New to PC building ( review my parts list)

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Hi everyone
I'm new to PC building and I'm seeking advice on a list I've put together with my limited research.
I'm coming from a old, slow Toshiba Satellite L750D laptop.

My budget is ideally £1200 max (excluding monitor etc)
I would like to build a PC that I can use for gaming at 1080p, autocad and a little bit of video editing.
Also with room for upgrading in years to come.
Please feel free to offer me advice, compatibility issues or alternative parts that I could use for my build.

Here's my list I've made.

CPU: Intel Core I7-7700k 4.2ghz (£280)
GPU: Zotac nvidia geforce GTX 1060 6gb Amp edition (£252)
Motherboard: MSI Intel Z270 gaming pro carbon ATX (£125)

Ram: Corsair vengeance LPX 16gb (2x8gb) DDR4 2400hz (£150)
Storage: Crucial Mx300 1TB 2.5" internal SSD (£205)
Case: Corsair carbide series spec 03 mid tower (£55)
CPU cooler: Coolermaster 212 Evo 120mm 4 pin (£25)
Power: Corsair vs450 ATX EPS 450w (£35)
Operating system: Windows 10 home 64 bit (£86)

Total £1213
May need and add additional parts.
************ claims no incompatibilities
Power estimate use: 312W

Will this all fit and work to my needs?

Thanks
 
Not too bad a spec, my only reservation would be shelling out all that cash on a quad core cpu and slowish ddr4 ram. Don't get me wrong, the 7700k is very quick and capable but with the way games are going now I don't think it will age well. My old as hell Xeon will keep pace with that cpu on multithreaded apps and games (like pube g where with the same gpu as my mate I get slightly higher frame rates).

I'd consider even going ryzen 1600 or 1700 over the 7700k, but you'll need faster ram like the 3000 or 3200.
 
I am guessing you know what you are doing here. Normally I would suggest a dual drive system with an SSD for the operating system, for speed and secondary mechanical drive for data. It's cheaper and there are huge benefits to keeping the two drives separate ( mainly that if your system drive messes up you have all your data on a separate drive that can just be moved to a new PC ). But I am guessing that maybe speed is more important to you because of autocad. I dunno. Normally I would also suggest only getting 8GB of RAM to start, it's easily upgraded later on if you need more, but again this amount may be based on your experience with autocad. I remember our hardware guys always need tons of RAM for autocad although I never used it myself.
I would definitely up that power supply. 450W is fine NOW but it will probably limit you in the future. You can spend just £10 extra now to step up to 550X-600W which will cover future needs. With the case, do you really need those old fashioned slots? I would be very tempted to get a Phanteks P400 or NZXT S340. Both really excellent budget cases with enough room for that cooler.
 
Also what this guy said ^^^^

PSU get a 550w at least and make sure it's a decent one. Quick search on here and most will advise either Seasonic or superflower leadex, can't go wrong with either.

Cpu cooler is okay, but can get better for the money.

As for OS... Ebay, £3-4 for a genuine license from eBay. That's £80 towards something else, like a second ssd for games.
 
Kungfuspaghetti thanks for the OS tip and cpu alternative, I think the Ryzen 1700X may be a similiar but cheaper CPU to the i7 -7700K. It will probably suit my multitasking more. With memory I'll probably up my choice to the 3000mhz corsair vengeance.

pocah thanks I think I will get a phanteks eclipse p400 case as it seems to be good for ease of installing.
Storage wise would you recommend a 500gb SSD and 1Tb hard drive?

Regarding power I may go for a seasonic 620w supply.

Thanks
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,228.61 (includes shipping: £14.70)


AM4 platform (Ryzen 1600 etc) offers the best upgrade path right now, especially with the next iteration of AMD cpus (Ryzen+) due out early next year. Stock cooler allows for mild overclocking.

Only major loss for this build is SSD storage, but I think the gains in other areas more than make up for this.


Could go below £1200 with a cheaper motherboard and PSU.

If you wanted to change the emphasis away from the GPU - swap the GTX 1070ti for a GTX 1060 and the Ryzen 1600 for a Ryzen 1700​
 
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Auto cad, at work I use 8gb plus doing oil pipework design- don't render but built a Raytracing machine that uses as much threads and ram you can through at it .
All depends on what CAD work you do and if you render at all, if so off gpu or cpu?
Also video editing , at 4k it'll chew through it nicely

Ryzen 1700 and 16GB hands down or 8GB if you can't afford it

Gtx 1060 3/6gb and Rx 580 4/8gb will do you fine aswell for 1080p/60hz
 
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Thanks for the replies
I keep changing the list now .
Currently thinking Amd ryzen 5 1600 cpu but struggling to find motherboard that can maintain 3000mhz from corsair 2x8gb 3000mhz ram. As a lot of reviews state set lower MHz with that combo.??
 
Regarding CAD work. I'm a mechanical engineering student so still learning the ropes with autocad. Likely to download the student version.
 
SKD said:
Regarding CAD work. I'm a mechanical engineering student so still learning the ropes with autocad. Likely to download the student version.
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Did my hnc a while back . Nothing like thermodynamics to kill brain cells .
In that case you can get away with Ryzen 1600 or Intel 8400 if ..if you can find it at £200 or below . Both tend to reach the same results with Intel edging ahead of gaming and Ryzen for multitudes tasks
Build by south is solid, Dual card is loud and hot and budget but, gets you power for cheap !
 
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