Hello,
A close friend of mine is in the process of building his first gaming PC. I've tried to help where possible, but before he presses the button I just wanted to make sure it's the best bang for buck.
He already has a monitor, keyboard, mouse (plus mat) and OS.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
What about potentially changing the i7-7700k to i5-8600k (with stock cooler)? It has more physical cores and cache, plus it's a newer chipset. Also might be worth stretching to the 1070 Ti?
Any help would be much appreciated!
A close friend of mine is in the process of building his first gaming PC. I've tried to help where possible, but before he presses the button I just wanted to make sure it's the best bang for buck.
He already has a monitor, keyboard, mouse (plus mat) and OS.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £299.99
- 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £28.99
- 1 x MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £147.98
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £209.99
- 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £98.99
- 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
- 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1070 Dual OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
- 1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window= £69.95
- 1 x Corsair CS650M 650W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020077-UK)= £84.95
- 1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)= £12.49
Total: £1,375.31 (includes shipping: £0.00)
What about potentially changing the i7-7700k to i5-8600k (with stock cooler)? It has more physical cores and cache, plus it's a newer chipset. Also might be worth stretching to the 1070 Ti?
Any help would be much appreciated!