New build help required

Dervish

Dervish

Dervish

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I posted before regarding help with a build i am just wanting to change a few things up.

My budget ideally will be £1300 i will want it to handle most current gen games on high settings running at 1080 with minimum 60fps for most games.
I have my eyes on a 144hz monitor.

Thanks in advance.
 
dont know if monitor was included in budget, but gone over a little to include one, no windows as it can be found cheaper or can be included if monitor wasnt required.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,338.87 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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Cheers for the reply just a quick question how does the 1060 handle current games and will i be able keep the gpu for say a year and a half to 2 years before upgrading it?
 
Dervish said:
1060 handle current games
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absolutely fine for 1080p gaming
Dervish said:
gpu for say a year and a half to 2 years before upgrading it
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yes, of course for future games you'll have to turn the settings down a bit. but not a big issue really.
@Dervish , this:
ExoMale said:
1 x Acer Predator GN246HLBBID 24" 1920x1080 TN 144Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen Monitor= £199.99
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good monitor for the price - esp it's a 144hz panel. the 1060 won't run it at full tilt, but, good choice.
 
Also probably a daft question but is there anyway i can take the recommended build straight to my basket without adding each item individually.
 
an alternative spec:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,304.95 (includes shipping: £18.12)​
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I was told go Intel over AMD but the the person who gave me said advice hasnt really bought much hardware for the past 3 years so maybe things have changed since then.
 
in comparison to @ExoMale 's spec
  • lose the intel 8700k platform - which is arguably the best performing cpu today, for the amd 1600 - which is arguably the best bang-for-buck cpu/platform today
  • for the price difference, you get a better GPU - 1070 vs 1060 - which is approx 30-40% better in comparison and will therefore last longer and keep the 144hz panel honest.
  • slightly cheaper PSU, but it's based on CWT PUQ platform (a slightly older design, but really isn't bargain basement)
  • 500gb samsung SSD a better performing, larger sized, (and arguably more reliable) SSD
  • exo's 8700k build is ITX, so the footprint is slightly smaller in comparison to my MATX build. (but if it matters, mine has RGB lighting :p)
the trade off is that my build offers performance where it counts now, whereas the 8700k in exo's build offers slightly greater flexibility for upgrade in the future (owing to its more powerful processor)
 
Yeah this has been such a ballache trying to decide what to get for the past few weeks as this will be my first pc, from console gaming. But i like the sound of having thr 1070 in favour of the AMD.
 
@Dervish it depends on how likely you are to upgrade the gpu within the next 2 years.
if you definitely will, then get the intel build - as the first thing to get upgraded is usually the GPU.
but if you're thinking that you'll only upgrade 3-4 years down the line, then the 1600+1070 build will have longer legs imo.
of course these are opinions only, so anybody please feel free to disagree
 
also, one thing i forgot to mention if you're going with the intel build is that intel does not give a stock heatsink with their -k cpu. so you'll need to budget for that as well. ( @ExoMale and @Dervish )
@Dervish whereas amd stock heatsinks are pretty good and decent enough for a slight overclock
 
I like the idea of the 1070 AMD plus i imagine i will be playing a lot of older games. Dragon age, masd effect pubg and overwatch so should suffice i imagine.
 
@Dervish either spec will suit you fine. also re: PUBG, it's incredibly unoptimised at the moment: see https://www.pcgamer.com/best-pubg-settings/ for benchmarks.
PUBG is currently less optimised for ryzen 1600. but either way a 1600+1070 will run it fine (avg fps stil gonna be >60fps at 1080p/ultra)

no, unfortunately. will come in components. have a friend willing to help?
pc building is not so difficult - lots of youtube guides around.
(it's the troubleshooting if it doesn't work that is the main problem - but if you have someone computer hardware savvy then that's less of an issue)
 
Aye i cant say i am totally confident in building i am not the most hands on savvy guy, it may be back to the drawing board and find something prebuilt.
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Tanto Micro ATX Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1400 system @ 3.60GHz = £1,107.92
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Memory:Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G30
    • Case:Zalman T2 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics Card:Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • 1 x LG 24MP59G 24” 1920x1080 IPS 1ms 75Hz Freesync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £149.99
Total: £1,281.01 (includes shipping: £23.10)
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prebuilt. windows included.
cheaper monitor, but still a 75hz panel. also has IPS panel (rather than TN panel for the 144hz monitor) for better image quality
lose the 1070 for the 1060 though, unfortunately :(

i didnt like the look of the case, so the one specced is actually this case:
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it's a pretty basic case, and doesn't quite lend itself to upgrading particulary well, unfortunately
 
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