So, it's taken a good long while to get this thing built, I had intended it to be done for Christmas!
But finally it's pretty much done and functional...
Gone through a few changes since I posted the original parts list, and almost at one point switched to a Ryzen 1800x based system!
Originally I was going for an sli setup with 2 1080ti's, but as was pointed out to me, sli is mostly dead, and good for little but benchmark prowess. Some games even see a drop in performance with 2 cards. So one of the 1080ti's got sold (for more than I paid for it thanks crypto-currency miners driving up prices), that also saved me having to buy another £70 pci-e riser cable, so it's win-win. Brought a rift with the change
Also switched to using just a single 1tb SSD for bulk storage and 256gb m.2 nvme drive for the OS and select games. I may add a couple more m.2s in future if I need additional storage, I do kind of want to try a raid array with 3 of them installed just for giggles
I would still like to upgrade to the lovely curved tempered glass front panel for my case that Thermaltake launched at CES, but that's for a future upgrade.
Final specs list:
Attached a few built-in-progress pics below (and don't judge the lightshow to harshly.. we all know more rgb=more FPS!):
But finally it's pretty much done and functional...
Gone through a few changes since I posted the original parts list, and almost at one point switched to a Ryzen 1800x based system!
Originally I was going for an sli setup with 2 1080ti's, but as was pointed out to me, sli is mostly dead, and good for little but benchmark prowess. Some games even see a drop in performance with 2 cards. So one of the 1080ti's got sold (for more than I paid for it thanks crypto-currency miners driving up prices), that also saved me having to buy another £70 pci-e riser cable, so it's win-win. Brought a rift with the change
Also switched to using just a single 1tb SSD for bulk storage and 256gb m.2 nvme drive for the OS and select games. I may add a couple more m.2s in future if I need additional storage, I do kind of want to try a raid array with 3 of them installed just for giggles
I would still like to upgrade to the lovely curved tempered glass front panel for my case that Thermaltake launched at CES, but that's for a future upgrade.
Final specs list:
-i7 8700k. (@5.1GHz)
-EVGA GTX1080ti SC2 (OC'd to 2015MHz)
-32Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB (3200MHz/CL14)
-256Gb Samsung 960 evo m.2 nvme drive
-1tb Samsung 850 pro SSD
-Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Gaming 7 motherboard
-NZXT Kraken X52 AIO CPU cooler + 2 extra fans for push-pull config
-Thermaltake Core P3 case
-Corsair HX1000i 80+ Platinum PSU + individually braided modular cables
-EVGA GTX1080ti SC2 (OC'd to 2015MHz)
-32Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB (3200MHz/CL14)
-256Gb Samsung 960 evo m.2 nvme drive
-1tb Samsung 850 pro SSD
-Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Gaming 7 motherboard
-NZXT Kraken X52 AIO CPU cooler + 2 extra fans for push-pull config
-Thermaltake Core P3 case
-Corsair HX1000i 80+ Platinum PSU + individually braided modular cables
-Cable management spaghetti!
-Cute little vrm fan hidden under the IO shield, never seen this on a mobo before
-M.2 and heatsink installed (the motherboards own m.2 heatsink was fugly and ineffective, went for one from EKWB)
-Starting to look finished now!
-It lives!!!!!
-Cute little vrm fan hidden under the IO shield, never seen this on a mobo before
-M.2 and heatsink installed (the motherboards own m.2 heatsink was fugly and ineffective, went for one from EKWB)
-Starting to look finished now!
-It lives!!!!!
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