£800 to spend on PC

Endrance_uk said:
Hey all,

In need of a new pc to game on I have about £800 to spend.

Monitor would be needed and windows 10 aswell.

Any help would be great.
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Kinetic H1M - Micro ATX Intel H310 Configurable Coffee Lake Gaming PC = £808.98
    • CPU:Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400
    • Graphics Card:palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Primary Storage Drive:TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
    • Secondary Storage Drive:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Case:Aerocool QS-240 Micro-ATX Case - Black
Total: £823.08 (includes shipping: £14.10)


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tad over , but went for cheapest 144hz 1080p screen



My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Kinetic H1M - Micro ATX Intel H310 Configurable Coffee Lake Gaming PC = £649.98
    • CPU:*Build Promo* Intel Core i3-8100 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Quad Core Processor
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400
    • Graphics Card:Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Primary Storage Drive:TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
    • Secondary Storage Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
    • Optical Drive:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Security Software:Bullguard Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC 1 Year **Offer Price**
    • Case:Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black
  • 1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black= £161.99
Total: £835.07 (includes shipping: £23.10)


south's above is the stronger base unit . 6 cores vs 4 and 6gb 1060 has a higher core count then 3gb version !

comes with Win 10 though​
 
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £829.08 (includes shipping: £23.10)
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This is configured so that it comes with Windows 10 installed but not purchased. Cheapest option would be to find a key and activate it (which will ultimately take you to £850 total). Until such time, it's perfectly usable. A watermark will appear after a month or so if you still haven't activated. It's also configured without a graphics card, so you just contact OcUK and ask them to add the Palit Jetstream RGB GTX 1060 6GB (if it stays at that price). This card is currently £50 cheaper than the other Palit 6GB Dual available through the configurator, and it's also better, so win-win.
 
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Danny75 said:
Aye, that's another way of doing it. He could also trim the 16GB memory in my spec, for 8GB instead, and then the 144Hz monitor you specced would fit nicely in budget (or thereabouts).
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think it was posted up here that 6GB version doesn't fair to badly with 8gb of ram compared to 3gb version only 8GB instead of 16GB

even coffeelake i3 will still be a good performer and is often underlooked - not surprised is your a 4th-7th gen i5 owner haha - but you've managed to squeeze in 8400 and gtx 1060 nicely so compromise wouldnt be needed :D

https://www.hardwaresecrets.com/core-i3-8100-cpu-review/6/
 
Like so (and also going for the 480GB SSD that @southernorth specced):

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £851.00 (includes shipping: £28.02)​
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Danny75 said:
Well, Windows comes installed, just not activated and no key. The key would make the total for the last spec about £870 give or take a couple of pennies.
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ah thats great, I thought with Operating System: Unwanted its just a built PC (maybe test on drive with OS ) and shipped off . damn good if it is shipped all installed but no key!
 
Yeah, some time ago the question was asked here and a member of staff said they have to install it to install the drivers and check everything. So I assume that remains the case as it must still make sense to have to do that.
 
Danny75 said:
Yeah, some time ago the question was asked here and a member of staff said they have to install it to install the drivers and check everything. So I assume that remains the case as it must still make sense to have to do that.
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makes a valid point and can see solves a lot of "self inflected issues" coming back to them -

looks like combining it all leaves a very nice package ! not sure if 240 sdd+ 1tb would be worth it over 480GB .. @Endrance_uk - quick question- if needs arrived would you be able to install another storage Drive yourself ?
 
Then go with the last posted build above, worth the slight extra ! Pending on the game, gtx 1060GB can hammer over 60hz High settings at 1080p ..

Fortnite on high will hit 90-115fps !
 
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