£1200 New Build - Gaming PC

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Hello,

I posted in the General Hardware section but it didn't really go anywhere. Long story short, I'm building a fresh build as I sold my PC around 6 years ago. This basically means I've had to start from scratch, as my knowledge of components is now poor at best. Either way, I have a budget of around £1200 and it needs to include the following:

- CPU & Cooler (it needs to be quiet)
- Motherboard
- Memory
- Storage (only 1 drive as I'll use an external for storing media)
- GPU
- PSU
- Case
- Keyboard & Mouse (I have an old SteelSeries pad)
- Monitor
- Any extras such as fans, compounds etc

I've done a fair bit of research and come up with the following:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £779.78
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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I'm going to hold out for either a GTX 1070 or 1080, depending on reviews. Still completely undecided on the monitor. I did have a couple of queries that I can't seem to find a definitive answer on:

- RAM: 2400/2666/3200? 2666 seems to hit the sweet spot for performance/cost, all reviews indicate that 3200 will make no noticeable difference at all.
- Motherboard: Any better choices available? I'm not going to rule out overclocking but it's certainly not a key focus.

Your thoughts?
 
All looks good.


Robi said:
- RAM: 2400/2666/3200? 2666 seems to hit the sweet spot for performance/cost, all reviews indicate that 3200 will make no noticeable difference at all.
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Just a few games will see a bit of difference, it seems. I forget the games. Maybe a Just Cause or a Far Cry among them but don't quote me. Personally I'd go with 2666 as well though, unless there was a cracking price on a 3000 kit. Speaking of which:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £65.99

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Robi said:
- Motherboard: Any better choices available? I'm not going to rule out overclocking but it's certainly not a key focus.

Your thoughts?
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I used the budget Z170 Gigabye Gaming K3 to overclock a 6700K to 4.7GHz easy. Decent chip of course, but it shows you don't have to spend a lot on a board to get a good OC. It also has more red leds on the board, and you can set these to fixed, breathe/flash, or turn them off completely. It can't do SLI though, only CrossFire. It also has a 4-year warranty if you register it.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £280.98

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Danny75 said:
All looks good.




Just a few games will see a bit of difference, it seems. I forget the games. Maybe a Just Cause or a Far Cry among them but don't quote me. Personally I'd go with 2666 as well though, unless there was a cracking price on a 3000 kit. Speaking of which:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £65.99

​


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I used the budget Z170 Gigabye Gaming K3 to overclock a 6700K to 4.7GHz easy. Decent chip of course, but it shows you don't have to spend a lot on a board to get a good OC. It also has more red leds on the board, and you can set these to fixed, breathe/flash, or turn them off completely. It can't do SLI though, only CrossFire. It also has a 4-year warranty if you register it.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £280.98

​


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Thanks. I have changed the memory to the 3000MHz version in the deals of the week section. Same price as the 2666MHz one, so no complaints from me!


I really need the option for SLI as I may add a second card in the future. How about the Z170XP-SLI bundle instead? It's out of stock but I can wait.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-6600k-bundle-20-pounds-saving-bu-021-gi.html
 
Robi said:
Thanks. I have changed the memory to the 3000MHz version in the deals of the week section. Same price as the 2666MHz one, so no complaints from me!

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Nice spot. Totally missed that one. :o


Robi said:
I really need the option for SLI as I may add a second card in the future. How about the Z170XP-SLI bundle instead? It's out of stock but I can wait.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-6600k-bundle-20-pounds-saving-bu-021-gi.html
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I'd say go for it. If you might overclock the CPU and the GPUs eventually, then I'd get a 750W PSU. Otherwise (if only CPU overclock) 650W will be fine.
 
Right, I've finalised the spec. What do you think of this? Any last minute changes?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,008.76
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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I'm selling my existing BenQ RL2755HM monitor and putting that towards the GPU. That should leave me enough to get a GTX 1070.
 
Quartz said:
Are you going to be playing Ashes of the Singularity? If so go for the i7.
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I geneuinely don't even know what that is.

I'll be playing CS:GO, BF1, DoW3 and maybe DotA2.

EDIT: I used to play a lot of TA and that looks like a kind of successor?!
 
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