Need expert advice on building a rig better than the Alienware area 51 threadripper edition.

Eisbaer LT 360 if you can fit it- no point going for 240 version as cant handle fully loaded coffeelake , cheap as well for what you get £95

https://www.eteknix.com/alphacool-eisbaer-lt-360-cpu-liquid-cooler-review/4/

as for air

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £83.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​
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allows all 4 ram slots to be used with tall ram - and can handle 220w of heat ! will also cool hot VRMs

as for ram... Team group! either 8 Packs own for beastly overclock- mine handles 4000hz just fine or RGB glow to match the board

ODE
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £468.68 (includes shipping: £8.70)​
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if your looking for best boards

Aorus 7= Best audio
ROG Hero
Asrock Taichi
 
BongoHunter said:
I would think the ultimate system for gaming right now is probably going to have an i9 in it over a Threadripper or i7.

32 gb of the fastest memory your chosen motherboard will support, and get at least the same number dimms as the CPU has memory channels.
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Not the current Skylake-Xs. They've been made slower with the new "mesh" core communication in order to scale. Quad channel ram doesn't make a difference and neither does capacity over 16gb.
 
If you want the best cooling then a full custom loop will probably set you back in the region of £400-£500

AIO coolers imo are not proper watercooling solutions & people seem to constantly think as they have an a AIO fitted its the same as a full custom setup.

AIOs serve a purpose but they will never match a full loop in terms of performance.
 
Robzere31 said:
If you want the best cooling then a full custom loop will probably set you back in the region of £400-£500

AIO coolers imo are not proper watercooling solutions & people seem to constantly think as they have an a AIO fitted its the same as a full custom setup.

AIOs serve a purpose but they will never match a full loop in terms of performance.
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bepends, you've got EK phoenix with a slower DDC pump and alphacools incoming Eisbaer exteme with a D5 pump- both have proper water blocks - but then again true AIO and not CLC like asetek :)
 
Robzere31 said:
If you want the best cooling then a full custom loop will probably set you back in the region of £400-£500

AIO coolers imo are not proper watercooling solutions & people seem to constantly think as they have an a AIO fitted its the same as a full custom setup.

AIOs serve a purpose but they will never match a full loop in terms of performance.
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Can I get it pre made and sent to me for that price?
 
BongoHunter said:
I would think the ultimate system for gaming right now is probably going to have an i9 in it over a Threadripper or i7.

32 gb of the fastest memory your chosen motherboard will support, and get at least the same number dimms as the CPU has memory channels.

Storage wise, I would go for an intel 900p 480gb drive for games and apps - this is available with an M2 connector, U2 connector or as a PCIE addon card.

Probably add a 1TB extra SSD too as 480gb might not be enough for all your stuff.
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Didn't Intel do something weird to the cache in the latest i9's that tanks gaming performance?
 
orbitalwalsh said:
Eisbaer LT 360 if you can fit it- no point going for 240 version as cant handle fully loaded coffeelake , cheap as well for what you get £95

https://www.eteknix.com/alphacool-eisbaer-lt-360-cpu-liquid-cooler-review/4/

as for air

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £83.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
​

allows all 4 ram slots to be used with tall ram - and can handle 220w of heat ! will also cool hot VRMs

as for ram... Team group! either 8 Packs own for beastly overclock- mine handles 4000hz just fine or RGB glow to match the board

ODE
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £468.68 (includes shipping: £8.70)
​

if your looking for best boards

Aorus 7= Best audio
ROG Hero
Asrock Taichi
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I wanted to go for 32GB DDR4 Quad Channel 2666 MHz just taking 2 slots for room for the future. Pros and Cons? And which of those 3 boards is the best for gaming? Like if you wanted the best of the best performance which one would it be?
 
Vergil said:
I wanted to go for 32GB DDR4 Quad Channel 2666 MHz just taking 2 slots for room for the future. Pros and Cons?
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quad channel is only on x299/x399 systems and make no impact on games- rendering is a different story

i dont think any game has need for 32gb , not for a while, 16gb has only just started to make the list on recent AAA titles for best performance
 
orbitalwalsh said:
quad channel is only on x299/x399 systems and make no impact on games- rendering is a different story

i dont think any game has need for 32gb , not for a while, 16gb has only just started to make the list on recent AAA titles for best performance
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Can you go into more detail about those x299/x399 systems you're talking about? I do photoshop stuff, would a 32GB but useful there?

StarShock said:
You can buy a kit like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...watercooling-kit-3831109863268-wc-896-ek.html, but for the most part a custom cooling loop really is custom and built around the rest of the system so if you're not confident about it you'd be better off buying a full system

Something like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/infi...700k-5.1ghz-ddr4-sli-gaming-pc-fs-467-oe.html
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I see. Thought you can buy it and have someone pre-make it for you to install. Ok errm, whats the next best thing to that?
 
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Vergil said:
Can you go into more detail about those x299/x399 systems you're talking about? I do photoshop stuff, would a 32GB but useful there?
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hobbie or in a professional use ? as you should be able to use 8700k just fine - more ram does help with editing with very large and layered files - seems scratch disk is a big help as well
 
Well its both hobbie and career choice which requires me to study on it. I also wanna have lots of stuff open without having to close them, hate having to do that *&(%.

Not to mention my gaming sessions and the time I spend on my Laptop are insanely long, stretching past a day.
 
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