PC Building for Gamers: Introducing the Den of Geek PC

Earlier this year, Den of Geek launched two new PC Gaming series, one focused on the History of PC Gaming as well as a PC Building Guide meant to help our readers create their own powerful rigs to play the latest releases at the highest graphical settings and efficiency. The latter series has allowed us to work with the biggest tech companies and experts in PC Gaming who have provided us with invaluable advice for our own PC building efforts. 

Today, Den of Geek is excited to unveil our official gaming PC, built from the best components from companies such as Intel, Nvidia, ASUS, Patriot, be quiet!, HyperX, ViewSonic, Alphacool, XPG, and ADATA. With the help from our friends at the brilliant PC modding company ModMyMods, we’ve assembled a rig with our readers in mind, a machine that can be built by beginners but that will also catch the eye of DIY veterans. 

Without further ado, here’s the Den of Geek PC’s full list of specs…

Case: be quiet! Pure 600 Window Orange

Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z390-A LGA 1151

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K 

CPU Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer 360 AIO CPU Cooler

GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

GPU Cooler: Alphacool Eiswolf 240 GPX Pro Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Ti

SSD: Patriot Viper VPN100 512GB
(We also recommend the ADATA 1TB XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro)

RAM: Patriot Viper RGB DRAM 16GB 3000MHz White 
(We also recommend the ADATA XPG Spectrix D80 DDR4 RGB 8G and HyperX Predator DDR4 RGB)

Fans: be quiet! Dark Rock 4 Air Cooler

PSU: be quiet! Pure Power 11

Keyboard: HyperX Alloy FPS RGB

Mouse: HyperX Pulsefire Surge

Monitor 1: ViewSonic ELITE XG350R-C

Monitor 2: ViewSonic ELITE XG240R

Not only do we plan to play and review all of the latest PC games on our new rig, but we’ll also bring you along for the ride with our Den of Geek Plays live streams on Twitch, where you’ll be able to watch the Den of Geek PC in action.

And if you’re ready to take the next step and assemble your own gaming PC, we’ve produced a step-by-step video guide based on our own build. Watch as the experts at ModMyMods assemble the Den of Geek PC, with detailed walkthroughs of all of the featured components, below:

To learn more about each individual component and why we selected it to be a part of our PC, keep an eye on our monthly PC Building Guide series. 

John Saavedra is Games Editor at Den of Geek. Read more of his work here. Follow him on Twitter @johnsjr9.