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Greetings fellow OCUK forumites - it's been a while.
The time has come for me to enjoy the endeavor of specing out and building a new PC. I've had my trusty OCUK bought i7 920/r2e rig for 6 years or so and I now feel there has been enough movement in the hardware space to justify an almighty upgrade; I have also taken up a new position and wish to have a rig at both locations (home and work) - totally justified
So I shall be looking to put a full build together - budget is fairly flexible, comfortably reaching into the £1k ballpark - don't intend to compromise on spec, but don't intend to take the financial hit just to get the highest fps possible.
Any and all guidance is welcomed - I shall be doing my own research to facilitate, but advice from those with a current understanding of the market re hardware would be invaluable.
General 'enthusiast' usage - gaming, browsing, vm, etc
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100% fresh build - i may juggle some HDD's around, but ultimately I need all components for a fresh from scratch 'tower' build.
Don't worry about OS or Peripherals (inc. monitor - Likely to be running 2x 27" 1440p or something to that effect); I'll decide upon them in due course, since they are highly dependent on user preference. I have windows licenses at hand anyway.
No constraints on form factor (ITX / mATX / ATX / EATX)
Danke
The time has come for me to enjoy the endeavor of specing out and building a new PC. I've had my trusty OCUK bought i7 920/r2e rig for 6 years or so and I now feel there has been enough movement in the hardware space to justify an almighty upgrade; I have also taken up a new position and wish to have a rig at both locations (home and work) - totally justified
So I shall be looking to put a full build together - budget is fairly flexible, comfortably reaching into the £1k ballpark - don't intend to compromise on spec, but don't intend to take the financial hit just to get the highest fps possible.
Any and all guidance is welcomed - I shall be doing my own research to facilitate, but advice from those with a current understanding of the market re hardware would be invaluable.
General 'enthusiast' usage - gaming, browsing, vm, etc
edit:
100% fresh build - i may juggle some HDD's around, but ultimately I need all components for a fresh from scratch 'tower' build.
Don't worry about OS or Peripherals (inc. monitor - Likely to be running 2x 27" 1440p or something to that effect); I'll decide upon them in due course, since they are highly dependent on user preference. I have windows licenses at hand anyway.
No constraints on form factor (ITX / mATX / ATX / EATX)
Danke
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