New PC Advice

[Muck1ng]

It's been a while since I built a PC so I'm after some advice. I don't want to spend more than £1000 total..

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £54.95
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P)= £249.95
• 1 x MSI Z170A Krait Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £112.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £194.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/8)= £44.99
• 1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK)= £79.99
• 1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM= £14.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H55 Quiet Liquid CPU Cooler= £61.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Core 3500 Midi Tower Case - Black= £55.99

Total: £870.83
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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I already have a 250GB Samsung Evo SSD to use.

I would have to still get a monitor and Keyboard.

 

[Blame]

For that price on the Corsair PSU i would change to either Superflower, EVGA or Seasonic

example:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-026-ea.html

 

[Muck1ng]

For that price on the Corsair PSU i would change to either Superflower, EVGA or Seasonic

example:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-026-ea.html

For what reason? better brand? I was told i should be looking at about a 750 to 800w PSU

 

[RJC]

Will you be adding a another gpu in the future?

 

[Dom86]

For what reason? better brand? I was told i should be looking at about a 750 to 800w PSU

The Superflower, EVGA psu's are just a lot better made.

 

[Muck1ng]

Thanks for the PSU info, I'll look to change it and no PC will probably only ever have 1 GPU.

 

[RJC]

With a single setup a 550w will be ample.

 

[Dom86]

Do you need a copy of windows? and are you looking at a monitor and keyboard within this build or outside of it?

 

[Muck1ng]

Windows wont be a problem, I'll use my windows 7 Key and upgrade.

Monitor and keyboard I'll sort, got an old HP keyboard i can use for now. I'm looking for a 1080p 27" monitor i think, going to wait for Black Friday for that.

Other than the PSU anything else i should look to change? Better bang for buck?

 

[Dom86]

I didn't include a dvd drive cause if you have a usb stick you can install windows from that

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £54.95
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £39.95
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £419.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £303.97
• 1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001604G-2CIR= £49.99
• 1 x In-Win 703 Midi Tower - Black / Red= £54.95
• 1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G1-0650-XR)= £72.95

Total: £1,011.45
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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[Muck1ng]

Temping but that blows the budget, sorry if I wasn't clear but monitor needs to come out the 1k. I can creep slightly over i think

 

[lee32uk]

I didn't include a dvd drive cause if you have a usb stick you can install windows from that

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £54.95
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £39.95
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £419.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £303.97
• 1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001604G-2CIR= £49.99
• 1 x In-Win 703 Midi Tower - Black / Red= £54.95
• 1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G1-0650-XR)= £72.95

Total: £1,011.45
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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For the record, that EVGA psu isn't a SuperFlower unit. It is made by FSP. It isn't as good as the G2/GS etc.