Build for high end-4K gaming and rendering, modelling and Unreal Engine 4

[Lockstar]

For gaming at 4K60, but mainly for rendering. I can maybe extend to about £3600.

Case
NZXT S340 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (BLACK/BLUE)

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Six Core (3.7GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready

Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!

2nd Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!

1st Hard Disk
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE

1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3000MB/R, 1700MB/W)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply

CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans

Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND

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. Single Licence

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Browser
Google Chrome™

2nd Monitor
AOC G2778VQ 27" LED Gaming Monitor

Keyboard & Mouse
ASUS Cerberus Keyboard & Mouse Bundle

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 £3,480.00 including VAT and delivery

 

[Oussebon]

Do you need the extra features of the Gaming 7? I think it's ~£90 more than the Ultra gaming, and has things like a 3rd M.2 slot and Thunderbolt. Which are nice, but not if you don't need them

Why the HX PSU? Your gaming uses won't require / benefit from a 3rd GPU.

For SLI GPUs I might have chosen a case with really exceptional airflow / cooling like the Corsair Carbide Air 540.

Spec looks good.

 

[Lockstar]

Alright. Thanks Ouessebon!

One last question. What's your opinion on SLI? How well does it work if I were to set it to the mode where it splits the performance between the two 1080 Ti's compared to if I just used one 1080 Ti?

And also, Is an 1000W Power supply good enough for a 791W system? Is that enough future-proofing?