Make me a monster

OL1139

Member
I am looking at getting a gaming pc, my knowledge however isn't great and for that reason i need help. If your reading this and you accept the challenge i want you to make me a gaming pc which would be feared by others. Money is not an issue, i want specifically for gaming the best specs and nothing else. Good Luck :) Link the Specs.
 

polycrac

Rising Star
I took you at your word and picked a liquid cooled build, just because it allows faster RAM. I forget whether I added more bells or whistles, but probably plenty of both.

Here you go:

Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series RGB High Kit - EK
Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS C700P TOWER GAMING CASE
Tubing
Clear Flexible Tubing - 10/16mm
Graphics Card Cooling
EK FC Nickel & Backplate - For Two Identical Graphics Cards!
Coolant Colour
Mayhems Pastel UV White
LED Lighting
3x 50cm UV LED Strip
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-8086K Six Core (4.0GHz @ up to 5.0GHz)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - DVI, HDMI, DP
2nd Graphics Card
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - DVI, HDMI, DP
1st Hard Disk
4TB Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
The Crew 2 FREE with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
2nd Hard Disk
4TB Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
The Crew 2 FREE with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
3rd Hard Disk
4TB Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
The Crew 2 FREE with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
4th Hard Disk
4TB Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
The Crew 2 FREE with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2700MB/W)
The Crew 2 FREE with select SAMSUNG NVMe SSDs!
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2700MB/W)
The Crew 2 FREE with select SAMSUNG NVMe SSDs!
External DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
6x Slim USB 2.0 External Blu-Ray Writer
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Braided Power Supply Cables
CORSAIR Premium Individually Sleeved PSU Cable Kit Pro - White
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ASUS STRIX Raid DLX 7.1 PCIe sound card
Wireless/Wired Networking
ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 2100Mbps/5GHz, 1000Mbps/2.4GHz
Wireless Router/HomePlugs
ASUS RT-AC68U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1900 Gigabit Router
USB Options
2 PORT (1 x TYPE A, 1 x TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB 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 - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Firefox™
Monitor
ASUS 34" ROG Swift PG348Q GAMING MONITOR
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair K95 RGB PLATINUM Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Cherry MX RGB Speed
Mouse
Razer® Mamba 16000 Ambidextrous Wireless Mouse
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Liquid Series® Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price £10,634.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-liquid/RtU9QXeXue/

I threw all of your theoretical money at it and it is certainly a monster. It's also a bit daft - spends stupidly to very little gain.

Thing is, I'm not that good at configuring builds. BUT: this forum is actually a gold mine for people who know their stuff and for some unfathomable reason they'll spend some of their precious time helping out idiots like me. I'd suggest telling them:

What kind games you want to play,
What monitor resolution/size/refresh rate you want to play them at,
What your actual budget is (and if it really is unlimited, you are in the wrong forum - there are other places online that specialise in extracting cash from those with a money/sense imbalance),
Whether you are more bothered by it making heat or noise or taking up space in the room.

The above build is mostly nonsense, it would be feared by all the ignorant folk, for its size etc. and all the smart folk, for the colossal waste it represents.
 

polycrac

Rising Star
Sorry - just re-read what I put and it does sound a bit catty, even to me. Plus, I see now from your other post that you have a decent budget and are genuinely asking for help - ignore my rant and wait for a better answer from others, or just take Oussebon's spec (the one he posted on the storage confusion post) - he's great at this stuff.
 

OL1139

Member
Im still unsure on having two GPU's because i dont how much of an advantage it gives. Please if you could explain more on them.
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Sure. I've actually posted up info on SLI before, sorry that I didn't link that in the other topic, I should have done :)

Q: Does SLI work? Should I avoid SLI?

SLI does work, and gives substantial benefits in many games, depending on your system and the settings and resolution you’re gaming at:
https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/72...eview-incl-sli-faster-card-for-the-same-price
http://www.babeltechreviews.com/gtx-1080-ti-sli-performance-25-games/3/

However, not all games benefit as much as others. Nvidia’s high bandwidth SLI bridge has helped in some titles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWcsaociTjE
But in some titles there will be no gain. Some titles may support multi GPUs in DX11 but not DX12 (Battlefield 1 may be an example of this). There are also potential issues like Microstutter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX_BsVJdOvo

Nvidia also dropped support for more than 2-way SLI for gaming in its Pascal generation of GPUs:
http://www.techspot.com/news/65164-nvidia-no-longer-support-three-four-way-sli.html

SLI is often said to be less preferable than a single card solution that offers the same or sufficient performance.On the other hand, a pair of GTX 1080 tis in SLI would overall greatly outperform a Titan Xp for a similar price.

Whether SLI is right for you therefore depends on a many factors, including what monitor you will be gaming on. If you’re considering an SLI setup, why not make a topic to discuss your build and the pros/cons for you.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?55624-Unofficial-Hardware-FAQs

If you look at the articles linked above, you can see SLI helps a huge amount in many games.

Also note that some of the games where SLI is listed as giving 0 performance improvement (especially in the Babeltech article) is because they are using DX12, where instead of SLI one uses DX12's mGPU. And sometimes this was patched in after launch. So even more games than suggested in that article would benefit from 2 GPUs.

However, if you prefer to save money, a single GTX 1080 ti is fine.

Just make sure you have a gsync monitor, whether you buy 1 or 2 GTX 1080 tis. :)
 
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