£3000 Budget, Can it be done?

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Hey all, looks like after posting in june a 2.8k build my wife has said i can bump it up a bit with roughly 3k to spend on the rig. I want to know if it is possible to get a 8700 / SLI 1080ti and watercoole hardline if possible for 3k self made. Been looking around a lot and causing me a headache, Idealy im either looking at a core p5 build or the new NZXT H700i depending on reviews but it looks a good case for a waterloop setup.
 

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Kellogz said:
Hey all, looks like after posting in june a 2.8k build my wife has said i can bump it up a bit with roughly 3k to spend on the rig. I want to know if it is possible to get a 8700 / SLI 1080ti and watercoole hardline if possible for 3k self made. Been looking around a lot and causing me a headache, Idealy im either looking at a core p5 build or the new NZXT H700i depending on reviews but it looks a good case for a waterloop setup.
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Check out reviews for Bequiet! 900 Pro, specially if you use waterblock, can invert the Mobo so GPUs are upside down and will get to see the fluid in the blocks ;)
 

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Yeah 3k is enough, tbh you only really need a single 1080ti even at 4K sli support is dwindling now so you can save a great chunk of money for a decent monitor or case.
 

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dont know if you need a monitor so if you dont you can scrap it, get windows if you need it and sort the water cooling stuff out.

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@ExoMale only problem is Asus is you can't water cool the cards, have stickers on screws as well as paint .
Sent 3 months getting my Strix green lit for RMA , that's with ROG using it for media and someone knocked me off top stop for fastest gtx 1070 in 3D Mark
But it's very hard no to feel in awe of all that power ! !!!!!!

Single Ti, waterblock installed. Board and GPU lighting will be synchronised together . Some cash for hard-line system, it's an expensive sport so may need to add more ;)
4 year warranty on the card too
Overclock that ram to 4000hz
De-lid and pre-binned CPU, makes sense now since stock is £100 Les instead of £150. As your watercooling will allow for fans to run quieter

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i know the OP said about water cooling, but didnt specify what areas, but then ive never watercooled or have interest other than an AIO Cpu cooler anyways to know what is compatible, however i chose the cheapest non reference model of the Ti.

removing the monitor, picking a 1-2tb hard drive would enable a better model 1080ti within budget or just scrap sli, lower the psu then use the saving on the better model gpu, better monitor and as much water cooling gear you can get and make use of.


oh i chose the none K i7 because it shows in stock, dont know when the build is for, but if you wanting to OC then order the K otherwise you wont go wrong with the 6 core anyways.
 

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i know the OP said about water cooling, but didnt specify what areas, but then ive never watercooled or have interest other than an AIO Cpu cooler anyways to know what is compatible, however i chose the cheapest non reference model of the Ti.

removing the monitor, picking a 1-2tb hard drive would enable a better model 1080ti within budget or just scrap sli, lower the psu then use the saving on the better model gpu, better monitor and as much water cooling gear you can get and make use of.


oh i chose the none K i7 because it shows in stock, dont know when the build is for, but if you wanting to OC then order the K otherwise you wont go wrong with the 6 core anyways.
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when you look at the cost of watercooling hard tubing well to getting 2 SLi Ti's.... i know what i'd chose lol - and as you say , some AIO are stunning . looking forward to alphacools Eisbaer mk2 :D
 

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Thankyou all @orbitalwalsh that was pretty much exactly what i had in my basket, didnt need the windows but apart from that pretty much the same. I was hoping to squeeze a second 1080 in but i think I would need atleast 3.5k to be able to do that, and I cant as im spending 500 on a monitor already.
 

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Kellogz said:
Thankyou all @orbitalwalsh that was pretty much exactly what i had in my basket, didnt need the windows but apart from that pretty much the same. I was hoping to squeeze a second 1080 in but i think I would need atleast 3.5k to be able to do that, and I cant as im spending 500 on a monitor already.
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Buy one and say if you really really need it.
Do over 50% of your games you play now have SLi working for it ?

Also, drop Customer service a note or call up about the quote, might be able to drop price, I managed to get £900 waterforce Ti at launch for £860 - that's a game at least , two Tis that's 15% of a monitor ;)

Sorry, and no windows brings it down to £2600 .
 
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So after some more hours upon hours of trying to work this out i got a few options and appear to start to be going somewhere... here's the options and yes i will also talk with customer service about any deals that can be done. Another question i keep asking myself should I wait black Friday or just not bother, I don't know how much i could roughly save or not even as i know there's components in short supply already atm...

Option 1 - Full Loop *note i have not finalised all fittings needed just estimated for now.
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x NZXT H700i Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black= £199.99
  • 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 5.0Ghz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Pre-Binned Processor - OEM= £499.99
  • 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £254.99
  • 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £229.99
  • 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080Ti "Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition" 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics= £899.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) Radiator= £57.95
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream SE 240 (Slim Dual) Radiator= £49.99
  • 3 x EK Water Blocks EK-HD PETG Clear Tube 12/10mm 500mm (2pcs)= £4.99
  • 5 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 Nickel= £5.99
  • 10 x EK Water Blocks EK-ACF Fitting 12/16mm - Nickel= £4.99
  • 1 x Corsair Lighting Node Pro, RGB Lighting Controller with Individually Addressable RGB LED Strips= £51.95
  • 1 x Corsair HD120 RGB LED 120mm High Performance PWM x 3 Fan Pack (Includes Controller)= £64.99
  • 2 x Corsair HD120 RGB LED 120mm High Performance PWM Fan (No Controller)= £19.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl. sleeved pump)= £134.99
  • 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 850W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £139.99
  • 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3333MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (CMR32GX4M4C333= £359.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Plug G1/4 (for EK-Badge) - Black= £3.49
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G14 - Nickel= £14.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Extender 6mm M-M G1/4 - Nickel= £2.99
  • 1 x Mayhems Ultra Clear Watercooling Tubing (3/8 - 5/8) 16/10mm - 1m= £2.45
  • 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O 5Ltr= £14.99

Total: £3,118.51
(includes shipping: £0.00)


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Plus 1x

Total: £599.99
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Option 2 - If Corsair and Giga had a baby
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,873.81
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Plus 2x


Total: £1,199.98
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Option 3 - NZXT + Asus

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,762.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Plus 2x


Total: £1,199.98
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Option 4 - 2x 1080tis SLI - Much less RGB Performance Increase
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,278.41
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Plus 1x

Total: £599.99
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Budget is looking nearer 3700-3800, the monitor i chose was 529 and was going to order it last week.. ill see what OC can do for me.
 
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Kellogz said:
So after some more hours upon hours of trying to work this out i got a few options and appear to start to be going somewhere... here's the options and yes i will also talk with customer service about any deals that can be done. Another question i keep asking myself should I wait black Friday or just not bother, I don't know how much i could roughly save or not even as i know there's components in short supply already atm...

Option 1 - Full Loop *note i have not finalised all fittings needed just estimated for now.
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x NZXT H700i Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black= £199.99
  • 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 5.0Ghz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Pre-Binned Processor - OEM= £499.99
  • 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £254.99
  • 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £229.99
  • 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080Ti "Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition" 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics= £899.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) Radiator= £57.95
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream SE 240 (Slim Dual) Radiator= £49.99
  • 3 x EK Water Blocks EK-HD PETG Clear Tube 12/10mm 500mm (2pcs)= £4.99
  • 5 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 Nickel= £5.99
  • 10 x EK Water Blocks EK-ACF Fitting 12/16mm - Nickel= £4.99
  • 1 x Corsair Lighting Node Pro, RGB Lighting Controller with Individually Addressable RGB LED Strips= £51.95
  • 1 x Corsair HD120 RGB LED 120mm High Performance PWM x 3 Fan Pack (Includes Controller)= £64.99
  • 2 x Corsair HD120 RGB LED 120mm High Performance PWM Fan (No Controller)= £19.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl. sleeved pump)= £134.99
  • 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 850W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £139.99
  • 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3333MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (CMR32GX4M4C333= £359.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Plug G1/4 (for EK-Badge) - Black= £3.49
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G14 - Nickel= £14.99
  • 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-AF Extender 6mm M-M G1/4 - Nickel= £2.99
  • 1 x Mayhems Ultra Clear Watercooling Tubing (3/8 - 5/8) 16/10mm - 1m= £2.45
  • 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O 5Ltr= £14.99

Total: £3,118.51
(includes shipping: £0.00)


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WC9E1EK_158951_105x105.jpg
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WC900EK_120786_105x105.jpg
WC9J3EK_172751_105x105.jpg
WC114MH_117699_105x105.png
WC102MH_101856_105x105.jpg

Plus 1x

Total: £599.99
(includes shipping: £0.00)



​

Option 2 - If Corsair and Giga had a baby
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,873.81
(includes shipping: £0.00)



​

Plus 2x


Total: £1,199.98
(includes shipping: £0.00)



​

Option 3 - NZXT + Asus

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,762.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)



​

Plus 2x


Total: £1,199.98
(includes shipping: £0.00)



​
Option 4 - 2x 1080tis SLI - Much less RGB Performance Increase
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,278.41
(includes shipping: £0.00)



​

Plus 1x

Total: £599.99
(includes shipping: £0.00)



​

Budget is looking nearer 3700-3800, the monitor i chose was 529 and was going to order it last week.. ill see what OC can do for me.
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Loved number one and number 4 , nothing like 4 years of warranty cover over Strix 3, as well as being able to put water blocks on the air card later and keeping your warranty .
Only problem is I get to the bottom and see your screen selection and cry , specially when option 4 is packing SLi!
With that option you should be looking at next year's 4k HDR 60+ Hz monitor or 1440p wide screen . Think everyone will tell you your nuts for that 1440p screen . One Ti will drive that just fine . Ti sweet spot is the ultra wide 1440p

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £911.09
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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Take option 1/2 or 4 with ditching to one card and get the above ^^^

From.member of nzxt staff that has helped me over the years

Regarding the Smart Device:

- you can connect 4 LED strips or 5 Aer RGB fans
- you can connect 9 fans

Even option 3, but change to aorus and keeping the Kraken and RGB fans along with option 4 but single Card would look awesome !

It's a shame the Waterforce AIO is out of Stock :(

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £3,511.89
(includes shipping: £22.50)




And there's having your cake and eating it , two silent wings 3 140 at the front

Overclock 8 pack 3200 kit to 3800

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,780.88
(includes shipping: £23.10)



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Hey orb thanks for the reply, yeh sli is prob overkill for 1440p it was more for future proofing as the rig needs to last me atleast 5 years before i can think about a GPU upgrade, hopefully by than will have 4k 120hz screens who knows! Im between 1 and 2, it comes down to do i want to watercool or have an extra screen.
 

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So final check before i press the click went with a combo of 2 and 1 :) Gonna get screens on black friday. Already got the processor delivered here as I noticed they where in stock other day. Any final thoughts would be apprieceated.

Plan to do something pretty simmilar to this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,201.34
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Kellogz said:
So final check before i press the click went with a combo of 2 and 1 :) Gonna get screens on black friday. Already got the processor delivered here as I noticed they where in stock other day. Any final thoughts would be apprieceated.

Plan to do something pretty simmilar to this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,201.34
(includes shipping: £22.50)



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Damn !!!!

Have you seen corsairs new RGB fans? Like a mix between the two current models

Call up and see if you can blah free delivery and maybe some pennies off !
And don't forget to register the extra year warranty . Gigabyte are a lot lot kinder then zotac if you forget though

And get a build log of that beast going !
 
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So i pulled the trigger, parts ordered, and all arriving tommorow! looks like i did it just in time as the 1080ti went back up by £80. so money saved there! Will have a build log going when I start probably tomorrow as will be vlogging it too. here is the final order. I need to wait and see what version of the 570x i get as some report they get the cutout on the psu and the shroud included, fingers crossed its that one!

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Kellogz said:
So i pulled the trigger, parts ordered, and all arriving tommorow! looks like i did it just in time as the 1080ti went back up by £80. so money saved there! Will have a build log going when I start probably tomorrow as will be vlogging it too. here is the final order. I need to wait and see what version of the 570x i get as some report they get the cutout on the psu and the shroud included, fingers crossed its that one!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,324.12
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Sweet, did you see the deal with the Gaming 7... Free cooler master 240mm AIO?

have to get a build log up for this bad boy
 
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