ravenlhawk
Description
"But but you can't stick an 8700k in an itx case girly its too hot. And if you let it turbo or overclock it will fry "Dafaq? Girly?! You can frak off with that, You can frack straight off to frack off mountain while riding your frak horse to the land of aww hell no. Hold my beer!
8700k Thoughts: Final set never hit above 85c under load in Aidea 64 tests currently clocked to 4.7 on all cores. Wonderful chip perfect for my itx builds, I was concerned with the OVERLY loud "its too hot" crowd this thing does not run any hotter than the OC 4790k sister rig on top of the xbox in the living room. If you are thinking of a new pc build and you both have the money and access to this chip BUY IT NOW!
STRIX 1080TI Thoughts: I love asus but i have to pass the ball to EVGA this round on the 10 seris cards. I love my EVGA cards but wanted to cram desk as full of ASUS brand products as i could ASUS cards are noticeably louder than their evga counter parts and perform the same. But if you get my broad get my card no reason not to pair cards with mother boards these days as they normally have software level sync controls.
G.skill Trident: Thoughts I am happy as frak that this pair worked for OC this kit at time of purchase was not on the qmp list from either company so overclocking was a cross your fingers and hope for the best. Thankfully G.skill and Asus once again game in and delivered a product combo that just works and that all we want right?
Samsung 960 Pro: Thoughts If this ssd was a man id marry him on the spot! Never in my life has setting up a new ssd and cloning the os drive been so simple and fast. Just download Samsung software run it and chuck or erase the old drive simple as pie.
WD Black: Thoughts I love the WD blacks and have them in several computers you see every time i build a SFF computer there will be a WD Black as a data drive chillin someplace (in this case on the floor keeping my toes warm in its external case lol)
Asus Monitor I love this I own 2 of them #crosshairs enough said.
z370-i Thoughts
It was a bit of a pain getting everything setup with all the software and what not and asus lack of instructions on how a lot of their features work. Sonic radar sadly does not work with any usb auido so if you ar a fan of headsets find good pair with 2.5. Ill get asus headset for my birthday and come back with more info on sonic radar i will say it led to my first ever PUBG win so its good if you can get it to work and set up right. Dont get this mobo just for sonic radar unless you got deep pockets.
Part Reviews
CPU
8700k Thoughts: Final set never hit above 85c under load in Aidea 64 tests currently clocked to 4.7 on all cores. Wonderful chip perfect for my itx builds, I was concerned with the OVERLY loud "its too hot" crowd this thing does not run any hotter than the OC 4790k sister rig on top of the xbox in the living room. If you are thinking of a new pc build and you both have the money and access to this chip BUY IT NOW!
CPU Cooler
If you are building an ITX case and you cant water cool it YOU NEED THIS! FRAK what everyone else says FRAK every other cooler maker if you cant water cooler or stick a larger cooler in it then this is the only cooler you need to be looking at in a SFF ITX build. BUY NOW
Thermal Compound
it does its job.
Motherboard
z370-i Thoughts
It was a bit of a pain getting everything setup with all the software and what not and asus lack of instructions on how a lot of their features work. Sonic radar sadly does not work with any usb auido so if you ar a fan of headsets find good pair with 2.5. Ill get asus headset for my birthday and come back with more info on sonic radar i will say it led to my first ever PUBG win so its good if you can get it to work and set up right. Dont get this mobo just for sonic radar unless you got deep pockets.
Memory
G.skill Trident: Thoughts I am happy as frak that this pair worked for OC this kit at time of purchase was not on the qmp list from either company so overclocking was a cross your fingers and hope for the best. Thankfully G.skill and Asus once again game in and delivered a product combo that just works and that all we want right?
Storage
Samsung 960 Pro: Thoughts If this ssd was a man id marry him on the spot! Never in my life has setting up a new ssd and cloning the os drive been so simple and fast. Just download Samsung software run it and chuck or erase the old drive simple as pie.
Storage
just like at WD reliable and dependable
Storage
WD Black: Thoughts I love the WD blacks and have them in several computers you see every time i build a SFF computer there will be a WD Black as a data drive chillin someplace (in this case on the floor keeping my toes warm in its external case lol)
Video Card
STRIX 1080TI Thoughts: I love asus but i have to pass the ball to EVGA this round on the 10 seris cards. I love my EVGA cards but wanted to cram desk as full of ASUS brand products as i could ASUS cards are noticeably louder than their evga counter parts and perform the same. But if you get my broad get my card no reason not to pair cards with mother boards these days as they normally have software level sync controls.
Case
The best SFF ITX case on the market at the moment, No one else is making a comparable case in the console size range iven the newer RVZ-03 has failed the sff crowd and gone backwards as a much larger and ugly case. Buy the 02 and show them size does matter smaller is better.
Power Supply
silent and reliable
Operating System
If you dont like windows 10 as a gamer there something wrong with you.
Monitor
Asus Monitor I love this I own 2 of them #crosshairs enough said.
Keyboard
freaking love this keyboard. tho i would have liked an rgb keyboard this oe gets the job done with the best keys on the market.
Custom
It has a lot of nice features i dont use. I wish i change the aspect raitio a litt more i really miss my Microsoft vx500 cam but this is the next best thing.
Custom
it works its cheap no complaints honestly just a hold over from an older builds forgot i still had it.
Custom
if you are building any sff case you want a pack or 3 of these laying around honestly im using these in every computer i build form now on.
Custom
dont buy these. cheaply made feel overall the magnetic strip is weak as all heck and the whole thing just feels poorly done.
Custom
cheap and effective if you want to pull your old 3.5 drives out and put them use elsewhere this your new best friend.
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