New Build/Refresh Advice

Stoatmaster

Stoatmaster

Stoatmaster

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Been a while since I posted here, and it looks like I've lost my old account! Regardless, decided to possibly refresh the current build I cobbled together to see what VR was like. (Bought a Rift, and now I'm sold) Have been out of PC gaming for approx. 5 years, so a lot of this is now new to me again.

Anyway, I have a number of components already so I really only need to change the MB/CPU/GPU/RAM/Case.

Picked these out, would appreciate your feedback;

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Armor 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
Asus ROG Strix B360-F Gaming Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £119.99
Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM £349.99
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30 £128.99
Corsair Carbide 270R Mid Tower Case - Black Window (CC-9011105-WW) £61.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Cooler £26.99

Looking to keep it as close to a grand as possible really. I think the above should be a decent spec without breaking the bank.

In regards to what I am currently running, it's a repurposed Dell 990 I7, 16GB DDR3, and 970 GTX. Served its purpose, so looking for the next step. (I mainly do sim racing)

Thanks!
 
Stoatmaster said:
Been a while since I posted here, and it looks like I've lost my old account! Regardless, decided to possibly refresh the current build I cobbled together to see what VR was like. (Bought a Rift, and now I'm sold) Have been out of PC gaming for approx. 5 years, so a lot of this is now new to me again.

Anyway, I have a number of components already so I really only need to change the MB/CPU/GPU/RAM/Case.

Picked these out, would appreciate your feedback;

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Armor 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
Asus ROG Strix B360-F Gaming Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £119.99
Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM £349.99
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30 £128.99
Corsair Carbide 270R Mid Tower Case - Black Window (CC-9011105-WW) £61.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Cooler £26.99

Looking to keep it as close to a grand as possible really. I think the above should be a decent spec without breaking the bank.

In regards to what I am currently running, it's a repurposed Dell 990 I7, 16GB DDR3, and 970 GTX. Served its purpose, so looking for the next step. (I mainly do sim racing)

Thanks!
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nice step with corsair. rep on here as well as UK RMA and they just replace faulty units with brand new.

with asus and B360 Board, you want Z390 due to being able to overclockt hat CPU. gigabyte/aorus have best in class/price boards and UK RMA/rep support.

also that cooler will NOT COOL that chip!
 
Thanks, I'll take a look at the Z390 boards.

In regards to the coolers, I did notice there is a decent selection of the AIO cooling kits. Will they be up to the job without strapping on ridiculous amounts of fans onto the rads?
 
Stoatmaster said:
Thanks, I'll take a look at the Z390 boards.

In regards to the coolers, I did notice there is a decent selection of the AIO cooling kits. Will they be up to the job without strapping on ridiculous amounts of fans onto the rads?
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if you can afford to push rtx 2070 then great , if not Vega 64 for £400 is worth a look into

not sure what your PSU unit is but guessing its old, out of warranty and non branded if coming from a dell unit?


DE
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,187.53 (includes shipping: £12.60)


ryzen, cpu weaker, Vega 64 stronger then RTX 2060 at higher resolutions

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,000.50 (includes shipping: £12.60)


up to MSI B450 AC for wifi if you've got the extra £35​
 
Hi thanks for that, I will take a looksie.

Fortunately the PSU is a decent Corsair 670W unit so I will bring that across to the new system along with the SSD's.
 
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