bburk wrote:
CPU; Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor
There anything in the new 9th gen chips worth knowing about?
Really good CPU, although i would recommend to look into i5 9600K that in essence is very similar, will give you 100mhz extra (probably wont notice much), but more importantly it comes with a soldier IHS, so it should net you better temps overall. One other change that came on intel 9th gen has
spectre/meltdown hardware fixes.
bburk wrote:
CPU Cooler; Scythe - SCNJ-4000 84.6 CFM
Open to other suggestions here.
I would recommend the
Scythe Mugen5 RevB specially since you are going with RGB memory, so might aswell have a cooler that don't overlap with it.
bburk wrote:
Motherboard; MSI - Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151
Love my MSI Z270, am hoping this is as good
No comments, i like MSI also, only recommendation might be to consider Z390, MSI has some nice ones.
bburk wrote:
Memory; Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600
Open to suggestions here too. Would 4000 speed chips make any noticeable difference? GSkills are cheaper, anything bad about them?
First select the motherboard, then go into the manufacturers QVL List of memory and chose one from it, to avoid incompatibilities. Try to buy Samsung B-die memory, usually its the one that reaches higher and has less issues with AMD/Intel, Gskill trident Z usually uses Samsung B-die, and that would be my recommendation, the speed.... on intel.... unless you are rendering or doing something that its very memory dependent i would go with CL14 3200mhz, higher than that the gains are very specific under certain scenarios.
bburk wrote:
Storage; Samsung - 970 Evo 1.0TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Pretty much perfect for installing all software on. Will use external drives for media.
Im going to recommend another that performs very similar but cost a lot less, even temperature to me its lower than 970,
ADATA XPG SX8200.
bburk wrote:
Video Card; MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Video Card
Hoping to see price drops on this real soon. (Also considering the new 2070)
Great choice, no comments here.
bburk wrote:
Case; Fractal Design - Define R6 Black ATX Mid Tower
Love my R5, any differences here to know about? Also there are 2 versions with different ports, which is best for a 370 MB?
This is more a personal preference, R6 to me its a very well design case, has its bads like extra money for the USB C, and pricing is not that cheap, the PSU cover makes it harder to build (minor nitpick). But its a medium to big case, your current hardware could work fine on Meshify C and end up smaller, but again all this is more a personal preference.
bburk wrote:
What's the best options for 2 fans to put in the front of this?
The R6 comes with 3 fans, use them first, MSI bios fan control is really good and can control PWM or 3pin (switching them on the bios), you can create your ramping up etc, so to me its worth shot to the stock fans. If you after testing the included find them not good enough, then consider
be quiet! BL067 SILENTWINGS 3 PWM or if you want a cheaper keeping the R6 theme,
Thermalright TY147ASQbburk wrote:
Power Supply; EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Already have this, so basically free.
I also have one, and its a very nice PSU overall, i would keep using it.