Spec me up £2000

Michael Lea

Michael Lea

Michael Lea

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Hi

I was about to buy this PC but OC increased the price by £250

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...-pc-intel-core-i7-8086k-5.0ghz-fs-1cv-og.html

Lookings for a fairly powerful gaming PC and i would be asking OC to build it for me. What would you suggest - budget is around £2000-£2300 for the tower alone and will be adding in one 4k monitor now and one in 2/3 months time.

Perfer an i7 system with a 1080ti :)

Thanks!
 
@Michael Lea

Ryzen 2700X + X470 + GTX 1080Ti . At 4k gaming, isn't much difference between 8700/8086k Vs 2700X

Very silent, stunning and UK RMA

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,206.90 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Intel, Strix version - though 9900k will be upon us soon - at even more cost

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,226.76 (includes shipping: £0.00)


Build cost would be £100 odd . Keep costs down, lower priced or tier PSU, eisbaer LT 360 AIO and cheaper case​
 
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Michael Lea said:
Are you saying I would be best to wait until that is out?

Both systems look pretty great overall! thanks for the efforts there
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Intel have had a habit on the last 18 months of releasing 2 gens of chip, Kabylake with 4 cores then coffeelake with 6 and now 9th with 8 cores because AMD caught intel with their pants down and are in full blown melt down and panic .
Most likely lost the server race and struggling to compete with TR2 coming and Epic 2 being released before consumer products .
So , if you buy a 8700k, know 9900k is coming (at cost with z390 - at cost) . Not to say 8700k isn't a damn good chip but it'll be replaced .

Why lot of us quoting ryzen, to get the underdogs back in , and they have . At 4k there isn't much difference at all - 1080p is a different story .
You also know next Feb/march time you can happily put in Zen2 chip into that board above ! .. know idea if and when intel release the long awaited 2015 NM node and if it'll work on that z370/90 board...

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It is confirmed that the i9-9900k will run on at least Z370 motherboards, most likely soldered, but cost is going to be a lot more than 8700K. The i7-9700k is actually an 8-core chip but without hyper threading. Looking like a Q4 release though so don’t expect anything too soon. All 9th Gen CPU’s are still Coffee Lake refresh again and beware boost clocks as the advertised boost clock is only on 1-2 cores after which it tails off.

I don’t think you can go far wrong with a Ryzen 2700 on a new B450 boards, but beware and check the reviews as Gigabyte have an issue with their boards and MSI seems to hold most of the best board options. Note that AMD have confirmed that AM4 socket will be supported on 3rd generation Ryzen due 2019 based on a new 7nm manufacturing process. Lots of good Ryzen bundles available at the moment too!
 
@orbitalwalsh

A while ago you spec'd me up this build

Anyway I ended up buying it and building it myself. All is good with the system however I meant to get back to you and ask you about the fans you suggested. You included the AIO and four additional fans, one was higher RPM.

What was your thinking on the placement of the fans? Currently i have the AIO on at the top of the case as an intake and three on the bottom as exhaust. I think this is wrong - i was going to move the AIO side panel as intake, three lower RPM fans on top as exhaust and the lower RPM fan on the bottom on the right side.

Any suggestions?
 
Michael Lea said:
@orbitalwalsh

A while ago you spec'd me up this build

Anyway I ended up buying it and building it myself. All is good with the system however I meant to get back to you and ask you about the fans you suggested. You included the AIO and four additional fans, one was higher RPM.

What was your thinking on the placement of the fans? Currently i have the AIO on at the top of the case as an intake and three on the bottom as exhaust. I think this is wrong - i was going to move the AIO side panel as intake, three lower RPM fans on top as exhaust and the lower RPM fan on the bottom on the right side.

Any suggestions?
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to be honest, in that case there is no real wrong way.right way all depends if you want Positive pressure for less dust build up (more intake fans) or negative which tends to have better temps but draws in Dust from all unfiltered area's .

as heat normally rises , it would be best to have the top fans as exhaust and bottom fans as intake - as i did in the picture above.
if mounting the AIO on the side, use the Silent wings as they will draw large volumes of air as well as have a lot of Static pressure to push through the rad into the case. Stick the fans provided at the bottom on low speed setting and last silent wing at the top . warm air will work its way out of the top via laws of physics and positive pressure


*** 3 for 2 - do it on High speed PWM and non PWM as well

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £44.61 (includes shipping: £4.66)​
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