£1,500 to spend.. Please check my basket

[tnx]

Been asked to put a system together for a mate of my sons.
Has a budget of around £1,500.
He has the OS, keyboard,mouse etc. Using his TV as a monitor as far as I know.

Here's my basket
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA SuperNova G3 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £132.95
• 1 x Lian-Li Alpha 330X Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black= £104.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E500B/EU)= £98.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX432C16PB3K2/16)= £199.99
• 1 x Asrock Z370 Pro4 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H80i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 120mm (CW-9060024-WW)= £99.95
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1070 Strix OC Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £428.99

Total: £1,564.80 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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I recently put together a Corsair RGB case for my son and his mate likes it. But his budget wont quite stretch as yet. So I picked a nice looking case which would look good fully RGB. Adding the Corsair fans and controllers at a later date would work really well.

I would suggest to him to hang fire for the Z390 boards too.

Would a 1070 play top end games ?

 

[BriT]

May as well wait for the 9 series, should be out in October.

 

[NovaKill4]

Will he be overclocking it? I'm just thinking if you are building it then he may not know how to overclock and could go with a 8700 non-k.

Also that PSU is overkill for a 1070, i think one of these would be ample:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 10 600W 80 Plus Silver Power Supply= £80.99
• 1 x EVGA GQ 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £92.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £92.99

Total: £358.66 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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The corsair H100i is only £15 more and its a 240mm Rad

With regards to the 1070, it will play all the latest games at 1080p and 1440p @60hz

As BriT said, new Intel CPU's coming out next month and i think the 2070 too, may be worth waiting for them.

Also...i think an AMD 2700x build may be slightly cheaper and may allow for a GPU upgrade with out sacrificing much CPU performance.

 

[Donny84]

May as well pay an extra £30 and get 1080?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...raphics-card-gv-n1080wf3oc-8gd-gx-18t-gi.html

 

[Donny84]

you could also make up the £30 by going for https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...al-channel-kit-black-grey-tlgd-my-09s-tg.html

 

[lee32uk]

Similar spec but with better motherboard, cooler and a GTX 1080. Swapped the psu for a 550W which is enough and a cheaper but still good SSD.

The case only has a single fan pre-installed so you would need to get 1 or 2 more for front airflow.

As mentioned above though the Z390 chipset and new cpu's are supposedly due out week 40 2018 if they haven't been delayed. Not sure if @orbitalwalsh has any more info on that.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Lian-Li Alpha 330X Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black= £104.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £74.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £169.99
• 1 x Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £142.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Alphacool Eisbaer LT360 CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm (11446)= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Windforce OC 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD)= £458.99

Total: £1,530.88 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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[orbitalwalsh]

@lee32uk

2400hz 16gb for £129.. asrock gaps all for Dimms to 2133hz when populated , believe only Taichi doesn't .
Would bring into budget

 

[tnx]

Cheers guys.. Nice input

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Cheers guys.. Nice input

Only worth it, if they have 4k TV...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Lian-Li Alpha 330X Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black= £104.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360 HD3 Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700 3.2GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £338.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24= £128.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £659.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis Advanced Black RGB CPU Cooler - 130mm= £30.95
• 1 x Gigabyte UD Pro 512GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Toshiba 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £89.99

Total: £1,521.48 (includes shipping: £12.60)


Act quick, i7 8700k sales for £320 at 2 places - limited stock


If it's 1080p

Gtx 1080 and i5 8400 and save a ton of cash
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[Donny84]

Act quick, i7 8700k sales for £320 at 2 places - limited stock​

You don't think it's worth to wait for the 9700k? I've seen the 8700k for £303 in one reputable place right now

 

[orbitalwalsh]

You don't think it's worth to wait for the 9700k? I've seen the 8700k for £303 in one reputable place right now

If you've got deep wallet speed might be faster hopefully due to being soldered and not needing a small river to cool it.. but the cost will be high due to demand and limited stock . Specially if they are short on 8700k/8700, 8700 non k isn't being phased out aswell

 

[Donny84]

If you've got deep wallet speed might be faster hopefully due to being soldered and not needing a small river to cool it.. but the cost will be high due to demand and limited stock . Specially if they are short on 8700k/8700, 8700 non k isn't being phased out aswell

Lol. You just convinced me and it's not even my thread
Just bought a 8700k :S

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Lol. You just convinced me and it's not even my thread
Just bought a 8700k :S

At 5ghz I'm sure you'll be fine haha , and you know in a few years time you can slap in 9900k if you really need a lot of threads
Should last you as long as 2700ks have

 

[tnx]

The lad is meant to be ordering next Wednesday to be delivered on Friday.
Will take all points on board and point him in the right direction.
Got a feeling he doesn't want to wait. That's up to him.

One thing though. If it comes off, he says I can have his old bits.

Asus Z97 Pro Game, i5 chip and 8 gig of RAM.

Like a true Yorkshire man, out for nowt..

Thanks again for the input guys...

 

[tnx]

One thing I forgot to add..

My son and his mate were talking. My son has an Asus 1080 and is seriously considering splashing out on a 2080ti, depending on reviews and the like.
So he offered his 1080 to his mate for £350 if he does indeed upgrade.

The lad is going to take him up on this offer so he is going to hold out on buying a GPU and wait to see what my son does.

Does £350 seem like a good deal for a two year old Asus 1080 ?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Seems fair enough if it's a Strix version too.
Just have to make sure he's happy with only a year warranty and your son is able.to sort out RMA if anything goes wrong etc .

It's about 30% less powerful then 1080ti and great for 1440p/1080p 100hz gaming. Of trying to push 4k then doesn't have the legs for it really .

If your son's anywhere near Birmingham , tell him to pop into EGX 2018. Vendors will have 2080ti on display and to play since NDA is day before 19th

 

[Jonnybmac]

350 for a 2 year old 1080 is pretty steep for mates rates. It's about the going rate on ebay. I just paid that for a 3 month old gigabyte windforce oc on here.

Does he need a 750W? I have a 1080 and an antec 550w true power classic runs it fine

 

[tnx]

Let's talk PSU..

Would a 550w run a 2080 ok or is more juice needed ?

Then there's the next, next gen GPU's. I wouldn't like to advise him to buy a certain PSU only to tell him he has to buy another one not too far down the road.

My feeling was a 750w would easily last, say four years no matter what he threw at it. Better to have more than not enough.
I say four years cause I think that's how long he's had this one.

My sons 1080 is an Asus Strix. The lad seemes quite happy to pay £350.

Birmingham ,EGX 2018. I will tell him this info. We live probably 2.5 hours from there. He could gather his mates and take a trip down.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

all reviews should go live the day before , i know OCUK is there (@Gibbo) and believe they have their own stand with a few vendors supporting . asus, gigabyte and msi should be there etc . would expect systems to be on full display and be able to get hands on

650w should cover 2080 as a middle ground, nvidia have listed 550w will do the job but no idea with any overclocking etc etc

we tend to state Formula model here as lowest price tier 2 unit thats good for its price , so could look at 750w version or antec earthwatt 650 as the middle ground

if your son get shift 1080 for £350 then should help fund 2080ti seems that has a good jump in specs but at a big price tag!

 

[tnx]

Lets talk chips...

I picked the K version because it can be overclocked. The lad has read and heard about overclocking but has never actually done it. If he gets a K he might have a dabble. If he doesn't get the K he wont be able to.
I will leave that up to him.

I will look at he state of play next Tuesday and see what deals there are to be had.

I will try to get him to hold out just a bit longer for the new chips and boards.
If it were me I would hate to buy new bits knowing there are sort of old before I even bought them.

He's been managing with his old stuff, a few more weeks wont hurt....


Got a feeling too my son is going to upgrade from Z170, i7 6700K too. Once the new stuff is out.

I GET HIS CPU....Hurrah for me....