Quote (emo @ Nov 22 2017 05:21am)
thx for your reply once again!! changed some of the stuff you advised me - are the coolers here fine or still not gucci enough (very limited options here..)? + would you suggest me going for a watercooler instead? id like to avoid them because afraid of leaking lol
some watercooling options within budget:
Corsair H60 +34,90 €
Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 120 +39,90 €
CSL Maelstrom 120 +39,90 €
another question, should you be able to answer it at a quick glance -- gtx 1080 GAMING vs gtx 1080 ARMOR: what's the difference here? what's better/worse?
aaand what would you suggest me to down/upgrade here? both these builds are cut by ~200€ or so, adding some upgrades to it and i get a little above my budget which doesn't hurt me at all but i'd still like to know where to cut back and where to add up for better/longer gaming experience.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K, 4x 4200 MHz inkl. Assassins Creed: Origins & Total War: Warhammer 2 & Intel Gaming Bundle
Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock LP -- good enough?
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G, 8GB GDDR5X, DVI, HDMI, 3x DisplayPort inkl. Destiny 2 the gtx 1080 ARMOR would lower total price to 1543€, not gonna hurt me much but idk what's better/worse
Mainboard: MSI Z270A-PRO
RAM: 16 GB DDR4-RAM, Dual Channel (2x 8 GB), 2400 MHz, Ballistix Sport
SSD: 500 GB SSD Samsung 850 Evo (Lesen/Schreiben: 540 MB/s | 520 MB/s)
PSU: 700 Watt be quiet! Pure Power 10, 91 % efficiency, 80 Plus Silber
-- 1572€
Big watercooling brands got big for a reason, they are efficient, yet reliable. Corsair, Cooler Master, NZXT will be plenty reliable to put in a system. The main reason I don't recommend them is they aren't generally worth the price unless you are really trying to get the last .1-.2 ghz out of an overclock, and I prefer the quietness of a good cpu cooler.
Gaming will have a higher factory clock speed. SOMETIMES, this means chips are binned from the factory (a way to tell how much top end your individual chip can deliver), meaning it will boost/overclock higher. Can also sometimes contain better cooling solutions the higher up you go in tier. You can usually get comparisons of individual cards on youtube or just search google. Gamers Nexus is a big place for this.
A good rule of thumb is follow the ratings/reviews. If a card costs an extra 20, but has .5 star better rating over 100 reviews, their's probably a reason why.
I would stay away from low profile coolers. Find a tower style air cooler where it blows air away, not just right back into the cpu. Cooler Master be Quiet, and Cryorig are all pretty good brands to look for.
Faster ram will help just a little if you can find it for not a huge price difference, but don't spend 30 extra for an extra 200 mhz on ram. Also, anything above 3200 generally runs into compatibility issues.
Rest is good, but don't forget a case. I just build a new rig in the Fractal Define C, and would highly recommend it. Good cable management, window, PSU shroud, dust filters, compact, decent thermals, and comes with all around sound-proofing. If you would prefer slightly better thermals at the cost of slightly more noise, you could go with the Fractal Meshify C. It's the same chassis, just different front/top panels that focus more on airflow than silence.