Gaming desktop has just arrived!

[smallkube]

Hi there,

I just took receipt of the machine below (massive shout out to Oussebon for this - i was originally planning to get a laptop but he showed me the light and designed my machine).

I finished downloading all my steam games yesterday and went straight into Warhammer Total War II. In full 4k at highest settings i can average 35fps, and it still looked pretty smooth. In 1440 it cruises at 60+fps at highest settings.
Add to that the fact i could only tell it was switched on because of the light on top (i was looking for something quiet so i could have it in the living room) and i am very happy indeed.
I will add some more stats once i've put a few more games through it.

Photo's to follow.

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE R5 BLACK QUIET MID-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 3.0, SATA 6GBs - 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 SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG SM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3200MB/R, 1800MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Memory Card Reader
USB 3.0 EXTERNAL SD/MICRO SD CARD READER
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
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM 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 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language

 

[Oussebon]

Great to hear it's all going well, and that it's suitably quiet too

As for the highest settings on 4k, note that some settings are going to be very demanding for little visual fidelity. Also things like Anti Aliasing aren't needed as much at 4k. This may give you more playable FPS at the higher resolution.

 

[smallkube]

Yeah, I've been looking into the settings and how intensive they are. Last night i just played in 1440 as it was recommended on Nvidia's website for 60fps using the 1080ti and it was still pretty stunning. Xcom2, GTA V, Forza 6 apex and Destiny 2 downloaded overnight so they will be next up to see how they go. Good times! Thanks again for sorting me out.

 

[ClarkF1]

Yep. It's a great combo. Oussebon helped me with my spec too He gets around a bit.