£2000 Build - Need Advice

Shampoo · 23 Nov 2018 at 23:01

Hello, brother wants a new PC, but wont let me build as he wants full warranty support from a pre-built. He's coming up from a Win7/DDR3 system so nothing's really being transferred. Whole new tower required. What's the best I can do today in the next week for two grand? Powering a 1440p monitor and I think avoiding the bloated RTX series is for the best here. I welcome your help and recs on this.

Will be used for gaming, movies, etc so a best of all trades would be needed. Cheers.

Shampoo · 23 Nov 2018 at 23:08

Aye, just a DELL IPS. 60Hz. I don't think he's bothered about going any higher for the gaming. He's not pushing for 4K or looking for a monitor at that res for now at all. He only plays retro and modern single-player titles. Nothing online or competitive. He doesn't want to drop settings though.

He's had the current i5/970 rig for 3/4 years so I think he wants that long out of this.

Shampoo · 23 Nov 2018 at 23:32

He wont touch AMD even though it's clearly best bang for buck. He's one of the Intel/Nvidia loyalists...

I nearly got a Vega myself today, but the PSU requirements were too high for my current PSU!

I should have specified the brand requirements initially. Sorry about that.

I had a look at a few configurations and they seem to go from 1.2k to 5k without much in between... It definitely seems a harder task today getting a good value than it was a few years ago! The Nvidia card prices are insane!

Shampoo · 23 Nov 2018 at 23:42

Go for it.

Shampoo · 23 Nov 2018 at 23:55

What about this? Have I missed something or made a mistake on the GPU? Would a 1070Ti be better in there against that Zotac 2080? Just a shade under 2 grand.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...H33~2bCqI33~7bCqJ33~xbCqN33~ybCqO33$:bCqP33~U

Shampoo · 24 Nov 2018 at 00:31

It's not 1080p, it's 1440p if that changes anything.

Shampoo · 24 Nov 2018 at 14:05

I guess with no other suggestions then we'll run with what I've posted and throw a Seasonic Focus Plus 1000W 80 Plus Gold PSU in it. We're sticking with the i9 as he wants to do video stuff so it's just deciding the GPU then. 1070Ti seems adequate, but will it remain so for the next two years at 1440p? A few opinions on this would be welcome.

Shampoo · 24 Nov 2018 at 17:20

Am I locked out of Win7 on the modern CPU/Board? I have a disc/license and it's be an easy £100 saved as we do prefer 7. I'm not sure how it works nowadays!

Shampoo · 25 Nov 2018 at 13:59

It's so annoying buying for someone else tbh. Getting the £15 key, building it yourself, hand picking every part down to the SATA cables etc is where all the fun is. The confines of the pre-built section is no fun!

Still, if they're happy with it then I shouldn't get too annoyed.

Shampoo · 25 Nov 2018 at 14:15

I checked another config and this gave me more control over the motherboard and PSU. Can somebody please go over it and give me a verdict? We're buying tomorrow so not a great deal of time left to narrow it down.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...S2?v_bmeT2?v.bmfa2?v-bmfT2/29btlE2#)VbtlF2#'y

Shampoo · 25 Nov 2018 at 18:47

Those 8 cores going to be enough? Is it a sacrifice worth taking to get the 1080Ti in there at 1440p? 2 years from now will 8 cores still do the job?

Shampoo · 26 Nov 2018 at 16:14

Thanks for the help, folks. Opted in the end to go with more cores and stuck the i9 in there with the 1070Ti. Should steamroll his games at 1440p and the cores are more useful for productivity tasks all round over the GPU which is gaming only, mostly.