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Dazzzer10

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I want to build a new pc for gaming and would like help picking the parts I will need that is best suited ? my budget is £1400 , this will have to include windows 10 , I wouldn’t need a screen as I plan to use my 4k TV .

For some notes I don’t think I will need high spec graphics as a lot of my games are like star bound , minecraft , and most recently playing empyrion – galactic survival . I also want something that is upgradeable in time if I need too,
 
tamzzy said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,360.56 (includes shipping: £14.70)
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and the rest of the budget to get ocuk to build it for you
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Seems good thanks , I think I will have as go myself and build this , I just want to know with the amd Ryzen 5 will I need to flash the bios to stop any compatibility issues or will it just work from the off?
tamzzy said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,360.56 (includes shipping: £14.70)
​

and the rest of the budget to get ocuk to build it for you
Click to expand...
 
tamzzy said:
it should work from the off, as board manufacturers have now had months to work on their bioses. that being said, not all boards come with the latest bios installed.
i'm assuming you're a new hand at pc building, so my advise would be to build the computer first and then seeing if there's any issues.
if there's no issues then leave bios alone, and only update if there's issues.
(tbh, bios updates are pretty painless - but if it goes wrong then you've bricked your board)

also fyi, the os that i've specced is the dvd option. you may notice that there's no dvd drive - what you do is to go to the microsoft website and download windows 10 to a usb to install on the new computer - of course you'll need to have access to a computer to do this (the licence keys are the same)
else then get the usb version for a few bob more(currently oos at ocuk)
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ok thanks for your help, I have not done any pc building for about 20 years so I am starting to re
tamzzy said:
it should work from the off, as board manufacturers have now had months to work on their bioses. that being said, not all boards come with the latest bios installed.
i'm assuming you're a new hand at pc building, so my advise would be to build the computer first and then seeing if there's any issues.
if there's no issues then leave bios alone, and only update if there's issues.
(tbh, bios updates are pretty painless - but if it goes wrong then you've bricked your board)

also fyi, the os that i've specced is the dvd option. you may notice that there's no dvd drive - what you do is to go to the microsoft website and download windows 10 to a usb to install on the new computer - of course you'll need to have access to a computer to do this (the licence keys are the same)
else then get the usb version for a few bob more(currently oos at ocuk)
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I guess I should have asked this before but I will be using a 4k tv will there be any loss of quality using it with hdmi as I think the pc screens use different inputs?
 
tamzzy said:
hard choice, for out and out gaming currently the 8600k would outperform the 1600, but if games become more multithreaded, the 1600 could possibly be better for the future
of course that being said, as a platform, the 8600k has a £100+ premium over the 1600 platform
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yes from what I have read the 1600 might be more upgradeable over time don't know if that is true , the ram you suggested seems to be out of stock and I am not sure which others to get.
 
! I just noticed the cpu says it comes with a AMD Wraith Spire CPU cooler and I don't know if you had noticed or you picked the cool master to get better temperatures?
 
Everything seems good in the list but I would like to know what you think of getting a
tamzzy said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,360.56 (includes shipping: £14.70)
​

and the rest of the budget to get ocuk to build it for you
Click to expand...
I like everything in the list and this is what I am going to get, but I noticed I already have a spare wd 1tb HDD so I was thinking of getting a PM961 Polaris 256GB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive to install windows 10 on . Just wondering if you think this is a good option for that ?
 
I also noticed there was a Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600X which might be a good middle ground from 1600 to ry
tamzzy said:
just to confuse things even more, an alternative amd build, with a ryzen 1700
(and kryonaut @orbitalwalsh :p)

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,414.06 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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seems good but do you think the Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600X might be a good middle ground from 1600 to 1700?
 
orbitalwalsh said:
Similar to tamz , but had posted this already and is a gtx 1080ti .... Haha, if you do want to try and play COD at 4k, should do lol


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,303.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)


Using tamz storage or case solution would be nice and 16gb ram would help out

Again, 1080ti isn't overkill for 4k in general but might be for some of the games you currently play​
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can anyone recommend any software to check the hardware is running properly and any software for overclocking that I might need for this setup ?
 
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