Review £1000 Gaming Rig

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Hi Guys,

Both my Laptop and PC have finally kicked the bucket after years of service and I need to something to replace it.

I'e been considering the following ATX build. Anyone any recommendations for improvements without going over £1000 or thoughts on the build?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £59.99
• 1 x Asus Z170-E Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £113.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/16= £68.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - White (CC-9011069-WW)= £79.99
• 1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK)= £66.95
• 1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black= £38.99

Total: £1,077.86
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Thanks for the advice Stulid!

 

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Thanks Tyler.

I just recalled I've an Ubuntu Server kick around with an old Win7 key that i can use.

Any particular brand you would recommend for a 390x? Something that hopefully doesnt have a noisy fan or likely to overhead. I was thinking of the following

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x XFX Radeon R9 390X "DD Black Edition" 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-390X-8DB6)= £319.99

Total: £329.89
(includes shipping: £9.90)
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I think I've settled on the following build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £59.99
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 "Hall of Fame Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £319.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply - Gunmetal= £66.95
• 1 x DEFCON 2s - MSI Z170A KRAIT - Configurable Overclocked Skylake Bundle = £457.92
  • Processor:Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
  • Memory:Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/16
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - White= £74.99

Total: £1,048.83
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Cheers Stulid and thanks for all your help.

I'm gonna go ahead and order the components in the morning.