First time builder/PC Owner -Aorus

[Kev1eighty7]

BUILD PICS, please feel free to critique! Click imgur link

https://imgur.com/a/kKLnR

SPEC:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080AORUS-8GD)= £578.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £359.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H115i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 280mm (CW-9060027-WW)= £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £158.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £229.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD1)= £149.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £84.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Glass Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal= £159.95
• 1 x Akasa VR USB Panel 3.5 Inch - Black= £15.95
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail)= £16.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99

Total: £1,880.77 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Methos]

nice selection there

might want to upgrade your AIO to a 360 though... the 8700's can get a bit toasty at times, and the Enthoo can hold the 360 happily up the top

 

[Kev1eighty7]

I know mate, i thought/was told of that after id placed the order! Oh well, ill upgrade in the future when my brother gets another PC, ill give him the 280 and ill upgrade to 360/420mm

 

[Methos]

ahhh good plan

going to be a damn nice build when it's done

 

[Kev1eighty7]

did you see the imgur link> pictures out of interest?

 

[Methos]

i didn't, have done now

very clean and tidy

 

[Kev1eighty7]

thank you!

 

[orbitalwalsh]

started to overclock yet ?

 

[harvey.l12]

This been built yet? Would love to see the finished beast.

 

[Kev1eighty7]

@harvey.l12 YES TAKE A LOOK>>>https://imgur.com/a/kKLnR

 

[Kev1eighty7]

@orbitalwalsh no mate, never done it so will need to do some learning first!!

 

[harvey.l12]

Looking nice

 

[Kev1eighty7]

Going to try and squeeze another case fan in the top for the time being an eventually upgrade the AIO to a 360...i think 420 will be abit tight squeeze with the cables coming off the back of the VR front panel etc

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Going to try and squeeze another case fan in the top for the time being an eventually upgrade the AIO to a 360...i think 420 will be abit tight squeeze with the cables coming off the back of the VR front panel etc

Alphacool and Corsair will have their new AIO on display at CES

 

[Kev1eighty7]

@orbitalwalsh Found it again

 

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[orbitalwalsh]

Looks sweet

 

[Kev1eighty7]

was getting 170fps consistently earlier while gaming on a a racing sim...topped at about 200, my 144z monitor cant keep up!!

Will require some OCing guidance in the next weeks, not a clue!