Gaming PC ~£1500

[Minibiker]

Definitely Save £££ by downloading windows creation tool, That's what I do and its very straight forward...

 

[marcus.slee]

I like option 2.

Wheres the FC5 freebie? I can't see it on the mobo page? Sorry if being slow...

 

[EsaT]

Not really ways to decrease price.
Without memory chip maker cartel and miners inflating GPU prices it would be certainly below goal.

Like said separate sound card isn't mandatory nowadays.
Really only reason for separate sound card would be binaural simulation for headphones.
Or if integrated suffers from interference.
(or quality sound regardless of motherboard choise)

i read that as once you've built and see a few naked cables, you'll rebuild it. and spot a few more, and rebuild and rebuild till no cables can be seen... then realise you want cables to be seen but nice cables and spend a ton on pretty cables ... haha

Good old solid side panels of case: No problem in the first place

Personally i'd choose the Super flower PSU, Had no issues with these in the past and comes with 5 year warranty, Ive not used the Cougar PSU sorry

Super Flower Platinum King 450W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £54.95

While Super Flower has lots of hype going Platinum King serie (like Golden Green HX) uses cheap third tier capacitors in rather questionable place for cooling in between 12V rectifier heatsink and DC-DC board.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/SuperFlower/SF650P14PE/4.html

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Good old solid side panels of case: No problem in the first place

ah, my TJ07 was solid panels... felt so nice to touch the sides hahaha

 

[orbitalwalsh]

I like option 2.

Wheres the FC5 freebie? I can't see it on the mobo page? Sorry if being slow...

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/farcry-5-promo-with-aorus-boards.18815389/

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/far-cry-5-gigabyte-z370-g7.18815606/

 

[marcus.slee]

Right - done. Opted for the original spec and the be quiet cooler as it's on sale.

Total £1606....

EXCITED

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £299.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £158.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Windforce 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD)= £569.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £119.99
• 1 x SILENT LOOP SUPERIOR LIQUID CPU COOLER - 360MM= £119.95
• 1 x In-Win 303 Midi Tower Case - Black= £99.95
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Nice !
Those In Win 303 do look stunning !
Also a USB C version

Enjoy FC5

Currently addicted to They Are Billions !!!

 

[JediFragger]

Those In Win 303 do look stunning !

I've gone for a 301c for my new build (in sig), been running caseless for a month!!

 

[marcus.slee]

Nice !
Those In Win 303 do look stunning !
Also a USB C version

Enjoy FC5

Currently addicted to They Are Billions !!!

Thanks for the help! I'll be back soon trying to build and OC it....

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thanks for the help! I'll be back soon trying to build and OC it....

YouTube and forum members at a great source of help

And beer

 

[marcus.slee]

YouTube and forum members at a great source of help

And beer

Well I'm stuck - and it's pretty fundamental - it won't power on.

The led light on the case is yellow suggesting there's some power. But nothing happens when i try to power up - not a failed boot, just nothing.

I have taken apart and put it back together to check all the connections. MOBO, CPU, GFX are all definitely plugged in correctly.

The case comes with 4 risers already included, and when i first put it in i (stupidly) didnt add the other risers (i have since).

But the mobo was never in contact with the case because of the 4 base risers - so could it still have shorted out??

 

[marcus.slee]

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Well I'm stuck - and it's pretty fundamental - it won't power on.

The led light on the case is yellow suggesting there's some power. But nothing happens when i try to power up - not a failed boot, just nothing.

I have taken apart and put it back together to check all the connections. MOBO, CPU, GFX are all definitely plugged in correctly.

The case comes with 4 risers already included, and when i first put it in i (stupidly) didnt add the other risers (i have since).

But the mobo was never in contact with the case because of the 4 base risers - so could it still have shorted out??

Ignore me - p sW not corrected so the on button itself didnt work

 

[Minibiker]

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Ignore me - p sW not corrected so the on button itself didnt work

Weve all been there bud, i done in when i first started and it took me ages to find out i had some of those pin connectors on the wrong ones

 

[orbitalwalsh]

I also wire up the power leads wrong haha !!

Get some pics up!!!