Comments, plus Monitor advice

[Qashenji75]

Looking at getting this spec, main query is getting a top monitor that is as big as possible with best refresh rate, would like to have 4k but not essential. Mainly built for upcoming FPS games, but still like to play a bot old MMO's

Case CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE
Custom Liquid Cooling Kit Liquid Series Mid Kit - EK
Coolant Colour Mayhems X1 UV Green
LED Lighting 2x 50cm UV LED Strip
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-7700k Quad Core (4.20GHz @ up to 5.0GHz)
Motherboard ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS IX FORMULA: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk 2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 3.5" SSHD - UP TO 5X FASTER THAN HDD!
M.2 SSD Drive 512GB WD Black™ M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 2050MB/s R | 800MB/s W)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Braided Power Supply Cables Coloured Braided PSU Cable Kit - Black/Blue
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans 2x 120mm Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
DVD Recovery Media Windows 10 (64-bit) Home DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Monitor ASUS 28" Professional 4K PB287Q
Keyboard & Mouse Razer® Black Widow Tournament Chroma Keyboard

Price £3,451.00

Thoughts?

 

[Oussebon]

M.2 SSD Drive 512GB WD Black™ M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 2050MB/s R | 800MB/s W)

The WD Black isn't a very good NVMe SSD. The 960 Evo would be a much better bet.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11174/the-western-digital-black-pcie-ssd-512gb-review/10

4k high refresh rate monitors aren't available yet as far as I know. They keep getting demoed/ teased but I don't think you can actually buy one yet.

You could look at something like the Acer Predator XB321HK (4k, IPS, gsync, 32") which is supposed to be quite nice: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/acer-predator-xb321hk-uhd-monitor,4681-8.html

If pvp shooters are your thing you may want to consider 1440p high refresh rate.

Be aware (if you're not already) that a liquid cooled system will need periodic maintenance e.g. draining, flushing and refilling the system.

Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)

If it's for gaming, 32gb is excessive - not future proof, just excessive.

There's barely any difference between 8gb and 16gb RAM as it stands.
http://www.techspot.com/article/1043-8gb-vs-16gb-ram/page3.html
http://techbuyersguru.com/gaming-ddr4-memory-2133-vs-26663200mhz-8gb-vs-16gb?page=3

16gb should be more than futureproof. By the time you need more RAM, it won't be the RAM that's holding you back, it would probably be the age of the CPU and motherboard socket. It wouldn't surprise me if DDR4 was obsolete by then...

 

[Qashenji75]

Thanks for the points Oussebon, and apologies for the delay in reply, been a manic few days.

All points taken on board, however if I were to go for an alternative with just fan cooling what would you recommend?

 

[Oussebon]

No worries

Probably something like what you have above, with a few tweaks:

Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-7700k Quad Core (4.20GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING: LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GB, Wi-Fi - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3200MB/R, 1900MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

Price £2,264.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z270-overclocked/Bg9BPk9MdN/

Plus monitors, keyboards, etc that you want.


The H100i V2 is a very good and popular AIO water cooler. It's a sealed unit so there's no maintenance involved (other than dusting the radiator / fans, as you would with any PC anyway). The Noctua air cooler is also a very good cooler and should be fine for an OCed system.

You could go for the 3600MHz RAM if you have the money. It's well beyond the point of diminishing returns for most things, but the system would still be a lot cheaper than your liquid cooled option anyway.

You might want to either source and install your own GTX 1080 ti model or go for the FTW3 model for a £100 premium. Not so much for the extra performance as for the better cooling depending on what model PCS are using at the moment. I wouldn't normally recommend it from a value for money point of view but again it's still going to be cheaper than a custom loop liquid cooled system.