Help with deciding what to get for a New PC

[Dan_23]

Hey, hoping I could get some advice.
I'm building a PC for the first time since 2013, whilst I know what I'm doing, I haven't paid attention to advancements since I quit working in IT (and DDR3 Ram was a new big thing).

I'm using the PC primarily for rendering through Nvidea Iray, and some gaming, although nothing taxing (League, Pubg etc) and it's occasional.

I was thinking of getting this collection:

Motherboard: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...cket-1151-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-32f-ms.html
CPU: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1151-processor-retail-cp-63r-in.html
CPU Cooler: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/be-quiet-dark-rock-3-cpu-cooler-hs-008-bq.html
RAM: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08l-tg.html
GPU: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...graphics-card-c108t3-1sdn-q6mn-gx-06q-in.html
PSU: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cougar-gx-f-750w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-02u-cu.html

I already have several SSDs, and I was planning to use my current MSI Lightning GTX 780 additionally to help boost renders.

Finally the case:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aerocool-aero-500-midi-tower-case-black-ca-155-ae.html

(I don't want it to look flashy incase somebody breaks in so then hopefully they'll nick my TV instead)

My budget is about £1600

Any thoughts or recommended upgrades?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dan_23]

Okay thanks guys.
Is there any benefit to going to the X Series of the 7th Generation? If the extra cores are important?

Something like this:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI X299 Tomahawk Arctic (Socket 2066) Intel X299 ATX Motherboard= £274.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-7820X 3.6GHz (Skylake X / Basin Falls) Socket LGA2066 Processor - Retail= £499.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1080Ti Twin X2 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (N108T-1SDN-Q6MN)= £749.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24= £139.99

Total: £1,676.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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I'm reluctant to go AMD since everything I've had AMD (RAM and GPUs) have broken, although my current PC uses an FX8350 and that's fine.

 

[Dan_23]

the amd i specced should render very well with its 8 core 12 threads aside from that high powered xenons or threadripper.

It didn't include a GPU and adding a 1080 TI to that is going to take me £300-£400 over budget. I render in iray so it needs to be Nvidea really I think