Gaming PC

teaboy5 · 8 Oct 2018 at 12:04

Hey

I am years out of the loop on PC hardware now, but I fancy upgrading my current PC which is easily 5-6 years old now.

Whats good these days? Something mid range CPU is fine but I want the GFX to be able to cope with 1440p and down the line 4k.

So say

CPU - I am thinking some kind of Intel I5 or is it worth going to the I7?
Cooler - Custom cooler to lower the noise
RAM - 16 GB?
M/B
GFX - 1070ti or maybe a 1080 if the price is due to drop with the new range coming out?

The rest I will just move from my current build as I moved to SSD's etc etc.

orbitalwalsh · 8 Oct 2018 at 12:29

teaboy5 said:
Hey

I am years out of the loop on PC hardware now, but I fancy upgrading my current PC which is easily 5-6 years old now.

Whats good these days? Something mid range CPU is fine but I want the GFX to be able to cope with 1440p and down the line 4k.

So say

CPU - I am thinking some kind of Intel I5 or is it worth going to the I7?
Cooler - Custom cooler to lower the noise
RAM - 16 GB?
M/B
GFX - 1070ti or maybe a 1080 if the price is due to drop with the new range coming out?

The rest I will just move from my current build as I moved to SSD's etc etc.

whats your budget and what do you currently have ?

intel prices are steep! and 9th gen inbound today and 19th release date

teaboy5 · 8 Oct 2018 at 13:04

O mine is years old. I5 2500k 8GB, r280. Newest things in it are the SSD's!

I wouldn't go with the intel released today etc. I am happy to stay a gen behind on the CPU. I have no idea on the AMD side of things and never have.

orbitalwalsh · 8 Oct 2018 at 13:47

teaboy5 said:
O mine is years old. I5 2500k 8GB, r280. Newest things in it are the SSD's!

I wouldn't go with the intel released today etc. I am happy to stay a gen behind on the CPU. I have no idea on the AMD side of things and never have.

cheapest thing you can do is second hand i7- overclock it and new GPU- but guessing second hand market might of risen in price since Intel chips have shot up by £100

rzyen 1700 can be picked up for £200 + £89 board and £120 on the ram front for 16gb . if your playing games like BF1/V that like cores then should be a nice upgrade

how much is your budget ?

teaboy5 · 8 Oct 2018 at 15:40

O sorry defo not second hand. I honestly don't know the budget just need a good spec. So say what ? 1 to 1.5 will that cover it ?

teaboy5 · 8 Oct 2018 at 19:23

I had a quick look and this seems ok?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1070Ti Cerberus 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99
1 x AMD Bundle - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, Asus Strix X370-F, Team Group RAM *FREE 480GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY* = £538.97
- Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000

Total: £1,000.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)

lee32uk · 9 Oct 2018 at 10:28

The MSI 1070 ti Gaming is £21 cheaper.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1070Ti Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £428.99

Total: £438.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)

I would also aim for 16GB Ram.

orbitalwalsh · 9 Oct 2018 at 14:58

two options personally - 1440p-165hz or 4k-60hz screen gaming - but g-sync monitors are expensive !

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £128.99
1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £134.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC BLACK 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £619.99

Total: £1,083.96 (includes shipping: £0.00)

and all in with freeysnc 1440p 144hz monitor and PSU to handle vega

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £128.99
1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £134.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 64 WindForce OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99
1 x Asus MG279Q ROG 27" 2560x1440 IPS FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor= £449.99
1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £96.95

Total: £1,475.60 (includes shipping: £14.70)

teaboy5 · 9 Oct 2018 at 19:20

how does that AMD compare to say an I5 8600k?

orbitalwalsh · 9 Oct 2018 at 20:04

teaboy5 said:
how does that AMD compare to say an I5 8600k?

Slightly slower, specially at 1080p, gap lessons at 1440p and above, also if your not using flagship 1080ti card .
Basically best value CPU at the mo

Unless your pro gamer the. You'd be hammer an i7 9700k at 1080p with 200hz screen and 2080ti

teaboy5 · 9 Oct 2018 at 20:21

I am running 1440 at the moment with some Dell's. I might go down the I5 route and stick to what I know.

Will post a spec shortly when I get a look so we can compare.

orbitalwalsh · 9 Oct 2018 at 20:29

teaboy5 said:
I am running 1440 at the moment with some Dell's. I might go down the I5 route and stick to what I know.

Will post a spec shortly when I get a look so we can compare.

Personally not worth it , rather push ryzen and 1080ti as above

Get the 2700x and it auto clocks it's self .

I5 isn't worth £300+ specially when 9600 version is soldered , cooler and hopefully hits 5.3ghz

Although, does come in budget....

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Promo Bundle - Intel Core i7 8086K, Gigabyte Z370 Ultra Gaming Wifi, 16GB RGB RAM **FREE 512GB SSD**= £799.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC BLACK 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £619.99

Total: £1,419.98 (includes shipping: £0.00)

Haha

teaboy5 · 10 Oct 2018 at 17:05

orbitalwalsh said:
Personally not worth it , rather push ryzen and 1080ti as above
Get the 2700x and it auto clocks it's self .

I5 isn't worth £300+ specially when 9600 version is soldered , cooler and hopefully hits 5.3ghz

Although, does come in budget....

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Promo Bundle - Intel Core i7 8086K, Gigabyte Z370 Ultra Gaming Wifi, 16GB RGB RAM **FREE 512GB SSD**= £799.99

1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC BLACK 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £619.99

Total: £1,419.98 (includes shipping: £0.00)

Haha

I went for the I7 in the end. Just thought **** it this will last me a while.

orbitalwalsh · 10 Oct 2018 at 19:19

teaboy5 said:
I went for the I7 in the end. Just thought **** it this will last me a while.

I7 8086k and 1080ti ? Damn !

teaboy5 · 10 Oct 2018 at 19:48

orbitalwalsh said:
I7 8086k and 1080ti ? Damn !

And after all that I forgot to order the cooler! Had to do a new order for that and got rear ended for postage twice.

orbitalwalsh · 10 Oct 2018 at 20:15

teaboy5 said:
And after all that I forgot to order the cooler! Had to do a new order for that and got rear ended for postage twice.

Contact customer service !

teaboy5 · 10 Oct 2018 at 21:34

Cant be assed. I live in NI sure and by the time postage is changed and all that BS I could miss out on having it by friday lol.