New Build - Please comment on my build - suggestions welcome. Budget £3k (GBP) including monitor

[aFatFish]

Hello everyone,

I have been saving a bit of money, and i'd like to blow it all on a gaming rig. My budget is £3,300 GBP including a monitor.

Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP
Budget £3,300
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming >>> Work (word processing and internet).
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: Yes / Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No but maybe in future, so happy to splash on a decent one now, and buy a second in a year or so.


Here's what I've thought so far: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ccy9f8

I'm quite keen on a big monitor work work, and don't really want dual monitor for gaming, so i've gone ultra wide in my selection above.

i do a compatibility warning - not sure what it means? "The motherboard M.2 slot #2 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."

Is there anything else needed. Should I switch anything out? Thoughts appreciated!

Many thanks!

Tom.




PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ccy9f8

Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ccy9f8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£387.89 @ Alza)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.05 @ Ebuyer)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste (£17.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£200.45 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£373.46 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£263.07 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card (£739.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: be quiet! - Dark Base Pro 900 (Black/Orange) ATX Full Tower Case (£186.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£136.65 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG - WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£54.09 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit
Wired Network Adapter: Intel - EXPI9301CTBLK PCI-Express x1 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Adapter (£26.19 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC68 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£66.49 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor (£875.94 @ Aria PC)
Total: £3353.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-26 00:42 GMT+0000

 

[Bob125484]

Very nice build. Air cooler Cryorig H7 is better than Hyper 212. Be Quiet Dark Rock 3 is also a great choice. I believe each cooler comes with a tube of thermal compound. H7 has it.

 

[TheCrystalBlaze]

imo the m.2 your not really getting your moneys worth so maybe go with say a samsung 1tb ssd and maybe get something else there a 144hz monitor instead