High End Gaming Rig

[sundawg89]

Hi all,

After finalising my build I just wanted to see if there is any suggestions of additions or changes I should make as this is my first ever PC in over 10 years. My budget is £2500 for the PC. I will be looking to get a good monitor once I have got the PC up and running. I won't be rendering or streaming, just gaming on this.

Only thing missing is the RAM and I was thinking G.Skill Trident 3200 16gb.... not sure why Overclockers don't have them in stock..

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x MSI Z270 Gaming M7 Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £247.99
• 1 x Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E1T0B/EU)= £359.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1080Ti ROG Strix OC 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £799.99
• 1 x EVGA SuperNova G3 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £129.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H115i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060027-WW)= £124.99
• 1 x WD Black 2TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD2003FZEX)= £126.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass Mid Tower Case - Black= £169.99
• 2 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 140mm High Speed Fan= £20.99

Total: £2,457.67
(includes shipping: £15.90)



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[The Artfull Bodger]

I7 is overkill for gaming imo, could save money and just go for top i5, I'm still having to disable hyperthreading for the occasional game.

 

[stulid]

How about a nice Ryzen build?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass Mid Tower Case - Black= £169.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming K5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £359.99
• 1 x Corsair AM4 Brackets= £0.00
• 1 x Corsair H100 RGB Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler OEM **OcUK Exclusive**= £94.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex II 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £99.95
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £68.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £689.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £248.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £119.99

Total: £2,128.72
(includes shipping: £15.90)



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[sundawg89]

How about a nice Ryzen build?

Contemplated doing that but I prefer higher clock speeds to more cores as I will only be gaming really.

 

[stulid]

Ok, how about a bit of white?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £68.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £248.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £206.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £128.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 400C Midi Tower Gaming Case - White Window (CC-9011095-WW)= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £679.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex II 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - White= £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks PH-TC14S 140mm CPU Cooler = £44.99
  • AM4 Bracket:Unwanted

Total: £2,032.88
(includes shipping: £14.10)




Ryzen AM4 is a newer socket, you wont see anymore cpus for socket 1151.

Also Ryzen CPUs arnt slow at games either and with software and updates happening the gap will close and who knows maybe even be better.
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Even with a 1TB SSD I have saved you so much money it almost pays for a monitor,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £68.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £128.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 400C Midi Tower Gaming Case - White Window (CC-9011095-WW)= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £679.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex II 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - White= £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks PH-TC14S 140mm CPU Cooler = £44.99
  • AM4 Bracket:Unwanted
• 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £206.99
• 1 x Samsung PM961 Polaris 1TB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £349.99

Total: £2,133.88
(includes shipping: £14.10)




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[lee32uk]

Contemplated doing that but I prefer higher clock speeds to more cores as I will only be gaming really.

What resolution you looking at ?

 

[stulid]

And of course I can do Ryzen in white also,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £68.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £128.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 400C Midi Tower Gaming Case - White Window (CC-9011095-WW)= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £679.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex II 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - White= £99.95
• 1 x Samsung PM961 Polaris 1TB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £349.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £359.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £179.99
• 1 x Phanteks PH-TC14S 140mm CPU Cooler = £44.99
  • AM4 Brackethanteks PH-TC14PE/PH-TC14S/PH-TC12LS/TC14CS AM4 Cooler Bracket

Total: £2,116.88
(includes shipping: £14.10)





Considering your spec is missing RAM which is like £120 roughly, thats a £460 difference which almost pays for - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoc-...descreen-led-monitor-black-red-mo-046-ao.html
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[sundawg89]

What resolution you looking at ?

1440p or 4k

 

[stulid]

Linked to a nice 1440p screen above.