New gaming rig

lamps · 16 Apr 2017 at 22:27

So i would like to upgrade my gaming rig, but a bit out of the loop on what to go for. Budget is £1,500

There's a few items from my old rig that i was hoping to carry over unless there's a strong need to upgrade. These are:
x2 Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gbs
Corsair TX750W Power Supply

Keyboard, mouse and monitor (1920x1200) are not needed, everything else is.

Thanks in advance.

keenan · 16 Apr 2017 at 22:33

Is it purely gaming or do you do any other work that might benifit from better multi threaded performance?

lamps · 16 Apr 2017 at 22:38

just gaming

Journey · 17 Apr 2017 at 22:30

So you are gaming at 1200p and not going 4K anytime soon? Do you care about flashy RGB crap, or just want something that works well?

lamps · 18 Apr 2017 at 19:10

It would be good if the build could handle 4k, would be a nice option to move into next but really depends on cost.

lamps · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:33

Thoughts on this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £359.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming K5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £174.95
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TDGED416G300= £119.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 D5X WindForce 3x 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080D5X-8GD)= £518.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Glass Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal= £129.95
1 x Corsair H100 RGB Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler OEM **OcUK Exclusive**= £90.95

Total: £1,394.82
(includes shipping: £0.00)

stulid · 19 Apr 2017 at 20:53

Looks like something i would suggest.

lamps · 19 Apr 2017 at 21:20

Any room for improvements or would the upgrades be very minimal?

stulid · 19 Apr 2017 at 21:30

Nope, I think you are about as good as it goes.

lee32uk · 20 Apr 2017 at 00:34

lamps said:
Thoughts on this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £359.99

1 x Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming K5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £174.95

1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TDGED416G300= £119.99

1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 D5X WindForce 3x 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080D5X-8GD)= £518.99

1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Glass Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal= £129.95

1 x Corsair H100 RGB Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler OEM **OcUK Exclusive**= £90.95

Total: £1,394.82
(includes shipping: £0.00)

If it was Me I would get the R7 1700 and save £40.

dudemiseter182 · 20 Apr 2017 at 04:23

Nice choice of case, haven't seen too many of those around.

lamps · 20 Apr 2017 at 18:21

Before i purchase would there be a noticable gain in buying the 1080ti over the 1080?

Plec · 20 Apr 2017 at 18:29

lamps said:
Before i purchase would there be a noticable gain in buying the 1080ti over the 1080?

Not at all 1200p but if you are considering 4k, sooner rather than later, then it would be worth considering the ti.

stulid · 20 Apr 2017 at 18:31

As above.

ExoMale · 20 Apr 2017 at 18:59

ever thought swapping your 2 x 250gb ssds for a single 500?

lamps · 20 Apr 2017 at 19:44

What SSD would you recommend Exo?

ExoMale · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:05

lamps said:
What SSD would you recommend Exo?

ive only had kingston v300 range in 120gb size and was good, so cant speak for others, but any of these should do you nicely.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x WD Blue 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G1B0A)= £158.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £179.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £209.99
1 x Kingston 960GB SSDNow UV400 SATA 3 2.5 (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/960G)= £259.99

Total: £818.86
(includes shipping: £9.90)

lamps · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:32

sorry this may be a really stupid question but do i need to purchase anything additional like thermal paste etc with the below?

lamps said:
Thoughts on this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £359.99

1 x Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming K5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £174.95

1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TDGED416G300= £119.99

1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 D5X WindForce 3x 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080D5X-8GD)= £518.99

1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Glass Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal= £129.95

1 x Corsair H100 RGB Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler OEM **OcUK Exclusive**= £90.95

Total: £1,394.82
(includes shipping: £0.00)

stulid · 20 Apr 2017 at 20:38

No, thermal comes pre-applied to the H100i.

SATA cables come with the board.

The PSU has the power cables+mains lead.

lamps · 22 Apr 2017 at 23:15

OK so I've just finished setting this all up and have installed windows without a problem. However now the computer just turns off randomly. The bios is reporting a cpu temp of 70! which I assume is the problem but I can't see anything wrong with the way the H100 is sitting on the cpu.. Any ideas?