Sold the 2nd PC build in November... Making a comeback..

arjgrundy · 6 May 2017 at 19:17

Hello

Expensive build I know..... opinions please. Haven't totally decided on a monitor yet.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asus ROG Strix Z270G Gaming Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £184.99
1 x Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £349.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro-ATX Glass Case - Gunmetal Grey= £114.95
1 x Super Flower Leadex II 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £109.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2B3200= £85.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW 2 ICX 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (08G-P4-6686-KR)= £539.99
1 x NZXT Kraken X52 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm= £139.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Chroma 5 Button USB Gaming Mouse 10000DPI - Black= £59.99
1 x Asus ROG Claymore Core 80% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red= £139.99
1 x Phanteks RGB LED Strip Starter Kit (PH-LEDKT_CMBO)= £13.99

Total: £1,739.86
(includes shipping: £0.00)

stulid · 6 May 2017 at 19:41

What are you using this for? how about a nice ryzen setup? did you need storage etc?

mickyflinn · 6 May 2017 at 20:00

Get 16gb of ram 3000mhz ram is good enough something like the Corsaie vengeance led.

arjgrundy · 6 May 2017 at 20:24

stulid said:
What are you using this for? how about a nice ryzen setup? did you need storage etc?

Stulid. Gaming pretty much always.... Storage not required as I have two SSD's from the previous build.
I've always been a Intel fan for donkeys years. Yes sad I know, 6 cores Vs 4 cores... Hmm.

mickyflinn said:
Get 16gb of ram 3000mhz ram is good enough something like the Corsaie vengeance led.

Micky, good shout and I do like the Corsair LED RAM. It's pricey, but i agree its a cracking design

stulid · 6 May 2017 at 20:29

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £368.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro-ATX Glass Case - Black= £114.95
1 x Asus ROG Claymore Core 80% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red= £139.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Chroma 5 Button USB Gaming Mouse 10000DPI - Black= £59.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £91.99
1 x Team Group Night Hawk LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red Light (THRD4= £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £719.99
1 x Antec EDGE 550w 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply= £74.99
1 x Corsair H100 RGB Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler OEM **OcUK Exclusive**= £94.99

Total: £1,800.57
(includes shipping: £14.70)

8cores/16 threads and a GTX1080ti.

arjgrundy · 6 May 2017 at 20:38

stulid said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700X 3.80GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £368.99

1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro-ATX Glass Case - Black= £114.95

1 x Asus ROG Claymore Core 80% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red= £139.99

1 x Razer DeathAdder Chroma 5 Button USB Gaming Mouse 10000DPI - Black= £59.99

1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £91.99

1 x Team Group Night Hawk LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red Light (THRD4= £119.99

1 x Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £719.99

1 x Antec EDGE 550w 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply= £74.99

1 x Corsair H100 RGB Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler OEM **OcUK Exclusive**= £94.99

Total: £1,800.57
(includes shipping: £14.70)

8cores/16 threads and a GTX1080ti.

Not a bad shout Stulid... better RAM than my choice too! Have you tried Ryzen, if so, what do you think?
Is 550w PSU powerful enough ?

mickyflinn · 6 May 2017 at 20:40

Will you be going SLI in the future ? Hence the bigger psu.

stulid · 6 May 2017 at 20:42

arjgrundy said:
Not a bad shout Stulid... better RAM than my choice too! Have you tried Ryzen, if so, what do you think?
Is 550w PSU powerful enough ?

I have tried Ryzen and thought it was fine, I have even had X99 and thought that was fine too, basically these cpus are so strong that even when they are behind the competition they are still making fantastic frame rates etc

The 550W PSU is enough for that single gpu based system, the board doesnt support SLI.

Look whats possible for under £1900,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro-ATX Glass Case - Black= £114.95
1 x Asus ROG Claymore Core 80% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Cherry MX Red= £139.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Chroma 5 Button USB Gaming Mouse 10000DPI - Black= £59.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £91.99
1 x Team Group Night Hawk LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red Light (THRD4= £119.99
1 x Antec EDGE 550w 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply= £74.99
1 x Corsair H100 RGB Extreme Performance Liquid Cooler OEM **OcUK Exclusive**= £94.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99
1 x AOC AGON AG241QG 24" 2560 x 1440 TN G-Sync 165Hz Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black/Red= £389.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming RGB 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8= £539.99

Total: £1,868.96
(includes shipping: £23.10)

A nice monitor, or for £200 more the 27" IPS version - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoc-...descreen-led-monitor-black-red-mo-046-ao.html

arjgrundy · 6 May 2017 at 20:43

mickyflinn said:
Will you be going SLI in the future ? Hence the bigger psu.

No won't be going SLI but i read that the PSU needs to be over 600 watts if you were overclocking + adding a poweful GFX card. I stand to be corrected

arjgrundy · 6 May 2017 at 20:44

stulid said:
I have tried Ryzen and thought it was fine, I have even had X99 and thought that was fine too, basically these cpus are so strong that even when they are behind the competition they are still making fantastic frame rates etc

The 550W PSU is enough for that single gpu based system, the board doesnt support SLI.

Much appreciated. As i mentioned, I am open to ideas and your input is great to see a different perspective. More "bang for my buck" as they say! I did like the NZXT cooler simply for the look of it but i can see that cooler (X52) doesn't support that socket for Ryzen.

stulid · 6 May 2017 at 20:45

Added another spec above, so many possibilities.

mickyflinn · 6 May 2017 at 21:36

The psu you choose is a good price so will give you that option to add a second card in the future.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-review,8.html

GeForce GTX 1070 / 1080 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 600 Watts power supply unit.
GeForce GTX 1070 / 1080 SLI - On your average system the cards require you to have a 850~900 Watts power supply unit.

arjgrundy · 7 May 2017 at 10:06

Thanks for the comments. I'll do some more research into the parts.

arjgrundy · 20 May 2017 at 13:32

Well, thats the order in for a delivery tomorrow. After careful consideration and advice from Stulid in the above comments, I have gone ahead with Ryzen and a AOC monitor. (Same as the one you ordered Stulid)

Thank you for everyone for their help. Fingers crossed I will not be disappointed!

arjgrundy · 22 May 2017 at 19:56

Finished product

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/ryzen-pleasure.18780568/#post-30809702