Building my first gaming pc and am looking for advice........

[mrpony48]

Hi,
I'm building my first gaming pc and still havent decided on a GPU.
Also I wanted to know wether the components that i have picked already are underspeced and also i wanted to check that there all compatible.
Here are the parts that i have chosen so far;

EVGA SuperNOVA 750 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 750W , Fully Modular


Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive - Black


MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI GAMING X 11G 11 GB GDDR5X 352-Bit Memory


Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3200C16 Vengeance RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz C16 XMP 2.0



4260157580152 - LIQUID ULTRA C by Coollaboratory



GIGABYTE Intel 1151 Socket Z370 Chipset Aorus Ultra Gam D4 ATX Motherboard - Black



Noctua NF-A14 PWM 140 mm Silent Fan



Corsair CC-9011063-WW 780T Graphite Series Windowed Full Tower ATX Gaming Case with LED


Noctua NF-F12PWM Case Fan 120 mm


Intel BX80684I78700K 8th Gen Core i7-8700K Processor



WD 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive - Blue



Noctua NH-D15 Premium CPU Cooler with NF-A15 x 2 PWM Retail Cooling Fans

 

[TJ Hooker]

Everything looks good to me, should be a pretty beastly system. Only thing I'll mention is that you have liquid metal thermal paste there, which is somewhat risky in that it's conductive and therefore risks shorting things out if any ends up out of place. Also, from what I've heard, it's more difficult to apply than a typical thermal paste. Might just be better off getting normal thermal paste, shouldn't be more than a few degrees C difference in temperatures.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Looks like a pretty good system to me. I agree with TJ Hooker, you don't need the liquid metal. Honestly, the paste that comes with the NH-D15 will be just fine.

What monitor will you be using? Because this system needs a good monitor to show what it can do.;

 

[quilciri]

Thirded on the liquid metal. It's not worth it. It gives a 1-2K difference. Applying the thermal paste properly has a *much* bigger impact on cooling.

 

[mrpony48]

Thanks that helps alot!

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Thanks that helps alot!

What monitor will you be using for this rig? Because it will be overkill without the right monitor to pair with it.

 

[quilciri]

Thanks that helps alot!

What monitor will you be using for this rig? Because it will be overkill without the right monitor to pair with it.

What he means is you'll either want a 1440p @ 120+hz, or a 4k; In either case with Gsync ...I suppose one of the 240hz 1080p's would fit as well

 

[mrpony48]

yea i have a 240hz 1080p