Where can I 'best' cut costs?

upmg

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Hi All,
Was speccing a £2k build and ended up getting a bit click happy :p

Where can I best cut costs or where would you change something on this build to get the price down but try keep good performance.

Thanks :)

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs Skylake-X/Kabylake-X (X299) Pro Gaming PC Configurator = £3,234.67
    • CPU Cooler:NZXT Kraken X52 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm
    • M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected**:Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    • Solid State Drive 1:Unwanted
    • Solid State Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**:Unwanted
    • Power Supply:EVGA SuperNova G3 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
    • Soundcard:Unwanted
    • Network Adapter:Unwanted
    • Case Lighting:NZXT Hue+ RGB Dual Channel LED Controller - Black
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Professional - Systems
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched in approx 7 working days
    • Speakers:Unwanted
    • Monitor:Unwanted
    • Gaming Chair:Unwanted
    • CPU:Intel Core i7-7800X 3.5GHz (Skylake X / Basin Falls) Socket LGA2066 Processor - Retail
    • Motherboard:Asus ROG Strix X299-XE Gaming Intel X299 (Socket 2066) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX4M4C30
    • Overclock:Unwanted
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 1:WD 1TB Black 7200RPM 64MB Cache Internal Performance Hard Drive (WD1003FZEX)
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Headset:Unwanted
    • Keyboard:Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Mechanical Keyboard, Backlit RGB LED, Cherry MX RGB Red (CH-9101010-UK )
    • Mouse:Unwanted
    • Case:NZXT H440 New 2015 Edition Case - Matte Black
    • Graphics:KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080Ti EX OC White 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Graphics 2 (SLI/Crossfire):Unwanted
    • NV Link Bridge - Required for Dual RTX Graphics Cards:Unwanted
Total: £3,248.77 (includes shipping: £14.10)​
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upmg said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs Skylake-X/Kabylake-X (X299) Pro Gaming PC Configurator = £3,234.67
    • CPU Cooler:NZXT Kraken X52 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm
    • M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected**:Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    • Solid State Drive 1:Unwanted
    • Solid State Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**:Unwanted
    • Power Supply:EVGA SuperNova G3 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
    • Soundcard:Unwanted
    • Network Adapter:Unwanted
    • Case Lighting:NZXT Hue+ RGB Dual Channel LED Controller - Black
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Professional - Systems
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched in approx 7 working days
    • Speakers:Unwanted
    • Monitor:Unwanted
    • Gaming Chair:Unwanted
    • CPU:Intel Core i7-7800X 3.5GHz (Skylake X / Basin Falls) Socket LGA2066 Processor - Retail
    • Motherboard:Asus ROG Strix X299-XE Gaming Intel X299 (Socket 2066) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX4M4C30
    • Overclock:Unwanted
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 1:WD 1TB Black 7200RPM 64MB Cache Internal Performance Hard Drive (WD1003FZEX)
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Headset:Unwanted
    • Keyboard:Corsair Gaming K70 LUX RGB Mechanical Keyboard, Backlit RGB LED, Cherry MX RGB Red (CH-9101010-UK )
    • Mouse:Unwanted
    • Case:NZXT H440 New 2015 Edition Case - Matte Black
    • Graphics:KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080Ti EX OC White 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Graphics 2 (SLI/Crossfire):Unwanted
    • NV Link Bridge - Required for Dual RTX Graphics Cards:Unwanted
Total: £3,248.77 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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By switching to a 9700K, 16GB DDR4 RAM @ 3000 MHz, a decent Z series motherboard, a 1TB SATA based SSD, 650W PSU, an RTX 2080 over the 1080 Ti (if the prices of the 1080 Ti are very unreasonable), getting a Barracuda 1TB drive and a decent air cooler over the kraken
 
2080ti vs 1080 ti

i9 9900k 8 core 16 thread

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs Coffee Lake Pro Gaming Configurator = £2,791.81
    • Motherboard:Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
    • Processor:Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
    • CPU Cooler:Corsair Hydro Series H100i PRO RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060033-WW)
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX4M2B3
    • M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected**:Unwanted
    • Solid State Drive 1:TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
    • Solid State Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 1:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**:Unwanted
    • Power Supply:Corsair HX850i 850W '80 Plus Platinum Digital Modular Power Supply (CP-9020073-UK)
    • Soundcard:Unwanted
    • Network Adapter:Unwanted
    • Case Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched in approx 7 working days
    • Headset:Unwanted
    • Keyboard:Unwanted
    • Mouse:Unwanted
    • Speakers:Unwanted
    • Monitor:Unwanted
    • Gaming Chair:Unwanted
    • Case:Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black (CC-9011098-WW)
    • Graphics:Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Triple Fan 11264MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Graphics 2 (SLI/Crossfire):Unwanted
    • NV Link Bridge - Required for Dual RTX Graphics Cards:Unwanted
Total: £2,805.91 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Apparently that 1080 Ti costs £390 more than one of the 2080s and is £50 more expensive than one of the 2080 Tis. Cracking deal that :D
 
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