#2563
Actual mobo/chipset temp and not just CPU package temp? Correct temp? Because most mobo sensors just report garbage.
Tubes in the way and radiator on top pulling air away are probably fucking up the airflow.
Low rpm 200mm fan is also never going to push in as much air as 1x140mm + 2x120mm are trying to push out, even if they were running at the same rpm.
Take out the 200mm and put the radiator in front, see what happens.

#2565
Would you benefit from more cores?
If you do and already bought the 7700K you fucked up since there were already better options. Also the mobo won't be compatible.
If you didn't buy it then you can just wait and get a cheaper Coffee Lake CPU with fewer cores/threads. Prices for i3/i5/i7 stay basically the same (e.g. 359$ for the 8700K vs 350$ for the 7700K) but i7s went from 4C/8T to 6C/12T, i5s from 4C/4T to 6C/6T and i3s from 2C/4T to 4C/4T.
If you don't benefit from more cores and already bought it then no, 0.2 GHz higher turbo but lower baseclock are not an upgrade.
If you haven't bought it then wait and get a Coffee Lake i3 or i5 and save some money.

#2560
Ok, I'll see what I can do tomorrow. Just a rough draft, final partlist in the week that you actually buy everything.

Exactly, for rendering more cores are better, so if the budget allows it then Threadripper, otherwise a RyZen 8 core because it's cheaper than a Kaby Lake 4 core or Coffee Lake 6 core.

No, this is either or. Either 144 Hz or better colours, possibly two different monitors one with each, but you can't really afford both on the same monitor. G-Sync/FreeSync do the same so this is about vendor lock (G-Sync = nVidia only and nVidia refuses to support FreeSync), but you don't need either, I asked whether or not you want it. Should probably read up on what they do. Same with ULMB/Lightboost.

Good.

We'll see how it works out with the budget.

#2561
That sounds like normal temperatures? GPU target temperature is usually 70-85°C and CPUs start throttling at >90°C.
Did you expect them to be cooler than your room at idle?

Ok, I can definitely use to get an idea of the prices. Is that also where you'll be buying the parts or any other shops? If those are the exact prices then I can get closer to the max budget, if they are just similar I'll have to leave some wiggle room to be sure. Especially shops that got AMD RyZen/Threadripper in stock would be nice because those will definitely be more interesting for rendering.

To recommend a monitor I need to know which features you want first.

Ok, 500-1000GB then for the SSD. What about the HDD? I'd imagine you want one for finished projects. 3-4TB? Smaller/larger?

16GB is basically the starting point, is that enough or do you think you'll need 32GB? You can just go with 16GB and upgrade later if you need to.

#2555
Should be doable.

New CPUs on 5th of October. Thank god someone leaked the slides so Intel finally admitted when they'll release them instead of the stupid announcement game, announcing an event where they will announce something which turns out to be an announcement that they will release CPUs but which models exactly and when will be announced later.
Wait for that. Prices are not confirmed yet and obviously might be a bit different right after launch. Also no mobos yet so definitely not possible to make a partlist right now.

Some notes though: The 212 Evo is a great cooler for 20-25$ because it's a decent cooler on sale for 20-25$, not because it's a great cooler. Even for 30$ you can already get better coolers, considering the rest of the build skimping on the cooler doesn't make sense.

Thermal paste is included and Arctic Silver 5 is neither better than the included one, nor will a 25$ cooler + 5$ thermal paste ever beat a 30$ cooler.

K CPU -> overclockable, but only Z mobos allow overclocking. Either both K and Z so you can overclock (and then actually do it or you've just wasted money) or neither.
Yes, there are some exceptions since in the recent past the i7-x700K would be ~10% higher clocked than the non-K version, but for the 7600(K) the difference is 2.5%. Considering the non-K comes with a cooler whereas you have to buy one for the K you'd be looking at 50$ for 2.5% better performance in the absolute best case.

Always go for Dual Channel RAM (2 sticks or multiples of 2). Twice the bandwidth. No, most of the time you will probably not be bound by bandwidth, so most programs will run barely faster and only some actually get almost twice the speed, but it costs literally the same, so there's no reason to go for single channel.

Sandisk SSD Plus is a budget SSD and not that fast. Right now it's not even cheap so it doesn't make sense. You can easily afford the 20-30$ more for a much faster 250GB SSD.

Seagate Barracuda and Toshiba P300 are both faster and cheaper than a WD Blue.

750W PSU for a <350W build doesn't make sense.

#2556
I don't know the prices in Singapore but 3.5k SGD probably won't get you the same that 2.6k USD would get you in the US. Any price comparision sites I could use or links to the shops you'll buy from?

Any specifics for the monitors? Both 144 Hz or lower refresh rate IPS (->better colours etc.) for the video production?
G-Sync/FreeSync or ULMB/Lightboost or whatever other features you might want?

Need storage? How much? Just one SSD for the OS and programs or a larger one (or two seperate ones) so you can also use it for rendering?

How much RAM?

Of course I could just guess but figuring out how to figure out what you actually want/need will help you when you want to upgrade and you'll get a better build.

There's different codecs so you need to check what your headphones support first but tbh it will always suck because
a) it's lossy compression and
b) the headphones themselves probably suck too, which is the main problem.

Check CPU and GPU usage. Check the settings.

You could also look up the model number or use the sophisticated technology known as "ruler", just to be sure.
Buying online might be cheaper.
Also if you want to you could get an SSD. Especially if 250GB are enough it wouldn't cost that much more.

I'm assuming it's 2.5" but you also need to check the thickness. There's 5, 7, 9.5, 12.5, 15 and 19mm 2.5" HDDs.

Well replacing the case would fix the case ports at least. PCIe -> USB cards are also a thing, in case you happen to do it again.
Also a soundcard (or external DAC/amp/ADC) might be worth considering either way.

Yes, a new mobo would probably be best. Maybe a cooler too, if you're using the stock one.
They are EOL (5 years old at this point) so your best bet is trying to find a used Z75 or Z77 mobo. Wouldn't risk H77. P67 and Z68 would work, but only if the BIOS version is new enough to support the 3770K.

Yeah, the days where a CPU would be basically obsolete after a year are long gone.

If you haven't overclocked it already then that would be a lot cheaper than a new CPU.

The SSD is worth upgrading, could get a larger one while you're at it.
E.g. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3kL7YJ/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e250bam
or https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MZJkcf/sk-hynix-sl308-250gb-25-solid-state-drive-hfs250g32tnd-n1a2a

Yeah, that's on your GPU, not the CPU.
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/GTA-5-Grand-Theft-Auto-5-Spiel-4795/Tests/GTA-5-PC-Test-Benchmark-1156215/
It's in German but just scroll down to where you can see the 970 getting 47.1 fps.
Same for OW. https://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page2.html
140 fps with the 970 and an i7-6700K.
https://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html
A 1080 is actually hitting the CPU limit so with the 6700K they only get 239 fps even though the min fps are much higher, but either way with the 3770K at 230 fps you can see that it's clearly not the limiting factor with a 970.

What do you mean "all the ports fucked up"?

Running games better is a goal? I don't know which CPU would be better than your current one since you're trying to keep that a secret for some reason.

Can't keep the RAM unless you want a 4 year old CPU.

No, might have to activate windows again though.

HDDs no, SSD if it's slow, but again, your current SSD seems to be a secret.

Would Amazon be cheaper?
Definitely use Amazon in that case.

I don't really see a point in upgrading anything else. Even the cheapest CPU that would be an upgrade costs 200$ and then we're talking about one from 2014. If you want a newer one you'd need a new mobo and RAM as well and you can't afford that and a decent GPU at the same time. Since your current CPU is already decent I wouldn't worry about it.

You know there's some good israeli prices at work when both 1060s and 580s cost >450$.

If you're not going to overclock: https://ksp.co.il/index.php?uin=34209&select=
If you are: https://ksp.co.il/index.php?uin=40825&select=

Rip wallet.

Those two guys trying to figure out hardware is triggering me.
"It's crashing and freezing because it's bottlenecking".
No.
That's not how it works.
That's not how any of this works.

"It's an FX-6300" - "Oh I only know uhmmm .... Intel"
The struggle is real.

If they were willing to invest some time and effort (e.g. using search functions, reading) into their research they wouldn't have bought a headset in the first place.