Upgrade Advice Needed

[heatonpkmassive]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x NZXT H510 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £69.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £109.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX4M2D3= £109.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming Z490-Plus (WI-FI) (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £214.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-10600K 4.10GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £248.99
• 1 x Silverstone ET700 700W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB Barracuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £59.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus GP OC 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card= £454.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports 120mm CPU Cooler - Black / Grey= £29.99

Total: £1,512.06 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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how’s this then?

I'd go back to that RM power supply and maybe try get a slightly better cooler.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Alpenfohn Brocken for 43 quid, as suggested elsewhere by Micky, for cooler.

 

[mickyflinn]

Silverstone only has a 5 year warranty

Change the psu back to his corsair rm 650 w which has a 10 year warranty, worth the extra £10 imo

Alpenfohn Brocken for 43 quid, as suggested elsewhere by Micky, for cooler.

Didn't pick that because it at the maximum height limit for the case , a bit risky.

 

[FinnegansLog]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £99.95
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm= £42.95

Total: £152.80 (includes shipping: £9.90)

Also spotted this:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Alpenfohn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler - 120mm= £46.99

Total: £55.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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these?

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Didn't pick that because it at the maximum height limit for the case , a bit risky.

Ah, good point.

 

[mickyflinn]

The alphenon matterhorn cooler is excellent and quiter than the arctic e34.

 

[FinnegansLog]

What would be the big difference in downgrading the TUF Z490 Motherboard down to a B460 version?

I know it’ll reduce the cost by half but will I see Significant impacts on performance or other component choices?

 

[mickyflinn]

Intel Z490, H470 and B460 chipset: features and differences

https://www.news1.news/n1/2020/05/intel-z490-h470-and-b460-chipset-features-and-differences.html

 

[FinnegansLog]

So basically a B460 only has Gen 1 USB 3.2 ports. I guess this won’t really matter unless I was to purchase high end peripherals?

 

[mickyflinn]

So basically a B460 only has Gen 1 USB 3.2 ports. I guess this won’t really matter unless I was to purchase high end peripherals?

B460 you won't be able to overclock the 10600k.

 

[FinnegansLog]

B460 you won't be able to overclock the 10600k.

Would that be really necessary anyway?

 

[mickyflinn]

Would that be really necessary anyway?

No absolutely not.

The k chip cpu has the ability to be overclocked so you need a motherboard to suit

 

[FinnegansLog]

No absolutely not.

The k chip cpu has the ability to be overclocked so you need a motherboard to suit

What I mean is, is it really necessary to overclock the CPU? Surely 4.1Ghz at turbo is perfectly fine anyway?

 

[mickyflinn]

What I mean is, is it really necessary to overclock the CPU? Surely 4.1Ghz at turbo is perfectly fine anyway?

It's fine as it is

Its not necessary to overclock it's a choice.

 

[FinnegansLog]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x NZXT H510 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black/Red Tempered Glass= £69.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £109.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-10600K 4.10GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £248.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B460-Pro (WI-FI) (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £134.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £99.95
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus GP OC 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card= £454.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £92.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB Barracuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £59.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler - 120mm= £46.99

Total: £1,441.12 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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Thoughts on the final choices before I send to pre-sales for costing?

 

[mickyflinn]

All looks good I would be tempted to add an extra fan at the front of the case for better airflow., something like this

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-spectre-pro-120mm-fan-all-black-fg-036-bx.html

Ask overclockers all the relevant questions you need to know ,

Keep us I formed.

 

[FinnegansLog]

So I have had a quote back in regards to the above build. Fair price tbh (£1579 of fair price).

Only recommendation from themselves was to go for a mesh case to allow more airflow over the NZXT. Problem with the current mesh designs I have found is that, for me, aesthetically they aren't too pleasing. So I have had a look and found the following:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aero...-rgb-case-black-tempered-glass-ca-21f-ae.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kolink-castle-midi-tower-case-black-ca-03s-kk.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zalman-z7-neo-midi-tower-case-black-ca-09p-za.html

Thoughts?

Edit - Also looking for thoughts on a 3070 since the prices are near same as a 2070 super?

 

[mickyflinn]

Do you want rgb ?

Love the look of the aerocool and well vented.

Koolink castle is vented at the top but you would still needs to add more fans at the front.

Zalaman case is well vented but it's silver/grey on the inside, look at image 6.

If you like rgb the aerocool would be my choice.

Hold fire on the gpu and wait for the 3070.

 

[FinnegansLog]

Do you want rgb ?

Love the look of the aerocool and well vented.

Koolink castle is vented at the top but you would still needs to add more fans at the front.

Zalaman case is well vented but it's silver/grey on the inside, look at image 6.

If you like rgb the aerocool would be my choice.

Hold fire on the gpu and wait for the 3070.

Not too fussed about RGB tbh, although I do like the look of the RGB in that case in particular. I like very simplistic designs perosnally, hence why the NZXT was ideal for me.

In terms of the 3070, is it worth waiting for October release and then deciding on GPU due to more releases?

 

[mickyflinn]

Not too fussed about RGB tbh, although I do like the look of the RGB in that case in particular. I like very simplistic designs perosnally, hence why the NZXT was ideal for me.

In terms of the 3070, is it worth waiting for October release and then deciding on GPU due to more releases?

I would wait for the 3070 your gonna get a lot more performance for your money