Returning to PC gaming. Advice on potential build.

johnlondon82

johnlondon82

johnlondon82

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Hi all

I've put together the following PC - in all honesty there's a bit of guesswork and light research that's gone into it. I've selected premium items as I want something that'll last approx 5-7 years (I'm not overly bothered about playing games that far down the line at ultra settings, etc)

I'd like to know if the components are a good match, won't bottleneck anywhere etc

Open to alternative suggestions, money isn't an issue but I don't want to go much higher than what's shown below

Thanks!

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Hi welcome to the forum :)

We are not allowed to mention competitor websites on here, so you should edit out the other store name :) The screenshot should be fine as it doesn't mention their name.


A few things I would suggest:

Change the cpu to the 'K' version as that will allow you to overclock. They are out of stock everywhere though so no idea on when they will be available to buy.

Go with a different 1080 ti as the blower style coolers are noisier and run a bit hotter.

The Ram is pretty expensive, as it is Corsair Dominator. Have a look at 8Pack Ram on here if you want a nice set of 3600MHz ram or a 3200MHz kit for slightly less. I would also go 2 x 8GB rather than 4 x 4GB.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £388.68
(includes shipping: £8.70)



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I would get a better power supply as well. A Seasonic Focus Gold would be my current choice. If you don't plan to SLI then a 650W is enough.

Also that monitor might be a bit small for 4K as it is only 24". I would want at least 28" for that resolution.

What is your overall budget ?
 
I'm willing to spend about £2.5k in total. Was hoping to keep to the above though so I have room for a nice keyboard and mouse if I decide to upgrade with a little wiggle room here and there on other components.

I'll check out the bits you mentioned, thanks for the reply!
 
Would definitely move down to a 2 stick memory choice as mentioned above, will be easy to move to 32gb a couple of years down the line then.

Have you considered a bigger drive or different storage options? 525gb is a lot of storage, but modern games can be 50gb+! Add to that a basic windows install and updates with any apps you need and you may well be short of space very quickly.

Might be worth considering a switch to NVME SSDs (either M2 or PCIE addon cards), these offer a notable performance increase over SATA for a relatively small increase in price - hard to go wrong with Samsung EVO or Pro drives, or Intel if you prefer the addon card route (unless the motherboard has a U.2 port).

Definitely consider a better quality PSU at this price point. Corsair can be good, but you are aiming for a high end system with a long life, so if you want to stay with Corsair then consider the RMx series PSU's

Lastly, you're aiming for a long lifespan for the system - so I would consider an 8+ core CPU in this scenario.

Edit: much needed punctuation added!

Edit 2: I spent 2.3k to build my system recently (already had a 4k screen) and ended up with a 16core system with 64gb RAM and GTX 1070 + NVME boot drive. I did admittedly already have a couple of decent HDDs to use and a PSU.
I originally did a very similar spec to yourself, but as I wanted the system to last 4 years+ I went in very heavy on the core of the system, as I think the better price points on GPUs is the midrange with an upgrade every couple of years.
 
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johnlondon82 said:
I've selected premium items as I want something that'll last approx 5-7 years (I'm not overly bothered about playing games that far down the line at ultra settings, etc)
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Any graphics card, no matter how expensive, will be by then low end performing.
So trying to future proof in that is futile.
Anyway graphics card is about the easiest to change part in gaming PC.

For that time CPU side can't be said surely.
If game developers start actually embracing increase in core count they might find new uses to extra cores.

Case, power supply and mass storage keep their use value best.
Same for other side of gaming immersion, sound reproduction... But that doesn't include bling blinged cheap Chinese gaming junk.


BongoHunter said:
Might be worth considering a switch to NVME SSDs (either M2 or PCIE addon cards), these offer a notable performance increase over SATA
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In benchmarketing.
There are very little significant real world normal use performance differences between various SSDs.
http://techreport.com/review/30993/samsung-960-evo-ssd-reviewed/5
So choosing should be based on price, maybe warranty and convenient form factor/connection.
 
johnlondon82 said:
I'm willing to spend about £2.5k in total. Was hoping to keep to the above though so I have room for a nice keyboard and mouse if I decide to upgrade with a little wiggle room here and there on other components.

I'll check out the bits you mentioned, thanks for the reply!
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Although comes in just over 2.5k with your monitor but Aorus 7 includes free 240 AIO and that is a de lid 5Ghz chip
4 year warranty on the Aorus Ti card and RGB to sync up and then NZXT lovely new case !!!!!


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,295.38
(includes shipping: £22.50)



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johnlondon82 said:
Hi all

I've put together the following PC - in all honesty there's a bit of guesswork and light research that's gone into it. I've selected premium items as I want something that'll last approx 5-7 years (I'm not overly bothered about playing games that far down the line at ultra settings, etc)

I'd like to know if the components are a good match, won't bottleneck anywhere etc

Open to alternative suggestions, money isn't an issue but I don't want to go much higher than what's shown below

Thanks!
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IMO go with a 3K to 3.5K build put most of the money on GTX 1080Ti "Xtreme Edition" card, 32" Acer Monitor, 16GB ram, 850 PSU, has for spending £199.00 on the NZXT H700i Midi Tower you could buy the TT Tower 900 for that price and upgrade later to custom water loop.
 
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BongoHunter said:
Expensive cases add no performance. No point spending nearly 10% of system cost on that...
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All depends on personal preferences.
And of course more costly cases add performance ... Can you fit a 60mm thick 480mm rad in a £40 case for water cooling etc etc :)
But yes, a good £50-100 cheaper case could offer the same space, cooling performance and functionality as the new NZXT - again just down to personal style . I like glass and aluminium, I like it weighing as less as possible and hate plastic :D
 
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