I’ve just ordered a new pc I need advice on any mistakes or upgrades I should get

Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series Extreme Kit - EK
Case
THERMALTAKE CORE X71 TEMPERED GLASS EDITION GAMING CASE
Tubing
Clear Hardline Acrylic Tubing - 12/16mm (Black Fittings)
Graphics Card Cooling
EK FC Nickel & Backplate - For One Graphics Card!
Coolant Colour
Mayhems Pastel Mint Green (UV Reactive)
LED Lighting
2x 50cm UV LED Strip
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Six Core (3.7GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS X HERO: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
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
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
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 [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Monitor
Samsung LS24D330HSX/EN 24" LED monitor
Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE HDMI (M) to DVI (M)
Keyboard & Mouse
PCS S300 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD
Mouse
PCS S300 USB OPTICAL MOUSE
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
Liquid Series® Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

Price £3,205.00 including VAT and delivery

Hi Polostar,

My number one suggestion here would be an SSD at least big enough for Windows. What kind of thing are you doing with the machine? If you are going to be gaming I would definitely say that you could even drop down to 16GB of RAM comfortably if you have already maxed out your budget. Storage is one of the most frequently overlooked areas when it comes to specifying a PC so this is a fairly common problem. If you have the budget for an SSD for windows and then a separate one for games then your games will definitely appreciate the extra speed.

I hope I have helped, be sure to give us a ring if you want to walk through your specification at all.

Agreed with the above RE: reducing RAM to 16gb (there's very little difference in gaming performance between 8gb and 16gb - more than 16gb is just a waste for gaming) and about getting an SSD.

The build is extremely expensive, as it is custom liquid cooled, probably around £1000 more expensive than it needs to be.

If you're happy spending that kind of money on the aesthetics etc then that's a choice for you, but I would strongly suggest holding off until October when Intel's new CPUs are being released.

Also consider the Hight kit rather than Exteme as you're only going for a single GPU.

If you're gaming, what monitor are you gaming on? Is it only that cheap Samsung in the spec? If you already have a better one, what is it?

What's your budget, and what are you using the system for? Will help give more meaningful feedback

Would love to go over a few queries with yourself if you could kindly pm a number I could contact you on id be grateful

Polostar said:

Would love to go over a few queries with yourself if you could kindly pm a number I could contact you on id be grateful

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Their number is on the homepage: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

PCS's contact number is 0333 011 7000 as per Rob's sig https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/contact-us/
Hey're open to 8pm weekdays.

If you meant my number or that of any of the moderators, we don't work for PCS, we're customers like you, but we answer things on the forum

I have now made changes does we agree?

Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
Change to: 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (4 x 4GB)
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
Change to: 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
NONE
Change to: 128GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (upto 1640MB/sR | 650MB/sW)

What are you using the PC for and what monitor are you pairing it with for gaming?

Impossible to give any sensible comments on a PC system without knowing this.

Gaming and the screen I’ve ordered of pc specialist themselves for now anyway till I raise the money for a wide screen rog

I think that buying a PC of this spec for 1080p 60hz gaming is a waste of money of and hardware, and that if your budget is limited so that you can't buy the monitor you want now then you're basically cheating yourself out of a good gaming experience. You should expect more out of £3k.

It would be a lot better to not go for a custom liquid system but get a system based around a closed loop water cooler.

Combined with other savings, this would let you buy the £1000 ROG monitor today:

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 460X RGB GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Six Core (3.7GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] M.2 SSD Drive
250GB WD Black™ M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/s R | 1600MB/s W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
LED Lighting
2x 50cm RGB LED Strip
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
WIRELESS 802.11 AC1200 867Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
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 [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Monitor
ASUS 34" ROG Swift PG348Q GAMING MONITOR
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 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price £3,184.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-overclocked/gHD06KCcez/


If you're not already aware, the liquid series PCS need to be periodically drained, flushed out, and refilled. So they are more work.

I changed the GPU to the RTX 2080 as the 1080 ti is out of stock. The 2080 performs the same as a 1080 ti or better in current games, and has some additional features for new technologies coming to games that the 1080 ti doesn't have.