exactly why i said fuck braille <| sep |> u new ? they did this at the summit <| sep |> What , are you implying that blacks are aggressive and that whites are victims ? Shitlord . <| sep |> I like Packs n ' Dogs on Mount Washington ! <| sep |> Just being tough but truthful . Btw , that isn ' t an ad hominem , it ' s a reasonable conjecture . <| sep |> Emily is 5 stars right now for me . That woman is strong AF <| sep |> 1 . Any 1080 will have the same overclocking headroom for the most part , silicon lottery if you have the cooling to deal with extra heat . So to answer your question , any 1080 will do and if you don ' t plan on OC ' ing then go with whatever suites your fancy . ASUS , MSI , Gigabyte , etc all have their own versions of GPUs with different coolers but in theory the manufacturers ship out GPUs on tiered higher clocked level . With your monitor being 1080 p 144 hz , it ' s overkill to have a GTX 1080 . A 1070 will shred through 1080 p . Go look up some benchmarking vidyas for reference to current titles and their respective FPS with the 10702 . Mobo is fine . No need to spend money on the extra stuff there , manufacturers usually just add shrouds and plastic to make them look better . If you want a board with certain specifics then make sure it ' s offered . 3 . Idk on this , just google it . My two cents on your build . CPU i 7 will benefit you if you want to stream , video edit , 3 D render . If you just want to game then get an i 5 . GPU I ' d go with a 1070 , especially if you have a 1080 p monitor . On top of this , your comment on sacrificing quality to achieve 144 fps sums up for me that a 1070 should be your choice . Mobo if you like it , go for it . They mostly offer the same stuff unless you are looking for enthusiast type build . PSU Current PSU is a bit overkill . If you plan on SLI in future , then stick with it or go for 750 . Your current power draw is estimated at 410 W . Your doubling it with the current PSU choice . Shoot for 550650 W PSU if you plan on not doing SLI . You might be asking , why listen to me ? ? What makes me qualified to answer . I just built my first rig a while back and had the same questions as you . I wanted high refresh rates and VR usage to be butter smooth but one thing I didn ' t want to budge on was quality of graphics to achieve high fpsI run a GTX 1080 on a 1440 p 144 hz monitor and it will consistently get around 100 fps on ultra settings . I asked around a ton about 10701080 GPUs . No doubt in my mind that a 1070 would shred and probably is a little overkill for 1080 p also . 1070 is a viable card for 1440 p so it ' ll do you well at 1080 p . I ' m currently on a road trip back home so ask questions if you have them . I ' m bored as shit !