Help with 1st Gaming PC

[goat973]

Ok, so starting in 8th grade (2010) I purchased a HP laptop 1.5ghz quad core, amd radeon graphics, 500gb storage... awful thing. Anyways, I now have a stable job and am planning on building my first gaming computer, seeing as taxes are coming in, I want to go all out. I've gotten a rough parts list together, and need recommendations along with maybe help if I choose to go with water cooling/hardline. 

 

Parts:

1. Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus X Formula
2. Processor: Intel Core i7-8700k Coffee Lake 6 Core
3. RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 16GB (2x8GB)
4. PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series 1200i 1200 Watt
5. Graphics: Dual Asus ROG GTX-1080ti's or Dual Nvidia GTX-1080ti's FE
6. Case: CORSAIR Vengeance Series C70 Gunmetal Black (CAN CHANGE IF NEEDED)
7. Storage: I'm not entirely familiar with storage as far as Raid0 and the works, but I was looking at an SSD for the OS, Intel Optane for performance, and 2 10tb Seagate HDD in Raid0 for storage. (Would love suggestions please)

 

The motherboard supports water cooling, I would also like to water cool the CPU, and both Graphics Cards. I think my loop would be Reservoir, Radiator, Motherboard, CPU, Radiator (Top), Graphics Card (1/Top), Graphics Card (2/Bottom), Radiator (Front), Pump, Reservoir. Maybe Pump/Reservoir Combo?

Let me know what I'm missing please and thank you! 

     -Collin <3

[Starelementpoke]

You're not missing anything, but I'm damned surprised you can afford that thing and eat.

[goat973]

6 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

You're not missing anything, but I'm damned surprised you can afford that thing and eat.

Little bits at a time and a room mate/partner.

[Majestic]

Seeing as how lackluster SLI support is, and given GPU pricing, chucking a second 1080TI in there seems needlessly expensive.

[goat973]

6 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Seeing as how lackluster SLI support is, and given GPU pricing, chucking a second 1080TI in there seems needlessly expensive.

I had read that before, which the option would then be swapping to an aio cooler, a maximus x code mobo, dropping to a single rog gtx1080ti, and dropping the psu to a corsair 750x

[Majestic]

1 hour ago, goat973 said:

I had read that before, which the option would then be swapping to an aio cooler, a maximus x code mobo, dropping to a single rog gtx1080ti, and dropping the psu to a corsair 750x

You don't want to start your first gaming PC with a custom loop. A decent case with some airflow should be more than capable of cooling a 8700K and 1080TI. 

Get this thing running properly first, then maybe consider custom loops. 

 

And do you really need a 350 dollar motherboard?

[Blatcher2]

3 very important things.

 

1.) You NEED to wait before you buy the GPU unless you want to spend $1400 (twice the cost) on your GPU.

 

2.) Only buy 1 GPU. Do not SLI. I have had two GPUs and its a nightmare.

 

3.) DO NOT Watercool your first PC. It offers very little benefit.

 

Other than that:

-Case: For the love of God pick anything else. I recommend Corsair 460X RGB

-GPU: Asus Strix 1080ti

-CPU Cooler: FRACTAL DESIGN CELSIUS S24

-Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 16GB 3200Mhz

-PSU: Corsair  HX1000i (Because 

Storage: Corsair HX1000i

Two 2TB Samsung 960 Pro in RAID 0

Two WD Gold 10TB Enterprise in Raid 0

 

Frankly I don't see the need for the 20TB of storage but there you go.

 

 

 

[Blatcher2]

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

You don't want to start your first gaming PC with a custom loop. A decent case with some airflow should be more than capable of cooling a 8700K and 1080TI. 

Get this thing running properly first, then maybe consider custom loops. 

 

And do you really need a 350 dollar motherboard?

I think OP is a troll based on the fact that the account was made right before his post. However there is a 1% chance hes legitimate and simply has a lot of money with no student loans.

[Majestic]

2 minutes ago, Blatcher2 said:

I think OP is a troll based on the fact that the account was made right before his post. However there is a 1% chance hes legitimate and simply has a lot of money with no student loans.

Well then he wasted 2 minutes of my time. Not sure if ill recover.

[goat973]

5 hours ago, Blatcher2 said:

I think OP is a troll based on the fact that the account was made right before his post. However there is a 1% chance hes legitimate and simply has a lot of money with no student loans.

Yeah, I struck it lucky with a job deal before hitting college due to connections. I am actually inquiring however. 

[goat973]

5 hours ago, Majestic said:

You don't want to start your first gaming PC with a custom loop. A decent case with some airflow should be more than capable of cooling a 8700K and 1080TI. 

Get this thing running properly first, then maybe consider custom loops. 

 

And do you really need a 350 dollar motherboard?

Not really, but it's pretty...  :c.  I do need onboard Wi-Fi however, and preferably 7 channel audio

[goat973]

Alrighty, after taking everything into consideration... I have revised my parts list.

1. Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
2. CPU: i7-8700K
3. GPU: Nvidia GTX-1080ti
4. PSU: Corsair RM750X
5. RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB)
6. Storage: 1 m.2 Intel optane, 1 m.2 ssd (for os), 2 2tb Hdd in raid 0
7. Case: NZXT S340
8. Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 

Hopefully this looks a little more efficient?

 

***WARNING; IGNORANT QUESTION INBOUND!!!***

Could I install a much cheaper gpu alongside the 1080 (NON SLI) to use as a "Youtube/Browser" Card? i.e. A seperate monitor to watch videos while playing games on the gtx1080ti?

Not sure if thats how it works, if not, feel free to shoot me down. <3