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Re: New PC Build

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Nice build. You may as well get the TI version of the 1070. I don't think it's much more than vanilla.

Two M.2' s? If you raid those please post benchmarks. Your bios is going to take longer to post than Windows with those.
If your BIOS supports a fast startup mode ( my older cheapo ASrock does, so should be pretty common) BIOS posts in a couple seconds, and Win boots up in about 7 on a single M.2 It's pretty nice.

I actually kicked the SBlaster card to the curb because it is all kinds of picky on startup and I had to disable the fast bootup so it would init properly.
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Re: New PC Build

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Here's an alternative if you want to go with an AMD Ryzen 7 1700 - 8 core 16 thread CPU:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dRJjwV

The Ryzen 1700 comes with the Wraith Spire CPU cooler.

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($223.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($449.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB DUKE Video Card ($464.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1585.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-01 17:53 EST-0500
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Re: New PC Build

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I picked up an i7-7700K today at Microcenter. They had them down to $260. They have a 15 day return policy which gives me time to see what happens BF/CM.
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Re: New PC Build

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psypher wrote:I picked up an i7-7700K today at Microcenter. They had them down to $260. They have a 15 day return policy which gives me time to see what happens BF/CM.
That's a really good price on that CPU. You'll want a 270 series board for that processor.
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Err wrote:
psypher wrote:I picked up an i7-7700K today at Microcenter. They had them down to $260. They have a 15 day return policy which gives me time to see what happens BF/CM.
That's a really good price on that CPU. You'll want a 270 series board for that processor.
Yea, I currently have an ASRock - Z270 Taichi ATX LGA1151 Motherboard at the top of my list.
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Re: New PC Build

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If this is the one you're looking at, it's a really pretty board. 3X M.2 and 10 SATA Ports too. Here's a review: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8333/ ... index.html

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Err wrote:
Nice build. You may as well get the TI version of the 1070. I don't think it's much more than vanilla.

Two M.2' s? If you raid those please post benchmarks. Your bios is going to take longer to post than Windows with those.
If your BIOS supports a fast startup mode ( my older cheapo ASrock does, so should be pretty common) BIOS posts in a couple seconds, and Win boots up in about 7 on a single M.2 It's pretty nice.

I actually kicked the SBlaster card to the curb because it is all kinds of picky on startup and I had to disable the fast bootup so it would init properly.
Without fast bootup, from start to finish it takes less than 10 seconds. About 4 of it on during the BIOS post.
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Current Desktop: Samsung 850 PRO SSD
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New Desktop: Samsung 960 PRO NVMe SSD M.2 (RAID 1)
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Re: New PC Build

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Yeah, nice little difference eh?
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Re: New PC Build

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Holy crap that's nice!

Congratulations on your new build.
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