Spec for a mate

[CSMonkeh]

Mate of mine is consigning consoles to the bin (he struggles to hold the controllers) and wants a gaming PC.
He has a budget of £1000
This is what I've come up with:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £8.99
• 1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle = £55.87
  • CPU Socket:Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA115X (35-150-0000014)
  • Fan Controller Option:No Fan Controller Required
• 1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW)= £136.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate (11244-01-20G)= £269.99
• 1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001608G-2CI= £89.99
• 1 x WD Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD1003FZEX)= £61.99

Total: £989.79
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[subbytna]

Windows, mouse, keyboard, monitor?

 

[CSMonkeh]

Windows, mouse, keyboard, monitor?

Sorry, nope not required. Just the base unit.

 

[CSMonkeh]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £8.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate (11244-01-20G)= £269.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £98.99
• 1 x Asus Z170-P Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £94.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/16= £79.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x WD Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD1003FZEX)= £61.99
• 1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle = £55.87
  • CPU Socket:Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA115X (35-150-0000014)
  • Fan Controller Option:No Fan Controller Required

Total: £976.78
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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2nd basket....

 

[lee32uk]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x MSI Z170A Gaming Pro - Skylake Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving** = £309.98
• 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001608G-2CI= £89.99
• 1 x MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £289.99
• 1 x Antec EDGE 650w 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply= £81.95
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £39.95

Total: £993.93
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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[CSMonkeh]

Third times a charm; he needs an OS also
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate (11244-01-20G)= £269.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £98.99
• 1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001608G-2CI= £89.99
• 1 x WD Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD1003FZEX)= £61.99
• 1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle = £55.87
  • CPU Socket:Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA115X (35-150-0000014)
  • Fan Controller Option:No Fan Controller Required
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £155.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95

Total: £972.75
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[lee32uk]

You are better going with 8GB Ram rather than sacrificing the SSD.

WD Blue is fine for a desktop pc, and the Alpenfohn Matterhorn will do a good job on the cpu.

Also USB version of Windows 10 unless you already have a DVD drive ?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x MSI Z170A Gaming Pro - Skylake Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving** = £309.98
• 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate (11244-01-20G)= £269.99
• 1 x Antec EDGE 650w 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply= £81.95
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler= £29.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK8GX4M2A2400C1= £47.99

Total: £997.86
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Quartz]

You should add an external USB HDD to back up the PC if he doesn't have one already.

 

[CSMonkeh]

Cracked it:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £155.99
• 1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001608G-2CI= £89.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate (11244-01-20G)= £249.95
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Window Edition - Full Acrylic Side Window= £69.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £71.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler= £19.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £8.99

Total: £986.78
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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and yeah I'm donating optical drive...
Also aware the PSU is on pre-order but not sure if he wants it now.