New PC review

Sylence

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On the helpful advice from the community I've recently purchased myself. This is my second PCS machine, first purchasing a Optimus series laptop in 2013.

Case FRACTAL DEFINE R5 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER 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 HyperX PREDATOR DDR4 3200MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk 2TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
M.2 SSD Drive 256GB SAMSUNG SM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3100MB/R, 1400MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ 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 ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

It took PCS 4 working days (ordered Friday night, received the following Friday) to prepare and get this PC out to me, which was a lot quicker than I'd expected.

First impressions were wow the Fractal Define R5 case was a lot larger than I expected, especially compared to the old HP Pavilion HPE H8 I was using.

Set up was incredibly easy, it's great to see windows without all of the bloatware. I've attached this to a 27" AOC Agon 2k screen and everything runs amazingly on it. It's a serious step up from the console gaming I was doing previously. I was surprised at how quiet the machine is, even when running games, my Seagate External Expansion Drive is considerably louder than the PC itself.

I'd highly recommend PCS for anyone considering purchasing a new computer.
 
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