New Computer! :)

It's been a while, both since I posted here and since I built a new toy, so here we go:

Does anyone know anything about the ASUS STRIX X299 -E Gaming motherboard? I'm thinking of basing the build around it and am hoping to hear from someone who owns one.

 

The new Ryzen do look promising. However,the reason for building a new computer right now is that the old one kind of died... so until I have a new build I am without a gaming pc. I am not quite patient enough to wait another couple of weeks for that.

 

Imagine how you'll feel if the Ryzen is the gamechanger they claim.

 

I imagine I'd feel like AMD finally did something worthwhile... which was long over-due.

 

Though, having an x299 is quite awesome. It is NOT the ultimate gaming computer. But if you were using it to game and do other things, then yes. I'm currently waiting on ThreadRipper myself. 16 Core for ehhh $1k. 64 PCIe lanes is what I'm more interested in.

 

I actually have zero interest in over-clocking, which makes me think overheating is less of a concern for me. I do have some reading to catch up on, since I hadn't expected to need to make a decision on motherboards for another few months. There will always be something bigger and better around the corner, so waiting for whatever is there right now doesn't make a lot of sense for me.

Not when I'm currently living in a house that has two PC gamers and only one gaming PC...

 

It's been a very long time since I posted here, and an even longer since I made this thread. (I blame my family [both of them], life in general, and work.)

Anyways.

I ended up going with the ASUS STRIX x299 board after all. It has an i7-7800x, 16GB high performance DRAM, a couple of SSDs, and a GTX 970 that will be upgraded as soon as the 4K TV arrivs and is connected to serve as monitor.

Apologies for the thread necromancy. It seemed polite to return and share what I decided on.

 

I may have drooled on my keyboard just a little bit . . .

 

Which case did you use?
How about a nice set of photos.

 

Pics. Definitely need pics.

Did you consider OLED? LG makes some nice TVs.

 

We did, actually. The LG C7 arrived today.

Apologies for the lack of pictures. I will try to remedy that as soon as the TV is set up and all the consoles and speakers connected and configured as we want them.

 

Nice setup Mimsy.
Be prepared to play at 4K for eye candy, but dial back to 1440 or even 1080 get playable frame rates. I have a macro that I use to toggle pretty vs speed when I PVP or do dungeons because low frame rates = death.