First time builder/PC Owner -Aorus

Kev1eighty7 · 8 Jan 2018 at 00:28

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)

Kev1eighty7 · 8 Jan 2018 at 00:42

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

Kev1eighty7 · 8 Jan 2018 at 00:47

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

Kev1eighty7 · 8 Jan 2018 at 01:13

thank you!

Kev1eighty7 · 8 Jan 2018 at 23:24

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

Kev1eighty7 · 8 Jan 2018 at 23:25

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

Kev1eighty7 · 9 Jan 2018 at 01:27

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

Kev1eighty7 · 18 Jan 2018 at 19:50

@orbitalwalsh Found it again

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Kev1eighty7 · 21 Jan 2018 at 02:41

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!

Kev1eighty7 · 22 Jan 2018 at 01:23

yes, i had it all on ultra but it isn't a triple A game! Tthink thats whats helping, will buy a triple A soon and check again.
How can i increase the res? Monitor is a 2560x1080p, thats what i have it set to at present.

Kev1eighty7 · 22 Jan 2018 at 22:54

ok thanks mate! In games, would you recommend setting s the video/graphics settings in the Nvidia panel or in the game itself? Will one override the other?

Kev1eighty7 · 24 Jan 2018 at 15:28

Cheers pal.
Would you recommend using the auto OC feature in the app centre? I clicked it last night and it cocked my settings up. It disabled xmp profile...i since re enabled xmp and clicked back the default setting in the easy tuner!!

Kev1eighty7 · 25 Jan 2018 at 23:19

Sorry mate, i cant say I have the foggiest idea what to do. Id be worried id mess something up! Probably best for me to use and abuse for bit before i start getting into that eh...ill have to try and educate myself a little then come back to you.

One thing I'm not overly happy with is the rate at which my rad fans are running at idle, it seems to me that if i set them in the BIOS they stay there but if i mess about with the gigabyte app it cocks them all up again. Seems bit ***** that app in some areas haha