so the benchmarks say the later gen i7 is faster than the older gen i7. and ryzen.

but scott will never pay for the i7-7700k so this discussion is pointless.

True, I'm sure Adobe will (eventually) even further optimize their code for the 7xxx quad i7 series but with Ryzen throwing some chaos into the market, even the 68xx/69xx series i7 prices have come down some. Sounds like a good time to be shopping for a chip.

Scott, buy a PCIe-NVMe HD to go with the new motherboard you are going to have to buy :party:

what im thinking about doing is recycling most parts, and simply buying a i7-7700 (or alike), MB, and 16gb of DDR4. Reusue the Case, PSU, Heatsink, HDDs, and GPU...


the micro center down the street from me has a good deal on the 7700k right now.

This item:Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 Boxed Processor $299.99
ASUS Z270 ROG MAXIMUS IX CODE LGA 1151 ATX Intel Motherboard $264.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-2400 PC4-19200 CL16 SR Dual Channel Desktop Memory $119.99

solid plan. do it quick before you change your mind.

it's like you know me.


question:

what makes one MB better than the next?

this is $250
http://www.microcenter.com/product/472949/ASUS_Z270_ROG_MAXIMUS_IX_CODE_LGA_1151_ATX_Intel_M otherboard?rf=Frequently+Bought+Together

but this lesser model is $199
http://www.microcenter.com/product/473030/x

i see the differences, but unsure if it really matter. although I do like the option of a front USB 3.0 Header.

I did an order:

Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 Box...
$299.99

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-2400 ...
$119.99

ASUS Z270 ROG MAXIMUS IX HERO LGA 1151 ATX Intel M...
$194.99

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver ...
$7.99

Subtotal $622.96

Higher ram speed options and 3 pcie 3.0s vs 2pcie 3.0s. Personally i'd run the cheaper one.

Not bad, you'll certainly be happy.
Much like an iPhone user.

You want to know how I can tell you are old? :giggle:

What's he going to do with more PCIe ports, buy another video card? Remember, this is Scott we are talking about here ;)

is buying that thermal pointless? should i be getting something else? i was under the impression the cpu didnt come with any, so i like needed some.

It'll do just fine for your needs, just old product if I recall :dunno:

The OEM intel heatsink may have a pre-applied thermal pad, use a cotton ball and some high % isopropyl alcohol to get her shiny and like new. Apply splooge arctic 5.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GraciousAc...estricted.gif?

Oh my god. That gif. HAHAHAHAHA!

Boxed CPU includes ready to rock OEM thermal solution. This includes heatsink, fan, and thermal interface material pre applied to heatsink.

If you want to go aftermarket, and I know you like cheap, my favorite line of cheap, quiet, effective cpu coolers are made by Arctic

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d4baa8f7c9.jpg

That's like, $22 cheap :party:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16835186093

I'm sure someone will come in here an post a $90 A2W or A2A solution, but I've had flawless luck with these guys in the past.

the box has a chip and nothing else:


i have the cooler master hyper 212.

Get the thermal grizzly kryonaught. very similar price but 3-4c better.

Yes intel doesnt supply the cooler any more as most people that buy the highe ned cpu toss it out anyways so they just made 2 versions, one without the cooler thats cheaper and one with the cooler.

new cpu is rocking and rolling.

Adode Lightroom running much better. Can watch a 5GB 4K video, skipping around, like it's a 5MB video.

The bios is really fancy and tuned the cpu and chasis fans for me, computer is running much quieter right now!

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6fe8601e15.png

Good to know. I haven't bought a new CPU since my i7 920, or whatever it was. The ones they used to supply worked fine as long as all you are doing is browsing the web and doing spreadsheets, but they are fairly easily overwhelmed if you start trying to do anything cpu intensive.

Huzzah! Glad its working well for you :bigtu:

Going to build my self a wall mounted PC. Something like this.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...42b2f5f110.jpg

Heres my layout of my computer.

Green is the water cooler, red is mobo, blue video card, hard drives on teh right, ssd on the left. PSU up top.

Overall size, 30 wide 26 high.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4eb8510037.jpg

So, all those drives, why? Get a 500gb M.2 and run two 500gb SSDs in raid, done. I'd be scared to hang a GPU with no rear IO to screw it down to, new cards are heavy with either cooler. I also feel like you need more room for radiator, pump, and res. Unless you're going AIO.

I have 3 drives at the moment. The 2 extra will be empty spots. the gpu i'll mount more. will be runnig IO yes. Corsair 110gt