Upgrade Advise

[AlexW484]

Thanks for all the help guys, think I'm going to go with:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £329.99
• 1 x Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £142.99
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-32000C18 4000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £218.99
• 1 x Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window= £114.95
• 1 x Alphacool Eisbaer LT360 CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm (11446)= £99.95

These are all pretty decently priced here at Overclockers so will be grabbing them here.

I plan to set the AIO cooler as exhaust at the top and, looking at the awesome video @NovaKill4 posted, got some fan ideas. Pretty expensive at the moment to LED it up but will see how it performs and probably put some intake fans at the bottom/side to douse the 1080 GLH I have.

 

[lee32uk]

No need to go crazy with the Ram imo. I would go with a 3000MHz kit and keep the £69 in your pocket.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £149.99

Total: £158.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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[AlexW484]

Cool I'll look into if the difference is really worth it. Looking at it a couple years ago RAM speed didn't really come into it much when you're talking about squeezing a couple extra FPS out of a game.

Also perhaps AIO as an intake at the front would be best here as I have an open GPU:

 

[tamzzy]

Cool I'll look into if the difference is really worth it. Looking at it a couple years ago RAM speed didn't really come into it much when you're talking about squeezing a couple extra FPS out of a game.

ram speed helps with the min fps drops, smoothing out gameplay. even for coffeelake.
(but we're talking small overall gains here though)

the optimum ram speed/timing is 3200 cl14. coffeelake is latency sensitive-ish
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews...Memory_Performance_Benchmark_Analysis/11.html

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Save cash on the ram unless your pushing for a big overclock all around, but then you'd be choosing Taichung/hero /Aorus 7 board

That or get the 3800hz Xtreme kit.. same price !

 

[AlexW484]

That or get the 3800hz Xtreme kit.. same price !

Which item is this? What would the benifit be to go with this one?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Which item is this? What would the benifit be to go with this one?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...4000mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-098-tg.html

You'll notice higher min frame rates , not much. Don't forget to OC uncore Freq!

 

[AlexW484]

Sorry I meant which 3800 product?

Don't forget to OC uncore Freq!

Overclock the RAM?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Sorry I meant which 3800 product?



Overclock the RAM?

Cashe/uncore CPU speed , most twnd to forget or don't bother

 

[AlexW484]

Damn case out of stock now and no expected date. Cant find these many other places so might be a while?

Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Damn case out of stock now and no expected date. Cant find these many other places so might be a while?

Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window

Ordered mine yesterday when only 10 in stock. By time I got emails was only 3 left 30 mins later

 

[AlexW484]

How many 4 pin chassis fans will I be able to plug into the Asrock board?

Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

I'm not going for the LED kit that comes with the hubs, instead I'll need at least 3 or more separate fans to exhaust the inflow from the CPU AIO cooler. I cant see in the motherboard spec how many ports I'll be able to use.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

no idea on that one, usually deal with asus and gigabyte boards .

looks like 3...

It's 5 **

- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**
- 1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)***
- 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
- 1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)****

 

[AlexW484]

Yeah, so looking here:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z370 Extreme4/index.asp#Specification

If I connect the AIO cooler here:
- 1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin)***

Than am I right in saying there's only 2 left that have the PWM speed control, and 2 others that would just power the fan at 100%?

If so I guess I'll need a hub to put them all together or perhaps a different board is needed to support more fans?

 

[lee32uk]

They are all 4 pin (PWM) from what I can see, so the board should handle the speed auto.

**If you download the manual you can see on page 30 **

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z370 Extreme4/index.asp#Manual

 

[AlexW484]

So plugging in the AIO, I'll only be able to have 3 other case fans? I'd like 3 at the top and one under the GPU.

Perhaps this would be a good bet to support 4 or more?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lamptron-sp501-pci-bracket-pwm-fan-hub-fg-002-lp.html

 

[lee32uk]

So plugging in the AIO, I'll only be able to have 3 other case fans? I'd like 3 at the top and one under the GPU.

Perhaps this would be a good bet to support 4 or more?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lamptron-sp501-pci-bracket-pwm-fan-hub-fg-002-lp.html

Yeah that would work. Other option would be to go with a case that has a built in fan controller. Not sure if that Lian-Li has one (Not checked specs) but a few cases do have that feature.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

CLC/AIO should have Y cable included to allow use of one header on he board instead of 2/3

 

[lee32uk]

CLC/AIO should have Y cable included to allow use of one header on he board instead of 2/3

Not familiar with the Alphacool AIO, but would you not need 2 fan headers ? One for the pump and one for the fans ? Or you saying they all plug into one 'y' splitter ?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Not familiar with the Alphacool AIO, but would you not need 2 fan headers ? One for the pump and one for the fans ? Or you saying they all plug into one 'y' splitter ?

fans have their own Their pump should always be by its self and set to 100% and 0 RPM warning set