New build spec - Advice and feedback

Graeme McKenzie · 22 Nov 2021 at 14:43

Hi all
I've been thinking about a new build for a few years now (my current system comes from 2015) but i kept putting it off......until now that is but with one caveat. I will not be buying a new graphics card, that can wait until prices return to some sort of normality.

So with that in mind i would really appreciate it if the forums experts could give it a once over and advise if there's anything I've done wrong with my build or if i'm missing something. thank you.

Case: BeQuiet Pure base 500DX
PSU: BeQuiet Dark Power 850w (to future proof new graphics cards)
CPU: Intel Core i5 12600K
Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 4 (Is this enough for the i5?)
M/Board: MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 (going for this one over the tomahawk for the RGB as i'm planning to use an air cooler i thought a little bling would be nice)
Hard Drive: WD_BLACK SN850 1TB NVMe Internal Gaming SSD (I also have a std 2.5" samsung evo SSD)
Graphics Card: ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMIN QF (already own)
Ram: Corsair DOMINATOR Platinum RGB Black 32GB 3600MHz DDR4 (I'm not sure if this will be too high if i use the dark rock?)

Thank for your time and appreciate any feedback

mickyflinn · 26 Nov 2021 at 10:11

Looks a solid spec but the pay is £200+ you could get a decent gold rated 850w for around £100 with 10 years warranty.

The cpu cooler can handle the 12600k.

Graeme McKenzie · 26 Nov 2021 at 14:37

Hi and thank you for the response
The PSU from bequiet was actually on sale and i got it for £119 from overclockers so will go with the case nicely.
Glad to hear the cooler is sufficient for the cpu, one more question if i may relating to the ram. I considered corsair dominator but i'm told as they are so tall they might interfere with the cooler. I don't really know if there's a way to test this out without just buying it or is the there a lower profile ram you would recommend......crucial....gskill?

mickyflinn · 27 Nov 2021 at 10:27

Why don't you just get an all in one water cooler will look less cluttered and show of your rgb. Most coolers you will need to get a skt 1700 adapter from the manufacturer.

Apparently the dark rock 4 cooler overhangs the first ram slot.

https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/be_quiet_dark_rock_4_review,9.html

Graeme McKenzie · 27 Nov 2021 at 11:36

I have thought about an AIO for a while but for every one that gets recommended there seems to be a hoard of people complaining about the pump noise

Another option might be dark rock slim which wouldn't interfere but i'm not sure it's got the cooling power for the i5 12600.

Graeme McKenzie · 27 Nov 2021 at 22:44

Actually i have stopped faffing about and bought the corsair iCUE H100i ELITE. I read a lot of good things so fingers crossed.

It's also allowed me to purchase dominator ram without worrying about cooler clash

mickyflinn · 27 Nov 2021 at 22:53

Graeme McKenzie said:
Actually i have stopped faffing about and bought the corsair iCUE H100i ELITE. I read a lot of good things so fingers crossed.

It's also allowed me to purchase dominator ram without worrying about cooler clash

Cool

Was just typing about going for the crucial ballistic rgb ram .