Hey Guys,
Looking for some advice. Current set up is a Dell XPS 9560 (I7-7700hq - 16Gb Ram - 512Gb M2 SSD - 1080p) driving two Acer 24" 1080p 75Hz monitors with freesync.
I do some light gaming (GTAV, SCUM, Cities Skylines), but the device is also used for uni to do some virtualisation work.
Generally using virtual box to run Kali and and couple of vulnerable hosts for testing.
Whilst the specs of the laptop can handle this, i am getting concerned about the temps it is hitting and would like to look at building a desktop to take the load off of the laptop.
As i said i am not a hardcore gamer but like to jump on now and again. Would like to be able to casually play things like Forza Horizon 4, The Division 2, COD4 at reasonable settings.
I'm not an Intel fan boy, just always happened to have had Intel before.
Would the 2700x be up to this? or should i look at the i7?
Also would like the option to upgrade to two 27" 1440p monitors in the future and the GPU to not be a bottleneck.
Would the Vega64 be up to this? or should i push for a 1080ti?
Case is firm, my OCD needs the fans to match so happy to pay the extra for this. Would like it to be as quiet as possible, but not fussed about RGB.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Looking for some advice. Current set up is a Dell XPS 9560 (I7-7700hq - 16Gb Ram - 512Gb M2 SSD - 1080p) driving two Acer 24" 1080p 75Hz monitors with freesync.
I do some light gaming (GTAV, SCUM, Cities Skylines), but the device is also used for uni to do some virtualisation work.
Generally using virtual box to run Kali and and couple of vulnerable hosts for testing.
Whilst the specs of the laptop can handle this, i am getting concerned about the temps it is hitting and would like to look at building a desktop to take the load off of the laptop.
As i said i am not a hardcore gamer but like to jump on now and again. Would like to be able to casually play things like Forza Horizon 4, The Division 2, COD4 at reasonable settings.
I'm not an Intel fan boy, just always happened to have had Intel before.
Would the 2700x be up to this? or should i look at the i7?
Also would like the option to upgrade to two 27" 1440p monitors in the future and the GPU to not be a bottleneck.
Would the Vega64 be up to this? or should i push for a 1080ti?
Case is firm, my OCD needs the fans to match so happy to pay the extra for this. Would like it to be as quiet as possible, but not fussed about RGB.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
- 1 x be quiet! Straight Power 11 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £122.99
- 1 x be quiet! Silent Loop Superior Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm= £149.99
- 3 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 120mm PWM Fan= £19.99
- 1 x AMD Bundle - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, Asus Strix X370-F, Team Group RAM *FREE 480GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY* = £578.93
- Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
- 1 x Asus Radeon RX VEGA 64 ROG Strix OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
- 1 x Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window= £114.95
- 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM006)= £55.99
- 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £65.99
Total: £1,580.59 (includes shipping: £15.30)