Need help with case, cooling and compatibility

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lukasdonsbach2001

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Hello everybody! I'm configuring my first gaming PC and at the moment I have selected the following components, but I'm not sure about which case and cooling/case fan to choose.

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 MemoryDeutschland)
SSD: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Hard Drive: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Founders Edition Video Card
Power Supply: be quiet! - STRAIGHT POWER 10 CM 600W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Case Fan: 2x Corsair - Air Series White 2 pack 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan

I plan to maybe overclock my i7-8700k in the future and wanted to know if this case
Corsair - SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case and this CPU cooler
be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler together with the 2 case fans will be enough to keep everything at a reasonable temperature. I can afford to spend around 50€/59$ more.

Due to the fact that my PC will be built by a website, I can only choose between the following cases and coolers:
Cases: https://ibb.co/cmDCQ8 https://ibb.co/cTCBJT
Coolers: https://ibb.co/miPDXo

I was also considering water cooling, but I am not sure about the effectiveness in terms of noise level and cost: https://ibb.co/gPRoyT

Furthermore, when choosing my components on PPP, the following message about my storage appeared: The motherboard M.2 slot #1 shares bandwidth with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s port. When the M.2 slot is populated, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled. What does this exactly mean?

I appreciate any advice, thanks in advance!

 
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For a case, the Phanteks Eclipse P400 weiss or schwarz depending on the color you want, yes I know some German, that or the Pure base 600, those would be my first 3 choices.

As for a cooler, I would recommend a water cooler for overclocking that CPU as it is easily capable of 5ghz, unless you have bad luck with a chip, but it puts out a pretty big amount of heat, but if your limited to those the Dark Rock 3 from Be Quiet! or the Noctua NH-U14S will handle a good overclock to 4.6 or 4.8ghz, maybe 5 if you get a good chip or don't mind it running a bit hot/loud.
 
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The message means what it says but it doesn’t really matter. I use two ssds, one m2 and the other 3.5”. Using m2 will disable one but you’ll have a bunch of ports anyway. I use a micro atx board and still had 6 SATA ports so disabling one didn’t do anything really
 
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My last answer sounded kinda rude. I just meant to say there’s no like hidden meaning to it. It’s straight forward. As for which port I’m not sure. I think it just disabled whichever one you aren’t using or the last port. It’ll be fine even if you get like 3 more hard drives
 
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It all depends on the M.2 port used, if there is more than one on the motherboard. It will be listed in the motherboards manual, usually its the very last port, port 6.
 
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What are the advantages of these motherboards? I chose the MSI Z370-A, because it is really cheap, even cheaper than some H or B boards and still has the ability to overclock.
 
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It isn't always just looks that differentiate boards, it differs in CPU compatibility, overclocking stability, power management and delivery, BIOS layout and many other things
 
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Der8auer is a great source, but I'm not too partial to any company for any part, besides CPU and GPU's. There are a lot of boards that could overclock the 8700k to 5.1 and barely break a sweat. For overclocking you want to focus on a boards VRM cooling and phase count, those are the things that actually effect overclocking capabilities.
 
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