New Build Time.. Opinion and help needed! (£1500-£1700)

[BlueLipBill]

Hi Guys

So I have had my current build of pc now for perhaps just over 5 years and I am looking at getting myself a new system. The advancement of pc hardware in the last few years and the higher recommended spec of latest AAA games has really left my current system in the dust!

I am a 3D modeller so i tend to use my home computer for not only gaming but the occasional 3D portfolio work along with using software like 3DStudio Max and Substance Painter and photoshop and also the latest games engines such as Unreal Engine 4 and Unity so i need something that packs a punch for the budget i have.

I require no Monitor,Keyboard and Mouse etc my budget is just for the tower only! (No OS needed too)

Specifically i would like to have an Intel and Nvidia based system with a GTX 1080 and one of the new six core intel i7 cpu's. I have had a little look myself and built a system however i am asking for some opinions on the build and also some recommendations from you guys so i can see what you can come up with, with the budget!

Heres the build i have picked out...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-7800X 3.5GHz (Skylake X / Basin Falls) Socket LGA2066 Processor - Retail= £329.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler = £89.99
  • AM4 Bracket:Unwanted
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £89.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010 Previously ST1000DM003)= £40.99
• 1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW)= £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK)= £95.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 WindfForce 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD)= £518.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X299-UD4 (Socket 2066) Intel X299 ATX Motherboard= £239.99

Total: £1,710.61
(includes shipping: £14.70)



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[BlueLipBill]

Quad channel memory is what you should go for and faster, 3000mhz, psu get a better one 650w should be adequate. Such a high end system should get an m2 drive if affordable.

Thanks for the response Micky! I did look at getting Quad Channel Ram and better speeds but its just a tad bit expensive and would push me over my budget by like an extra hundred Quid! as for the PSU and the M2 drive i would love to go for them things but again its just the budget! I have been out the game a while so Im quite oblivious to some things i.e whats best basically!

 

[BlueLipBill]

Ahhhhh 3DS, bring back memories , never did Unreal engine 4 but 3. Great fun and times

If your doing rendering and if so, more via GPU then Ti hands down
Would personally push coffee lake for it speed and dual channel .
Board and GPU is solid on a budget, Windforce is same PCB as G1 but slower speeds - but OC the same
And Gigabyte support is excellent in the forum as well as via OCUK RMA

thanks orbital! i will definitely consider what you have mentioned! i did look at the i7-8700k Coffee Lake cpu but they seem to be very high in demand at the moment and seem to get snapped up instantly! although theres nothing stopping me putting one in my build and just waiting and extra few days on delivery time!

 

[BlueLipBill]

Done a bit of rejigging.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X299-UD4 (Socket 2066) Intel X299 ATX Motherboard= £239.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler = £89.99
  • AM4 Bracket:Unwanted
• 1 x Intel Core i7-7800X 3.5GHz (Skylake X / Basin Falls) Socket LGA2066 Processor - Retail= £329.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £94.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010 Previously ST1000DM003)= £40.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £84.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £149.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P10800C-10P)= £518.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99

Total: £1,669.87
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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Ahh micky that looks great! looks like you've managed to fit that m2 drive in there! and also saved me a bit of cash on that psu side of things! i notice both the 1080's are the same in price, is there any difference in performance between the two?

 

[BlueLipBill]

The psu has a 10 year warranty and is Seasonoc the best psu's, changed the case but it an awesome case, the Zotac has a 5 year warranty and if purchased from Overclockers they will help if needed.

The zotac does have a splash of yellow on the backplate( if that bothers you), take a look at the pics.

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Cases-and-Cooling/Seasonic-FOCUS-PLUS-Gold-FX-650W-PSU-Review

yeah I've just had a little browse through, it looks good! i forgot with all this new hardware these days that there not as power hungry and Don't need big huge power supplies to power it all! Case looks really neat with lots of space for cable management etc! cracking find! Also with the zotac card it has a higher core clock and boost clock than the Gigabyte card as for the colour I'm not too fussed pretty much all of the components are all black so it should look good!

Thanks Micky!

 

[BlueLipBill]

Something like this, with more optimisations, btw too much money go for the case:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus TUF X299 Mark2 (Socket 2066) Intel X299 ATX Motherboard= £229.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-7800X 3.5GHz (Skylake X / Basin Falls) Socket LGA2066 Processor - Retail= £329.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler = £89.99
  • AM4 Bracket:Unwanted
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit (HX430C15PB3K4/16)= £209.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £499.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST3000DM008 )= £77.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £94.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £84.95

Total: £1,752.57
(includes shipping: £14.70)



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Looks good! you guys have definitely given me food for thought here! I assume a system along these lines would be able to run games in 4k with no problems? also thinking about getting a htc vive after xmas this build should be more than suitable for that kinda stuff right?

 

[BlueLipBill]

I7 8700k thinking , overclock the ram to 3800hz

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £188.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £136.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £94.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 WindfForce 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD)= £518.99
• 1 x Super Flower Platinum King 550W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £59.99
• 1 x WD Blue 500GB M.2 SSD + 2TB HDD Bundle= £201.95
• 2 x ID-Cooling Auraflow RGB Watercooling Unit - 240mm= £72.95

Total: £1,761.49
(includes shipping: £14.70)



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I have heavily considered the 8700k, just wonder how long ill be waiting on my system if i do order one in my build! this build looks good though! thanks orbital!

 

[BlueLipBill]

BluelipBill just realised your in my neck of the woods.

Oh nice! coventry lad yourself? or from around the west midlands/Warwickshire area?

 

[BlueLipBill]

So i have looked through various benchmarks and things for the cpu and have had a look through all the posts and tried to pick and chose certain components from all the posts. this is what i have.. what do you guys think?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Z370-Plus Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £139.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P10800C-10P)= £518.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £94.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010 Previously ST1000DM003)= £40.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £84.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler = £89.99
  • AM4 Bracket:Unwanted
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit (HX430C15PB3K4/16)= £209.99

Total: £1,698.87
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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[BlueLipBill]

4 sticks of ram causes greater stress on the CPU, you can get 2x8GB of 8 Pack 3200 ram which can clock up to 4000hz

ahhh ok, do you recommend any specific ram?

 

[BlueLipBill]

ignore me, ive just added these to my basket!

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08l-tg.html

brings the total to £1,677.81

not to bad if you ask me!

 

[BlueLipBill]

Team group and G.skill is highly rated - specially for the RGB looks

Not sure if @8 Pack has tested his ram in the z370 Tuf ? I know he's done a few Asus and Gigabyte boards along with Asrock

Ahh i see what you meant! Heres how my build is currently looking i removed the old ram and put in some team group ram.. here it is!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £398.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Z370-Plus Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £139.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P10800C-10P)= £518.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £94.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010 Previously ST1000DM003)= £40.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £84.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler = £89.99
  • AM4 Bracket:Unwanted
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £188.99

Total: £1,677.87
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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[BlueLipBill]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-blue-500gb-m.2-ssd-1tb-hdd-bundle-bu-01p-wd.html

If you don't mind having standard SSD but 500GB. Not sure if singular components could be made for cheaper then this combo .
Least you can have 3 or 4 games on it, considering now games average 40GB

Yeah that combo looks good! pretty good bang for your buck and yeah game sizes are getting huge these days! removing the HDD and M2 drive from my basket and adding that combo bumps the total price up to £1,700.84