Hi
I have been contemplating upgrading my pc for quite while now. I only need to get a new cpu, motherboard and memory but havent kept up with what's new. Primarily i will be gaming and will not be overclocking. So running everything on default.
My main concern is the motherboard. Looking at a lot of the new mobo designs, some have a fancy housing cover that wraps above over the face plate which looking at the pics uses a lot of vertical room above the faceplate?.
The way my case is laid out, everything is rotated clockwise compared to a conventional atx case. So all my connections and face plate is facing up at the top of the case. Directly above the face plate I need to keep room for a 120mm fan outake currently used by my Hydro CPU cooler radiator. So i have to be careful not to pick a mobo where the face plate housing sits higher than the height of the faceplate. (hope that makes sense)
Mobo - Not sure either Z370P D3 Intel Core Z370 (Socket 1151) or Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Memory - No Idea tbh- i dont plan to oc so will run everything on default. 32GB of DDR4 but not sure opting for 3200mhz is a waste?
So looking
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
I have been contemplating upgrading my pc for quite while now. I only need to get a new cpu, motherboard and memory but havent kept up with what's new. Primarily i will be gaming and will not be overclocking. So running everything on default.
My main concern is the motherboard. Looking at a lot of the new mobo designs, some have a fancy housing cover that wraps above over the face plate which looking at the pics uses a lot of vertical room above the faceplate?.
The way my case is laid out, everything is rotated clockwise compared to a conventional atx case. So all my connections and face plate is facing up at the top of the case. Directly above the face plate I need to keep room for a 120mm fan outake currently used by my Hydro CPU cooler radiator. So i have to be careful not to pick a mobo where the face plate housing sits higher than the height of the faceplate. (hope that makes sense)
Mobo - Not sure either Z370P D3 Intel Core Z370 (Socket 1151) or Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Memory - No Idea tbh- i dont plan to oc so will run everything on default. 32GB of DDR4 but not sure opting for 3200mhz is a waste?
So looking
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 120mm (CW-9060036-WW)= £69.95
- 1 x Gigabyte Z370P D3 Intel Core Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £91.99
- 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £329.99
- 2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £169.99
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading.
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