Power or Aesthetic?

[Coombzy]

I'm thinking of building an entirely new rig fairly soon and it got me wondering.... I've always liked the entire of building a custom loop but for the same price I've found I can build an AIO system with 2 GPU's.

Would you guys rather have a custom loop i7 system with a 1080 Ti, 16GB of RAM, etc etc or would you rather have the same system specs but with 2 GPU's and say a Kraken X62? (same price basically)

I'd be using a Crystal 570X case for the record, still not finalised on all the parts as it is a few months off at least.

[79wjd]

performance

[NoobCase]

Yer performance. Unless you do it because you want the building experience.

[Sanctorum]

A single 1080Ti already is a lot of performance lol. What monitor would you be using with the system? How much are you spending?

[Coombzy]

7 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

A single 1080Ti already is a lot of performance lol. What monitor would you be using with the system? How much are you spending?

I'm not even sure about the 1080 Ti, might wait until the next series its more of the thought of custom loop vs AIO with more power. Planning to spend around £2.8-3.1K and will be using my current PG279Q.

[EunSoo]

3 minutes ago, Coombzy said:

I'm not even sure about the 1080 Ti, might wait until the next series its more of the thought of custom loop vs AIO with more power. Planning to spend around £2.8-3.1K and will be using my current PG279Q.

yeah, don't waste your money on so much performance if your only going to be gaming at 1440p144hz. Get the custom loop so you can look at your PC each time you boot it up and just admire it. Its worth almost as much as performance to me

[Sanctorum]

2 minutes ago, Coombzy said:

I'm not even sure about the 1080 Ti, might wait until the next series its more of the thought of custom loop vs AIO with more power. Planning to spend around £2.8-3.1K and will be using my current PG279Q.

Single 1080Ti is plenty for 144p 165Hz.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£311.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£157.92 @ Eclipse Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£104.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£131.94 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£58.74 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  (£649.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass ATX Mid Tower Case  (£162.00 @ Kustom PCs) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£129.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F3-120 63.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F3-120 63.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F2-140 84.0 CFM  140mm Fan  (£22.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F2-140 84.0 CFM  140mm Fan  (£22.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: EK-CoolStream PE 240 (£54.95)
Other: EK-CoolStream CE 280 (£71.99)
Other: EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. sleeved pump) (£99.95)
Other: EK-RES X3 150 Reservoir (£39.95)
Other: EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate - Black (£26.99)
Other: EK-FC1080 GTX Ti - Nickel + Plexi (£109.99)
Other: EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel (£59.99)
Other: EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm - Black (x12) (£59.88)
Total: £2303.48
 

You could easily get another 1080Ti and fit it in the loop within budget. +£800 for a 2nd 1080Ti. I'd maybe get dual 280mm rads or a 360mm and 280mm if you get two 1080Ti's. Not really necessary though.

[Coombzy]

5 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

Single 1080Ti is plenty for 144p 165Hz.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£311.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£157.92 @ Eclipse Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£104.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£131.94 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£58.74 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card  (£649.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass ATX Mid Tower Case  (£162.00 @ Kustom PCs) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£129.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F3-120 63.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F3-120 63.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£13.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F2-140 84.0 CFM  140mm Fan  (£22.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: EK Vardar F2-140 84.0 CFM  140mm Fan  (£22.18 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: EK-CoolStream PE 240 (£54.95)
Other: EK-CoolStream CE 280 (£71.99)
Other: - Plexi (incl. sleeved pump) (£99.95)
Other: EK-RES X3 150 Reservoir (£39.95)
Other: EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate - Black (£26.99)
Other: EK-FC1080 GTX Ti - Nickel + Plexi (£109.99)
Other: EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel (£59.99)
Other: EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm - Black (x12) (£59.88)
Total: £2303.48
 

You could easily get another 1080Ti and fit it in the loop within budget. +£800 for a 2nd 1080Ti. I'd maybe get dual 280mm rads or a 360mm and 280mm if you get two 1080Ti's. Not really necessary though.

This is good, I should have mentioned I also wanted to remove hard drives and go full SSD so that's probably why the budget minimum is 2.8K for me vs something like this.

[Sanctorum]

50 minutes ago, Coombzy said:

This is good, I should have mentioned I also wanted to remove hard drives and go full SSD so that's probably why the budget minimum is 2.8K for me vs something like this.

Yeah, just drop the HDD and get a 1TB 850 EVO instead of the 500GB version.