So the new ryzen chips are decent? I was going to go with the I7 7700k and possibly OC in the future.

I do want a 1080, though. Just because I think it'll last a bit longer on newer games in the future with higher FPS.

The 7700k is a housefire, using liquid cooling wont matter because the heat not being diffused from the die to the block fast enough because they use the cheapest paste they can between the cores and ihs. that and the slightly modified skylake arch just seems to run hotter.

Rather go for the 6700k. Exact same IPC.


http://wccftech.com/intel-i7-7700k-owners-flood-forums-with-overheating-complaints/
http://www.pcgamer.com/intels-tells-core-i7-7700k-owners-to-stop-overclocking-to-avoid-high-temps/

As for Ryzen, I mean the performance benchmarks are out there. If you want to settle for 250gb ssd and 1tb hdd like that guy said instead of getting more rig-appropriate storage (like 500mb ssd + 2tb+ hdd as i would) you may as well also use the money you saved to fall for the 1800x binning meme and maybe get a few more hundred mhz you MIGHT get out of it. 1800x at 4.2ghz + 3200 ddr4 would give even the overclocked + melting 7700k a run for its money in single threading, and obliterate it in multi thread.

This post was edited by DCSS on Jul 7 2017 08:46am

I'd be going with an NVMe SSD. I don't have a ton of videos or pictures stored, so I don't need a huge capacity. Just a few games. Probably get an external HDD if I ever get more full from any sort of pictures I might have gathered.

So I should wait until the fall? When is typically the cheapest time to buy?

This

The cheapest time to buy is going to be when the ethereum bubble pops and there stops being a nand+ram shortage.

So circa 2020

It's at times like these I'm thankful my haswell+maxwell build will be able to weather this storm of shitty prices for however many years it takes... always feel bad for people building now.. paying the ram tax, the ssd tax, the gpu tax...

This post was edited by DCSS on Jul 7 2017 08:54am

Yeah I'll just wait and see what deals come out on prime day (probably none). I'm not going to micro center any more so I'll just shop around for newegg deals and whenever prices may drop on other places.

should do it for some beers bro.

I have beers at my place. Nn those
Whiskey in the other hand ...

I seem to run out

Same here, I don't drink beer that often.

I do have about 4-5 different whiskey's as well. Been trying to talk my wife into letting me get JW Blue. mmm

I am in South Elgin, you're probably far away anyways.

Can I get a few builds to kind of look out for the parts as they are on sale?

I am wondering if I can get a 1080 in my budget. But I really don't want to skimp out on other parts.