Critique my basket

[EddScott]

Planning an internal upgrade and have this lot in my basket.

Any comments or glaring mistakes?

 

[ExRayTed]

Can't help but feel you're over-spending on that bundle. You could buy that CPU, a decent motherboard and have your choice of coolers and save a fair amount - enough to drop the 1070ti in favour of a 1080 and get 3000mhz RAM.

 

[southernorth]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler= £64.99
• 1 x Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £154.99
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-30000C18 3733MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TXD416G37= £169.99

Total: £811.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)


+ GTX 1080 (with Destiny 2) for £439


=£1240


No idea which case you have, so check that the CPU cooler fits.
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[EddScott]

Thank you for replies.

Think I'll go with that basket Southernorth. I have a hydro cooler which should fit the CPU so can knock off the cooler

 

[southernorth]

Thank you for replies.

Think I'll go with that basket Southernorth. I have a hydro cooler which should fit the CPU so can knock off the cooler

This RAM is also worth considering:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £188.88

Total: £197.58 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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The GTX 1080 for £439 isn't on OCuk, but I'm sure you can find it quite easily.


There are also some very well priced Ryzen 7 1700 bundles at the moment, if you were intending to do more heavy multi-tasking than pure gaming.