Project Black Friday Beast

Carlosfootball · 21 Nov 2019 at 09:26

Been a while since I upgraded my PC so decided to take advantage of the Black Friday deals coming up.

Spec will be as follows:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL (ROG Certified) Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black= £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS XTREME (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset EATX Motherboard= £769.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £518.99
1 x Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £799.99
1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Gold 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £174.95
2 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 16GB 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £98.99
1 x Gigabyte AORUS 360mm RGB Liquid AIO Performance CPU Cooler= £199.99
10 x Corsair iCUE QL120 Addressable RGB PWM Fans -120mm= £29.99
1 x Lian-Li PC-O11DXL-1 Riser Cable + PCI-E Bracket Kit for PC-O11D ROG Series= £49.99
1 x CableMod PRO ModMesh RT-Series ASUS ROG / Seasonic Cable Kits - Black= £89.99
1 x LG 34GK950F 34" 3440x1440 NANO IPS FreeSync 2 HDR 144Hz 1ms Curved Widescreen LED Monitor= £899.99
1 x Corsair Commander PRO RGB LED Controller + Fan Hub - Black= £64.99

Total: £4,294.76 (includes shipping: £28.02)

Plus a 256gb Sabrent Rocket PCIe 3.0 for Windows and a 2TB Sabrent Rocket PCIe 3.0 for Games etc

Got myself a Secretlabs Titan 2020 chair and Ikea Karlby worktop to complete the setup

Carlosfootball · 21 Nov 2019 at 10:11

A few parts already purchased:

Got myself a nice darkwood hand crafted headset stand to compliment the setup

Mounted the new monitor to the wall to start with

Carlosfootball · 21 Nov 2019 at 12:33

GilesGuthrie said:
That's a nice rig you're building there. I like the look of that headphone stand - I'm in the market for one, since I need to stop chucking mine on the floor now I've mounted a TrackIR to the band.

Thanks.

I got my headphone stand from the website Etsy

Carlosfootball · 21 Nov 2019 at 15:48

Rest of the fans arrived! 10 of the beasts

Carlosfootball · 22 Nov 2019 at 01:35

Sharon_W said:
Crazy to see such an expensive build that doesn’t include a 2080ti.

Yeah I went for the 2080 Super due to the new Nvidia cards due to come out earlyish 2020 which I will then buy to put into the system.

Sharon_W said:
also, I’m not 100% sure but is that screen not meant for Radeon cards exclusively?

It has adaptive sync so can enable G-sync in Nvidia settings

Sharon_W said:
insane mobo price what’s so good about it?

I mean its the best of the best, No chipset fan due to the cooling on it, really it is super expensive and probably not needed but I fel in love with it when I saw it so thought what the hell. Can get it for around £650 (which is still expenisve I know) if you shop around.

Carlosfootball · 22 Nov 2019 at 10:21

Just ordered this over the PSU I have in the original post...seems stupid for me not to at this price

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 1000W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £149.99

Total: £149.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)

Carlosfootball · 22 Nov 2019 at 14:43

Some more stuff in the post today from OCUK.

Little something to complement the desk also:

Carlosfootball · 22 Nov 2019 at 15:43

orbitalwalsh said:
wow. going to be a beast!

@Carlosfootball honestly would get Master instead of Xtreme , as it means you can PUSH Gigabyte RTX 2080Ti! 2080ti over Xtreme anyday of the week !!!

Cheers....but....but I just love the Xtreme so much...will see if I can stretch to the xtreme and 2080ti

@orbitalwalsh While I got you here as you seem knowledgable, Would you go for a 2TB Sabrent Rocket for £249.99 or a 2TB WD Black SN750 for £299.99?

Carlosfootball · 23 Nov 2019 at 12:46

Another part arrived from OCUK today:

Also couldnt help myself so installed a few Corsair QL fans into the 011 Dynamic XL

Carlosfootball · 27 Nov 2019 at 13:13

Latest item to arrive from OCUK, Just missed out on the 3950X so 3900X will do for now!

Carlosfootball · 29 Nov 2019 at 15:31

More bits arrived today

Carlosfootball · 1 Dec 2019 at 11:27

Second to last part arrived

Just awaiting the GPU from OCUK now

Carlosfootball · 1 Dec 2019 at 14:59

Hobbsie said:
Is that an E26 lampholder?
If so just be careful they are not rated for use over here and they have no BS number so technically illegal to use in the UK as there is also no CE certification for these to be use din the UK.

This is the lamp
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/629...pe-adison?ref=shop_home_active_16&pro=1&frs=1

not sure about the spec.

Carlosfootball · 1 Dec 2019 at 15:18

Decided to start the project today, here are a few pics of my progress so far

Carlosfootball · 1 Dec 2019 at 15:23

More progress pics:

Carlosfootball · 1 Dec 2019 at 15:26

Last photo for today:

Need to see outcome of the radiator fan screws fiasco (Gigabyte didnt put enough in the AIO box...) before I hook the AIO onto the CPU. Then its a case of PSU in and hooking everything up/cable managment with the GPU coming in the next few days.

Carlosfootball · 4 Dec 2019 at 07:21

willhub said:
800 quid for a motherboard is that a joke?

I put the Aorus master in there instead and opted for a 2080TI

Carlosfootball · 5 Dec 2019 at 07:21

Look what I received from OCUK the other day!...BEAST

Carlosfootball · 5 Dec 2019 at 07:24

Well we finally did it, Project Black Friday Beast is complete!

Apologiest about the quality of the quick Vid I took on my mobile.

Carlosfootball · 5 Dec 2019 at 09:44

orbitalwalsh said:
looking ace !

Cheers, I'm happy with it!

orbitalwalsh said:
how are you finding the Aorus liquid cooler !

Really nice, keeping the 12 cores nice and cool!