Spec me a build.... post.

[Sgt Tackleberry]

Hi all,

Been out of pc building world for a few years and technology has changed a lot. Ive put together what i think is a nice build what will last a good few years.
It will be for gaming.

Intel Core i5-6600K £218.99
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 £119.99
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black £109.99
Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5X £499.99
Crucial MX300 275GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive £85.99
WD Blue 2TB 5400rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD20EZRZ) £58.99 x2
Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £13.99
Corsair RM Series RM1000X '80+ Gold' 1000W Modular Power Supply £184.99
Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Full Tower Case - Black £144.95
be quiet! Silent Loop Superior Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm £149.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.49
LG 24UD58 24" 3840x2160 IPS 4K FREESYNC Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor - Black £289.99
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM £147.95
Total £2091.28

If you think i need any changes please let me know.

Many thanks

 

[Spankme]

Change that processor to a Ryzen 5 1600 and the board to a Asus Prime B350-plus as the i5 6600k is 2 years old i think.

Also do u really need a dvd drive in that build? there is much nicer cases for less price that do not support them...

 

[Sgt Tackleberry]

Change that processor to a Ryzen 5 1600 and the board to a Asus Prime B350-plus as the i5 6600k is 2 years old i think.

Also do u really need a dvd drive in that build? there is much nicer cases for less price that do not support them...

Like i said been out of build game for a while now, last time i built a pc it needed a dvd drive.

Why AMD? Ive always like intel

 

[Spankme]

Like i said been out of build game for a while now, last time i built a pc it needed a dvd drive.

Why AMD? Ive always like intel

I love intel myself, built 3 ryzen 5's in the last few months, they the best bang for buck..
Also your windows can be downloaded from microsoft themselves, added to a usb drive and installed via that... No need for dvd drives these days unless u burning them rly

 

[Sgt Tackleberry]

I love intel myself, built 3 ryzen 5's in the last few months, they the best bang for buck..
Also your windows can be downloaded from microsoft themselves, added to a usb drive and installed via that... No need for dvd drives these days unless u burning them rly

Really AMD are good now? So if i change over the build looks good?

Well in that case thats saved me £14 lol.

 

[KungFuSpaghetti]

PSU seems massive overkill unless you plan on running about 4 1080s!

Monitor I'd go with something else too, even a 1440p 27" you'll struggle to read any text on it. 4k on a 24" would be unusable imo.

 

[Spankme]

If you not gonna utilise the dvd drives then u could change the case and save maybey £40-50.. Look at cases like the be quiet pure base 600, NZXT s340 Elite, Phanteks P400s, Fractal Design Meshify C, Bitfenix Enso, AeroCool Project7 P7-C0 Pro or for the same price your spending now maybe the Corsair Crystal 570x...

 

[lee32uk]

Hi all,

Been out of pc building world for a few years and technology has changed a lot. Ive put together what i think is a nice build what will last a good few years.
It will be for gaming.

Intel Core i5-6600K £218.99
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 £119.99
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black £109.99
Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5X £499.99
Crucial MX300 275GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive £85.99
WD Blue 2TB 5400rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD20EZRZ) £58.99 x2
Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £13.99
Corsair RM Series RM1000X '80+ Gold' 1000W Modular Power Supply £184.99
Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Full Tower Case - Black £144.95
be quiet! Silent Loop Superior Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm £149.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.49
LG 24UD58 24" 3840x2160 IPS 4K FREESYNC Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor - Black £289.99
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM £147.95
Total £2091.28

If you think i need any changes please let me know.

Many thanks

You want the i5 8600K and a Z370 board.

Try and aim for 16GB Ram at 3000MHz - 3200MHz.

Do you need 4TB of storage ? In any case change them to the 7200rpm drives such as a Seagate Barracuda (Green label).

No need for a 1000W psu. A 550W is plenty for a GTX 1080. The Seasonic Focus Gold is very good.

You can get something like a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M for £90ish. A full tower is a bit OTT for a single gpu system.

A Corsair H115i or similar would save you £30 or so on the cooler. Or look at a good air cooler like a Cryorig R1 Universal.

You won't get great frame rates at 4K with a GTX 1080. Also 24" is a bit on the small size for that resolution. Also Freesync works best with AMD gpu's. You can still use a Freesync monitor with Nvidia but you won't get the variable refresh rate.

Why the pro version of Windows ? You can use Windows 10 without activating it for the time being and put the £100 or so towards components. Just buy a licence when you get the money. Only downside is you can't personalise it and you eventually get a watermark in the bottom right corner.

 

[P1Fanatic]

I’m looking at a similar spec after many years out gaming on a PS4. I am going prebuilt & overclocked this time and have been looking at the OCUK Germanium. Coffelake is a no brainer if going Intel. I was set on the i5 8600K but have read a lot of reviews and vids showing that my main game BF1 is CPU hungry and the i7 8700k performs really well. For the sake of £90 I will go 8700K.

This is the rig and you can downgrade case, gpu, ssd, remove rgb strips etc to get under £2k albeit no monitor (I already have a 27” 1440p dell):

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...ore-i7-8700k-4.9ghz-fs-1bw-og.html#t=a3b1e1g;