Spec build for a friend please £850 budget....

[Wilko_Dog]

As the title suggests looking to build a of for a friend but could do with your guys expertise

He's looking for the tower only wishing his budget, and he also needs a network adaptor and the os included.

He's also wanting to just use a single 250gb ssd on its own if possible

Thanks in advance

 

[stulid]

What is it to be used for? what resolution is his monitor?

 

[Raikiri]

Assuming gaming and not OCing:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 EX OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x GeIL White Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blue LED (GWB48GB2400C14D= £29.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £65.99
• 1 x Cougar VTX 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black= £49.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Gigabyte H110M-S2H Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £49.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - White Window= £28.99

Total: £864.92
(includes shipping: £0.00)
​

​

 

[Stealthploit]

Assuming gaming and not OCing:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 EX OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x GeIL White Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blue LED (GWB48GB2400C14D= £29.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £65.99
• 1 x Cougar VTX 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black= £49.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Gigabyte H110M-S2H Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £49.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - White Window= £28.99

Total: £864.92
(includes shipping: £0.00)
​

​

Ilike this build but i would like to see 16gb of ram

 

[Wilko_Dog]

What is it to be used for? what resolution is his monitor?

Gaming sorry I should have mentioned that and I think it will be 1080p

 

[Raikiri]

Ilike this build but i would like to see 16gb of ram

If he can get a cheap windows/use an existing one for now you could get 16GB, a slightly nicer motherboard and case or PSU. That £80 really eats into the budget.

 

[Wilko_Dog]

Would it be worth him getting a 480 instead of the 1070 for 1080p gaming , and maybe a better processor ? Not kept up to date with new cards so unsure what's best option ?

 

[Raikiri]

The 1070 is considerably faster than the 480, the 480 is roughly comparable to a 1060/970.

He would be a little bit CPU limited at 1080p with the 6400/1070, depending on the game. But I still think that set up would run games better than an i7 and a 480/1060.

 

[DaleTheWhale]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x 8Pack Approved - Intel Core i5 6400 @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Quad Core Gaming Bundle = £382.96
  • Memory:Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/16
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £63.95
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £65.99
• 1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black= £42.95
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P)= £199.99
• 1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £18.95

Total: £854.78
(includes shipping: £0.00)
​

​

970 is more than enough for 1080 gaming and is currently cheaper & slightly faster than the AMD 480.
Overclocked bundle comes with 16GB of RAM, after market cooler etc.
Better case & power supply.

 

[Danny75]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £305.94
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £63.95
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £65.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G30= £68.99
• 1 x Dynamode Dual Band 2T2R 300Mbps wireless USB adapter with WPS button (WL-700N-DB-300)= £11.99
• 1 x Aerocool Aero 500 Midi-Tower Case - Black= £30.95
• 1 x Alpenföhn Grand Clock'ner Rev. B CPU Cooler= £20.99
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EX OC "Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NQH6DNB4TX)= £209.99

Total: £858.78
(includes shipping: £0.00)
​

​

The Dynamode wireless USB adapter has been working fine in my bro's rig for a year.

RAM - The top part of the heatsink can be unscrewed and removed in case a stick needs more clearance to fit with the cooler.

Windows - Borrow a DVD writer for install, or download (from Microsoft website) the Win 10 ISO onto a USB flash drive, and just enter the key on the DVD when prompted during install.

 

[stulid]

Just going to say one thing.

Use power line adapters rather than WiFi.

In gaming especially anything requiring fast action and twitch firing such as BF4 you will get owned if you use WiFi.

The latency just sucks hard.

 

[Sturm]

wont get much on a system with only a 250gb drive

This just needs an OS and you can pick a legit key up cheap on the web

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tita...-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-graphics-fs-18f-og.html