NEWBIE Q: Should I be looking to overclock as a rule?

Jason Shaw · 7 Jun 2019 at 07:48

I have just bought my son a new PC. I worked out the spec from some other PC's on sale and had a local shop build it for me. I wish I knew how to do this but that is another issue altogether. The spec is included at the bottom of this post. I thought it would be an all singing all dancing machine but my son was a little disappointed at it performance on "Rust" which I am guessing is a hungry game. I have looked through all sorts of overclocking forums and to be honest, most it is was beyond me. However, am I doing my son a disservice by not looking at fully overclocking the system?
Spec:
Intel Core i7 9700K 3.6GHz Octa-core
16GB DDR4 3200MHz Patriot Viper
Gigabyte AORUS RTX 2070 8GB
Motherboard - Gigabyte B360 1151 ATX
PSU - Cronus 800W 80 PLUS Bronze
HDD + SSD

Jason Shaw · 7 Jun 2019 at 14:53

Thanks for all the comments. It has left me a bit ****** off and penning an email! Could you suggest a good but reasonably priced PSU? I will try to get the motherboard upgraded too to a Z370 as suggested.
I am looking maybe at Gigabyte Aorus Z370 and a Corsair RM750x. Does that sound a bit better? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.

Jason Shaw · 7 Jun 2019 at 17:19

I specified the big ticket items like processor and graphics card and amount and type of RAM, plus the fact that I wanted an SSD and an HDD. Beyond that I didn't really think about the motherboard and the PSU. £1000? Jokes on me then at £1600!! Plus another £250 now I guess to get it up to spec... On top of the Hyperx keyboard and headphones and the ACER predator monitor...

Jason Shaw · 7 Jun 2019 at 19:18

The spec is at the top of the thread. I am not so much feeling aggrieved at being ripped off as like you say, some of the bits were quite costly. I am, however, unhappy that the obvious shortfalls of some of the components wasn't highlighted - surely it is wrong to build a PC for someone that can't support the spec of the best components. In that regard, as a newbie, I do feel ripped off as this is gonna be a pain to resolve! I can't thank you all enough for your advice on this forum.

Jason Shaw · 7 Jun 2019 at 20:15

I think the cooler is an Empire gaming A10 or something like that... Empire cooler 240?