Hello, I am new!
Here at least.. not to asus rog products.
😄So in early 2018 (Q1) I'd like to get myself a new rig. I put it together with the awesome pcpartpicker site. That site does not give me any compatibility issues, but I know you cannot count on that to be true. I especially had problems with the cpu-cooler and the memory. After looking into it the memory's height had to be a problem.
Maybe some of you still see a similar problem in the build, have a suggestion what I can do better or general feedback on my choices
🙂I focused primarily on performance and secondary on noise level.
So here it is:
https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/hPcxnn (Storage will be completed by my current build drives)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU-Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler //
Note: I have thought about the beQuiet Dark Rock Pro Adv, but the NH-D15 seems to do better and is practically the same noise, also the dark rock seems to have issues with the setup (as in: its hard to get in
😄 )
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ROG Strix OC
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
CASE: Fractal Design - Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case //
Note: Could not find a good alternative in space and design. Don't get me wrong, I like it too and I have one already for my old rig.
Power Supply: be quiet! - DARK POWER PRO 11 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply //
Note: I chose this because I want to have the option to do SLI in the future without having to buy a new PSU. Maybe it should even be the 1000W model?
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16) //
Note: Now this was my biggest problem... I had the "G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200" with 3200/CL14 in the build before, but it is to damn high. Even the Vengeance LPX seems to be 3-4mm to high, so I expect I'll need to adjust the cooler on the NH-15 CPU-Cooler.
So my main problem or "open questions" are with the power supply and the memory/cpu-cooler situation. I am open for case-suggestions.. or any other suggestions/feedback, too
😄 I did not change the cpu-cooler, because apparently better memory would only affect (in theory) the performance by about 1%. I however really want the best cooling (no water-cooling tho) I can get with very low noise level.
Thanks for any feedback!
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