How's this look?

[SpyderTracks]

Oops I linked the wrong monitor, these Asus part numbers are ridiculous lol.
Second choice was.

ASUS TUF VG27AQ1A Quad HD 27" IPS LCD Gaming Monitor - Black

Quad HD 2560 x 1440p; Refresh rate: 170 Hz; Response time: 1 ms; Input: HDMI / DisplayPort; Built-in speakers; Can be wall mounted

www.currys.co.uk

This one was released August 2020

The VG27AQ was released August 2019

As to actual performance difference, it's going to be very minimal, they're much the same specs.

 

[PyroAsh]

Ive been doing a bit more research and it seems the graphics card option I've chosen is a bit of a lucky dip regarding brand. Zotac, palit etc....
Do they all perform to a similar level or would I be better specifying something like Asus for the extra premium?

 

[Martinr36]

Ive been doing a bit more research and it seems the graphics card option I've chosen is a bit of a lucky dip regarding brand. Zotac, palit etc....
Do they all perform to a similar level or would I be better specifying something like Asus for the extra premium?

They all perform to a similar level as they are running the same chip, just slightly different cooling

 

[sck451]

For monitors, I'd recommend having a watch of this video from the excellent Hardware Unboxed channel:

You want the first section, about 1440p displays.

The main takeaways (taking into account UK pricing & availability) are that they advise you to opt for one of:

Gigabyte M27Q (£289.99)

Gaming Monitors - Cheap gaming monitor deals | Currys

Optimise your gaming experience with gaming monitor from Currys. Our exciting collection features monitors with 144hz refresh rates and immersive 4K visuals.

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Dell S2721DGF (£299)

DELL S2721DGFA Quad HD 27” LCD Gaming Monitor - Silver

Quad HD 2560 x 1440p; Refresh rate: 165 Hz; Response time: 1 ms; Input: HDMI / DisplayPort; USB 3.0 x 5; Can be wall mounted

www.currys.co.uk

MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD (£399)

MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD Quad HD 27" IPS Gaming Monitor - Black

Quad HD 2560 x 1440p; Refresh rate: 165 Hz; Response time: 1 ms; Input: HDMI / DisplayPort; USB 2.0 x 3 / USB Type-C x 1; Can be wall mounted

www.currys.co.uk

They don't mention the Asus monitor in this review: their review is nearly two years old now and quite positive, but I reckon that the recent price drops for the above monitors (they've all dropped by well over £50 in the last couple of weeks) make them very attractive buys right now.

The other option is to spend in the £230-250 range on a VA panel; to me that feels like a little bit of a waste given what you can get for just a little more, but I know that's very much a YMMV question.

 

[SpyderTracks]

The other option is to spend in the £230-250 range on a VA panel; to me that feels like a little bit of a waste given what you can get for just a little more, but I know that's very much a YMMV question.

I would fully agree with this.

VA panels were extremely attractive when IPS was a premium, but with the push from the top with almost all new panels being IPS, it's really pulled the price down for 1440p IPS, and now you'll find an IPS equivalent is only £10 or £20 more than a VA option, with that small a difference, the argument for VA is far less relevant.

I would say, if you can, definitely aim for IPS, especially now with Black Friday deals.

 

[PyroAsh]

I may of made a bad decision on my case. Just noticed the fans are RGB and not argb. Not to clued up on this stuff. Does that mean they are less or even not controllable by the icue software?
Should I upgrade to the 5000x?

 

[SpyderTracks]

I may of made a bad decision on my case. Just noticed the fans are RGB and not argb. Not to clued up on this stuff. Does that mean they are less or even not controllable by the icue software?
Should I upgrade to the 5000x?

What specs did you order?

 

[PyroAsh]

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 4000X RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® STRIX B550-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
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 H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery

PCSPECIALIST - Top Spec Custom PCs & Laptops Built to Order

Manufacturer of performance custom computers and laptops. Customise your ideal gaming PC or laptop using our advanced configurator.

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[SpyderTracks]

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 4000X RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® STRIX B550-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
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 H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery

PCSPECIALIST - Top Spec Custom PCs & Laptops Built to Order

Manufacturer of performance custom computers and laptops. Customise your ideal gaming PC or laptop using our advanced configurator.

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

It can be a little confusing, those fans are plugged into a Lighting Node Core that comes with the case, that governs all the RGB and is fully controllable via iCue. It's a really good case, good choice:

iCUE 4000X RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case — Black

The CORSAIR iCUE 4000X RGB is a distinctive and customizable tempered glass mid-tower ATX case with easy cable management and exceptional cooling, with three included CORSAIR AirGuide RGB fans.

www.corsair.com

 

[PyroAsh]

I just don't want to end up with a mismatch of fan types.
Are the fans in the cooler I've ordered the same as the case fans?
Sorry for the dum questions, still a little confused about the difference between RGB and ARGB lol

 

[JUNI0R]

For non Corsair cases, how would the AIO fans’ RGB be controlled? Via motherboard and some other UI?

It depends where the case is from but most commonly it'll use 3 (ARGB) or 4 (RGB) pin headers that'll plug into the motherboard and use the motherboards RGB software ie Armoury Crate for ASUS or RGB Fusion for Gigabyte

I just don't want to end up with a mismatch of fan types.
Are the fans in the cooler I've ordered the same as the case fans?
Sorry for the dum questions, still a little confused about the difference between RGB and ARGB lol

They aren't the same type of fans, but both being corsair fans, they'll be controlled by the same piece of software (iCUE)

RGB stands for Red Green Blue, ARGB stands for Addressable Red Green Blue. In short RGB can only show one colour at a time where as ARGB can show multiple. That said, the Corsair fans use a propritary RGB connector meaning they're called RGB but can show multiple colours at once. Hopefully that clears it up a bit?

 

[PyroAsh]

Erm.....kind of...erm maybe not lol.
Will I have a mix of ARGB and RGB fans with the current configuration?
If so, will changing the case to the 5000x fix that?
I just want it to look uniform.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Erm.....kind of...erm maybe not lol.
Will I have a mix of ARGB and RGB fans with the current configuration?
If so, will changing the case to the 5000x fix that?
I just want it to look uniform.

You won't notice any difference at all, the 5000x has the same fans as the 4000x. You'd have to step up to the iCue 465x which has LL120 fans in.

The LL fans are the top premium ones, with ML being the older version of them.

 

[PyroAsh]

You won't notice any difference at all, the 5000x has the same fans as the 4000x. You'd have to step up to the iCue 465x which has LL120 fans in.

The LL fans are the top premium ones, with ML being the older version of them.

Ok, thanks.
I think what's confused me is the description for the 4000x it says RGB and the description for the 5000x it says addressable RGB.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Ok, thanks.
I think what's confused me is the description for the 4000x it says RGB and the description for the 5000x it says addressable RGB.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about that, it gets very confusing with corsair stuff because they release new ranges fairly frequently.

When they're all running, they all operate in tandem with iCue, so you can coordinate colour and sequences throughout the build, even if they're different model fans.

So if for instance you had the 4000x, that comes with it's own commander core, the front fans would be plugged into that.

Then with the H150i you get an included commander core, the fans for the cooler would plug into that

In iCue, it would show both commander cores, and you pair them in iCue and run the colours / effects through both of them, so it's all in sync.

 

[PyroAsh]

Ah cool, you've put my mind at rest.
I'd get all OCD if it all looked different lol.

 

[PyroAsh]

Am I right in thinking the h150i isn't going to fit in the roof of the 4000x?
Would the h115i be more suited to this case?

 

[JUNI0R]

Am I right in thinking the h150i isn't going to fit in the roof of the 4000x?
Would the h115i be more suited to this case?

Correct, the H150 would go in the front of the case. The RGB RAM is pretty tall so realistically, the only rad you'll get in the top with that RAM is the H100i- H115i uses 140mm fans so is wider than the H100i and H150i that use 120mm fans (H100i uses 2, H150i uses 3)

 

[PyroAsh]

So it's actually the h100i that's the best option to exhaust from the top?
I might go for the LCD version for the small increase in price

 

[JUNI0R]

So it's actually the h100i that's the best option to exhaust from the top?
I might go for the LCD version for the small increase in price

If you want it in the top it would be. Although where the rad is placed is at the builders discretion so it won't 100% be placed there, just as a forewarning