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Gazza

Bronze Level Poster
Any recommendations/changes before I commit.
Budget is £3000
Will be using two 34" monitors (< link) which I already own.
I'm a gamer who doesn't worry about FPS above 60FPS and Gsync monitors seem to be as successful as SLI :)
I also will be receiving another GTX 1080Ti when a friend emigrates so I can run SLI if it improves with better Nvidia drivers. Could PC Specialist prove me with the SLI strap with the build ?
I also enjoy video editing but not that much recently.

Case
CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 780T FULL TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Six Core (3.7GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs, WIFI - RGB Ready
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!
1st Hard Disk
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3000MB/R, 1700MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H110i Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
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 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
Microsoft® Office 365 Home Premium (12 Month Subscription - Digital Key)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 4 to 6 working days
Promotional Item
FREE Warhammer: Vermintide 2 & XMorph Defense w/ select Intel CPUs!
Quantity
1

Price £2,681.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-overclocked/ycHHezUSnB/
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
This is a good spec.

The case is very large indeed, so be sure you're happy with that.

If you're going for it because it's one of the few that fits a 280mm AIO, the H100i V2 would be more than enough for the system (240mm AIO). Even the Noctua air cooler is more than fine.

If you don't need the wifi/bluetooth of the Z370E then stick to the Gigabyte Ultra Gaming as the featureset is otherwise very similar and it's a lot cheaper.

Office Software
Microsoft® Office 365 Home Premium (12 Month Subscription - Digital Key)
Have you considered Open Office or Libre Office? These are full office suites that are free and open source, and compatible with formats like .doc and .xls. Given that they're free, they would save your hundreds of £ over the lifespan of the PC.
 

Gazza

Bronze Level Poster
Thanks for the speedy reply Oussebon

This is a good spec.

The case is very large indeed, so be sure you're happy with that.

I do already use the CM Stormtrooper case for my present setup,so I'm used to a large case.

If you don't need the wifi/bluetooth of the Z370E then stick to the Gigabyte Ultra Gaming as the featureset is otherwise very similar and it's a lot cheaper.

Bluetooth I will find useful for various 3rd party items.

Have you considered Open Office or Libre Office? These are full office suites that are free and open source, and compatible with formats like .doc and .xls. Given that they're free, they would save your hundreds of £ over the lifespan of the PC.

It's only £69 per year and I used to spend more than that in a week when I used to smoke ~ thankfully now 6 years clear and saved thousands :)
 

Gazza

Bronze Level Poster
7th working day and still in pre-production. Do they hand make some hardware for a build :p
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Well, if you consider that you're paying the licence fee each year for office, that's £345 over 5 years (assuming the price doesn't increase..), versus £359 for a 1TB 970 Evo. Or a long weekend away, or whatever.
 

Gazza

Bronze Level Poster
Quick update on this build having now been using it for a couple of months.
Updated BIOS to 1002 a week after delivery and changed overclock from PCS 4.7 to a stable 5GHz
Had no problems at all & blasts through every game & test I can throw at it.
Thanks to B. Hunt who built/tested/packed ~ great job man.

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