9600k build - any inputs?

[mikepegg]

UK/£

 

Anyone have any inputs for my 2018 build? Anything I've missed? any improvements?

 

note: I will be overclocking the CPU. I want the Memory speed. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HkWQgw

 

CPU: Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£251.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£95.65 @ CCL Computers)

Motherboard: Asus - ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£290.91 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-4400 Memory (£289.40 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P Mesh White ATX Mid Tower Case (£134.98 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£114.96 @ Ebuyer)

 

Total: £1177.89

 

Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (existing)

Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (existing)

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB Turbo Video Card (existing)

Monitor: ASUS - PG279Q 27 inch 2560 x 1440, 165 Hz (existing)

[Guest]

I would go with a Gigabyte board for Z390 or something not Asus. That board is weak for £290. 

 

Also why do you need 4400MHz ram ? Makes no sense for gaming if that is your goal.

 

Maybe swap out the psu as the G3 has some issues. I would look at something like a Seasonic Focus Gold.

[lmeneses]

along without ^, the cooler is fine, but i've never really heard anything about that one, the corsair h100i v2 is much better imo https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Radiator-Advanced-Lighting-Software/dp/B019EXSSBG

[Origami Cactus]

Is there any reason for that ram?

You are paying as much for 16gb 4400mhz as basically 3200mhz 32gb.

It wont give you any more fps or performance, so i see no point for that ram.

[brob]

Intel i7-8700K Coffee Lake Memory Benchmark Analysis | TechPowerUp

Unless the use case is particularly memory intensive with a small memory footprint, you will see better system performance with 32GB of Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 . But you might consider getting 2x8GB of DDR4-3000 and putting the savings into a more powerful cpu.

 

You may be able to get a better psu for a similar price to the G3, SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 750 W. Or something quieter for a little less, SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 750 Gold or Corsair RM750x White.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£447.40 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£95.65 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£295.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£121.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB Turbo Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500P Mesh White ATX Mid Tower Case  (£134.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£100.97 @ More Computers) 
Total: £1196.18
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 16:57 GMT+0000

[mikepegg]

Hi guys,

 

Thanks for the replies. Will swap out the PSU.

 

on the RAM speed....I play a lot of Overwatch which seems to be very ram speed dependent.

 

Graphic:

 

Reddit post with benchmarks:

 

 

[brob]

Any data on 8-core cpu? Certainly the improvement from 4 to 6 cores suggests that it might be worth investigating.

[mikepegg]

yeah interesting thought worth investigating!

Found the following:

From Blizzard: "Overwatch will utilize up to 6 CPU cores. If your CPU has less than 6 cores available, multitasking (such as broadcasting, streaming web content, or running messaging applications) may cause additional performance degradation. Closing other processes will improve game performance."

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20744175764#post-5

 

These numbers seem to confirm:

https://us.hardware.info/reviews/7742/8/overwatch-game-review-benchmarks-with-21-graphics-cards-cpu-influence