Looking to Upgrade

logtrc

logtrc

logtrc

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Hey,

I'm currently looking to upgrade to a new system, but I'll be honest, my knowledge of the individual components is pretty basic at best. I've had a look at an existing system and altered some of the specs with the OcUK PC Configurator, but to be fair, I could just be selecting anything for the sake of it and splashing money where I don't need to.

Any advice, recommendations etc. I would greatly appreciate.

Here's what I'm currently looking at:

The original link (unmodified): Skylake/Kabylake Midi Tower Gaming PC Configurator

... and here are the specs that I have updated:

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Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail

Motherboard: Asus Prime Z270-K Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A26)

Graphics Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1050Ti Expedition OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Graphics Card (Crossfire/SLI): Not wanted

Power Supply: Cougar GX-S 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H80i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060024-WW)

M.2 SSD ** For OS if selected **: Not wanted

SSD 1: Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)

SSD 2: Not wanted

HDD 1: Seagate BarraCude 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD

HDD 2: Not wanted

Optical Drive: Not wanted

Soundcard: Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp

Network Adapter: TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)

Case Lighting: Not wanted

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)

Security Software: Bullguard Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC 1 Year **Offer Price**

Currently pricing at: £1,370.74

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I'm happy to stay around this budget, increase it slightly if needs be.

Ideally, I'm looking for a PC that can support games without performance suffering too much or having to sacrifice graphic quality too much, such as; GTA V (mid-high settings maybe), Battlefield 3 / Hardline, The Evil Within 2, Fallout 4 & Skyrim, ranging to older games such as CS GO, Left 4 Dead 2 etc.

Is there anything listed above that can be sacrificed for the sake of saving money?
Can I upgrade anything listed above without breaking the budget too much?

Many thanks in advance for any support given and any recommendations/suggestions are appreciated.

- DS
 
@logtrc

Would need to ask OCUK for the first system to change for 3000hz ram
No.3 is my fav

build one is ryzen 1600 !!!!
build two is ryzen 1700 !!!

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Katana Overclocked Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1600 @ 3.80GHz = £1,375.00
    • Case:phanteks Eclipse P400S Glass Midi Tower Case - Noise Dampened Black/Red
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Case Support**:Unwanted
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Lighting (Phanteks RGB must use Phanteks case):Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics Card:Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1070G1-GAMING-8GD)
  • 1 x Titan Falcon Overclocked Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1600 @ 3.80GHz = £1,311.98
    • Case:CoolerMaster MasterBox 5 Midi Tower Case - Black
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Case Support**:Unwanted
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700X With Free Nitro Concepts Gaming Chair
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics card:Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 580 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
  • 1 x OcUK Gaming Chromium ATX Gaming PC - Intel Core i3 8100 / i5 8400 = £1,268.98
    • 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
    • Graphics Card:Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Windforce 2x OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Solid State Drive (Primary):Kingston 480GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/4
    • Storage Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
    • Wireless Networking:Unwanted
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Security Software:Bullguard Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC 1 Year **Offer Price**
    • Case:Kolink Refractor RGB Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window

Total: £3,986.68
(includes shipping: £30.72)



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Brill, thanks for the suggestions - I'm more swayed towards build 2 with the Ryzen 7. My mate swears by AMD over Intel gaming due to the AMD pricing being much cheaper, but he also mentioned that the AMD processors tend to generate a lot more heat so I'm guessing a good cooling system would need to go with it - would the cooling system be good enough do you think? There doesn't appear to be any options for modification so I was just a little uneasy thinking, well, if I went for build two and after say an hours worth of playing something like The Evil Within 2 would it start to overheat? (sorry if these are pretty noob questions, I'm not 100% key'd up with the ins and outs) - thanks again.
 
logtrc said:
Brill, thanks for the suggestions - I'm more swayed towards build 2 with the Ryzen 7. My mate swears by AMD over Intel gaming due to the AMD pricing being much cheaper, but he also mentioned that the AMD processors tend to generate a lot more heat so I'm guessing a good cooling system would need to go with it - would the cooling system be good enough do you think? There doesn't appear to be any options for modification so I was just a little uneasy thinking, well, if I went for build two and after say an hours worth of playing something like The Evil Within 2 would it start to overheat? (sorry if these are pretty noob questions, I'm not 100% key'd up with the ins and outs) - thanks again.
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The stock cooler isn't to bad apparently , should handle 3.7ghz overclock .
Might be worth cooking OCUK to see if they could do a deal with the system .
Also, very importantly ... Get them to change the kit to the 3000hz version ! If not you'll be losing out on performance!!!!!!!!
AMD GPU do allow for cheaper, just as good freesync monitors , for £200 can have 144hz monitor were as Nvidia it's £380
 
logtrc said:
Brill, thanks for the suggestions - I'm more swayed towards build 2 with the Ryzen 7. My mate swears by AMD over Intel gaming due to the AMD pricing being much cheaper, but he also mentioned that the AMD processors tend to generate a lot more heat so I'm guessing a good cooling system would need to go with it - would the cooling system be good enough do you think? There doesn't appear to be any options for modification so I was just a little uneasy thinking, well, if I went for build two and after say an hours worth of playing something like The Evil Within 2 would it start to overheat? (sorry if these are pretty noob questions, I'm not 100% key'd up with the ins and outs) - thanks again.
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The last gen AMD cpu's ran hot, especially the FX 9590. The Ryzen ones run much cooler. As mentioned above, the stock cooler is even fine for a moderate overclock. If you want an aftermarket one then something like a Cryorig H7 or Alpenfohn Brocken 3 will do fine. You will need to speak with them though (OCUK) if you don't have the option in the configurator.

Also if you are just gaming then the R5 1600 is just as good as the 8 core R7 1700. If you plan on doing twitch streaming or video editing/rendering etc then it makes sense to go with the 8 core.
 
Legends, cheers guys. Think that's me sold - haven't had a good spend in a while so I think I'm due something nice for a change lol. If you're not already on the customer service team, you've got a knack for it ;)
 
Assuming that’s the system you have? The That 1050ti will be holding your i7 back and the games aswell, you need to upgrade to a 1070/1080 if you want to get very good fps also get a better quality psu aswell.

Something like this..

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,147.57
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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Again this is assuming your already have that intel build, if you actually don’t then coffee lake or ryzen 6/8 core systems be better forbhe budget than the kabylake 7700k.
 
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