New PC based on i7-8700k

[netsonicyxf]

CPU: i7-8700k
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
MB: ASUS Prime Z370-A
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (8GBx4) DDR4 2666 MT/s PC4-21300 BLS4K8G4D26BFSC
Video Card: Gigabytes GV-N970IXOC-4GD (existing compnent)
SSD: Samsung 256GB x 2, KIngstone 128GB x 2 (existing compnent)
HDD: 2TB + 500GB (existing compnent)
PSU: Antec Earthwatts 500W (existing compnent)
Case: Antec P180 (existing compnent)

I hope to do medium level OCing

The RAM is not on ASUS memory QVL, but Crucial says it supports the MB.

Is this PC OK?

 

[trents]

Looks fine to me. What is the chief use of this system? 32 gb of RAM is a lot unless you are doing stuff like high end photo and video editing or running a bunch of virtual machines. It won't help in gaming and other everyday tasks. And RAM prices are higher than I have ever seen them right now. How old is the PSU?

 

[netsonicyxf]

Main usage:
FEA analysis (Civil and Structural engineering): Abaqus, Ansys etc
3D modeling: Catia V6 etc
BIM (Building information modeling): Revit, Microstation, Lumion etc
Video processing: Corel Videostudio
Game (not hardcore)

PSU is about 6 years old.

 

[bigtallanddopey]

You may also want to look into the ryzen 7 1800x for doing work like that. The extra two cores may outweigh and surpass the clock speed advantage that the 8700k has. Especially when doing things like FEA analysis which I know is cpu core intensive.

For the sake of $50 I would get a new power supply. Yours probably has a few years left but as you are building a new system you may as well keep everything upto date.

 

[EarthDog]

System looks fine to me.

I wouldnt worry about the psu until there are problems.

 

[trents]

So it does look like you can benefit from all that RAM. I am concerned about the PSU's age, however. If it goes it can take other components with it. Ryzen 1800X is a good suggestion. Ryzen CPUs excel in the kinds of tasks you will be doing with a more comfortable price tag per core. And the Ryzen II is just around the corner.