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Return of the Gene! ft. 5.4 GHz 8600k

by Bozosilvia

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Part List View full price breakdown

CPU
$180.00 USD
Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core
Motherboard
$323.00 USD
Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE Micro ATX LGA1151
Memory
$200.00 USD
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4266
Storage
$50.00 USD
Samsung 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 SSD
Video Card
$520.00 USD
Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB STRIX GAMING
Case
$64.00 USD
Fractal Design Meshify C Mini Dark TG MicroATX Mini Tower
Power Supply

$65.00 USD

EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX
Case Fan

€37.17

Corsair LL120 RGB LED 43.25 CFM 120mm
Case Fan

€37.17

Corsair LL120 RGB LED 43.25 CFM 120mm
Case Fan

€108.95

Corsair LL120RGB LED (Three Fans With Lighting Node PRO) 43.25 CFM 120mm
Custom

$120.00 USD (Purchased)EKWB A240G
Custom

$14.00 USD (Purchased)120mm Aluminum radiator

€183.29
Total:
$1536.00
+ Total (United States):

Details

Date Published

Dec. 1, 2018

CPU Clock Rate

3.6 GHz

CPU Temperature While Idle

32.0° C

CPU Temperature Under Load

68.0° C

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.493 GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

11.1 GHz

GPU Temperature While Idle

20.0° C

GPU Temperature Under Load

54.0° C

Description

This build started after the rumor of the Gene XI coming out and I knew I had to get away from ITX builds and move up to big boy sized components. Everything was purchased used/new with parts reflecting how much I paid for it. This was over a course of 3 months and to top it all off me holding out a week because I didn’t want to mess up my first custom loop! All in all I think it turned out great! I may need some more RGB though... and Blizzard needs to fix their Problem where my OC crashes their game. But for my first custom loop, I enjoyed it a lot! And got really lucky with that 5.4 GHz at 1.36v.

Part Reviews

CPU

Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor

Love this CPU! Great gaming CPU. It is currently delidded and lapped by yours truly. I think I got a little lucky being able to hit 5.4Ghz

Motherboard

Asus - ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Super expensive but a beast motherboard! I guess it’s kinda worth it in a way!

Memory

G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4266 Memory

Fancy fast ram!

Storage

Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Fancy fast storage!

Video Card

Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB STRIX GAMING Video Card

Strix fan boy must!

Case

Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini Dark TG MicroATX Mini Tower Case

Favorite case. TG, Great airflow, and just awesome looking!

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SwiftSeb 6 Builds 7 points 3 months ago

Rog Gene is the most underrated motherboard imo. mATX being my favourite size, this is heaven.

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CodyJames91 1 Build 5 points 3 months ago

How were you able to get ahold of Z390 Gene in the US?!

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Bozosilvia submitter 4 Builds 3 points 3 months ago

eBay is a life saver! And worth the wait!

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cyc88 1 Build 2 points 3 months ago

Hey! You're the guy on hwswap!

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Hansen1 2 points 3 months ago

HOLY **** THAT RAM IS FAST

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BetrayedPredator 1 point 3 months ago

5.4ghz at 1.36v? Damn son

Mine does 5.3ghz at 1.4v (haven’t bothered with lower)

I tried 5.4ghz at even 1.5v and hit issues

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Just__The_Tip 1 point 3 months ago

First of all, fantastic build. Second, im planning on buying a meshify mini and installing an H100i at the front. However, my card is the 1070Ti Strix, so Im not so sure about clearance since its such a big card. Your 1080Ti is exactly the same length, but the Strix air cooler portrudes a little bit after the PCI. With that said, can you please tell me how much of a gap do you have between the graphics card and the front fans? Thank you!

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