Gaming PC £2000-2200

[SoGi]

Hello All,

My brother is looking to finally move away from using my old laptop and get himself a tower.

He only needs the tower, has a monitor etc already and will be gaming in 4K. Will be playing all latest games BF5 etcetc.

How does this spec below look / what would you recommend?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £269.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Team Group Xcalibur RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £188.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce RTX 2080 Twin X2 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £659.99
• 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2 2280 Sata III 6GB/s Solid State Drive (MZ-N6E500BW)= £149.99
• 1 x Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360 AIO Cooler - 360 mm= £149.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define R6 Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £139.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £104.99

Total: £2,062.92 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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[SoGi]

Thanks Both,

We're going to go with a bit of a mix of your first two specs @orbitalwalsh thanks for your help! Mainly the i9 bundle with the 2080 TI

 

[SoGi]

@lee32uk hehe slgithly
@orbitalwalsh

Would have gone with the Aorus GPU but he wants to order now and it's only on pre-order at the moment.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Promo Bundle - Intel Core i9 9900K, Aorus Z390 Master, Aorus 16GB RGB RAM **FREE 512GB SSD**= £1,044.97
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £96.95
• 1 x Alphacool Eisbaer LT360 CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm (11446)= £89.95
• 1 x XSPC Addressable RGB PWM 5V 3 Pin Fan 120mm - Triple Pack= £44.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Ti AMP Edition 11264MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £1,399.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define R6 Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £139.99

Total: £2,832.14 (includes shipping: £15.30)
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[SoGi]

@SoGi

only problem unfortunately, Think they are meant to recieve stock next week but dont think you'll be covered for first batch- others still waiting on MSI trio for even longer period.
Also believe thats the reason why its on sale at the moment, soon as it lands up stock price will shoot up
nice that it has the 4 year uk warranty vs the 3uk +2 hk for the Zotac unless they have changed it.

as a heads up, that Zotac card is based on Reference design so might as well get a cheaper reference pcb one

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-04h-pl.html

downside is 2 years warranty

or 3 years, just slightly more then Aorus but lot cheaper the Zotac

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-06z-in.html

push the S2, newer version with USB 3.1 at the front

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/frac...ower-case-black-tempered-glass-ca-07v-fd.html

Thanks, I think he'll probably still go with the Zotac due to the warranty as he wont be changing this PC for a long time so any extra warranty is a huge bonus.
Regarding the PSU in the spec will this be OK? I'm assuming yes as it was in one of your previous specs. I see that the 2080 Ti actually uses a lot less power than i thought it would have.