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I've been browsing /g/ for a few months and I finally built my own PC. I disregarded almost all of /g/'s advice, instead researching everything myself and making my own decisions.
>i7 6700k
None of the Kaby Lake temperature issues. Lots of motherboard support, very very few bugs/issues/etc. Still a super strong chip for the money
>GTX1080
This one doesn't need much explaining
>280mm all-in-one cooler
Did you know that the -only- AIO I could find leakage reports for was the old Corsair H100i? Since then they've renovated it, and there hasn't been any issues since the re-engineering. Everyone told me to go with a heatsink, but the AIO runs much colder with a strong overclock, and it allows a lot more airflow for the motherboard and my graphics card.
>expensive Asus motherboard
A lot of Z170 motherboards need a BIOS flash in order to run Kaby Lake chips, and in order to perform this flash you need a CPU installed. But if you pay the cash, you can get one that won't need a CPU to update. Also this board has tons of BIOS flexibility, overclocking is a breeze, no GPU sag, and I can adjust just about anything from inside the OS rather than having to back out.
>M.2 SATA SSD
I bought a cheap 275gb Crucial M.2-2280 SSD as a boot drive, even though /pcbg/ insisted I buy an NVMe. I cold boot in 35 seconds with a BIOS screen, 20 seconds without. I don't see how double the price would be worth a couple of seconds of boot time.
>I run 2x140mm in front, 2x140mm on top (AIO) on intake, and 1x140mm in rear for exhaust
If I put the AIO in front, I'm pulling all of that warm air across my GPU, hard drives, and motherboard, or if I run it as exhaust, I'm pulling the warm air up through the radiator. But this way I get cool air from the radiator, and it's evacuated almost immediately by a rear-top fan, allowing proper air flow over all the other parts. Good temps, no problems, and no dust inside the case.
So long story short, advice on /g/ isn't the end-all.
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Shit value, would not buy /10
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>>61520994
>I disregarded almost all of /g/'s advice
Wait, some people don't do that?
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>>61520994
>buying gpu
wrong board >>>/v/
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>>61520994
>unironically buying intel in 2017
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>>61520994
>So long story short, advice on /g/ isn't the end-all.
you act like people actually give valid advice anywhere on this site
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>6700k
good choice, good cpu
>gtx1080
good
>280mm aio
I'd say the difference between that and air cooling isn't worth it, but whatever
>asus mobo
valid if you want to upgrade
>ssd
35 second boot time. wtf nigga. I get 11 to login screen from cold boot on a samsung 850 evo SATA.
Good thing is you didn't fall for kaby meme or amd meme. 7/10
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>>61520994
So you bought a CPU that doesn't need watercooling, and water cooled it. Overspent on your GPU because there is no fucking way you bought a 4k monitor. Put it on an ASUS board that will fail just out of warranty. Cheaped out on a M.2 drive that doesn't have current technology and your only argument for this is a boot speed which doesn't matter because who the fuck shuts a computer down any more? And you allow the heat dissipated from your AIO radiator to get pushed back into your case? WHAT THE HOLY FUCK
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Why the fuck would you pay extra for a motherboard that doesn't need a BIOS update for Kaby Lake when you're not running Kaby Lake? Just exactly how retarded are you, OP?
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>>61523024
Yet it stays ice cold and it runs like a champ. Crazy
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