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Stretlow

Stretlow

Stretlow

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Hi.

I'm looking to build my first PC in about 15 years :eek:

I'm making a lot of assumptions that I should still be able to pull this off with the limited knowledge I have.

Earlier in the year I purchased a hard drive and a Corsair case (not got the models to hand but can get them later if needed) and I already have a monitor.

I'm kind of ruing my decision not to just buy an overclockers bundle to fit my budget and get the warranty etc (and it built for me) but i'm already part in now so not sure what to do.

So other than the three items above, I need to purchase the lot. (no software)

Budget is about £700-£1000

Could anyone please offer some advice

Many thanks in advance

Stret
 
mickyflinn said:
Heres a starting point , the 6600k can be overclocked and the gtx 1060 is good for 1080p gaming. There are lots of scope with your budget but witch end of the budget wdo you want to be ?

What case model and hard drive please ? and monitor res.

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Hi Micky

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

I have a scandisk x110 ssd hard drive, could i use that and substitute the sammy for a case and get the OC guys to build it do you think.

I'm considering ditching the idea of building it for convenience.. although not ruling it out

edit. Case is corsair spec 03

Monitor is 1080p but am considering getting 1440
 
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mickyflinn said:
You could get a new case and ask overclcokers to build it, lets put something together and then you can post it in the Customer service part of the forum for a quote on the build.

If your going 1440p the 1060 will cope but you may wanna stretch to a 1070

Want to pick a case ? And thoughts please.
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whats the price difference between the 1060 and 1070?

not massively fussy on the case if i'm honest. I just liked the look of the Spec 03.

That SSD i have will be ok in that build wont it (could always upgrade it later)

if i did do it myself in my case and dropped the hard drive then that would take it to just over £750 which is great.....
 
mickyflinn said:
Build it yourself, your ssd will be fine as for the 1070 there another £130+ for the cheapest. You could get a cheaper power supply as well to save money but this is non modular.

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Forgive my ignorance on this, its been a while, non modular is where the cables are fixed no?

What is the downside to this?

I'm leaning again on doing it myself, could you please link me up to the 1070 i cant seem to find it.

Thanks again for the help
 
OK so i think i'm going to go with the 1060 and the non modular psu (not that bothered about the cables)

Just to put into context this will be used for standard day to day stuff but the kids play sim games (the sims, sim city) and the lad plays stuff like civilization. (maybe a bit more if given the chance)

I suppose i'm just looking for something i'll get a few years from...

unless the above comments warrant more consideration i reckon ill pull the trigger..

Final thoughts?

again really appreciate the help pal
 
mickyflinn said:
I have leaned towards an overclocking build hence the aftermarket cooler and cpu motherboard combo so there is savings to be had.

Ditch the cpu cooler get a cheaper i5 and motherboard, the motherboard board is not as feature rich hence the pirice.

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Do you reckon the usage I quoted above, doesn't warrant the other spec?

I'm all for a bit of saving where needed but don't mind shelling a bit more if it's going to "struggle'
 
mickyflinn said:
It wont struggle with the 6500 and cheaper board the other option its about overclcoking and feature rich boards.

You will be good to go for a few years.

6500 and gtx 1060 is a great choice imo with what you have said.

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That's an absolutely belting price, much less than I had envisioned.

Think I'll go on that.

Thank you
 
 
mickyflinn said:
The 6500 comes with the stock intel cooler, it can get a little noisy under load but no need for the cooler i specced a cheaper one will do.

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You're a gent mate. Thanks

Been buzzing all day today at the thought of getting this built. Like i said its about 15 years since I put one together.

Appreciate all the help on the thread.. Thanks chaps
 
So bought everything exceeeeept... Bottled out of the graphics card last minute (everything else coming today)

I'm now considering keeping my 1080p monitor and dropping back down to the 1060, from what you have said above this is a very capable card in itself.

One question i have though is there's tons of different brands and most can be bought at a similar price if you shop around.

If I was going to go for a 1060 what would be the best brands to be looking at?

Thanks in advance
 
mickyflinn said:
Brilliant, as for the 1060 i think this is a cracking value gpu.

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Take a look at this article

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs 6GB review

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-3gb-vs-6gb-review
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I've been reading about both the 1060 and 1070 today.

I understand that there are differences in out of the box click speeds but other than that I'm not sure what else you should be looking for between brands ..

I was actually looking at this one


https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-30b-ea.html

But not sure what justifys the extra price... Any help?
 
mickyflinn said:
EVGA has the best customer support and has 3 years warranty over the 2 years for the card KFA2 but im a very budget oriented, Its a tuff call but its your call.
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Forgetting budget and aftercare can you see any justification for getting the evga over the kfa2? Reliability etc?

It's the same for the 1070 quite price difference between the two. ( I still haven't ruled out the 1070 yet)
 
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