What do you guys think about this pc? Help me, i'm bad at this...

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I'm not really good at pc building.
I know what i need, i just don't know anything about sockets, slots, generations and sizes.
I'm getting cancer every time i see something like that:
Supports only 3000,3200,3600Mhz, 240mm cooling, 16cl memory size etc etc..
I don't know if this cooling is going to be enough for CPU.
Please tell me if this all is going to fit together in this case, and work.. And what do you think about this pc overall?

-Intel Core i7-8700K CPU
-Asus GeForce GTX 1080 TI ROG STRIX GAMING GPU
-ASRock Z370 EXTREME 4 MOTHERBOARD
-G.SKILL TridentZ 32GB 2x16GB 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 1.35V RAM
-Nzxt H440 CASE
-Chieftec PROTON BDF-750C 750W POWER SUPPLY
-Western Digital WD Black 1TB PCIe x4 NVMe SSD
-Cooler Master MLW-D24M-A20PC-R1 240mm CPU COOLER
 
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But i don't want RTX 2080 TI. And why should i choose this power supply and cooling? This one i've picked is not enough? Explain to me what i'm doing wrong
 


Just get a 1080ti. You can't even play a game with raytracing atm anyways.
For gaming 32gb of ram is way way overkill and 16 is more than enough.
For cooling a cryorig h7 will perform the same as the master liquid and be cheaper and more relyable.
The wd black ssd is usually the same price or a bit more expensive than a samsung 960 or 970 pro. If you can find the samsungs cheapr switch to those as they are faster. However for gaming you can get away with the regular 550mb/s speeds and never notice a difference between those super fast ssds and the slower ones.
The psu you chose is low quality and should not be used as you are seriously risking killing your components. A seasonic focus + gold 650w is plenty and high quality.
 
That looks like an OK psu but would always go for a known good brand like listed above. Very impressed with Seasonic Focus Plus Gold.

1080ti is fine unless you can get the 2080 where you are at the same price - then 2080 is the way to go.

No clue on various water coolers. They’re all a disaster waiting to happen.

Edit: as for 16 vs 32gb, if u can afford 32gb now would just do it. That much will last you the life of the system. You will need it if you want to try VR flight sim at some point.
 


I need 32GB of ram, im doing some serious editing. In my country samsung 960 or 970 is more expensive than WD black + i need that speed cause of super big files being transfered daily.
But i didn't know that this PSU is low quality, i've been told that is a very good piece of power supply..
I'll change that PSU for sure then, but everything else will fit and this case and work properly?
 


Everything will work but I still advice against you getting that liquid cooler.
Also since you are doing serious rendering why not go with a ryzen 2700x? It's a good bit faster than the 8700k.
 
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RTX 2080 is a little bit more expensive than GTX 1080 TI in my country.
Another thing is that RTX 2080 is even slower in some games than GTX 1080 TI. Not worth it.
 

To be honest... I've always been working on Intel&Nvidia pc's. I have some serious bad memories with AMD.
And from what i've been told - Air cooling for I7-8700K is no go 100%
 
Not true at all on air cooling. I have a 4.7-all core on a middling air cooler that maxes at 60-62 gaming. Big air will get you to max OCs for less than water.

As far as 1080ti vs 2080, the 2080 wins in nearly every game at 1440p and higher which is the target. If you’re getting a system this nice for 1080p you’re doing it wrong:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13346/the-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-and-2080-founders-edition-review/6

At 1080p they swap wins and normally by a frame or two. Again, if a few $ difference the 2080 wins - if a significant delta, the 1080ti is good enough.
 


So Cryorig H7 as CPU cooler should be fine even with OC? And everything else should work just fine, and fit the case?
And i can't see myself paying additional 150 euro just to get a card that is just slightly faster than 1080TI.
*And i'm building this for editing and 1080p 144fps, 1440p 75+fps
 


Cooling is cooling. Watercooling works the same way as a normal cooler. It just uses a liquid to transfer the heat to a radiator where it is then dissapated. A regular aircooler uses heatpipes to de the exact same thing and those are more efficient than water.

For editing the ryzen 2700x is THE WAY to go. Amd has had a long rough time with the fx series but the new ryzen lineups are great for content creators. Just get a ryzen 2700x + b450 board and even the stock cooler is plenty for that cpu.
 


Alright, one more question. Is this cooler loud at 100% fans speed?
And what do you think about Cryorig R1 Universal?
 


You talking about the cryorig or stock? The stock one at 100% is audible but not too bad, the cryorig at 100% is also audible but would normally rarely ever run it's fans at that speed.

For that price you can get a noctua nhd 15 which is better. However you don't need that beefy of a cooler, the ryzen doesn't really get hot and even when you oc it to the max the crorig h7 is plenty since the ryzen tends to cap at 4.4ghz (something the stock cooler can actually even handle).