Spec advise on new PC ~£3600 budget

xsistor · 8 Jan 2017 at 21:34

Hi guys,

Looking for input on a new PC. Will be using it for work, gaming, Netflix. Total budget is around £3600. I'll be getting a Geforce Titan X (Pascal) off NVIDIA and a monitor so around ~£1900 as a budget works here:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Creative Inspire A550 5.1 Speaker System - (51MF4120AA004)= £54.95
1 x Samsung SM961 Polaris 1TB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £389.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova P2 850W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply= £149.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £89.99
1 x 8Pack Elite Z270 - Intel Core i7 7700k @ 5.00Ghz - Overclocked Kabylake Bundle = £1,226.82
- Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX4M2B3
- CPU Cooler:Asetek 570LX 240mm High Performance CPU Cooler - 115X

Total: £1,925.84
(includes shipping: £14.10)

borley · 8 Jan 2017 at 22:50

i dont know how much for the i7 7700k but for that sort of money id want that cpu

Benjamham · 8 Jan 2017 at 23:35

I would highly recommend a 21:9 monitor for those things mentioned. The titan will be able to hit some damn impressive fps at 3440x1440 and the horizontal pixels gained really add to the feel of the game, and also can be great for extra work space. Not to mention the better experience for films in a cinematic aspect ratio!

lee32uk · 9 Jan 2017 at 02:37

I wouldn't bother with a sound card. On board is very good these days.

Also Phanteks Enthoo Pro > 450D imo.

You can run that setup with a lower wattage psu unless you are planning on SLI ? Even then a 750W would be fine.

I would also go with an i7 for longevity.

a66as · 9 Jan 2017 at 11:32

Do you really need a 1tb m.2 mate?

personally I would get a 512gb m.2 and then get some sata 6 ssd for games.

For that kind of money get an i7 7700k . You can build a beast including monitor for around 3k. The money you put down is sli terittory

IvanDobskey · 9 Jan 2017 at 12:25

£3600 for an i5 system?? The mind boggles.

For that sort of money I'd want a hex core cpu minimum.

But then i think that's way too much to spend on a pc anyway

WantoN · 9 Jan 2017 at 13:17

Agreed with above. Get an i7, and a 1tb m.2 is a weird choice. I'd get a smaller OS m.2 and then additional Sata SSDs or HDDs for data.

For that cash could you consider 1080sli, or even Titan SLI if you were a little more sensible with some parts.

An external amp will be better for sound if you're into into high quality cans. If you're getting the sound card just because, save your cash; onboard, especially on high end mobos, is excellent.
Also, just curiosity really, what will you use the blu ray drive for? I've not used one for years and then I prefer an external on for a cleaner pc.

Cromulent · 9 Jan 2017 at 13:47

For £3,600 I'd expect to get an X99 system not an i5. That is crazy. You could get an 8 core / 16 thread CPU system for that price if you did some more work on your specifications.

xsistor · 9 Jan 2017 at 17:26

Yes sorry, meant to do i7 7700k. That was a mistake. Anything else?

Are you sure the the onboard sound is as good as a Creative Zx?

mattyfez · 9 Jan 2017 at 18:22

xsistor said:
Yes sorry, meant to do i7 7700k. That was a mistake. Anything else?

Are you sure the the onboard sound is as good as a Creative Zx?

I'd suck it and see, you can always throw in a sound card afterwards if you feel the on-board audio is lacking.

xsistor · 9 Jan 2017 at 19:47

Thanks for the feedback fellas. I've edited my original post:

removed the sound card and the BD-Drive
upgraded the CPU/Cooler/etc. bundle.
Changed the case to the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass.
Also removed the monitor from this. I'll worry about that later.

My thinking around the sound card was also for noise cancellation. I like to use a normal mic and my speakers rather than headsets. I find headsets to be very uncomfortable and thought the beam forming feature would help block out ambient sounds. How is the onboard for this?

gary996 · 9 Jan 2017 at 20:11

I would start with this:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/defc...overclocked-broadwell-e-bundle-bu-065-og.html

Then add a 1080 gfx card of your choice.

dessimpson · 9 Jan 2017 at 20:40

I've got the 1Tb SM961 and I've noticed very little (if any) extra performance over a standard M2 Sata SSD. I only got it for it's size.
I had the SM951 and noticed very little difference in that too. Plus I had to RMA it, so it now lives in my NUC doing next to nothing.

mattyfez · 9 Jan 2017 at 21:07

xsistor said:
My thinking around the sound card was also for noise cancellation. I like to use a normal mic and my speakers rather than headsets. I find headsets to be very uncomfortable and thought the beam forming feature would help block out ambient sounds. How is the onboard for this?

If you're gaming with loudspeakers and an 'always on' 'open mic' then feedback loops are always a danger unless you assign a keyboard key for 'push to talk' to momentarily activate the mic.

Or do you want a sound card for audio studio work? Either way I'd still trial the on-board audio, and if it has issues, which I imagine will be application specific, then look at expensive sound cards, or maybe a studio quality directional condenser mic.

lee32uk · 9 Jan 2017 at 22:35

gary996 said:
I would start with this:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/defc...overclocked-broadwell-e-bundle-bu-065-og.html

Then add a 1080 gfx card of your choice.

Why on earth would he need an i7 6900K ?

gary996 · 10 Jan 2017 at 16:24

lee32uk said:
Why on earth would he need an i7 6900K ?

He has £3600 thats why

lee32uk · 10 Jan 2017 at 16:42

gary996 said:
He has £3600 thats why

Yes he has a £3600 budget, but buying an 8 core cpu if he is just going to be gaming is a waste of cash.

gary996 · 10 Jan 2017 at 20:37

He doesn't say just gaming he states work, gaming Netflix.
Well I don't know what he does for work and I guess you don't know either, hence my choice

lee32uk · 10 Jan 2017 at 22:02

gary996 said:
He doesn't say just gaming he states work, gaming Netflix.
Well I don't know what he does for work and I guess you don't know either, hence my choice

So you just thought to suggest a £1000 cpu without even finding out ? Genius!!

WantoN · 10 Jan 2017 at 22:28

On that note, OP, what do you do for work?

Spec looks a lot more sensible now by the way. Are you definitely not getting a monitor now?