For £2,000 could I build something much better than the Battlebox?

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So things are starting to run slow on my machine and I don't really like it, I saw that OcUK do a nice looking machine called the Battlebox

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...700k-4.7ghz-geforce-gtx-1080ti-fs-1b8-og.html

Now I've always built my own PCs but the above looks pretty good. If I was to build my own I have a pretty decent PSU I could use, running on a 27" ROG Swift at the moment, would I be better off building my own? If so could someone spec something decent for me please? Prefer Intel and NVidia.

Pretty much only used for gaming.

Thank you.
 
stulid said:
You are always better of going DIY.

Ryzen > Intel currently.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,874.43
(includes shipping: £12.60)





I hope it is a good PSU?
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Thank you mate appreciate that, I will take a look. I didn't really that about Ryzen, that's really good to know.

I bought the be quiet! Dark Power Pro P11 750W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply when I got the be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Full Tower Gaming Case - Orange a few months ago but I lost all the boxes and parts for the case so I would need the case you mentioned. If I added say another £500 would I get a anything much better than the above or would the bang for buck increase be negligible?

Thanks for your time mate :)
 
Yea' thanks Exo but stulid is right.

Ok I'm happy to build my own but I think my budget has gone up a bit the below would be the max, I'm still happy to go with the Ryzen but the new PC I was looking at was this

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/radiance-gamer-pro-asus-aura-sync-gaming-pc-fs-1ap-og.html

Only because the clock speed on AMD chips is different than intel (seems lower I could be wrong) and I've always used intel but as I said I'll happily switch. The Ryzen you linked is that the top of the range one at the moment?

So the reason I wanted this one was because it's already overclocked. While I've gamed for years and have always run overclocked it's normally because I've bought a bundle from OcUK which has an OC'ed chip. How hard is the Ryzen to OC compared to Intel? I guess also in a seperate budget I would also look for a new monitor, is this one of the best ones out at the moment? I love the 27" one but I just feel it's a little small these days https://www.overclockers.co.uk/acer...e-zeroframe-curved-led-monitor-mo-109-ac.html

Thanks again.
 
ExoMale said:
Overpriced how? But op said 'if they was to build' I'm not going to keep making mock ups if stulid build will be better in most cases, so I chose a prebuilt to compare with the one this thread was created about. Given the Intel build included a 1080ti I stuck with it, but a 1400/1500x isn't better than a 7700k, so no point suggesting those so went with the 1700x, can save money getting the 1700, makes no odds to me how the op buys the system, I was just using a prebuilt as comparison.
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Hey mate thanks for that. Just actuallt had a proper look as I was on my mobile and that looks pretty nice to be fair. Thanks mate

Looking through the options for £80 more I can get the 1800 is it that much better? Also the ram speed, how impacting is that as I can add different ram to the one you linked.

Thanks mate
 
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Thanks @oldestgregg

stulid said:
7700K/skylake is replaced in like 6-8weeks so has no future, Ryzen has more cores/threads and already some developers are releasing game updates to take advantage of this and in the future the Ryzen I am sure will be the better option as it should out last the 7700K.
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When you say Skylake is replaced in like 6-8 weeks what do you mean mate?

Also one question, you mentioned AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £368.99 - why would you go for this over the 1800x? My budget is now at around £2700 so I can go a little more. For £2700 would you change anythings in the initial 2 builds you did?

Thanks
 
stulid said:
Theres a new CPU coming from Intel to replace Kabylake (said skylake which came before kabylake in error).

The 1800X is just 200Mhz faster than the 1700X, if you can get a 1800X then its wont be worse.

I am happy with those parts I listed for you.
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ahhh ok, awesome mate. Thank you very much... one last question honest...

Looking at the monitor you mentioned (unless it's the wrong one)
The Aoc is the value on the left and the right is ROG/another one.
Max Vertical Resolution 1,080 pixels 1,440 pixels
Horizontal Resolution 2,560 pixels 3,440 pixels

More is normally better isn't it so what exactly does this mean? Sorry to keep asking questions mate but it's a lot of money to just drop haha. Thanks
 
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