My latest build...

[Lockstar]

So this is the latest overclocked build I’ve been working on.

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Six Core (3.7GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready

Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!

2nd Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!

1st Hard Disk
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 128MB 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 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
Corsair H110i Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans

Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND

Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)

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
2 PORT (1 x TYPE A, 1 x TYPE C) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS

Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence

Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language

DVD Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve

Office Software
Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2016 (1 Digital License)

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Browser
Firefox™

Monitor
AOC G2778VQ 27" LED Gaming Monitor

Keyboard & Mouse
ASUS Cerberus Keyboard & Mouse Bundle

Headsets
ASUS ROG ORION Gaming Headset

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 6 to 8 working days

Quantity
1

Price £3,761.00 including VAT and delivery

Final thing: the monitor I chose from PCS has a 75hz refresh rate. But the g-sync 4K monitor I’m getting from elsewhere is 60hz. I won’t be gaming on both at the same time, but will the two different refresh rates be an issue? Thanks a lot!

 

[Oussebon]

Budget and intended use?

If gaming, and not things like video editing or 3d rendering, drop the RAM top 16gb. There's no merit to 32gb for gaming.

Swap the PRO HDD to a 5TB regular HDD, which will be cheaper and probably a little faster.

Drop the USB card. The mobo already provides these ports, and with SLI you want as few add-in cards potentially interfering with airflow as possible.

Monitors with different refresh rates should work fine.

 

[Lockstar]

I’m going to be using the Unreal Engine and possibly modelling programs like Maya or 3DS Max, there’s a lot of rendering, etc. involved. 32GB is a must IMO. I will also be gaming on it sometimes, most likely.

Instead, should I go for the stock Standard USB?

 

[Oussebon]

Instead, should I go for the stock Standard USB?

Yes.

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Six Core (3.7GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
--Get Destiny 2 with select GTX 10 Series GPUs! ** Limited Codes Available **
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Graphics Card
11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
--Get Destiny 2 with select GTX 10 Series GPUs! ** Limited Codes Available **
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
5TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 128MB CACHE
M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 960 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3200MB/R, 1900MB/W)
--FREE Assassin's Creed: Origins with select SAMSUNG NVMe SSDs!
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H110i Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM 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 DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Monitor
AOC G2778VQ 27" LED Gaming Monitor
Keyboard & Mouse
ASUS Cerberus Keyboard & Mouse Bundle
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 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price £3,537.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-overclocked/JrAhhhFbmq/

Larger, cheaper, and probably faster HDD.
Extra case fans not really needed - case has 3 and cooler adds 2 more.
Default USB options
Couldn't add the headset as it says it's currently unavailable

Office Software
Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2016 (1 Digital License)

This is £122 for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint

Instead, consider Open Office, which is free, open source, and has equivalent software (and more), and is compatible with major formats like .doc, .xls, etc.
https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html

Since it's free you can check it out on your current system.

 

[Lockstar]

I’ve considered OpenOffice, I might end up going for it, though Office 2016 is pretty good. I’ll probably go for OpenOffice as it’s free and I won’t need to use it that much. Does Office have spreadsheet capabilities (I may need them down the line)?

 

[Oussebon]

Yes, it's called Calc and it's part of the Open Office package

 

[Stephen M]

I think you will find Open Office fine but if not you can try Libre Office as well, they are almost the same, were initially the same project until Libre forked.