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dunn2010

dunn2010

dunn2010

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Hi All,

hope you are all well and enjoying the summer sun!

A friend of mine is looking for a new build,

Main use is going to be running VM's for labs / training but also wants to use for gaming on the side

it will need an I7, 32 GB Memory

Would like to run the VM's off a SSD and has no hard drives to use in this rig so will need new ones.

He's not precious about the case, so any half decent ones, it'll be kept somewhere it won't be seen much so just something thats half decent.

Won't be overclocking but a decent cooler please.

Feel free to advise on a couple different builds, wasn't sure if a small m2 for the OS, large SSD for games and VM's , then a slow slave drive for everything else?

No OS needed, no peripherals and no monitor this is just the base build.

As always, thanks guys!

Dunn
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Gaming Gallium Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i5 8600K @ 4.8GHz = £1,493.95
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD432G3
    • Solid State Drive (Primary):TeamGroup 120GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
    • Solid State Drive (Secondary):Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E500B/EU)
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Security Software:Bullguard Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC 1 Year **Offer Price**
    • Case:Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass RGB Special Edition - Black/White
    • Lighting:Bitfenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic RGB LED Strip - 30cm
    • Storage Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
    • Graphics Card:Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Turbo 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • WIFI:Unwanted
Total: £1,508.05 (includes shipping: £14.10)​
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If you contact our sales department you will be able to discuss changing the i5 8600k to ma i7 8700k and maybe switch things around to suit your needs more
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,514.36 (includes shipping: £12.60)​
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Plenty left over in budget for build fee, depending on which he could even grab the 970 EVO 250GB M.2 instead of the 960 EVO 250GB SSD, for example. Or larger HDD or something.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
could save cash with Aorus B360

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-56d-gi.html

But VRM in the H370 are a step higher and give nearly all Z370 a run for their money !
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And more high speed I/O lanes, more PCIe 3.0 lanes. Probably not something most will notice or need but hey. The H370 Aorus has better audio than the B360 variant as well. For similar quality audio in B360 you'd want the Asus Strix B360-G (the OcUK description of Aorus B360 is wrong and is actually the spec for the H370 model).
 
Danny75 said:
And more high speed I/O lanes, more PCIe 3.0 lanes. Probably not something most will notice or need but hey. The H370 Aorus has better audio than the B360 variant as well. For similar quality audio in B360 you'd want the Asus Strix B360-G (the OcUK description of Aorus B360 is wrong and is actually the spec for the H370 model).
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yeah that audio... bar the zenith and x470... got to be one of the highest .
Also im sure H370 was aimed at these lines for professional/workstation use - would explain the VRM set up
 
dunn2010 said:
Thanks for the replies gents appreciate it!
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,601.74 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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anther take, using dans list with tweak to Ryzen 8 cores 16 threads for VM, gtx 1070ti (mighht be overkill and gtx 1070 saves cash! allow bigger SSD)

OC to 4ghz all cores so all machines get full max speed :)

both options would do the job :)

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wait.. use cooler dan selected !!!!

also Ultra out of stock here, would save £40 odd but lose WiFi and slightly better VRM set up
 
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