Advice on new gaming pc

TGrit · 18 Sep 2018 at 15:53

Hey im new to pc gaming and am looking at getting my first custom gaming pc. I am looking at getting one thats going to work well for normal gaming on high settings and also to run a htc vive pro. Ive looked at this setup:

Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300P Case, USB 3.0, ATX Micro-ATX Mini-ITX, 2 x 120mm RGB Fans, RGB Lighting Control, Window Side Panel, Black

CPU: Intel Core i7 8700K 3.7GHz 6 Core 12 Thread Processor (Coffee Lake)

RAM: 32GB (4x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200MHz Memory Kit

Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 1080TI 11GB Graphic Card - 2x DisplayPort 1x HDMI 1x DVI-D

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING Motherboard, Supports up to 64 GB @ up to 3200MHz, 4 x DDR4 RAM Slots, M.2, SLI & CrossFireX, mATX

Storage: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO NVME PCIE M.2 SSD, Up to 3400MB/s Read, 1500MB/s Write, 5 Year Warranty
And
2TB Seagate BarraCuda 7200 RPM 64Mb Cache Hard Drive

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB Liquid CPU Cooler

PSU: 850W - Cooler Master Vanguard Gold Rated

What do u guys think is this a good setup for what i want or are there any better options? Any advice is appreciated

orbitalwalsh · 18 Sep 2018 at 15:59

antec p110 and aorus card are pretty much made for VR. card has internal HDMI which you can hook up to the front of the case so saves having to get behind your PC to plug in Head set if it needs to be stored .

also gigabyte and antex rep on here @Ace Modder

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £689.99
1 x Antec P110 Midi Tower RGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £109.99

Total: £812.58 (includes shipping: £12.60)

matx and atx - there isn't personally much difference in height - would just grab ATX or ITX strix board

1080ti can run off 650w, want some head room then antec 750w

you'll need a better AIO then that for pushing 8700k to 5ghz

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Alphacool Eisbaer LT360 CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm (11446)= £99.95
1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99

Total: £190.44 (includes shipping: £10.50)

TGrit · 18 Sep 2018 at 16:03

Thankyou like I say im very new to this so thats really helpful

lee32uk · 18 Sep 2018 at 16:30

You can drop the ram down to 16GB. No need for 32GB on a gaming pc.

For the SSD you can get something like the TeamGroup L5 480GB for less than the Samsung 970 Evo 250GB. As games are getting bigger and bigger then a 480GB SSD is nice to have.