Advice on New PC

Good Morning All,

So I've ordered the below:

Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS C700M TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 16 Core Processor i9-7960X (2.8GHz) 22MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s, WIFI - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2700MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i PRO Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
LED Lighting
2x 50cm RGB LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [MUP-00003]
Monitor
ASUS 34" ROG Swift PG348Q GAMING MONITOR
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
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-x299-pc/UnhJWbS8Wz/

I wanted to get some advice - From my current rig I have 2x Gigabyte GTX 1080's in SLI and I wanted to see what would be the best way to ensure the cables are ready in the new pc so I can fit these cards, the setup on them is 1 and 3 in the slots so do I just call up pc specialist and ask them to wire in the power cables so it's ready to go or what?

Appreciate any feedback on the build as well - I know the CPU is massively overkill for most needs but since works paying for the pc I thought i might as well go big or go home right

I thought i might as well go big or go home right

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Not right Or at least, not necessarily right. Even if it's free, a CPU with more cores might not be the best choice versus one with fewer cores and a higher frequencies, depending on what it is being used for.

What is the PC being used for exactly? If gaming, what monitor(s)? Any non-gaming uses? Specific software?

And what's the budget / cost of the system above?

The CPU cores was a bit excessive but I do use a few work programs that will utilise them for compute power for health and safety scenarios for oil rigs where virtual tours are used in cad renders. As for gaming the monitor is on the list, the 34" pg348q is what I went for as I have two 4k 27" monitors that I'll be using alongside for work.

Outside of the above, mostly a lot of excel pivot tables and presentations which don't require much.

As for the price, I believe it came in at 4.4k or somewhere there, not 100%