2018 Hardware Thread

Making my wish list for my next upgrade(too bad the i9 9900K isn't out yet, I would have included that puppy too then), as I have 3 weeks vacation starting Monday, and time to rip apart this system and give it a new house.


Only the RAM will have to wait.
I'll order it(separately), but it's not in stock yet, so it'll be awhile until I get it.
The other three things are in stock and should be here in a week if I order Monday or Tuesday.

Cliff S said:

Making my wish list for my next upgrade(too bad the i9 9900K isn't out yet, I would have included that puppy too then), as I have 3 weeks vacation starting Monday, and time to rip apart this system and give it a new house.


Only the RAM will have to wait.
I'll order it(separately), but it's not in stock yet, so it'll be awhile until I get it.
The other three things are in stock and should be here in a week if I order Monday or Tuesday.

That is on my list ....upgrade my ram to 32, about the same price too.
You are going to love your Phanteks case Cliff. I prefer the Big Monster myself. Excellent choices for your new build !!!!!

OldMike65 said:

That is on my list ....upgrade my ram to 32, about the same price too.
You are going to love your Phanteks case Cliff. I prefer the Big Monster myself. Excellent choices for your new build !!!!!

Thanks Mike.

Nice thing when the 9900K comes out, is it can be used on the 370 boards

The only thing I hate is the cable management planning I'm going to have to do

Oh and I just remembered something Steve told me, don't forget the combs fot the sleeved cables, need to go add some to my list

Cliff S said:

Thanks Mike.

Nice thing when the 9900K comes out, is it can be used on the 370 boards

The only thing I hate is the cable management planning I'm going to have to do

Oh and I just remembered something Steve told me, don't forget the combs fot the sleeved cables, need to go add some to my list

I'll be watching you very closely once you get your 9900K

fdegrove said:

Hi,
@Cliff S : I highly recommend Intel's Optane 900P or 905P SSDs. Makes a hell of a difference speedwise.

Cheers,

I'll stick to my 2 Samsung M.2's(one for system, and one for my Hyper-V virtual machines) but thanks.

Instead of combs, maybe I'll get these from Lian Li another time: https://www.caseking.de/en/lian-li-strimer-24-pin-rgb-motherboard-cable-zuad-910.html

solarstarshines said:

look on ebay you can get used Ti's for 480-580.00 American so i would look there be your best bet

I found one of these on EBAY for 570, It's on the way now

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G | Graphics card - The world leader in display performance | MSI Global

Dude said:

I found one of these on EBAY for 570, It's on the way now

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING X 11G | Graphics card - The world leader in display performance | MSI Global

Congrats Doug, hope it runs Great for you......now you can better your benchmarks !!!!

Thanks Mike, Im looking forward to doing some benches and gaming with it