Hi all, I do have an old account somewhere here but I have lost my login details! Not that it matters I suppose. Anyway, could a few of you be so kind to take a look at the following build and let me know what you think. Planning on ordering in a few weeks.
Brief background: The first PC I put together had a Q6600 (G0 stepping thank you very much, spent most of its life at 3.4 or 3.6) and 8800GTX. This has had multiple upgrades over the years: a new PSU, extra HDDs more RAM and two new graphics cards. A few months ago my latest GPU died and whilst everything else still works I think it is time to retire my Q6600.
I'm aiming to get 1080 at well over 60 fps and sometimes game in 3D, I plan to get a 1440 (4K may not be affordable any time soon) possibly ultrawide monitor eventually.
My budget is around £1000, actually a bit less but I am hoping for some good deals in a few weeks (black Friday etc.) and will be keeping an eye on the this week only page.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,080.98
(includes shipping: £14.10)
Is 2x4 GB RAM okay or go for 1x8 GB short term? Same price but allows a higher total in the future.
Thoughts about the PSU, I have a Blu-Ray player and several HDDs already I plan to re-use and will OC at some point. Will 650W be okay?
I am hoping this set up will be quite quiet mainly when watching films/TV.
Have I missed anything or not considered something I should have?
Thanks in advance!
Brief background: The first PC I put together had a Q6600 (G0 stepping thank you very much, spent most of its life at 3.4 or 3.6) and 8800GTX. This has had multiple upgrades over the years: a new PSU, extra HDDs more RAM and two new graphics cards. A few months ago my latest GPU died and whilst everything else still works I think it is time to retire my Q6600.
I'm aiming to get 1080 at well over 60 fps and sometimes game in 3D, I plan to get a 1440 (4K may not be affordable any time soon) possibly ultrawide monitor eventually.
My budget is around £1000, actually a bit less but I am hoping for some good deals in a few weeks (black Friday etc.) and will be keeping an eye on the this week only page.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Blackout Edition Window= £94.99
- 1 x Asus Z170-A Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £116.99
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2400= £47.99
- 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99
- 1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390X 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390X 8GBD5-PPDHE)= £319.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £215.99
- 1 x Noctua NH-U14S Ultra-Quiet Slim CPU Cooler with NF-A15 Fan= £62.99
- 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
Total: £1,080.98
(includes shipping: £14.10)
Thoughts about the PSU, I have a Blu-Ray player and several HDDs already I plan to re-use and will OC at some point. Will 650W be okay?
I am hoping this set up will be quite quiet mainly when watching films/TV.
Have I missed anything or not considered something I should have?
Thanks in advance!
