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $139.99)
Mouse: Corsair Sabre RGB Wired Optical Mouse (Purchased For $49.99)
Total: $2301.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-11 23:46 EDT-0400

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by ToddinTN

Just finished a build with my 10 year old daughter for her birthday.. still trying to decide on a monitor.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $345.99)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $112.99)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $164.99)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $139.99)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $177.89)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Hybrid Gaming Video Card (Purchased For $589.99)
Case: Corsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $179.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $139.99)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (Purchased For $199.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $139.99)
Mouse: Corsair Sabre RGB Wired Optical Mouse (Purchased For $49.99)
Total: $2301.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-11 23:46 EDT-0400

Nice components! I'll check those out.

Be sure to check out MicroCenter when buying PC Hardware next time. They basically sell at cost.

[UncleWede]

How can u all be playing games when there is Bimmerpost trolling to be done??

Last PC game I played was Doom. Loaded from those newfangled 3.5 floppy discs

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by Xtabi

I have not built a gaming PC in about seven years. I stopped playing PC games about two years ago. It's time to come out of retirement!

I just ordered an AOC Agon AG352UCG monitor. This locks me into Nvidia. Most likely going with a 1080 ti.

Outside of that I have not done much research yet.

What is everyone going with for HW these days?

Just set up the new monitor! It is so freaking awesome. 3440x1440 is insane. Now I need to get the new PC built asap. My lowly gtx 670 just can't push the pixles on the 35" beast!

[Whostheboss]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

How can u all be playing games when there is Bimmerpost trolling to be done??

Last PC game I played was Doom. Loaded from those newfangled 3.5 floppy discs

LOL

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

How can u all be playing games when there is Bimmerpost trolling to be done??

Last PC game I played was Doom. Loaded from those newfangled 3.5 floppy discs

Made my (gaming) day
For your poultry relation here I was thinking it was Moorhuhn, well, it suffers at translation

[Xtabi]

Here is what I have so far. What do you guys think?

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Xtabi/saved/yCsf7P

[Dang3r]

Save money and change the SSD to this here, own one and its a very cool hybrid.

[Banana Hammock]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

Save money and change the SSD to this here, own one and its a very cool hybrid.

You're comparing an NVMe based M.2 SSD to a Sata 3 based Hybrid Drive.

[Alamat]

Nice specs! I, however, can't stand small monitors so I am trying a Sony 43" x800D 4K TV. If my 1070 can't power that thing, I'll spring for a 1080 ti.

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by Alamat

Nice specs! I, however, can't stand small monitors so I am trying a Sony 43" x800D 4K TV. If my 1070 can't power that thing, I'll spring for a 1080 ti.

If you are doing any gaming I highly recommend going with a monitor vs a tv. Your GPUs are wasted if you go the TV route.

[Jhenka]

Originally Posted by ToddinTN

Just finished a build with my 10 year old daughter for her birthday.. still trying to decide on a monitor.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $345.99)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $112.99)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $164.99)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (Purchased For $139.99)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $177.89)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Hybrid Gaming Video Card (Purchased For $589.99)
Case: Corsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $179.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $139.99)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (Purchased For $199.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 RGB High Performance 52.0 CFM 120mm Fan (Purchased For $19.99)
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $139.99)
Mouse: Corsair Sabre RGB Wired Optical Mouse (Purchased For $49.99)
Total: $2301.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-11 23:46 EDT-0400

I built a similar setup for a buddy of mine using the black-Friday/ cyber-monday deals last year. Some of your newer parts weren't available yet but i got the older versions a GTX 1070 SC, i7 6700k 4 Ghz unclocked, and the z170a carbon. The whole build ran him just under $1700 shipped.
I went a little nuts on the fans he's pushing 1 120mm, and 8 114mm (push-pull setup on the h100v2)



Recently added another GTX 1070 SC in SLI for VR Gaming. I'll get another pic of it when i see him this week.

Edit:
I just saw you spent 200 for the operating system
you can pick it up here for 20 bucks https://www.bonanza.com/listings/Win...tion/440872100

[R3dliner]

OP how are you liking the monitor? Why did you go with AOC Agon AG352UCG instead of oh a acer predator or Asus rog?

[The Choosey begger]

PS4 all day, save your money.

[R3dliner]

Originally Posted by anglo

PS4 all day, save your money.

keep playing your console and call yourself a gamer

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by R3dliner

keep playing your console and call yourself a gamer

+1 to that!

At least get a real console (Xbox)!

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by R3dliner

OP how are you liking the monitor? Why did you go with AOC Agon AG352UCG instead of oh a acer predator or Asus rog?

So far I am loving it. I work from home so I also use it for my work monitor. Unfortunately I, my entire family have had that damn stomach virus for 6 of the 8 days I've had it. So I have not had a chance to play with it much between playing nurse!

Did not go with the x34 because of all of the posted issues with it (still!). If I lived in Europe I would have tried the X34a. That model corrected all of the issues however it is not sold in the USA. There is a video on youtube from last summer where Acer was showing off the X34P. They said it would be out by the end of the year (2016) but it has been delayed over and over again.

Did not go with the Asus because the design is too out there for the room.

I would have tried the Samsung....but it has that cheap white Apple looking plastic for the back. Again not good for my room.

I can say from the limited time I've used the monitor it is awesome. The curve really immerses you in whatever it is you are doing.

[R3dliner]

Originally Posted by Xtabi

So far I am loving it. I work from home so I also use it for my work monitor. Unfortunately I, my entire family have had that damn stomach virus for 6 of the 8 days I've had it. So I have not had a chance to play with it much between playing nurse!

Did not go with the x34 because of all of the posted issues with it (still!). If I lived in Europe I would have tried the X34a. That model corrected all of the issues however it is not sold in the USA. There is a video on youtube from last summer where Acer was showing off the X34P. They said it would be out by the end of the year (2016) but it has been delayed over and over again.

Did not go with the Asus because the design is too out there for the room.

I would have tried the Samsung....but it has that cheap white Apple looking plastic for the back. Again not good for my room.

I can say from the limited time I've used the monitor it is awesome. The curve really immerses you in whatever it is you are doing.

Thanks for your input. I currently have a x27 and looking for another(bigger) monitor and wanted to see other options. My predator has been stellar despite the problems I've read.

Mad also the ti came out 2 months after I got the 1080 but we already knew it was coming.

[Xtabi]

Originally Posted by R3dliner

Thanks for your input. I currently have a x27 and looking for another(bigger) monitor and wanted to see other options. My predator has been stellar despite the problems I've read.

Mad also the ti came out 2 months after I got the 1080 but we already knew it was coming.

Haha yes we did!

I just read an article today that Nvidia may be pushing the Volta architecture out one or two quarters early. Q3 this year.


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