PC Upgrade Advice

PureJaz

PureJaz

PureJaz

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Hi All, I am planning to do a significant PC upgrade, so was after some advice. In terms of a build, i am looking to upgrade the motherboard, ram and CPU (i have 2x 1080ti's and a good monitor already).

The build i am thinking is:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-576-gi.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...00c16-3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-my-4bh-cs.html x2

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...e-socket-lga1151-processor-oem-cp-65k-in.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt-kraken-x72-aio-water-cooling-unit-360mm-hs-01h-nx.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt...2-kraken-g12-cpu-adapter-black-bu-00j-nx.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-silver-5-thermal-compound-3.5g-ac-000-ac.html

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as i haven't built a PC in a fairly long time.
 
@PureJaz

your proposed upgrade

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,351.34 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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what GPUs do you have currently ?

also what case as all this house in ?

and what are the rets of your specs SSD/HDD etc ?

our core parts are £1005 - mobo/cpu/ram

current deal here with all aorus for £15 more but free 512GB . Ram is RGB and samsung B-die

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,026.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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PureJaz said:
Thanks for the quick response.

I have the following:

GPU's - 2x 1080ti's
Case - Fractal Design R6

- HDD's i have a Baracuda Pro's
- SSD i have an old Samsung, which i was going to change to some Samsung 970 M.2s


OOOO that deal is nice.

Looking is it worth spending the little bit more for:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...-i9-9900k-5.1ghz-gaming-bundle-bu-018-8p.html
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Master board is still better designed along with UK RMA and support . complete flip side as asus had the better z370 boards, but Aorus has changed its lines up and tac quite a bit !


believe now Aorus/Gigabyte supplies Buildzoid with PCB images and boards as they realised getting this kind of person on board sells, and it does .


the Master is 12+2 design, the ultra- Elite are 12+1 - heck you can even save a lot of cash going entry Aorus or even Gigabyte 10+2 design and run 5ghz off the i9 9900k :)

plus the audio on the Aorus smashes the ROG

whats model/make is your 1080ti ? As the issue your going to have with 3 NZXT CLC units is they take one internal USB 2.0 port, the board only has 3. If you've got a good Model, would just stick to air , if you want to water cool... at that price would go custom !

matching the Aorus bundle, but taking the mobo down a Peg and slightly less fancy but still the same horse power. Corsair RGB ram you liked and Corsair RGB 360 - latest gen Asetek unlike the Nzxt which uses the previous Generation .
also swapping 512gb SATA 3 SSD for Samsung NVMe 500GB M.2 drive



My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,098.01 (includes shipping: £11.10)


also thought about selling your dual 1080ti up and going for single 2080ti ?​
 
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Thanks again.

Based on what you said, i think the Aorus is definitely the better option then, so will stick with the Aorus Master.

I will stick to air-cooling the GPUs for now then and go custom watercool if needed.

I haven't thought about trading the 1080 ti's for a 2080ti as my current setup is a little strange. One i use as an egpu (in a Razer Core) the other is in my PC.

Nothing like playing VR from my Dell XPS13.

i was thinking of changing the ram, getting either 2 x 16gb at 3,200 mhz or 2 x 8gb at 4,000mhz (8PACKs). Is it a good shout to do the latter and get the faster ram as opposed to size?
 
PureJaz said:
Thanks again.

Based on what you said, i think the Aorus is definitely the better option then, so will stick with the Aorus Master.

I will stick to air-cooling the GPUs for now then and go custom watercool if needed.

I haven't thought about trading the 1080 ti's for a 2080ti as my current setup is a little strange. One i use as an egpu (in a Razer Core) the other is in my PC.

Nothing like playing VR from my Dell XPS13.

i was thinking of changing the ram, getting either 2 x 16gb at 3,200 mhz or 2 x 8gb at 4,000mhz (8PACKs). Is it a good shout to do the latter and get the faster ram as opposed to size?
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so dual 1080Ti but they are used in different systems ?

If going into main system would they be paired together or separate ?

If the 8 Pack ram is on sale then its a good buy , Master should be able to handle 2 8GB sticks at 4000hz . Ram is same as the Aorus being Samsung B-die but higher clocked/better binned. Aorus can be pused to 3700hz overclock without touching timings and slightly voltage increase.

To be honest, with gaming 16GB is the nice spot and ram prices are coming down so if you need larger in the future, shouldn't be to much more expensive .

as a heads up. Gigabyte/Aorus Designare (same price as the Master) has Thunderbolt 3 native to the back of the board- no idea if you can run dual GPUs with one in a eGPU enclosure though - but not sure if you had other Thunderbolt products?

If you gave good airflow to the case then air cooler GPUs should have a problem
 
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