New PC spec check £2500

tom carver

tom carver

tom carver

Associate
Joined
24 Jun 2017
Posts
31
Hi all,
just wanting a spec check and whether the build would be possible or if should change anything.
Thanks

Case - Coolmaster mastercase pro 5
Motherboard - Asus X99-A ll
Processor - Intel i7 6850k
Memory - Corsair Vengeance 32GB 4x8GB 2400MHz
Graphics - OcUK Geforce GTX1080ti Blower Edition
Cooler - Alpenfohn Matterhorn
Storage - Samsung 250GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 6Gb/s 64MB cache
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 6Gb/s 64MB cache
Optical Drive - LG Blu-ray writer
Power - Super Flower Leadex ll 850W 80 plus gold
Network - Asus PCE-AC88 Dual Band AC3100
O/S - Windows 10
 
Making films and editing, creating music and having it as a base for recording and gaming.
Basically I'm after a machine that will last a fair few years before needs upgrading without going crazy money hence the £2500 budget.
I'll be using it for work purposes films/music (lots of processing and editing and mixing) as well as my down time with gaming (Total War, CS, HL, Doom, Quake etc)
I have thought about downgrading a few things like 16GB Ram instead of 32GB and a gtx1080 instead of the 1080ti as well as dropping a HDD down to just 2TB instead of 2x2TB but then I think it will probably save me very little money for a years time to be upgrading the Ram and GPU and buy a external HDD so is it worth not buying the better bits to save time and hassle later on
 
tom carver said:
Making films and editing, creating music and having it as a base for recording and gaming.
Basically I'm after a machine that will last a fair few years before needs upgrading without going crazy money hence the £2500 budget.
Click to expand...
For that AMD gives lot better "bang for buck" including also better upgrading possibilities because of not chancing socket every year.
(besides that X99 already being old platform)

Already desktop platform Ryzen gives 8 cores/16 thread and in couple weeks coming high end desktop/workstation platform Threadripper goes up to 16 cores/32 threads.
 
Would the AMD be nvidea compatible? I have had Radeon in the past with results nowhere near as good as nvidea so my faith stands with them.
What Motherboards and Processors would you be recommending as alternatives being as I'v only ever used Intel.
I would like the option of upgrading to SLI at some stage in the future once my needs go beyond only 1 1080ti.
Would 16GB ram be worth downgrading too or would the 32GB ram be the right choice with AMD?
 
tom carver said:
Hi all,
just wanting a spec check and whether the build would be possible or if should change anything.
Thanks

Case - Coolmaster mastercase pro 5
Motherboard - Asus X99-A ll
Processor - Intel i7 6850k
Memory - Corsair Vengeance 32GB 4x8GB 2400MHz
Graphics - OcUK Geforce GTX1080ti Blower Edition
Cooler - Alpenfohn Matterhorn
Storage - Samsung 250GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 6Gb/s 64MB cache
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm 6Gb/s 64MB cache
Optical Drive - LG Blu-ray writer
Power - Super Flower Leadex ll 850W 80 plus gold
Network - Asus PCE-AC88 Dual Band AC3100
O/S - Windows 10
Click to expand...


If you want an Intel system then go with the newer X299 platform.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £660.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)




​




As mentioned above, Ryzen is better value for money as you can get an 8 core cpu for less than the 6 core Intel one.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £490.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)



​
 
Win 10 pro might offers suitable features your needs could benefit from and the motherboard supports 4 ram slots and plenty more of budget left to add another 16gb. M.2 style ssd and double the storage, who gave 2 x 2Tb drives when you got enough budger for a single 4TB, so 6TB should be plenty.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,234.91
(includes shipping: £14.10)



​
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom