Wreckreation
Member
Hi all,
Need some advice on the spec I'm looking at, mostly for gaming, budget for the system around £1600. I'm also looking at buying a 1440p 144hz monitor - looking at the Samsung CHG70 (£464). I had my eye on the Aorus AD27QD (£534), but I think it's just a bit too expensive and I'm not really patient enough to try the whole lottery thing with these (not that I won't have to with the Samsung, but it does save me over £70). Will we ever get the LG GL850? If it was easy to find that'd be the one.
Case
Send In Your Own Case - Looking to get the Cooler Master H500 (no suffix)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-9700K (3.6GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
Get Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with select NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs!
1st Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
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/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £1,582.00 including VAT and Delivery
Couple of things: Do PCS no longer sell the WD Black M2 SSDDs? I could swear it was an option awhile ago. Was also thinking of getting 2 ADATA M2 drives, which actually comes out cheaper than 1 Samsung 970 drive. Would you say that as a good idea? I'm sure I can manage my drives well enough, but I could double my m2 drive space. Is the 970 that much better/more noticeable performance?
Lastly - I was looking at sourcing my own GPU - I would prefer something like a Gigabyte or EVGA 2070 Super. Is that a good idea, as I guess I'm not a fan of the Palit/Zotac brands but also find the ASUS Strix stuff too overpriced. Is there a real benefit to getting the "branded" stuff? Or would I just lose out on better warranty for a slight performance gain, if any?
Need some advice on the spec I'm looking at, mostly for gaming, budget for the system around £1600. I'm also looking at buying a 1440p 144hz monitor - looking at the Samsung CHG70 (£464). I had my eye on the Aorus AD27QD (£534), but I think it's just a bit too expensive and I'm not really patient enough to try the whole lottery thing with these (not that I won't have to with the Samsung, but it does save me over £70). Will we ever get the LG GL850? If it was easy to find that'd be the one.
Case
Send In Your Own Case - Looking to get the Cooler Master H500 (no suffix)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-9700K (3.6GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
3TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
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/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £1,582.00 including VAT and Delivery
Couple of things: Do PCS no longer sell the WD Black M2 SSDDs? I could swear it was an option awhile ago. Was also thinking of getting 2 ADATA M2 drives, which actually comes out cheaper than 1 Samsung 970 drive. Would you say that as a good idea? I'm sure I can manage my drives well enough, but I could double my m2 drive space. Is the 970 that much better/more noticeable performance?
Lastly - I was looking at sourcing my own GPU - I would prefer something like a Gigabyte or EVGA 2070 Super. Is that a good idea, as I guess I'm not a fan of the Palit/Zotac brands but also find the ASUS Strix stuff too overpriced. Is there a real benefit to getting the "branded" stuff? Or would I just lose out on better warranty for a slight performance gain, if any?