New build - c£1,500 spend (less is better!)

Pudney · 23 Oct 2018 at 12:49

Hi all - after playing AC:Odyssey on my current machine I'm getting the itch for an upgrade so I can play the game in even more graphical glory. I'm potentially looking at the following:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1080 iChill Air Boss X4 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (C108V4-2SDN-P6DN= £469.99
1 x Promo Bundle - Intel Core i7 8086K, Gigabyte Z370 Ultra Gaming Wifi, 16GB RGB RAM **FREE 512GB SSD**= £799.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E250B/EU)= £59.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £109.99
1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM006)= £55.99

Total: £1,507.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)

I don't really want to spend £1,500 (although I can), £1,000 has been my previous target amount. I'm planning on cannibalising case, monitor, PSU, kb and mouse from current setup so that's one lot of savings already accounted for!

Some current thoughts on the build, small SSD for O/S and other routine software, larger SSD for games which are hard drive intensive and could use improved loading times (e.g. Total War games) and HDD for everything else. I use a dual monitor setup using two 27 inch Dells, although I can't remember the exact model. Graphics intensive games I don't play too often, but things like AC:Odyssey come along and they do tax my current machine.

Can anyone suggest any potential improvements/savings?

Current stuff:

Code:

Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving**

 
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclock 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-1972-KR)

 
Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD

 
EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

 
Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case without Window

 
TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01)

StarShock · 23 Oct 2018 at 13:21

I'd be tempted to keep your i7 etc. and just throw in a new GPU and more ram and SSD.

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 13:38

your at the tipping point, in theory your CPU is damn good and has been fine for so long , like older i7s with 4 cores but finally some games are liking and needing the extra core count, AS:O being one of them =/

that would improve your game, specially with the GPU mostly !

clone your current main drive on the SSD or use it to create a Media creation disk on USB and buy a Key for £20

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Promo Bundle - Intel Core i7 8086K, Gigabyte Z370 Ultra Gaming Wifi, 16GB RGB RAM **FREE 512GB SSD**= £799.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070Ti Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £389.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £49.99
1 x Kingston A400 480GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/480G)= £59.99

Total: £1,311.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)

gtx 1070ti overclocked will hit basic gtx 1080 performance so saves a few quid

larger and same priced 480GB ssd over EVO if you want two SSDs

StarShock · 23 Oct 2018 at 13:55

also a quick cheaper AMD variant that would let you go up to a 1080ti.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC BLACK 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £649.99
1 x AMD Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY* = £418.97
- Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30

Total: £1,080.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)

Pudney · 23 Oct 2018 at 14:47

Thanks both for suggestions. I'll have a think a bit more about keeping/replacing my current i7 - that was the first time I tried an Intel CPU and have been impressed so will probably stick with Intel.

GPU - if I stick with 4790 I'll get the 1080Ti, otherwise probably end up with the 1070Ti (I didn't think too much about the 1080i...) Over £500 on a graphics card would be a new milestone for me...

StarShock · 23 Oct 2018 at 15:08

yeah, Nvidia seem determined to drive prices up the last few generations

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 15:08

Pudney said:
Thanks both for suggestions. I'll have a think a bit more about keeping/replacing my current i7 - that was the first time I tried an Intel CPU and have been impressed so will probably stick with Intel.

GPU - if I stick with 4790 I'll get the 1080Ti, otherwise probably end up with the 1070Ti (I didn't think too much about the 1080i...) Over £500 on a graphics card would be a new milestone for me...

rendering 1440p would help but again, once you hit a crowded area, 4 core will struggle

StarShock · 23 Oct 2018 at 15:17

Looking at this I think the i7 should still be fine, not perfect, but extra ram would help a lot. Seems to be running at over 8gb even in the menu.

orbitalwalsh · 23 Oct 2018 at 15:33

overclock the nuts off it

Pudney · 23 Oct 2018 at 15:51

I tend to get 30fps with slow downs in busy areas (and some textures don't load very well, had similar issues with Skyrim actually). RAM and graphics could be the key in that case, shame the right type of DDR3 is annoying to find now!

Distracted · 23 Oct 2018 at 15:53

Pudney said:
I tend to get 30fps with slow downs in busy areas (and some textures don't load very well, had similar issues with Skyrim actually). RAM and graphics could be the key in that case, shame the right type of DDR3 is annoying to find now!

Ask in the members market? Maybe someone has the RAM you need collecting dust.