[SOLVED] New System for Intermediate Overclocking

[Steverpg]

Hi I’m building a new pc for a mixture of office work 1080p gaming etc.

Whilst I've built 4 complete systems over the last 20 years and done some overclocking I’m looking to concentrate on the overclocking more this time and delve deeper, hence the Chip/MOBO choice, seems to have a good Bios for a novice to intermediate level.

If anybody has any advice I would love to hear it (I have till the end of November for the cash back offer)

Budget: £1200

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase H500P RGB ATX PC Gaming Case (£120)
Case Fans: Cooler Master MasterFan 200mm RGB Fan (2x£18)
MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Intel Z390-E GAMING 9th Gen ATX (£210)
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance RGB PRO Black, PC4-25600 (3200), Non-ECC Unbuff, CAS 16-18-18-36, RGB LED, 1.35V (£77)
CPU: i5 9600k (£190)
CPU Cooling: Dark Rock 4 (£54)
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super (£200)
SSD: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS M.2 PCIe High Performance NVMe SSD (£155)
PSU: Corsair RM550x 550 Watt Fully Modular 80+ Gold ATX (£85)
OS: Widows 10 Home 64bit (£84)

Total = £1265 - £80 (Asus MOBO Cashback) = £1185

Thanks for any help offered
Cheers

 

[Alec Lockhart]

The motherboard choice for an i5 is good, you can go cheaper though. You should be able to overclock fairly nicely with the current setup.

If heavily overclocking, you may want a different CPU cooler.

 

[Steverpg]

Hi Alec, thanks for the reply, are aio coolers worth it or just look nice? I have a corsair aio on my old i5 2500k build from 2012 and it worked great.

 

[Alec Lockhart]

Hi Alec, thanks for the reply, are aio coolers worth it or just look nice? I have a corsair aio on my old i5 2500k build from 2012 and it worked great.

Do you know the model of the AIO? Overall, AIOs have pretty good performance.

 

[Steverpg]

Something like the CORSAIR H100I PRO RGB (£100)

 

[Alec Lockhart]

Something like the CORSAIR H100I PRO RGB (£100)

That's a good cooler! You may want to stick with that one.

 

[Steverpg]

Thanks, I would go for Noctua's NH-D15, but it is hideous! If only they did it with black fans.

 

[Alec Lockhart]

Thanks, I would go for Noctua's NH-D15, but it is hideous! If only they did it with black fans.

Haha, agreed. Noctua is unmatched in cooling, but their designing is less than desirable.