New Build - FPS Gaming Rig - £1700

[timebomb26]

Hi guys,

Hope you're all doing good. I'm finally settling down so to speak and will have a permanent address so looking to get back in to PC gaming after nearly 10 years out of the game.

Only issue is now I have nothing, not even a keyboard and mouse. Ideally would like to keep things under the above budget, but happy to spend the money for longevity. If I could get the tower and monitor for below the £1700 that would be ideal. Everything else I'll sort separately.

I don't have loads of room so thinking about a 24" monitor, gaming at 1080p. If there are good deals on any 27" (1440p) though that could also work.

Almost exclusively will be used for First person shooters and I would like things to run pretty much maxed out, whilst still smoothly (wouldn't we all?!).

I was looking at a GTX1060, but thinking with the new release of cards next month it may even be worth getting something like a GT1070Ti to future-proof slightly.

Seems like i7 is overkill for gaming, but again if it's worth the little bit extra I'm down.

Do your worst and spend my money!

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@timebomb26

freesync with vega 64 and 144hz 1440p 27" IPS monitor for fast, smooth, clarity and higher res gameplay also comes with 3 free games from AMD for the card

UK RMA for the mobo/card .

Intel still hold the gaming advantage but at 1440p not as higher as 1080p, so overclock CPU 4.8/9ghz

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z370-HD3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24= £128.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £239.99
• 1 x Cryorig H5 Ultimate Single Tower Heatsink with 140mm Fan - Black Frame= £39.95
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 64 WindForce OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £439.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x Gigabyte UD Pro 512GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Toshiba 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £89.99
• 1 x Asus MG279Q ROG 27" 2560x1440 IPS FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor= £449.99

Total: £1,676.85 (includes shipping: £28.02)


tried Ryzen - 1700x but with gtx 1080 and 1440p 165hz 27" IPS G-sync screen . not as powerful as netdps with GPU power but CPU and screen is higher

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Cougar MX330-G Midi-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £39.95
• 1 x AOC AGON AG271QG 27" 2560 x 1440 IPS G-Sync 165Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £559.99
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £37.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Windforce OC 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD)= £449.99
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £73.99
• 1 x AMD Promo Bundle - AMD Ryzen 7 1700X, Asus Strix X370-F, Team Group RAM *FREE Cryorig Cooler* = £487.97
  • Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
• 1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £39.95

Total: £1,712.33 (includes shipping: £22.50)​

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[netdps]

Different build based on GPU first you can bring it lower by removing / changing the NVME.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC AGON AG241QG 24" 2560 x 1440 TN G-Sync 165Hz Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black/Red= £379.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £599.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x AMD Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY* = £437.96
  • Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £158.99

Total: £1,742.77 (includes shipping: £15.90)
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[timebomb26]

Thanks guys, those all look great. Liking the 24" widescreen monitor as well. Reckon that is the front runner at the moment.

Surprised I can get a 1080Ti in there at that budget, those things seem to cost as much as some builds.

For cases, what do you guys reckon to the Fractal Design R5 cases? I like the look and like the idea of the noise dampening, but at the same time the room will likely get a bit hot and stuffy in the summer so ventilation will be crucial.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@timebomb26

My wife and I both have 1440p 60hz monitors. Hers is 24" IPS and mine 27" . Couldn't game on the 24", pixels and text are to small and not every game has text scale ability or not very good . So I gave ghat to her and got myself the 27" version . TN panel , not as vibrant in the colour but much more fan to game on personally . As you can see that reflects in the cost £200 for 27" over 24"
If you can get 1080ti , it's an absolute powerhouse ! Worth waiting till the 19th for reviews of 2080 to come out but then you'd loose the massive savings of the MSI card - no idea how long pre-order is

 

[timebomb26]

@timebomb26

My wife and I both have 1440p 60hz monitors. Hers is 24" IPS and mine 27" . Couldn't game on the 24", pixels and text are to small and not every game has text scale ability or not very good . So I gave ghat to her and got myself the 27" version . TN panel , not as vibrant in the colour but much more fan to game on personally . As you can see that reflects in the cost £200 for 27" over 24"
If you can get 1080ti , it's an absolute powerhouse ! Worth waiting till the 19th for reviews of 2080 to come out but then you'd loose the massive savings of the MSI card - no idea how long pre-order is

What screen would you recommend for 27”? I had a look at some Asus monitors today and wasn’t all that impressed.

I can definirely wait for reviews of the new cards. Realistically I won’t be in a position to buy this for another month or so.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

What screen would you recommend for 27”? I had a look at some Asus monitors today and wasn’t all that impressed.

I can definirely wait for reviews of the new cards. Realistically I won’t be in a position to buy this for another month or so.

@netdps power option my not be reachable even with 24" 1440p screen due to that MSI only being £600 for pre-order , think the next cheapest Aorus currently instock is £650

as for 1440p 144hz g-sync - any you can get cheaply. haha there is the option though of Running Freesync 144Hz monitors... yes you dont get the sync tech but able to push the high rates etc

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus MG278Q ROG Dominator 27" 2560x1440 TN FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor -= £419.99
• 1 x AOC AGON AG271QX 27" 2560x1440 TN FREESYNC 144Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £428.99
• 1 x Asus MG279Q ROG 27" 2560x1440 IPS FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor= £449.99

Total: £1,314.87 (includes shipping: £15.90)​

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few do run freesync monitors with nvidia cards

 

[Quartz]

If you're thinking about a system based on a GTX 1080 Ti hold off until the RTX reviews are in as GTX prices should drop considerably.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

If you're thinking about a system based on a GTX 1080 Ti hold off until the RTX reviews are in as GTX prices should drop considerably.

ocuk dropped the RTX 2070 pricing and rmeoved it, was £570 odd. that's what will drop pricing of 1080ti. soon as results go live for 2080, guessing they'll sell out like Pascal did at launch and rise up due to demand =/

found out there will be low numbers of Turing cards at EGX, a day after the NDA lifts.. =(

prices have already crept up when Gigabyte and palit were at £715 then went to £760 etc

Nvidia are able to track stock from all major resellers... part of the parcel selling their cards

 

[timebomb26]

as for 1440p 144hz g-sync - any you can get cheaply.

few do run freesync monitors with nvidia cards

Even if I do end up going to the Nvidia route I think that the G-Sync stuff is too pricey. Hoping it will be a case of if you’ve never had it, you won’t miss it.

The AOC monitor looks nice. Again I saw a few of those the other day and they feel well built. You’d recommend going 1440p 27” over 1080p 24”? Just thinking about space really.

I move in to the new place next month so will be able to take a better look at things.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Even if I do end up going to the Nvidia route I think that the G-Sync stuff is too pricey. Hoping it will be a case of if you’ve never had it, you won’t miss it.

The AOC monitor looks nice. Again I saw a few of those the other day and they feel well built. You’d recommend going 1440p 27” over 1080p 24”? Just thinking about space really.

I move in to the new place next month so will be able to take a better look at things.

Tire, if you've never had sync tech wouldn't notice as much, but you will notice the difference of any monitor over 60hz when you drive 80+ FPS

I'd recommend 27" 1440p over 24" 1080p , pixels just become to small . And vise versa , 27" 1070p pixels are huge and you have to turn every filter setting to smooth out the pixels .

With gtx 1080ti you'd be looking at 1440p period . If you wanted 1080p the .you'd be looking at 200hz monitors and running it with Intel's clocked at 5ghz +

 

[timebomb26]

So after messing around a bit, I have put together the following. Mainly looking for feedback on the Mobo choice etc. Basically I liked the look of the wifi inclusion and it has solid reviews.

Also would be getting the black case, but OCUK don't have it. FYI will not be ordering from anyone in the UK as I live abroad.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case - White= £82.99
• 1 x Corsair RMx 750w 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (CP-9020179-UK)= £124.99
• 1 x Asus TUF H370-Pro Gaming (Wi-Fi) Intel H370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler= £19.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A26= £158.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM006)= £52.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £689.99

Total: £1,822.97 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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[orbitalwalsh]

shame its out of stock

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 WIFI Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £104.99

Total: £114.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)​

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also bare in mind h370 cant overclock the I7 K chip , though enable MCE and will run 4.7ghz all cores . though YOU'LL NEED A DAMN BETTER COOLER THEN THE TX3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grab antec 650w psu to save some cash as well

if going G-sync monitor, save up hard. you'll be at least wanting 165hz 1440p or 100hz ultra wide 1440p with a 1080ti

 

[lee32uk]

A few tweaks can get you a better board and cooler.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case - White= £82.99
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £158.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM006)= £52.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £79.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £649.99
• 1 x Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans= £84.95
• 1 x Asrock Z370 Taichi Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £197.99

Total: £1,800.97 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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[timebomb26]

Thanks guys for the tweaks and recommendation re mobo and CPU cooler.

 

[lee32uk]

Thanks guys for the tweaks and recommendation re mobo and CPU cooler.

No probs. There is a cheaper ASRock Z370 Extreme 4 if you want to save another £55. The Taichi in my spec is their higher end model. The Extreme 4 is still a good board.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asrock Z370 Extreme 4 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £142.99

Total: £153.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[timebomb26]

Thanks again everyone for the input. After some thought, and with the parts I have available to me, I think I have more or less settled on the following. Again constructive criticism welcome.

CPU: i7 8700
MOBO: ASUS TUF H370 - Pro Gaming Wi-Fi
GPU: GTX 1080Ti
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 250GB (m.2)
HDD: 2TB Seagate ST2000DM006
PSU: Corsair RM750x 750W
Optical drive: None
CPU Cooling: Schythe MarkII SCKTT-2000
Case: Antec P100 Black

The money saved dialing back from the 8700k overclocking option will be put towards a G-Sync Screen.

 

[Meritor]

Thanks again everyone for the input. After some thought, and with the parts I have available to me, I think I have more or less settled on the following. Again constructive criticism welcome.

CPU: i7 8700
MOBO: ASUS TUF H370 - Pro Gaming Wi-Fi
GPU: GTX 1080Ti
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 250GB (m.2)
HDD: 2TB Seagate ST2000DM006
PSU: Corsair RM750x 750W
Optical drive: None
CPU Cooling: Schythe MarkII SCKTT-2000
Case: Antec P100 Black

The money saved dialing back from the 8700k overclocking option will be put towards a G-Sync Screen.

With a 1080Ti on a 2560 x 1440 resolution would you notice enough of a frame rate drop in games to benefit from G-Sync?

Also PSU looks a little overkill to me (I’d need to check the parts) so you could possibly make a small saving there.

Finally, the CPU cooler could be swapped for something a little cheaper and you’ll not notice much if any difference (the Schythe is getting into water cooled solution pricing tbh and for a CPU that won’t OC, is it really needed??).

I am however a little out of touch with building (haven’t done anything this, or in the last generation) so I could be way wrong.

 

[timebomb26]

With a 1080Ti on a 2560 x 1440 resolution would you notice enough of a frame rate drop in games to benefit from G-Sync?

Also PSU looks a little overkill to me (I’d need to check the parts) so you could possibly make a small saving there.

Finally, the CPU cooler could be swapped for something a little cheaper and you’ll not notice much if any difference (the Schythe is getting into water cooled solution pricing tbh and for a CPU that won’t OC, is it really needed??).

I am however a little out of touch with building (haven’t done anything this, or in the last generation) so I could be way wrong.

My bank account would certainly be happy to hear I wouldn't need G-Sync as I could save myself a few hundred quid!

For the PSU the selection isn't great and the RM750x is the best price vs quality balance I can find. Next one down would likely be a Corsair CX650M.

The stock CPU cooler is a SCBYK-1000I. Reckon that would be fine with no OC?

 

[Resistance]

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