1440p maximum gaming 1080ti rig. Currently awaiting build.

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olekander

Member
Hey all,
Decided to go all out on my first gaming rig in ages. I did tonnes of research and I think any omissions hopefully are neglible to performance and longevity but always happy for a second opinion. Because I'm pairing this with the 27inch ViewSonic 1440p 165hz IPS gaming monitor I think the 1080ti is justified and pretty futureproof. Motherboard on the cheaper side but still v good I think?
PSU could be gold standard but I'm not paying the bills. This is awaiting build so tonight is likely the last chance to change anything.
My budget is 1900 and I'm maxxed out so hopefully s'all good haha! Thank you very much in advance. If you think it's all good let me know too.
olek

CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-7700k (4.2GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z270-P: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 850 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Partitions: 250GB
2nd Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
Partitions: 1000GB
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
Cable Management
3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Promotional Item
FREE AC Origins & Total War: Warhammer II with select Intel CPUs!
Promotional Item
FREE Assassin's Creed: Origins with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
Promotional Item
Get Destiny 2 with select GTX 10 Series GPUs! ** Limited Codes Available **
Pricing Information

Price (excluding VAT)
£1,569.17
Price
£1,883.00
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
It'd madness to buy the 7700k when the 8700k is now available in my opinion. With 6 core CPUs now starting to be mainstream, it seems the 8700k would be a lot more futureproof.

There's no real point to the 650W VS series. If spending that much on the PSU you might as well go for the 650 TXm series, as it's more efficient and modular. Or just drop down to 550W.

The H60 is a fairly cheap cooler. With that and the cheap PSU you won't be doing much overclocking. You may as well stick to a cheaper air cooler like the CM212x - or the Noctua, which would be better than the H60 anyway. Or if you really want a water cooler for the aesthetics, the cheapest water cooler on offer.

The PM961 M.2 SSD under the M.2 SSD Drive menu is a lot faster than the 850 Evo for only £8 more. Unless you're desperate for AC Origins (and the current 100% DRM CPU usage bug...) the PM961 is much better value.


Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache ()
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z370-P: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs ()
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
--Get Destiny 2 with select GTX 10 Series GPUs! ** Limited Codes Available **
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
M.2 SSD Drive
256GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1100MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
Cable Management
3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price £1,875.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/shZvFCT0QY/
 
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olekander

Member
Oussebon said:
It'd madness to buy the 7700k when the 8700k is now available in my opinion. With 6 core CPUs now starting to be mainstream, it seems the 8700k would be a lot more futureproof.

There's no real point to the 650W VS series. If spending that much on the PSU you might as well go for the 650 TXm series, as it's more efficient and modular. Or just drop down to 550W.

The H60 is a fairly cheap cooler. With that and the cheap PSU you won't be doing much overclocking. You may as well stick to a cheaper air cooler like the CM212x - or the Noctua, which would be better than the H60 anyway. Or if you really want a water cooler for the aesthetics, the cheapest water cooler on offer.

The PM961 M.2 SSD under the M.2 SSD Drive menu is a lot faster than the 850 Evo for only £8 more. Unless you're desperate for AC Origins (and the current 100% DRM CPU usage bug...) the PM961 is much better value.


Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache ()
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z370-P: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs ()
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
--Get Destiny 2 with select GTX 10 Series GPUs! ** Limited Codes Available **
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
M.2 SSD Drive
256GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1100MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
Cable Management
3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price £1,875.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/shZvFCT0QY/
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thank you very much!!! will take on board your suggestions!
 
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olekander

Member
Hey have requested they make the changes, but had to do manually as I can only select certain products with their amend buttons.
Hope they can accommodate.
THank you for your help!!

that motherboard is OOS so have requested the gigabyte z370 hd3 ATX

cheers
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
olekander said:
Hey have requested they make the changes, but had to do manually as I can only select certain products with their amend buttons.
Hope they can accommodate.
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This is because they use completely different motherboards and so you would've needed to use a completely different configurator page to create it.
You normally have to cancel and reorder to make such significant changes (where significant change equals changing the type of CPU)
 
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olekander

Member
olekander said:
they are out of stock on the 8700k, so at this stage I've cancelled my order and will wait and see how long to get a new one in.
Thanks for your helps guys
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Hey Oussebon, would you allow a PM. I don't want to post competitor's builds in public I think it's disrespectful. Wondering if you could check over a build.
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
It's not really allowed in PM's either, sales advice on competitors' builds, afaik.

The forum can give you advice about squeezing the most out of PCS's configurators, but in terms of comparing the best option from PCS vs options from other sources, you might want to try an open forum like Tom's Hardware. :)
 
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olekander

Member
Oussebon said:
It's not really allowed in PM's either, sales advice on competitors' builds, afaik.

The forum can give you advice about squeezing the most out of PCS's configurators, but in terms of comparing the best option from PCS vs options from other sources, you might want to try an open forum like Tom's Hardware. :)
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good shout!
 
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