Wanting to pull the trigger on a build, final spec check?

[high elm]

Hey guys, ready to pull the trigger on a build today. 1440p ultrawide monitor for gaming/productivity use. Based in the UK.

Are there are any improvements or ways to save money? Couple of questions i have:

• Do i require any extra case fans or will the cooler + included fans be enough?
• Arctic thermal paste yay or nay? I think I read the corsair coolers include a thermal paste, will PCS use that if i select standard?

SPEC:
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z790-ddr5-pc/qJwaqC258H/

[desert narwhal]

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[humble apex]

The corsair coolers do indeed come with perfectly good paste pre-applied - so no you dont need arctic paste

[sturdy bobcat]

you may want to get additional case fans, but that is more of a down the line issue as the 360mm AIO will be mounted on the front, so the preinstalled fan on the front will be moved to the top

[high elm]

oh ok, when i select to proceed on the configurator it defaults the radiator to the top option, is it better to go on the front?

[sturdy bobcat]

that case can it a max of of a 240mm AIO on top, so the 360mm one you selected will be on the front

if you want the AIO on top you need a bigger case, so maybe the 5000(letter) corsair case

the 5000 cases also allow more fans to be mounted, 10 in total 1 rear, 3 side, 3 front 3 top

[high elm]

oh i have the 5000d airflow selected ,did it not select it on the link?

[humble apex]

It does show, DrLeft probably just misread it 🙂 (or it didnt show properly)

[sturdy bobcat]

defaulted to the 4000 for me, no idea why, reloading fixed it

[high elm]

ah

[sturdy bobcat]

in that case(badum tis) you'd want more fans, ideally the link fans to keep it all on one type of connection system

[high elm]

3x Corsair ICUE LINK QX120 TGB PWM Fan + Controller Kit

those ones?

[sturdy bobcat]

yup

[high elm]

nice, i'll grab the extra fans then

[sturdy bobcat]

maybe later on replace the stock fans with link ones as well, but you won't need to

[errant quest]

I would pay £20 more for 1000W+ power supply if you plan on upgrading in the future, anything higher than 4080 super will start pushing within the realms of 850W being too small, doesn't hurt & it's cheap

[high elm]

how about the rest of the spec? does it look good?

[sturdy bobcat]

the rest does look good, Dv does make a good point about the PSU, but the 4080 Super is already a fantastic PSU, and who knows if a future GPU will even work with that PSU

I am not a fan of intel due to the upgrade options, but they are the best for productivity

[high elm]

thats a fair point, probs best to get the extra watts

i dont tend to upgrade my systems much, usually like to buy so that they last a good few years

[errant quest]

If that's the case & you will just be buying a new one as you have now in the future then 850W is fine for the build, it's just something I see fairly often, PSU is cheap & they don't really get better, it's something you can keep consistant in future builds, but yeah - no need if you'll replace the whole thing

[high elm]

cheers guys, i may grab the 1000w just in case as you never know and it's not much more in cost

[errant quest]

The calculator on the PC specialist website is a bit strange, i built a PC on there with a 14900KS & a 4090 OC, it was saying maximum power usage to be 650W which i find pretty hard to believe. Either that or the other calculators got it all wrong. 😄