I've been chomping at the bits for a new home system for over a year and the time is finally getting here. I really had my hopes up for Ryzen but the memory issues and lack luster initial performance put a damper on that. I'm not dropping a G on a cpu though so the 7900X is out. I'm hoping the 7820X will have a good combo price at MC otherwise it will be the 7800X or go cheap and OC a 1700 then upgrade later.
I don't need a million PCIe lanes. Will have 1 GPU and 1 NVMe ssd, 1 ssd, and sound card. Gaming is all that really matters, everything else I do can be done easily on any performance gaming system.
I am ditching the X34 Predator. I really miss my 55" 4K curved and the 100 hz has really been meaningless for me. I had hoped it would help with my eye strain but I haven't been able to tell any difference. I rarely play twitch games anymore and I got much better immersion with the big screen. I also use my monitor as my primary TV most of the time and size does matter for that. Almost jumped on the TCL 55P607 but I wanted to see some reviews first and now its back ordered and the version at BB has crappy remote. Its a bit of a panel lottery also and the Dolby Vision is kind of crap so far but otherwise very good reviews. May wait for the higher end C series for a slimmer build and hopefully better quality panels.
Since I won't be G-SYNC anymore I'm not completely tied to NV so hopefully we find out what Vega has got soon.
What I have decided on so far:
Case: Corsair Air 740 (might get a little tight on the desk with the 55 but I think I can fit it)
Cooling: Fractal Design Celsius S36 360mm Silent High Performance Slim Expandable All-In-One (almost went with a Noctua NH-D15 but I've been AIO for last couple of builds and had no issues. I don't miss trying to shove a giant HSF in the middle of a case cutting my fingers up, and taking up the entire view inside either. I love the looks of a custom loop setup but what I would want to build would cost way more than I need. The performance on this AIO looks pretty good and not really any quality complaints that I could find)
Big Slow Storage: 4 TB Deskstar NAS
Will likely keep my current PSU and replace it with something a little more reasonable for a mining setup.
Sound Blaster Z and 840 EVO for game installs coming from old system.
Buying in pieces helps making swallow the costs a little more manageable. Would like to have everything ready by the time I decide on CPU\MB so next up on the agenda to pick up:
RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 4266 is really tempting to jump on but clearly not on Ryzen QVL. Is there anything that will do 2933 on Ryzen and around 4000 on Intel out there?
NVMe - Pretty sure just stick to Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB (just picked one up for a laptop and its superb.
FANs - Will likely add 3 120mm to do Push\Pull. Plus replace\add up to 5 140mm's in the case. Would like RGB and all the pretty lights, top notch air flow and fairly quiet. No idea here what would be best.
GPU - If its 1080 Ti leaning towards the MSI Sea Hawk X. I don't OC my GPU's and I don't need every last ounce of core\mem I can get out of a card for what I do. Its a little pricey and I usually go EVGA for the warranty but I can't remember the last time I had a GPU go out on me, at least more than 8+ years. Otherwise can't wait to see what the Vega founder's edition cards do.
I don't need a million PCIe lanes. Will have 1 GPU and 1 NVMe ssd, 1 ssd, and sound card. Gaming is all that really matters, everything else I do can be done easily on any performance gaming system.
I am ditching the X34 Predator. I really miss my 55" 4K curved and the 100 hz has really been meaningless for me. I had hoped it would help with my eye strain but I haven't been able to tell any difference. I rarely play twitch games anymore and I got much better immersion with the big screen. I also use my monitor as my primary TV most of the time and size does matter for that. Almost jumped on the TCL 55P607 but I wanted to see some reviews first and now its back ordered and the version at BB has crappy remote. Its a bit of a panel lottery also and the Dolby Vision is kind of crap so far but otherwise very good reviews. May wait for the higher end C series for a slimmer build and hopefully better quality panels.
Since I won't be G-SYNC anymore I'm not completely tied to NV so hopefully we find out what Vega has got soon.
What I have decided on so far:
Case: Corsair Air 740 (might get a little tight on the desk with the 55 but I think I can fit it)
Cooling: Fractal Design Celsius S36 360mm Silent High Performance Slim Expandable All-In-One (almost went with a Noctua NH-D15 but I've been AIO for last couple of builds and had no issues. I don't miss trying to shove a giant HSF in the middle of a case cutting my fingers up, and taking up the entire view inside either. I love the looks of a custom loop setup but what I would want to build would cost way more than I need. The performance on this AIO looks pretty good and not really any quality complaints that I could find)
Big Slow Storage: 4 TB Deskstar NAS
Will likely keep my current PSU and replace it with something a little more reasonable for a mining setup.
Sound Blaster Z and 840 EVO for game installs coming from old system.
Buying in pieces helps making swallow the costs a little more manageable. Would like to have everything ready by the time I decide on CPU\MB so next up on the agenda to pick up:
RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 4266 is really tempting to jump on but clearly not on Ryzen QVL. Is there anything that will do 2933 on Ryzen and around 4000 on Intel out there?
NVMe - Pretty sure just stick to Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB (just picked one up for a laptop and its superb.
FANs - Will likely add 3 120mm to do Push\Pull. Plus replace\add up to 5 140mm's in the case. Would like RGB and all the pretty lights, top notch air flow and fairly quiet. No idea here what would be best.
GPU - If its 1080 Ti leaning towards the MSI Sea Hawk X. I don't OC my GPU's and I don't need every last ounce of core\mem I can get out of a card for what I do. Its a little pricey and I usually go EVGA for the warranty but I can't remember the last time I had a GPU go out on me, at least more than 8+ years. Otherwise can't wait to see what the Vega founder's edition cards do.
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