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Phillip

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My specs, should run most things :LOL:. I am an ex-system builder of a few decades so I have a very good idea what the builders do. I have a spare 64 G ddr 4 3200 memory lying around, yes I do, honestly.

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE
Custom Liquid Cooling Kit
Liquid Series RGB High Kit - Corsair Hydro X
Tubing
Clear Flexible Tubing (Black Fittings)
Graphics Card Cooling
GPU Water Block - For Two Identical Graphics Cards!
Coolant Colour
Mayhems Pastel Ice White
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i9-10920X 12 Core (3.50GHz @ up to 4.7GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING II: ATX, USB 3.2, SATA 6 GB/s, Wi-Fi AC - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, DP
2nd Graphics Card
11GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 2080 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
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
Liquid Series® Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
 
steaky360

steaky360

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What you going to be using this for? Extremely expensive components I'd suggest upping your warranty as a minimum.

There's no point (as far as I can tell) in going for the ASUS 2080Ti over the standard one if liquid cooling.

What Acer Predator monitor do you have?
 
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Phillip

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I read some reviews before I decided on that particular GPU. I have used that particular gpu before, that is why I am going for a custom liquid cooled system.

Acer XB271HU

About the warranty, that is a good idea, I will definately look in that.
 
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Phillip

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steaky360 said:
What you going to be using this for? Extremely expensive components I'd suggest upping your warranty as a minimum.

There's no point (as far as I can tell) in going for the ASUS 2080Ti over the standard one if liquid cooling.

What Acer Predator monitor do you have?
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Gaming
 
SpyderTracks

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There’s absolutely no point to the 2080ti with that monitor let alone 2, it’s completely overpowered. A 2080 Super would still be overpowered but understandable.

But if just for gaming, then the whole platform is wrong and you’ll get better performance out of 10 gen desktop cpu’s.

I think this is a case of specifying the most expensive components thinking that will give optimum performance, common mistake.
 
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Phillip

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SpyderTracks said:
There’s absolutely no point to the 2080ti with that monitor, it’s completely overpowered. A 2080 Super would still be overpowered but understandable.

Bur if just for gaming, then the whole platform is wrong and you’ll get better performance out of 10 gen desktop cpu’s.
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it is a 10th series cpu, it is 10940x

I also appreciate your comments but I am happy with what I have ordered. It maybe overpowered but, in my opinion, I am doing my best future proof that system as this could well be that last computer I have.

I have always been of the school of thought to buy the most powerful computer you can afford as somethings are harder and costly to update. One example is GPU's with CPU's a close second. I have ordered a case that I have built a computer in before, I have used a RTX 2080 TI before, I have had 1600 watt PSU before.

Being overpowered is like have a car that can go over 100mph, that could well be considered as overpowered.

It is my intention to another monitor in the near future
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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Phillip said:
it is a 10th series cpu, it is 10940x
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It's not 10th Gen desktop, it's a series X processor which is a HEDT processor, so it has much lower frequencies but more cores = bad for gaming.

Phillip said:
I also appreciate your comments but I am happy with what I have ordered. It maybe overpowered but, in my opinion, I am doing my best future proof that system as this could well be that last computer I have.
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It's not futureproofing, as a system builder you should know you can't futureproof a GPU, it actually leads to worse performance. SLI isn't supported in almost all games anymore and you'll find it actually causes stuttering and lower performance than running a suitable single card. The only way to "futureproof" a gpu is to spec it to match the monitor and then upgrade it when needed, you'll get much better overall performance that way.

Phillip said:
I have always been of the school of thought to buy the most powerful computer you can afford as somethings are harder and costly to update. One example is GPU's with CPU's a close second. I have ordered a case that I have built a computer in before, I have used a RTX 2080 TI before, I have had 1600 watt PSU before.
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This is a common misconception that "moar power" = better, completely incorrect. The workstation CPU and SLI will lead to worse performance because they're not suited to the use case that you need. I don't understand your logic that just because you've used them before that somehow makes the build more suitable, that doesn't make any sense. A component is a component, doesn't matter where in the range it is. The point is you need to pick the right range for your usage, this build doesn't come close.

There's about £1500 in that build that just won't be used, and it would be outperformed vastly by an optimised build at around £2k.
 
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Bukky

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Have to agree with Spydertracks. Some things don't make much sense (to me), especially the choice of proc... I'm fairly sure you could build a better system for less if it's strictly for gaming.
 
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