Hi guys
I've been lurking for a while considering my new desktop PC and thought as everyone seems so helpful here I would try and get some opinions.
My current PC needs are served by an XPS 15 laptop as the my old XPS 420 desktop is now some 9 years old and as slow as hell (I did change the graphics card from a 8800GTX to a GTX460SE in 2011). In short, a system replacement is well overdue.
I want to be able to play any of the latest games on good settings and be able to get on VR although I'm not likely to early adopt. The PC will also be used by my wife and needs to be able to used for work/media stuff.
The monitor I currently have is a 10+ years old Dell monitor and while nice enough it would be good to get a higher resolution, larger monitor (not huge!). From what I've read I'm not convinced that 4k is worth it at the moment but open to convincing otherwise and any suggestions on the choices available.
Hard disk wise - I do need storage and loving the gain of SSD so considered just speccing a high capacity SSD instead of going down the small SSD/large mechanical drive route favoured by most. I guess the reason is purely cost? I'd like the PC to be as quiet as possible.
I have an old 7.1 speaker set up and soundcard on my old pc but these days it doesn't look like this is needed anymore?
Budget wise I'd probably prefer to pay more like £2k all in but at the same time I'm not a great believer in false economies so currently included a 1080. A 1070 would probably be sufficient for my needs but I doubt I'll be in the market for a new desktop for another 5+ years so I'd like to be set for a while.
Hopefully some useful information. Any views or comments would be gratefully appreciated.
Cheers!
OcUK Tech Labs Skylake Z170 Midi Tower Gaming PC Configurator
Stock Code FS-007-TL
Built To Order
£2,270.76*
Your selected configuration:
Edit Configuration
Motherboard Asus Z170-E Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Processor Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A26
M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected** Not wanted
Solid State Drive 1 Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)
Solid State Drive 2 Not wanted
Mechanical Hard Drive 1 WD Black 3TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD3003FZEX)
Mechanical Hard Drive 2 Not wanted
Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support** OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM
Sound Card Not wanted
Networking Not wanted
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
Security Software Not wanted
Keyboard Not wanted
Mouse Not wanted
Monitor Acer Predator XB270HU V2 27" 2560x1440 IPS G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red (U
Gaming Headset Not wanted
Speakers Not wanted
Case In-Win 703 Midi Tower - Black / Red
CPU Cooler Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm
Power Supply Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
Graphics Card KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 "Reference Blower" 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (80NSJ6DHK5VK)
Build Time Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
Case Lighting Not wanted
Gaming Chair Not wanted
I've been lurking for a while considering my new desktop PC and thought as everyone seems so helpful here I would try and get some opinions.
My current PC needs are served by an XPS 15 laptop as the my old XPS 420 desktop is now some 9 years old and as slow as hell (I did change the graphics card from a 8800GTX to a GTX460SE in 2011). In short, a system replacement is well overdue.
I want to be able to play any of the latest games on good settings and be able to get on VR although I'm not likely to early adopt. The PC will also be used by my wife and needs to be able to used for work/media stuff.
The monitor I currently have is a 10+ years old Dell monitor and while nice enough it would be good to get a higher resolution, larger monitor (not huge!). From what I've read I'm not convinced that 4k is worth it at the moment but open to convincing otherwise and any suggestions on the choices available.
Hard disk wise - I do need storage and loving the gain of SSD so considered just speccing a high capacity SSD instead of going down the small SSD/large mechanical drive route favoured by most. I guess the reason is purely cost? I'd like the PC to be as quiet as possible.
I have an old 7.1 speaker set up and soundcard on my old pc but these days it doesn't look like this is needed anymore?
Budget wise I'd probably prefer to pay more like £2k all in but at the same time I'm not a great believer in false economies so currently included a 1080. A 1070 would probably be sufficient for my needs but I doubt I'll be in the market for a new desktop for another 5+ years so I'd like to be set for a while.
Hopefully some useful information. Any views or comments would be gratefully appreciated.
Cheers!
OcUK Tech Labs Skylake Z170 Midi Tower Gaming PC Configurator
Stock Code FS-007-TL
Built To Order
£2,270.76*
Your selected configuration:
Edit Configuration
Motherboard Asus Z170-E Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Processor Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A26
M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected** Not wanted
Solid State Drive 1 Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)
Solid State Drive 2 Not wanted
Mechanical Hard Drive 1 WD Black 3TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD3003FZEX)
Mechanical Hard Drive 2 Not wanted
Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support** OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM
Sound Card Not wanted
Networking Not wanted
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
Security Software Not wanted
Keyboard Not wanted
Mouse Not wanted
Monitor Acer Predator XB270HU V2 27" 2560x1440 IPS G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red (U
Gaming Headset Not wanted
Speakers Not wanted
Case In-Win 703 Midi Tower - Black / Red
CPU Cooler Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm
Power Supply Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
Graphics Card KFA2 GeForce GTX 1080 "Reference Blower" 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (80NSJ6DHK5VK)
Build Time Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
Case Lighting Not wanted
Gaming Chair Not wanted
