New Rig for Gaming/Video Editing,

Hi All,

Would appreciate your thoughts on the below;

Would be used primarily for gaming (at 1080p would be looking at an ultrawide soon) and some occasional video editing.

I only need the tower, everything else I have taken care of for now. (The second HDD is for parents system everything else will be for mine)

I've tried to go for a white/black build for aesthetics as much as possible, this can changed if it would mean better parts.

Thanks

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus Z170 Sabertooth Mark S Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £179.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £229.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £399.95
• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £93.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 960GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/960G)= £229.99
• 2 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £42.95
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1MT SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail)= £17.99
• 1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW)= £104.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060025-WW)= £99.95
• 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 PSU Cable Kit, EVG/SF-Series - White= £74.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £89.99

That is a very nice motherboard, perhaps a bit too pricey to pair with the i5. Seeming as games are taking advantage of hyper-threading you may see a benefit from getting an i7. And I don't need to mention the benefit of having an i7 for media production

I have the 750D, and I would say it is too large for this kind of setup. Are you considering upgrading to custom watercooling in the future? if not perhaps consider a smaller mid-tower case.

Another thing to keep in mind, depending on where you have your hdd bays, your ssd's can be on show, so you could go for a samsung 850 evo instead to match to colour scheme better

Hi


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3x Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £124.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £329.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £89.99
• 2 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £42.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX High Performance 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060020-WW)= £94.99
• 1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black= £21.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply - Black= £72.95
• 1 x Super Flower Braided Cable Kit - White= £59.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1070G1-GAMING-8GD)= £429.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 960GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/960G)= £229.99

Do you need an optical drive ? I included an external one which can be kept to one side when not needed, and it won't ruin the aesthetics.

MSI Krait is a pretty nice Black/White board.

The i5 can bottleneck in some games at 1080p with a GTX 1070 so an i7 is a better option (Plus it will help when you do Video Editing).

The 280mm H110i GTX cooler should perform slightly better than the 240mm.

Phanteks Enthoo Pro hides all the internal drive bays (SSD and HDD) and PSU so you get a cleaner build.

A 550W psu is enough for a single gpu. The braided cables are out of stock though at the moment. You could go with Bitfenix extensions, but some of those in White are also out of stock.

Gigabyte G1 has a black/White backplate (Zotac looks like Gunmetal with Yellow). You also get LED lighting with the G1 (Not sure if White is an option) but they can be turned off anyway if you don't want them lit up.

The Phanteks white extensions are in stock and look nice in real life too, if you need to save a few quid (and if you go for a case with a PSU compartment such as Lee specced that'll hide all the other cables anyway).

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks 8-Pin EPS12V Cable Extension 50cm - Sleeved White= £4.49
• 2 x Phanteks 6+2-Pin PCIe Cable Extension 50cm - Sleeved White= £4.99
• 1 x Phanteks 24-Pin ATX Cable Extension 50cm - Sleeved White= £7.99

The Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1070 would only need one 6+2 PCI-E extension. The Zotac two (going by the pic, not the description).

Purely to match the black and white theme.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £429.95

StarShock said:

Purely to match the black and white theme.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £429.95

Total: £429.95
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Doesn't have a backplate though, otherwise I probably would have put that one in instead of the Gigabyte G1.