£1500 build - tower and monitor

[Deleted member 68110]

Hi there - hoping for some feedback on whether this is a sensible and balanced spec...

Mainly going to be used for work (mainly document review), some photo editing, some basic CAD, and a bit of gaming if possible.

Thanks for any pointers.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 - Skylake Core i7 6700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving**= £509.98
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £94.99
• 1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £233.99
• 1 x Super Flower Platinum King 650W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £69.95
• 1 x Samsung PM951 128GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVLV128HCGR-00000)= £55.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400S Midi Tower Case - Noise Dampened Black Window= £69.95
• 1 x Alpenföhn Sella CPU Cooler - 92mm= £17.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-FQC-08929)= £147.95
• 1 x Philips 272G5DYEB 27" 1920x1080 TN G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black= £289.99
• 1 x WD Blue 2TB 5400rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD20EZRZ)= £61.99

Total: £1,580.79
(includes shipping: £28.02)
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[Quartz]

Your m.2 card seems a little on the low capacity side - go for as large as you can afford.

As gaming is secondary, get yourself an IPS or VA monitor and don't worry about 144 Hz. TN is also not good for graphical work. And 27" IMHO is too big for a 1080p monitor - get a 4K or 1440p monitor instead. Indeed, with Windows scaling a 24" 4K monitor in portrait mode may be just the ticket. I'm typing this on such a monitor. OTOH if you do want 144 Hz, you may have difficulty driving that with a GTX 1060 and should go for the 1070 instead.

You might also consider two monitors: one for gaming and one for work.

 

[Deleted member 68110]

Thanks Quartz.

I was thinking the same thing about two monitors for gaming and work - is it easy to set up and switch between them?

I might switch down to 2 24" monitors if so.

On the m.2 card front, I know little about them and thought they just needed to be big enough for the OS. I take it I am wrong.