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Building a gaming PC for my brother in law, I want to give him some suggestions.
Price is not an issue.

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
Corsair H110i 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card x 2 (maybe 1 will do for now)
Corsair 760T Black V2 ATX Full Tower Case
Corsair CXM 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit
Asus MG278Q 27.0" 144Hz Monitor

I'm already going to tell him to just get a 1080, but I was wondering if anyone has any more recommendations, including the motherboard. His intention is to use it for VR.

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Does he really need an i7?
Everything else looks good.

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What's the display set up and actual budget?

If price isn't an issue it should be X99 with 2 titan XPs

also that has a pretty overall sub par PSU

and don't buy an OEM copy of windows if oyu're going to buy windows

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+1 here. If he doesnt need that i7 for actual productivity work, downsize it to an i5 and probably even get one that ships with a stock cooler. Save money on mobo, cpu, cooling...

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He wants to build for the future.

He likes to have the best, plus price isn't an issue(at least, nothing crazy). He wants it to be future proof.

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Asus MG278Q 27.0" 144Hz Monitor

1440p 144hz for now

nothing crazy lol

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Price not being an issue, and actively wasting dollars are two different things. If he wants longer life span of the part then get a K skew i5 instead of non K, and overclock it some.

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why not a gold rated PSU?

also, 32gb of memory? really?

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As in you already has the display? If not there are IPS free-sync displays at the same price point

also pretty sure that's a free-sync display, just get a Fury X man

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236593

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Doesn't have it yet.

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hmm ... Not sure if a single 1070 will cut it if he wants high detail. Mine runs GTA5 with completely maxed out graphics settings in 1080p at 80-90fps.

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He wants the best.

Also, via some circumstance I am using 32 lololol

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well if he wants the best there's 3,200MHz DDR4 out.

lol nm that's what's listed

guess i was thinking corsair dominators, but Patriot Viper 4 goes up to 3400mhz

he can certainly go titanium class PSU's

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if you are building for the future dont get a liquid cooler. those things die after around 2 years avg. just get a beefy air cooler like a noctua. also 32 gb of ram is overkill. you wont ever use most of it unless you are running a raid array aswell as gaming. also just get a 1080 or the new titan. if he wants 144hz he's going to need the frame rate.

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Well there ya go I suppose, includes a silence optimized case and everything is water cooled as a bonus

Also includes a 1440p 144hz IPS free-sync display with the full range, the ASUS IPS doesn't has a shit range for free-sync last I checked

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ghpC8K
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ghpC8K/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($158.95 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.38 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card ($404.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer XF270HU 27.0" 144Hz Monitor ($552.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1974.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-03 15:17 EDT-0400

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If dude here insists on having the best, at least get him an 80+ Gold power supply. Never go with CX-series supplies for high-end builds. Go with EVGA, Seasonic, FSP or Antec as well - Corsair charges a lot for their brand.

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I'm gonna chat with him, see where the specs vs max price is. You're right though, I didn't notice the display.

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of course a 1080 is faster, but that's an extra $400 almost, between that and a G-sync display with the same specs

But really to max out the display with high settings you'll need a titan XP/1080ti or whatever top end Vega GPU next year

$747 for G-sync IPS 144hz 1440p
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rtJkcf/acer-monitor-xb270hubprz

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Whats the performance difference between using a freesync display on a nvidia gpu? Does it matter much?

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I have a few suggestions for your original build.
First, change the psu, Seasonic makes great ones, as do silverstone(strider gold/platinum) or corsair RM/HX/AX lines.
Something around 750-1000W would be good if you plan to do dual gpu.

I would get an air cooler over an AIO, unless your case is designed in such a way you can not fit one. A noctua D14/15, thermalright le grand macho/silver arrow or something similar will perform on par, be much more reliable(no liquid to leak, pump to fail) and also quiter and cheaper.

Although a dual 1070 setup would be plenty fast, I would go for a single 1080/Titan X(pascal) instead, you wouldn't have to worry about sli issues and it would be good for 1440p144hz.

The display you picked is freesync, if you want adaptive sync you need g-sync, Dell has a cheaper model one than the acer/asus ones, but its a TN panel not IPS. S2716DG is the model.


Freesync won't work with an nvidia gpu, and g-sync won't work with an amd gpu, you just lose out on the feature.