Hello, just looking for some opinions here on how well the EVGA B360 MB does and how it works with i7 and in Coursair 280X case. I am working on building a new system just for gaming to replace a Z77 MB system I built back in 2012 and have been upgrading for a while.
I want this to be a build without going too high on the budget, I already have some parts I can pull from my older system. This is the system I'm thinking of:
New Parts:
EVGA B360 Micro MB
Core™ i7 9700K
Coursair Crystal 280x case
16 Gig of memory - thinking of 2 8 Gig Coursair Vengeance RGB sticks - 2400 or 2666.
Maybe Coursair RGB 2 Fan water color like H100i?
From previous system that I will migrate to this new system:
EVGA RTX 2070 Gaming XC
1 TB SSD already have Win 10 installed
EVGA Supernova 750 W G3 power supply
2 TB harddrive for backups
SB Kantana I will use for sound via USB, I don't think I'll use the MB integrated sound card.
Some questions I have since I haven't built a system in several years.
1. Is liquid cooling for the CPU pretty much a given now with i7 or i9 - even if I don't overclock?
2. I don't plan on overclocking and I know B360 won't support that - so is using the i9700K a waste then and would a lower model CPU be enough?
3. I think the B360 has 3 fan headers, will this be enough for 2 air fans and maybe dual fan water cooler/radiator? Seems like it should be, but I haven't build a system in a while and I have never added water cooling/radiator setup to a system.
Note, gaming I do is a mix of RTS/Strategy/Role Playing. I run 1080 in games, but also 2560 X 1440. Old system did pretty good with RTX 2070 and framerate. But turn time on Civ 6 is forever and Stellaris is running so slow, plus sometimes old system random reboots and crashes, so I think its time for a refresh.
post edited by mikehhhh - 2019/08/15 07:07:31