Intel Gaming PC build advice

Ricky Fleet · 15 Oct 2017 at 21:59

Hi everyone.

I purchased a Titan Goliath from Overclockers 8 years ago and it has done me proud. With the new games coming out the old girl is starting to show her age. I think it's finally time to treat myself to a new system and I need advice. I'm looking for something that will play all recent games on max settings for around £1000-£1500. (I'm happy to go over a little if it ensures a great machine.

I've been looking at the Titan Virtual Force because of the solid reviews - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tita...a-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-graphic-fs-002-og.html

What I'm looking for is advice for addons and amendments to the basic spec, or if I should just leave it alone because of my lack of system knowledge. (When I say I'm computer illiterate I mean I can turn the power button on and double click on the games icon, that's pretty much it, so please be kind.) VR is not really a concern for me as far as gaming goes.

If anyone has opinions on the Titan or advice on different machines, I'd be really grateful to hear them.

Thanks.

Rick.

Ricky Fleet · 17 Oct 2017 at 15:11

Thank you to everyone who has given me their advice. It shows just how uneducated I am that I'm Googling every single term mentioned. My monitor is a 1920x1080 60hz so I will need to upgrade that to take advantage of the increase in power. My goal is purely gaming, TW - Warhammer 2, CoD WW2 etc.

I 've seen the new coffee Lake mentioned quite frequently in recent posts, so it seems that is the way to go. The Gallium looks like a solid bet even though with a suitable monitor it would put me over budget. The only thing I was wondering is when the spec loads it has 'not wanted' under the storage device, only a 250 SSD?

However, if I choose to go for the Chromium instead, would the power be noticably different? I would probably fork out for the £1,255 spec and add a decent monitor to that.

Thanks again. I really appreciate your time and effort.

Ricky Fleet · 27 Oct 2017 at 17:13

Thanks again everyone, I've been doing a lot of research following your advice.

In response to Danny, I'm more than happy to wait to get a slight upgrade on the Coffee Lake and graphics card. I'd much rather be certain of my purchase as I'd like it to last me for a few years before starting to show it's age.

In response to Orbitalwalsh, thanks for the pointers.
I was looking at the Chromium with a spec similar to this. I'll wait until November to see if anything else comes along as Danny suggested, but is this kind of configuration on the right track?

CPU Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
Memory Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
Solid State Drive (Primary) Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)
Storage Drive Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
Wireless Networking Not wanted
Lighting Not wanted
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
Security Software Not wanted
Case Kolink Refractor Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black
Graphics Card Asus GeForce GTX 1070Ti Strix 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Cheers.

Ricky Fleet · 29 Oct 2017 at 12:28

Apologies, I meant to click on the GTZ 1080 8MB below it. In your learned opinion, is the £200 extra worth it for the 11MB Ti version of the cards?

I also note that the selected RAM is 3000mhz but Danny recommended 3600mhz for the Intel chips. I've just had a look through the components and I'm mindblown. How on earth do you go about picking one out of the huge selection over another? Vengeance, Trident, Raiden, Dominator, Predator?