New to oc pc gaming

Chris Mead · 21 Jan 2018 at 19:54

hi all im new to pc gaming been a xbox guy for years finally built my very own gaming pc already looking to upgrade as learnt a lot since having this pc think it all cost around £2000
pretty happy with it all not touched my xbox in months now and dont think i will again

Asus strix z270f gaming
Asus GeForce GTX 1080 DirectCU III Strix Advanced Gaming
Kingston Fury White 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit
Intel Core i5-7600K 3.80GHz (Kaby Lake)
Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD
WD Black 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
Evga 1000w G3 80+ Modular Gold

TallPaul1878 · 21 Jan 2018 at 19:59

Ditch the Corsair H60. There's no point buying a budget AIO cooler when you can get air coolers that out perform them at the same or lower price.

If you want AIO then go for a bigger 240mm or 280mm set up like the H100i v2 or the Kraken X62

Do you really need 1000w power supply? You can run that system with a 600w with plenty juice to spare.

Why Kaby Lake when Ryzen and Coffee Lake are available?

Chris Mead · 21 Jan 2018 at 20:10

all was advised by a friend i dont or didnt really no much i went all on his advise. i did have a 600w power supply but i had to buy a more powerfull one as pc was turning off when gaming tried everything last resort was to change power supply and it worked.
i should have got i7 7700k i dont no why he got i5 i was going to upgrade to coffee lake but that would require new mother board aswell wouldnt it??

TallPaul1878 · 21 Jan 2018 at 20:34

Of you have an i5 7600 and want to upgrade to i7 7700 you don't need a new board. With Intel you only need a new board if you are changing generation.

Chris Mead · 21 Jan 2018 at 20:37

I thught the coffee lake was 8800k and needed new board the i7 7700k is the one i was looking to get so i didnt have to change my board. Excuse me if im wrong still learning