Advice on parts for a new rig £1500 - £1800

Carrington

Carrington

Carrington

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Hey guys,

In the next week or so I will buy the parts to put together a new rig, its main goal will be gaming. I was just wondering what you guys would recommend. I am looking at 16GB of ram and probably a i5 since from what I read you only need an i7 if you want to do video proccessing and stuff? I haven't built a rig in a very long time but I am confident I can do it. This is just for the rig, while I need to get a new operating system its separate to the budget. Also is it worth waiting for that black friday crap?
 
Thanks for the replies so far guys. Based on some of your suggestions and a bit of research I came up with this

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,607.95
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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What do you guys think? Will these parts work together and/or do you suggest any changes/upgrades
 
Yeah I will be getting an OS with it, probably windows 7 since still not sure about 10 yet, but its not included in the top end of the budget, basically the budget was just for the tower and I have a different budget for any extras I need. I was thinking the extra power incase I want to maybe go SLI at a later date and stuff
 
Thanks so far guys, sorry I haven't replied work has been no stop. I will probably look at the different cooler thanks lee32uk. Regarding the RAM, of the new ones you linked which do you feel is the best?

Regarding Windows 8.1 FixupSellon, eeeeewwwwwwwww lol . In all seriously I was thinking of windows 7 or 10 because of windows track record of producing a good OS then a terrible one. Also I was leaning to 7 because that is the one I have on this machine and more games at the minute seem to work on it and I can always take the free upgrade to 10. I need to look into whether the case can fit two 980ti , but Im not even sure if SLI is even worth it for gaming at this stage
 
So I swapped out the H100i for the H110i like you suggested and I think I am close to having the system. The next question is on the RAM I can go for the

1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24= £85.99

but what do you think, is 32GB ram overkill? Cause I could go for

Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX4M4A2400C1
 
Okay well this is what I have got then as the basic build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,519.51
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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May try think about adding some custom parts like new fans and cables, what do you guys think ?

Oh and just to add, do you think I could do some streaming on say twitch with this build if my pidgeon carrier internet ever allows it ?
 
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