£1,000 budget, gaming only, 1440p

[energizer123]

Hi all,

Interesting one for me, I've finally convinced my brother to ditch the PS4 and switch. My issue is I'm the idiot that goes 980ti, 1080 to 1080 ti as an upgrade route so don't know what would be best at the this budget.

In terms of usage:
Gaming only
1440p
No keyboard/mouse required
No monitor required
No windows

From my limited knowledge I was thinking a 1600/X with 16 Gb of 3200 mzh (not sure which give the highest chance of hitting it on Ryzen). Ideally would sqeeze a 1070 in, but can do a 1060 if would give a better balance system. I may well give him my 1080 ti when I upgrade so don't want a weak CPU. Or would an intel route be better at this budget?

In terms of case, something not too expensive, pretty'ish, easy to build in and a see through side panel would be nice. Any builds would be good, he wants to build it for him soon.

Thanks all

 

[Plec]

A 1070Ti build suited more for 1440p - and guaranteed 3200MHz but over budget:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £229.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1070Ti Twin X2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £82.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £39.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Kolink Punisher Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black= £46.99

Total: £1,128.84 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Cheaper build with a 1060 which struggle at high settings with some games at 1440p and 3000MHz memory (not a problem) and a different but quality case:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £82.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £39.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G30= £209.99
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 450W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £59.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Window= £64.99

Total: £993.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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[energizer123]

Ok, that's great. Really appreciate it.

I'm going to try and convince him to go the top 1. Just because it's more expensive doesn't mean it's not good value for money! I am a companies dream!

Anything you would change or you think that's best bang for buck. Looks really good to me.

 

[energizer123]

Also amazing what you can get for £1.1 k

Assuming you can get a mild overclock on the stock cooler?

 

[Plec]

Anything you would change or you think that's best bang for buck. Looks really good to me.

If you can stretch to the 1070Ti then your 1440p gaming experience wiil be far more enjoyable.

Case is personal preference - i personally like the Phantek.

The CPU comes with a quality stock cooler which should clock the CPU to 3.7GHz across all cores and still keep things relatively frosty.

The Palit is not the best quality card out there - but it's present price is a bargain - plus it's a 1070Ti!!!.

The memory you could drop to 3000MHz to save some money - as memory prices are nuts at the moment.

 

[energizer123]

Couldn't agree more. It's for my bro. Lot more graphics card for your money.

I agree, Phanteks looks a lot nicer. I've got a Phanteks Evolv too, which I've been very pleased with. Just got off the phone to him, he's convinced. We'll name the PC Plec! He's ordering tomorrow. I'll upload a pic once it's done.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

With 1070ti you could drop to 8GB 2x4 for the time being .... As he's only getting into it and GPU has enough internal ram

On the other hand, if he wants to play FF15 on pc.. hell need 32gb hahaha

 

[Plec]

With 1070ti you could drop to 8GB 2x4 for the time being .... As he's only getting into it and GPU has enough internal ram

On the other hand, if he wants to play FF15 on pc.. hell need 32gb hahaha

Lol - boggle his brain

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Lol - boggle his brain

One left of that 1070ti too... I hate the card but that price !!!!!! Madness to miss it

 

[Plec]

I agree, Phanteks looks a lot nicer. I've got a Phanteks Evolv too, which I've been very pleased with. Just got off the phone to him, he's convinced. We'll name the PC Plec! He's ordering tomorrow. I'll upload a pic once it's done.

You don't waste anytime - good luck with it.

 

[energizer123]

No family member of mine is having 8 gb! I wouldn't be able to look him in the eye.

With hardware, I think you're better off buying when you have the need no point in wondering what may happen. Prices go up as well as down!

Low stock is always good to prompt a purchase. Cheers. He's been on consoles for last 10 or so years so be good to bring him back.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

^^^^
Comment of the month !

 

[Plec]

No family member of mine is having 8 gb! I wouldn't be able to look him in the eye.

^^^^
Comment of the month !

He's a kindred spirit, @orbitalwalsh

 

[energizer123]

haha

the 1080 ti vs the 1070 ti is enough to get him written out of the will over christmas dinner. Need to give him a chance.

 

[energizer123]

Ordered, comes tomorrow. I'll upload a pic when it's done. I up sold him to a 1080 in the end, convinced him it was essential for 480p CRT gaming.

 

[britain4]

Also amazing what you can get for £1.1 k

Assuming you can get a mild overclock on the stock cooler?

Yeah, I was surprised given the current price of the GPUs, that's one hell of a system for the money

 

[energizer123]

Yeah, I was surprised given the current price of the GPUs, that's one hell of a system for the money

No RGB though, so he's never going to manage 4K

 

[energizer123]

Just thinking will the PSU below be ok with a 1080?

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £229.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1070Ti Twin X2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £82.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £39.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Kolink Punisher Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black= £46.99

 

[britain4]

True I'm not interested in 4k myself so I don't tend to take it into account. I would have thought a 550w PSU would be fine but can't speak for the quality of that specific one.

 

[Plec]

Just thinking will the PSU below be ok with a 1080?

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £229.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1070Ti Twin X2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £82.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £39.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Kolink Punisher Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black= £46.99

Yep, 550W Bitfenix Formula more than enough and is a solid mid range unit.

If you want to spend a bit more on a better quality unit:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Platinum King 550W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £74.99

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