Any PC Builders Out There?

Oh, it's not slow by a longshot, and according to her, the difference is negligible. She's just picky, and I would have expected a little improvement. Wondering if the video card is really the bottleneck in what she is seeing, and the new platform is just slightly less efficient at feeding it.

 

Best bang for the dollar:

Intel - Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
NZXT - Kraken X52 Liquid CPU Cooler
Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory
Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Series Video Card
Asus - H170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
NZXT - H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA - 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Love my 'puter!

 

2133 MHz memory? Should be at least 3200 MHz for gaming. Small cost difference for 10-20% FPS gains.

Also NZXT AIOs are overpriced. They have a lot of bling and they charge for it.

Not criticism but you did claim “best bang for dollar”

 

all aios are over priced lol. especially corsair. worst aio ive ever used is their h115i

 

Imo AIO's are overrated. Unless you are running some very extreme temps, a great air cooler is gonna give you comparable performance, way less risk, and wayyy less cost. My nocturna is actually outperforming my old AIO, I'm never looking back

 

I bought a Noctua NH D-15 when I built my 4790k machine. It was supposed to be as good or better than the smaller AIO coolers.

 

I used a Noctua on my daughter's build -- I use those small Cooler Master cubes with ITX motherboards, and they had the best option for clearance. Very impressed with the quality and customer engagement. No clue how it actually performs, but she hasn't overheated it, lol.

 

My 2600x OC's itself to 4.2ghz+ during heavy loads and my Noctua NHU14 cooled it like a champ. When I first got it, I needed a mounting bracket for the x470 mobo. Called them up and they sent the bracket free and arrived in a few days. Great customer service and their cooler is much better quality than my old EVO

 

When you have a Theadripper you use an AIO. That being said I went with a model that sold their 360mm radiator model for the same price as most companies 240mm rads and out performed them in 3rd party testing.

Ryzen loves AIO cooling because it has a good thermal solution to transfer heat from the chip to the faceplate. Intels thermal solution sucks which limits the usefulness of any cooling solution.

 

I just don't like having a huge cube on my cpu lol. yeah im all about the visuals. my cooler master keeps me at around 75 under load which im fine with so far

 

I'm under 60 with Threadripper at 100% usage. That's the difference between AMD and Intel for thermal solution.

 

I was around 60 out of the box. which I still think is too high for stock clocks. if intel would just fix their shit I could probably push this cpu further. temps and shitty paste is pretty much the only thing holding it back.

 

Exactly.

The best part? Intel is fixing the problem... but only on the 9900K lol.

 

I hate Intels strategy right now. So they are bringing the 9900K out and calling it an i9. What people don't realise is that the 9700K now will come without hyperthreading. That's right. Intel created a new price level and then eliminated features on the existing price level. What a crock of shit. Especially in a world where every AMD processors come with more features unlocked than Intel even at the existing price levels.

 

I love noctua, and have gone to using them exclusively for current and future builds. A little expensive, and the browns arent the prettiest, but amazing quality.

 

- Intel i5 3570K
- Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
- MSI Z77A-G45 Mobo
- Ripjaws X series 16GB RAM
- WD Blue 500GB SSD
- WD Black 6TB HDD
- EVGA GTX 1070Ti FTW2
- Corsair 500R White tower
- Corsair 850W PS
- Win10
- Dell 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz
- Steelseries Rival 700
- Ducky RGB TKL

I just ordered the SSD and HDD today and they're supposed to arrive Sunday.

 

12" fan and packing tape on the side of the computer. Classy

 

Just picked up my Strix 1080 TI, will have to install it later

 

I just got the Evga 1080 ti. Still a damn good card.