Spec check please

[Death] · 28 Aug 2016 at 08:22

Hey guys, upgrading the wifes pc, its getting a little long in the tooth now, and after using mine she wants more power. She will be using one of my 980Ti so dont need gfx, I already have a h110i GTX AIO cooler for it, and a Carbide air 540 case. She is coming from a trusty i920 bloom and ud3r board.

I picked all the things i think will make it long term, defo want the m2, she plays a wide variety of games and wont be upgrading for quite a while!

Any advice would be great, Many thanks

Randomface74 · 28 Aug 2016 at 08:41

Thered have to be a very special reason to be buying a hard drive in 2016. 2tb is a capacity achievable with ssds. 256gb might end up full, 500gb probably more long term thinking.

[Death] · 28 Aug 2016 at 08:52

wanted fast boot drive then just a storage drive for games and her other work things, dont want to go down the 2tb ssd route not just for storage, may look into a 4tb though, would be longer lasting

mickyflinn · 28 Aug 2016 at 11:57

A couple of bundle deals that mite be worth considering.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 - Skylake Core i7 6700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving**= £484.98
1 x Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero - Skylake Core i7 6700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving**= £487.98

ExRayTed · 28 Aug 2016 at 12:38

You'll also be perfectly fine with a 550w-650w PSU. I have a 980ti in a system with a 650w with no issues.