Just Ordered PC

[TheMightyChris901]

Hi, I just ordered a new PC. My current one is 3 years old which I bought from here. It has lasted me a good while and I would rate the service 10/10, however I'm looking for big performance gains. I currently have an I5 4590 which is letting me down in demanding games with stuttering etc, and it's currently paired with an msi 1070 twin frozr, which to be honest the i5 is bottlenecking the gpu. Here are the specs of the new PC What do you guys think? I want it to last a good 5 years, with a possible gpu upgrade in years to come! I could also add an extra 16gb ram in the future.

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE R6 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z370-P: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 860 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 860 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL 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. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 14 working days
Promotional Item
The Crew 2 FREE with select SAMSUNG SSDs!
Quantity
1

Price £1,252.00 including VAT and delivery

 

[polycrac]

Looks good to me, though I'm a little confused by your storage options - two fairly small SSDs?

I'm guessing that you have some storage from your previous build that you plan on fitting in but, if not, I'd suggest getting a SSD from the M.2 NVMe menu - the options there can be much faster than you have here and if your order is still in pre-production, you should be able to switch to one instead. Given your CPU and cooler, you could also pick the same build from the overclocked menu for a few extra £s. The overclock isn't massive (up to 4.8GHz for the I-8700k), but it is covered by warranty: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-z370-overclocked/

 

[Oussebon]

I could also add an extra 16gb ram in the future.

For gaming you won't have to.

Be aware that Intel are expected to launch their 9th Gen CPUs in October, which will have higher frequencies and more cores.

If desperate to buy now, go for the pre-OCed spec as above. If not all that desperate, waiting to October seems to make a lot more sense.

As above, the SSD storage choice is weird and probably not at all optimal in terms of using space efficiently, use of Sata ports (mobo only has 4), etc. Would probably make more sense to just get a single 1TB drive outright. Or a 500gb SSD and HDD for mass storage.