First Time Custom Build. Looking for some advice on current spec.

Elith

Elith

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Hey so as i said in the title this is my first custom build and just looking for a bit of advice/feedback on what i've picked out so far.

This is going to be mainly used for 3D artwork, so Maya, Unreal/Unity, Substance Painter/Designer, Photoshop etc. will use it for gaming from time to time, but nothing too extreme on that end. Going for the 1080TI because substance is bound by graphics memory, so the more the better

CPU - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i v2
Motherboard - Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
Storage - Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage - Seagate Barracuda 3TB Hard Drive
Video Card - Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
Case - Corsair Carbide 400C
Power Supply - Corsair RMx 650W
Wireless Network Adapter - Asus PCE-AC56

I've priced this and it's came in around £2000. But i possibly don't need to spend that much, or there could be parts swapped out that could be of equal quality if not better for around the same price/less that i am unaware of.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Hey Plec,

I've actually been playing around with the build since i posted this so now it's looking a bit more like this.

CPU - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i v2
Motherboard - Asus STRIX B350-F (like you have suggested)
Memory - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (also faster, like you suggested)
Storage - Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage - Seagate Barracuda 3TB Hard Drive
Video Card - Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
Case - Corsair Carbide 400C
Power Supply - Corsair RMx 650W
Wireless Network Adapter - Asus PCE-AC56

*Also apologies for the forum rule breaking in my original post, edited now.
 
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Hey again,

Glad that it's turned out alright, all that reading and listening to tech videos in the background at work may be paying off :)

To be honest you're probably right on that swap out as yeah i'm not sure i will gain much benefit from it and it's probably worth the saving.

Thanks for the help there Plec.
 
Thanks for the power supply ideas too, i think i'll probably stick with the Corsair one, i think they recently pushed their warranties on them out to 10 years for at least the RMx series.

Oh Substance Painter and Designer are GPU limited, they are used for texturing 3d assets in real time, so if you are doing something with a lot of smart materials or with a lot of individual layers of detail, the extra is always going to be beneficial. I know a few guys that have recently upgraded to a 1080ti and they keep commenting on how smooth the programme runs with the additional memory. I'm not sure how much smoother it is over the standard 1080, but if you are texturing something onto a 4k map I don't think the extra 3gb will hurt. i'm currently using a gtx 970 and while it's okay, but once you start to get detailed or want to work details in at a higher resolution you can feel the performance dropping away. I realise the 970 is a far cry from the 1080 but yeah.

But if you or anyone else knows different, please let me know :)
 
Hey mistersprinkles, is this the B-Die RAM you are talking about being better, or? I've seen a few people talking about it but I wasn't really sure.

And thanks again Plec, for the heads up, i wouldn't have known to do that, will keep that in mind. And on the graphics card, the Asus choice is purely out of, i've always had Asus cards and i've always found them to be reliable so i didn't mind spending a bit more here to get that.

Cheers.
 
I'd be more than happy for your recommendations (as long as you don't mind taking more time) once i'd kind of finalised the build i was going to start looking into warranty stuff and then maybe reconsider if anything was a bit crap on that front.

*edit* Now started reading on Asus warranty issues and it does seem like a bit of a pain if anything does go wrong.
 
Hah sorry man, I had no idea, enjoy your time out whatever you are doing, but yeah if you have time once you are home that would be great :)
 
That's brilliant cheers, yeah i think as i said the original reason i went with Asus was out of never having an issue with them, but i've had multiple people now recommend me the Aorus version. The Gaming OC Black seems really cheap but i can't see anywhere you can actually buy it, has it just not been released in the UK yet? Or is it just sold out because it's so cheap, i do like how it has the simple black finish.

Perfect on the motherboard though, i'll possibly just switch over to that if gigabyte are better at dealing with warranty related stuff. I think everyone has horror stories about individual companies, but i'd rather be a bit safer.
 
Yeah totally undertsandable on experience, I've had components fail on me in the past, nothing as major the motherboard, but PSU/RAM and just replaced them off my own back but i think if i was under warranty and having a pain getting it replaced, yeah just doesn't sound like fun :)

Looks like it was released a while back so not really sure on the OC Black.

But yeah again thanks for all your help :)
 
So just as a recap, this is where I am now at.

CPU - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i GTX
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-AB360 Gaming 3
Memory - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage - Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
Storage - Seagate Barracuda 3TB Hard Drive
Video Card - Aorus 1080ti
Case - Corsair Carbide 400C
Power Supply - Corsair RMx 650W
Wireless Network Adapter - TP-Link Archer T8E
 
Silence is relatively important, but a bit of noise isn't the end of the world.

I will look to OC the CPU yeah. The water cooler is a bit of self-indulgence over anything else if i'm being totally honest.

*edit* The 400C seems to not be the best for noise looking at it, aesthetically though i really like it. I've actually really been struggling to find a case i like and this is one of the few that i do like. The Enthoo Evolve i did like the look of as well, i might check the sound levels for that as well.
 
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Yeah I think the 400C comes with two fans by default one 120mm and one 140mm so i'll probably have the 140mm in the top and the 120mm at the back, with the watercooler mounted on the front.

I'll add in my edit from the last post.

*edit* The 400C seems to not be the best for noise looking at it, aesthetically though i really like it. I've actually really been struggling to find a case i like and this is one of the few that i do like. The Enthoo Evolve i did like the look of as well, i might check the sound levels for that.
 
That's a decent call for the case, i'll mull that one over.

Will post pics once this is all done though, hopefully it won't be a sad me with a smoldering ruin :D
 
So got everything today, wohooo and it seems like it actually works. Only problem is the Aorus card has a dodgy fan that rubs :(

A little bit of me regrets the water cooler as well, I dunno if it's just me but the pipes are quite rigid and trying to mount it on the front ended up the case wouldn't shut right because the way the pipes bent, so I've mounted it on top which means I have to take the radiator off to insert/remove ram. I now understand why people do a test outside the case now, I was just too nervous to do that.

But yeah it turns on :D will flash the bios tomorrow then look to install windows. Will need to use the 970 from my soon to be retired pc until I get the aorus sorted out.
 
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Yeah I checked for wired it's actually rubbing against the casing for the card, seems like it is an issue with some of the Aorus cards, will get in touch with Overclockers on Monday.

Right I'll maybe do that because yeah I'm not really liking it mounted on the top of the case just because of the restriction.

Yeah I ended up having to take a ram stick out to get it to boot, think once the bios is updated it should fix the issue. But yeah all fun :)

Thanks for the link too.
 
Hey again,

So here are some pictures, they aren't great just off my mobile phone, but yeah. Pretty happy, obviously not the final graphics card, that is currently winging its way back to overclockers so hopefully will get that replaced soon :)

Also only realised today how horrid the sag is on that 970. Think it might need a little lego support.




 
Yeah thanks again for that tip, i used a velcro tie to bring them together, but then i used a few cable ties to lift it up on the top of the case as well, but yeah way better.

Yeah i opened my old computer up to get the 970 out and realised how handsome this build actually looks.

I think since it's just a temp thing i'll just prop it up with something for now, if the 1080 looks to be sagging a lot i may use cable ties :)

Thanks again for all your help Plec, it seems to have turned out well. I keep thinking i've forgotten something, but it seems to be working without issue, so i assume it's all good :D
 
Hey so just one quick update now it's all done.

After two faulty Aorus 1080ti cards i finally got a working one today, hurray. Big thanks to the staff at Overclockers for the rapid turn around in getting me new ones, customer service is 10/10.

 
Hah sadly nothing yet, been just installing all my art related stuff back on the system now that it's all working. The only thing i'm looking at playing soon is Divinity Original Sin 2, which isn't very punishing, but very fun :)
 
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