New Rig for £600

[Pipster2797]

Looking at a new rig for gaming and looking to play the likes GTA V, Far Cry, Crysis 3 and Battlefield 1 when it comes out among other latest heavy graphic games as well as Football Manager 2016 and other RTS. Looking to play at 1080p with the possibility of upgrading to 4K in the future, if it is possible. The next year or 2 will just be 1080p. So with this in mind I was thinking of either the skylake i5 6600K or the i7 6700k. I'm also looking at 16gb of ram and a 120gb or 240gb SSD depended on the price of both. I'm not bothered about the graphics card at the moment as waiting to see prices drop with the release of the 1080 and 1070 cards, so graphics cards aren't a concern within the max £600 budget.

From my current setup I can save the 3TB hard drive and currently have an R7 250 2gb graphics card that I can use until deciding on a new card.

I don't need windows, monitor, keyboard, mouse and currently have a Corsair CX750 watt power supply and lastly this case an Antec One Midi Tower

The rest of the setup isn't worth saving as just a celeron cpu as the system was just for using xbmc and that was all

So the main parts I'm looking for within the £600 budget are

• CPU either i5 or i7 skylake
• Cooling for CPU
• Motherboard
• 16GB of Ram with options to upgrade to 32GB later on
• 120gb or 240gb SSD

Plus anything else if anyone can think of it?? Any help with a system or advice would be very welcome

 

[Pipster2797]

Been looking about and I was maybe thinking of this, which is under budget and leaves me £150 under budget to add towards the graphics card or maybe even add in a steering wheel like the T150 to play Project Cars on the PC or even PS4.

Just not sure if the difference between the i5 and the i7 is justified for what I will use it for?


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £293.98
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24= £59.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £70.99

Total: £454.95
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[mickyflinn]

I would remove the link and name of competitors of Overclockers as its against the forum rules.

The case has a maximum cpu cooler hieght of 155mm the coolermaster is 159mm so wont fit.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black= £42.95

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[Pipster2797]

Ok Thanks. link removed. Couldnt find the case on Overclockers???

Any suggestions on a cooler then?

 

[mickyflinn]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £24.95

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[Pipster2797]

Thanks, would it be sufficient if the cpu is overclocked?

 

[flowrider99]

I can not praise the bequiet coolers enough, i have 2 and they are silent.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm= £26.99

Total: £33.01
(includes shipping: £6.02)
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[Pipster2797]

Quieter the better, my only worry is will they be adequate for overclocking the i5 to 4.5ghz?

 

[mickyflinn]

You could change your case and go with your original cooler.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Antec GX500 Midi-Tower - Black= £39.95

Total: £50.45
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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[Pipster2797]

I do like that case.

So if I went for that and the first cooler (Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99), would that be a better option for cooling the i5 6600k if it is overclocked or is there anything better that I should consider?