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Hey chaps & chapesses!
So I've been planning this build for around 2 years now (build date kept on getting pushed back for financial reasons) and come next month I'll finally be able to afford all the bits I want! Wooo!
I'm looking to get a pretty high end build suited for pretty much everything - gaming, video & photo editing, programming, virtual machines etc etc.
Here's what I'm currently thinking:
As you can see, some of the parts I've already bought as they were really good deals at the time (and still are, look at those SSD prices!). The motherboard I literally bought yesterday because of the £30 cashback offer ending at the end of the month. What are your thoughts guys? Things like the CPU cooler, RAM, PSU and case I'm relatively undecided on but the rest is pretty nailed on I think ...unless you can change my mind!
Also worth noting, due to the price hike in RAM lately I think I'll stick to 16GB for the time being and just upgrade to 32GB if needed in the future, unless there's a really good reason to jump straight into 32GB now? I'll also probably get a big HDD in the future too for general data.
So I've been planning this build for around 2 years now (build date kept on getting pushed back for financial reasons) and come next month I'll finally be able to afford all the bits I want! Wooo!
I'm looking to get a pretty high end build suited for pretty much everything - gaming, video & photo editing, programming, virtual machines etc etc.
Here's what I'm currently thinking:
- CPU: Intel i7 6850k -------------------------------- ~£550
- CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U14S ----------------------- ~£50
- Motherboard: Asus X99-Deluxe II ------------------ Bought for £388 (£358 after £30 cashback)
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz ~£120
- GPU: Asus ROG STRIX 1080Ti ---------------------- ~£800
- SSD: 1x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro ----------------- Bought for £77
- SSD: 1x 1TB Samsung 850 Pro -------------------- Bought for £312
- PSU: Corsair HX850i ------------------------------ ~£150
- Case: Corsair Air 540 (White) -------------------- ~£150
- OS: Windows 10 Professional -------------------- ~£200
- Monitors: 3x Dell U2515H (1440p) ---------------- Bought for a total of £615
As you can see, some of the parts I've already bought as they were really good deals at the time (and still are, look at those SSD prices!). The motherboard I literally bought yesterday because of the £30 cashback offer ending at the end of the month. What are your thoughts guys? Things like the CPU cooler, RAM, PSU and case I'm relatively undecided on but the rest is pretty nailed on I think ...unless you can change my mind!
Also worth noting, due to the price hike in RAM lately I think I'll stick to 16GB for the time being and just upgrade to 32GB if needed in the future, unless there's a really good reason to jump straight into 32GB now? I'll also probably get a big HDD in the future too for general data.
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