Specification Request

[Damien.]

Good Morning,

I am requesting the expert assistance of the OCUK forum users.

Thinking of selling my laptop and purchasing a tower.

My budget is £2k although will spend a little more if required but for this I want the tower and monitor. The machine will be used for gaming and a media centre for the main TV.

Thanks in advance.

 

[stulid]

Pre-built or diy? Copy of windows etc.

 

[Damien.]

I can build myself.

Windows 10 home will do.

Thanks.

 

[stulid]

Here is a X99 spec,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - White= £89.99
• 1 x Intel i7-6800K 3.40GHz (Broadwell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80671I76800K)= £409.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £249.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (CMK16GX4M4B3000C15R= £89.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H110i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060026-WW)= £95.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £96.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming RGB 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8= £649.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £58.99
• 1 x Samsung PM961 Polaris 512GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £199.99

Total: £2,041.78
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Or if you want to save more money then Z170+i7 6700K,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £99.95
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £96.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming RGB 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8= £649.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 2TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD120UZSVA)= £58.99
• 1 x Samsung PM961 Polaris 512GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £199.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 - Skylake Core i7 6700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving**= £484.98
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn White CPU Cooler= £41.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (CMK16GX4M2B30= £89.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - White Window= £60.95

Total: £1,783.78
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Damien.]

Looks like a great spec.

Going for the X99 option.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Quartz]

The machine will be used for gaming and a media centre for the main TV.

You may be better off with two boxes: one for gaming and one for the media centre.