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Insurance Replacement Help!!!!!!

smilertoo said:
I'd go with the more expensive PSU, that's keeping the whole thing going. I wouldn't pay £600+ for a gfx card unless your main interest is in impressing other people, that's crazy money for something that will be outdated in a year.
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Thanks, I think your right. I just don't know what the cheaper option but capable option is, too many components for my brain to handle. I just want the most capable pc for £1550 so keep the lists coming please for me to compare. Thanks
 
Nothing wrong with either PSU, they would both do just the same job! 980Ti is a steel at that price, well worth the investment even if you are gaming at 1080p. If you ever upgraded to 1440p/144hz/G-sync, you will not be disappointing.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
1080 is possible but means dropping the case down a tad, and maybe dropping the extra SSD.

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480GB SSD for games, 250GB SSD for OS and applications, 2TB for data storage.
980ti is at an amazing price, what resolution do you run your games at?
16GB of RAM, very good motherboard and a 6700k under a H100i.
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I'd go for this apart from a few things:
- add a cooler, watercooler if you intend to keep the RAM(tall heatsinks)
- 650W PSU instead
- 1TB SSD instead of two separates - should work out cheaper by a few quid too
- and maybe, 1070 instead of 980Ti.

You'll see around 60-70%% increase in GPU performace as I went from a 780Ti to a 980Ti and got around 50%.
 
Anything costing £1550 is going to be pretty overpowered if you're only playing at 1080p. I mean sure it will last you a while but not necessarily the best value.

You could possibly aim for a 6600K GTX1070 build and use the extra saved on a nice 1440P 144hz G Sync monitor like the Dell S2716DG. IMO this would give you a much better gaming experience :)
 
This would be my choice, a little over budget but I'm sure you could sell the old monitor for a few quid?! Or you could drop to the non modular version of the power supply, or drop to a 250gb SSD.

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Right, I'm trying to learn from your baskets. How's this and is anything missing? Thanks

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It looks like a solid build but I don't think the 6700K is worth it over the 6600K for gaming, and I would definitely want to upgrade your monitor as that build would be wasted on 1080p IMO

Apart from that its solid though, they are all quality components :)
 
£5 under budget and you will have a much better gaming experience IMO :)

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Just to check, my monitor is a BenQ XL2420T Gaming Monitor, max resolution 1920x1080. Is that no good then? Also is the i7 over kill compared to the i5.
 
Daaaveee said:
£5 under budget and you will have a much better gaming experience IMO :)

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Ok thanks for help, looks good.
 
Your monitor is pretty good for 1080p as it has 144hz refresh rate so its not necessary to upgrade it, but you do have the budget to easily run 1440p so I would. Also G Sync is a really nice feature to have with the new one. You could sell the monitor for a decent amount too so maybe you could use the extra to get a bigger SSD or a case that you like more :)
 
i7 6700K isn't really needed over the i5 6600K for gaming. Its faster but most games you won't notice the difference. You would be better spending the money on the graphics card really, unless your budget is high enough for i7, 1080 and high res monitor, which unfortunately £1550 isn't :)
 
Daaaveee said:
i7 6700K isn't really needed over the i5 6600K for gaming. Its faster but most games you won't notice the difference. You would be better spending the money on the graphics card really, unless your budget is high enough for i7, 1080 and high res monitor, which unfortunately £1550 isn't :)
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OK, makes sense, Thanks. I think we are there.
 
Daaaveee said:
Anything costing £1550 is going to be pretty overpowered if you're only playing at 1080p. I mean sure it will last you a while but not necessarily the best value.

You could possibly aim for a 6600K GTX1070 build and use the extra saved on a nice 1440P 144hz G Sync monitor like the Dell S2716DG. IMO this would give you a much better gaming experience :)
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OP take this advice...move on from 1080p resolution
 
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