2k complete gaming build

[gib73]

Seeking advice for a student friend on a new build for playing games: Doom, COD 3, Ark Survival and Evolved. He is doing a gaming course and will require to do 3d work.

The budget is £2k.

He has 2 x Acer S271HL monitors but I have already suggested that he would be as well buying a new monitor to get benefit of higher resolutions from new rig and that he may only get one monitor in to his budget.

Must be Intel.

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

From having a gaming degree many moons ago, and depending on how much rendering he'll be doing with maya/ 3ds max..Ti all the way ...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £57.95
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-30000C18 3733MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TXD416G37= £218.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD1)= £149.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti AMP Extreme Core Spectre RGB 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P= £728.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x be quiet! Silent Loop Superior Liquid CPU Cooler - 280mm= £139.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1g= £3.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £428.99

Total: £1,966.39
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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Fast SSD for OS and programs, and a lot of storage for all those poorly compressed 4k textures they'll be making

 

[gib73]

Think he'll need a new monitor in in the 2k budget if possible?

 

[ExRayTed]

And a power supply - the build above is missing one

 

[HoneyBadger]

I’d also swap the SSD for an m.2 variant. If you can’t stretch to a PCIE one, then get the mx300 sata m.2. Less wires.

 

[gib73]

Yes I think an m2 PCIE SSD is a must. I bought one of the Samsung models when they first come out for my own build but not sure if can stretch to a Samsung 500/512Gb for this build without making sacrifices elsewhere.

Budget is around 2k for everything and that includes monitor(s) if best to replace the 2 x Acer S271HL monitors ?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Yes I think an m2 PCIE SSD is a must. I bought one of the Samsung models when they first come out for my own build but not sure if can stretch to a Samsung 500/512Gb for this build without making sacrifices elsewhere.

Budget is around 2k for everything and that includes monitor(s) if best to replace the 2 x Acer S271HL monitors ?

Speed of the SSD isn't to important, rather then size to be honest . A lot will be in the ram to be honest , least when I was doing it textures would be wrapped and unwrapped with different programs

@gib73

Trimmed down some fat

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £319.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-30000C18 3733MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TXD416G37= £218.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD1)= £149.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £37.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £709.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler= £54.95
• 1 x Super Flower Platinum King 650W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £87.95

Total: £1,817.39 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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As with monitors personally rather have two screens . Yes it's over kill for two 60hz 1080p screen but depending on what they are doing in the course, if heavily rendering off GPU or creating games that will be poorly optimised if they are starting right from the ground up - think current PUBG

 

[ExoMale]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £428.99
• 1 x Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini-ITX Motherboard= £189.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £179.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD1)= £149.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST3000DM008 )= £77.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 ITX Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1070IXOC-8GD)= £379.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Whisper M Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £82.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster Elite 110 Armour Edition Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black= £39.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £104.99
• 1 x LG 25UM58-P 25" 2560x1080 IPS Gaming Super-Wide Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £149.99

Total: £1,797.42 (includes shipping: £12.60)



with the new layout for the main site, for me anyways seems not simple to right click and 'select all' , so while the link show, i will post just the screen to show you save clicking above.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x LG 25UM58-P 25" 2560x1080 IPS Gaming Super-Wide Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £149.99

Total: £161.09 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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[ExoMale]

'delete'

 

[orbitalwalsh]

'delete'

Again , I find that itx system 'cute' haha

 

[ExoMale]

Again , I find that itx system 'cute' haha

ha you probably didnt see the post prior to 'delete', i posted the monitor in a separate comment before editing my build comment lol, shame there isnt an option to delete what we post.

i still stand by the system i mocked up ha, plenty for the games asked of and isnt in a stupid big tower taking up loads of space ha, but then im quite fond of small builds so maybe slightly bias, already priced up a ryzen build for myself with that case, not that i need it.

 

[gib73]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £428.99
• 1 x Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini-ITX Motherboard= £189.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £179.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD1)= £149.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST3000DM008 )= £77.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 ITX Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1070IXOC-8GD)= £379.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Whisper M Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £82.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster Elite 110 Armour Edition Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black= £39.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £104.99
• 1 x LG 25UM58-P 25" 2560x1080 IPS Gaming Super-Wide Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £149.99

Total: £1,797.42 (includes shipping: £12.60)



with the new layout for the main site, for me anyways seems not simple to right click and 'select all' , so while the link show, i will post just the screen to show you save clicking above.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x LG 25UM58-P 25" 2560x1080 IPS Gaming Super-Wide Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £149.99

Total: £161.09 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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Case reminds of a Nintendo Gamecube

 

[gib73]

Friend has just given me his attempt at spec, which is based on keeping his 2 x ACER S271HL monitors.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel i7-6800K 3.40GHz (Broadwell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail= £299.99
• 1 x MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard= £389.99
• 2 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX421C14FB2K2/16)= £169.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda PRO 10TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache HDD - OEM + Free Assassins Creed (ST10000D= £389.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming X OC 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £739.99
• 1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011078-WW)= £144.95
• 1 x Corsair Professional Series HX 1200W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020140-UK)= £224.99
• 1 x Noctua NH-L9x65 Low Profile Performance CPU Cooler= £44.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £94.99
• 3 x Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm Focused Flow PWM Cooling Fan= £16.99

Total: £2,735.53 (includes shipping: £14.70)​

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[gib73]

also way over his budget of £2k so requires major tweaking and trimming please.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

also way over his budget of £2k so requires major tweaking and trimming please.

Two mentioned above are more realistic

 

[gib73]

Yes your option is looking the best so far

Speed of the SSD isn't to important, rather then size to be honest . A lot will be in the ram to be honest , least when I was doing it textures would be wrapped and unwrapped with different programs

@gib73

Trimmed down some fat

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £319.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-30000C18 3733MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TXD416G37= £218.99
• 1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD1)= £149.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £37.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £709.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler= £54.95
• 1 x Super Flower Platinum King 650W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £87.95

Total: £1,817.39 (includes shipping: £12.60)
​

As with monitors personally rather have two screens . Yes it's over kill for two 60hz 1080p screen but depending on what they are doing in the course, if heavily rendering off GPU or creating games that will be poorly optimised if they are starting right from the ground up - think current PUBG

 

[orbitalwalsh]

If you want to push the budget to the max and get a much nice case that has subtle RGB on the casing

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Base 700 RGB Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £176.99

Total: £188.69 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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