First Time Building PC

[NathanM06]

I'm looking into building my first PC. I haven't built a PC, or even owned my own, although I've spent a good amount of time on the "household" computer.

I want to go full custom, from scratch. I am set on using a Caselabs Bullet BH7 Case, and using dual EVGA Nvidia GTX 1070 GPUs.

Other than that, I am not sure what I want. I want the build to be high-end if possible. As far as budget, I'd like to spend around $2000-$2500.

Besides asking about what parts I should use, and what I need, I was wondering if it would be dumb of me to try to make a custom liquid cooled system. I like the idea, although if I'm just going to ruin my PC, I'd rather not. I would like the opinion of someone who knows what they're talking about.

Is it even a good idea to do a custom build? I want a clean look with good management, so if I'm going to mess it up, just tell me now.

Any tips would be great as I have no idea what I'm doing. Thank you.

 

[THM01]

Some of my opinions and thoughts:

One 1080 would be virtually as good (or even better in some cases) as the two 1070s and save you money and precious case room (and keep the system cooler). I recommend the EVGA GTX 1080 ACX 3.0 FTW version. I'm really liking mine so far.

For your first build, I would HIGHLY recommend against installing your own custom water cooling. Even experienced builders still have issues with custom water cooling loops, and is even more complicated if you don't really have a solid understanding of airflow/water cooling / cooling in general. If you want to try out custom water cooling, I would recommend starting on an older system that you don't care if it's ruined. Trying out something that could potentially ruin your system on a brand-new $2000 build might not be the best idea.

If you wanted to pay someone, you could always find a good custom water cooling guy locally and have him teach you but you'd have to really make sure he knew what he was doing.

I would personally recommend getting a "closed system" water cooling solution for your processor only, such as the Corsair H115i if your case supports two 140mm fans (a 280mm radiator on the h115i) or the h110i if you don't quite have the space (not familiar with your case). Make sure to get the latest version of these. I know the h115i defaults to lighting up white on the corsair logo that is on the pump that covers the processor and you can use their software to change its colors. The tubes don't light up though.

Don't forget a quality power supply, a solid-state drive for your operating system, and at least 16 GB of RAM. If you are primarily gaming, I don't think you really need anything more than a quad core processor. Also, it's easy to overlook the joint processor/ram/motherboard compatibility on your first time so make sure to look that up.

Best of luck!

 

[huiyiungai]

if u reli wanna custom loop, I would suggesy you try out the kit provided by EKWB, a L240 or P240 kit would be good for a starter