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It would work but I would go for something like this instead:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (£403.48 @ BT Shop) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£135.95 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£152.20 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£330.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£269.91 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.50 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£581.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair - 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  (£120.83 @ Corsair UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£124.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Other: Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro, stream and record in 1080p60, superior low latency technology, H.264 hardware encoding, PCIe  (£159.99 @ PC World) 
Total: £2332.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Work? sure.... but you can do much better like i7 8700k + 1080 Ti for the same price, next time use pcpartpicker website.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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It would work but I would go for something like this instead:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (£403.48 @ BT Shop) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£135.95 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£152.20 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£330.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£269.91 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.50 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£581.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair - 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  (£120.83 @ Corsair UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£124.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Other: Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro, stream and record in 1080p60, superior low latency technology, H.264 hardware encoding, PCIe  (£159.99 @ PC World) 
Total: £2332.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

It would work but I would go for something like this instead:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (£403.48 @ BT Shop) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£135.95 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£152.20 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£330.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£269.91 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.50 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£581.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair - 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  (£120.83 @ Corsair UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£124.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Other: Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro, stream and record in 1080p60, superior low latency technology, H.264 hardware encoding, PCIe  (£159.99 @ PC World) 
Total: £2332.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-22 15:30 BST+0100

<3 I will buy this thanks

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