New PC spec check £2500

tom carver · 30 Jun 2017 at 15:57

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

Gibliotech · 30 Jun 2017 at 16:15

Spec is fine compatibility-wise but what would you actually be using the system for?

tom carver · 30 Jun 2017 at 17:42

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

EsaT · 30 Jun 2017 at 19:45

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.

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.

tom carver · 1 Jul 2017 at 00:41

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?

HoneyBadger · 3 Jul 2017 at 23:19

tom carver said:
Would the AMD be nvidea compatible?

Yup!

lee32uk · 4 Jul 2017 at 20:40

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

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

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Intel Core i7-7800X 3.5GHz (Skylake X / Basin Falls) Socket LGA2066 Processor - Retail= £379.99
1 x Gigabyte X299-Aorus Gaming 3 (Socket 2066) Intel X299 ATX Motherboard= £269.99

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:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
1 x Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £179.99

Total: £490.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)

XRoyalT · 11 Jul 2017 at 21:53

Thats an absolute beast of a budget! Just picturing the beast you could build with that! Go big on GPU's

ExoMale · 16 Jul 2017 at 04:29

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:

1 x 8Pack Approved - Elite Tier Ryzen 7 Asus Bundle: AMD 1700 @ 3.90GHz= £684.96
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1080Ti Turbo 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £668.99
1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD M2 2280 6Gbps 3D Nand Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD4)= £149.99
1 x Toshiba X300 6TB 7200RPM 128MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWE160EZSTA)= £179.99
1 x Asus PCE-AC88 Dual-Band AC3100 Wireless PCIe Adapter= £81.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (FQC-08789)= £189.95
1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £124.99
1 x Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 Midi Tower Case - Black= £139.99

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