Gaming and possible VR build around 2000

[Deletion]

ok I have gone with the cheaper monitor for now as I can always get a better one in a few months and use this as a second monitor.

So just another sanity check and make sure i didn't miss out anything this time or glaring compatibility issues.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler= £74.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM006)= £54.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £199.99
• 1 x Hynix SL308 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (HFS500G32TND-N1A2A)= £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £144.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £248.99
• 1 x AOC Q3279VWF 32" 2560x1440 VA 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor= £199.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £749.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £94.99
• 1 x Akasa VR USB Panel 3.5 Inch - Black= £15.95

Total: £2,015.67 (includes shipping: £15.90)​

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[orbitalwalsh]

ok I have gone with the cheaper monitor for now as I can always get a better one in a few months and use this as a second monitor.

So just another sanity check and make sure i didn't miss out anything this time or glaring compatibility issues.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler= £74.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM006)= £54.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £199.99
• 1 x Hynix SL308 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (HFS500G32TND-N1A2A)= £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £144.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £248.99
• 1 x AOC Q3279VWF 32" 2560x1440 VA 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor= £199.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £749.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £94.99
• 1 x Akasa VR USB Panel 3.5 Inch - Black= £15.95

Total: £2,015.67 (includes shipping: £15.90)
​

looks good, You also need to pick up a 5.3" to 3.5" converter - dont do them here anymore

would change the CPU cooler down a grade since its the i5 K and not I7 K and add the Focus PSU unit which is highly recommended on here as well as its warranty pointed out by others

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler= £62.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99

Total: £168.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)


a must!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99

Total: £13.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

​

 

[Deletion]

is the 5.3" to 3.5" convertor for the USB Panel?

Do i need any extra case fans?

Im now here

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM006)= £54.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £199.99
• 1 x Hynix SL308 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (HFS500G32TND-N1A2A)= £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £144.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £248.99
• 1 x AOC Q3279VWF 32" 2560x1440 VA 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor= £199.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £749.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £94.99
• 1 x Akasa VR USB Panel 3.5 Inch - Black= £15.95
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler= £62.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99

Total: £2,028.66 (includes shipping: £15.90)​

​

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Deletion
Case has 1x 140 pure wing at front and 1x120 at rear . Normally you'd be fine and can run them max settings without any fan noise , but youv got some serious heat .
Front can take 2x 140. Can controller can take 3 fans .
Move front to the top as extra exhaust and pick up two 140 fans - ocuk don't sell pure wing fans

Bequiet flagship are a beast but expensive.
If your after RGB that Mobo can control
And basic solid 140mm fans that don't break the bank


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 2 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 140mm PWM Fan= £20.99
• 2 x Akasa Vegas X7 RGB LED Fan - 120mm= £12.95
• 2 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 140mm Fan - Black= £7.99

Total: £93.76 (includes shipping: £9.90)​

​

 

[Deletion]

trigger pulled parts ordered now comes the scary part

putting it all together

 

[orbitalwalsh]

trigger pulled parts ordered now comes the scary part

putting it all together

Get a build log going. Help members on here if need hand or tips and experience on overclocking etc

 

[Danny75]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x BitFenix 5.25" to 3.5" External Drive Bay Adapter with SoftTouch - Black= £4.99
• 1 x Akasa 5.25" Bay SSD/HDD 2.5"/3.5" Device adapter - AK-HDA-05= £5.99
• 1 x Icy Dock Flex-Fit Trio 3.5” to 5.25” Front Bay Conversion Kit= £8.99

Total: £28.67 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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[orbitalwalsh]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x BitFenix 5.25" to 3.5" External Drive Bay Adapter with SoftTouch - Black= £4.99
• 1 x Akasa 5.25" Bay SSD/HDD 2.5"/3.5" Device adapter - AK-HDA-05= £5.99
• 1 x Icy Dock Flex-Fit Trio 3.5” to 5.25” Front Bay Conversion Kit= £8.99

Total: £28.67 (includes shipping: £8.70)
​

My epic fail there :/ did quick search using the search bar and came up with nothing . But yeah, the above will mount the vr panel to the case

 

[Danny75]

My epic fail there :/ did quick search using the search bar and came up with nothing . But yeah, the above will mount the vr panel to the case

"5.25 3.5" and then Price: Low to High, did the trick.

Nice spec by the way. That front HDMI is a cool feature on the Aorus card.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

"5.25 3.5" and then Price: Low to High, did the trick.

Nice spec by the way. That front HDMI is a cool feature on the Aorus card.

Shame the dropped the number from 2 to 1 on the Ti from the rest. Specially with Pimax 8k X needing two hdmi cables .

Wondering if they'll be an Aorus Vega to bring same features

 

[Deletion]

well what do you know started it up for the first time and went straight to post so looking good so far

 

[orbitalwalsh]

well what do you know started it up for the first time and went straight to post so looking good so far

If your doing fresh install, leave everything to default. What I do anyways. They I enable XMP and oc etc etc

Also, get some pics up of that badboy !!!
Really need to sort my hardtubing

 

[Kev1eighty7]

So what did you go with in the end? Looking to do the same thing, can you tell me which basket you went with from above?

 

[Deletion]

This was the one i ended up at. I bought a couple of extra case fans as well

is the 5.3" to 3.5" convertor for the USB Panel?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM006)= £54.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £199.99
• 1 x Hynix SL308 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (HFS500G32TND-N1A2A)= £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £144.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £248.99
• 1 x AOC Q3279VWF 32" 2560x1440 VA 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor= £199.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £749.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £94.99
• 1 x Akasa VR USB Panel 3.5 Inch - Black= £15.95
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler= £62.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99

Total: £2,028.66 (includes shipping: £15.90)
​

 

[Kev1eighty7]

thank you

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Deletion get a pic up of the beast

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Deletion get a pic up of the beast

 

[Dunners]

Keen to see photos of this one too - thinking of a build very similar to this...

 

[Kev1eighty7]

@Dunners I did one similar mate last week here it is> https://imgur.com/a/kKLnR

Should have got a bigger AIO but was too late by the time id ordered, will upgrade in future

I have also orientated the AIO pump the right way up now

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Keen to see photos of this one too - thinking of a build very similar to this...

Thread were I quoted roughly the same, change of board for OP personal taste

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/first-upgrade-in-years.18791392/page-2#post-31120954

Spoiler: Build for friend in case but lack VR