Titan Virtual Force OcUK Gaming PC

[P1Fanatic]

Looking to move back to PC gaming after many years on console so a bit out of touch and can't be bothered to build my self. Mainly play FPS such as Battlefield 1. Got a budget of £1400 + monitor.

This OCuk build seems to fit the bill nicely but its there anything obvious you would change or swap:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tita...a-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-graphic-fs-002-og.html

Processor Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail *FREE GAMES*
Memory Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FB2K2/1
Graphics Card OcUK GeForce GTX 1070 "Founders Edition" 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Primary Drive Intel 600P 256GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDPEKKW256G7X1)
Secondary Drive Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
LED Lighting Not wanted
Case Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Window
Virtual Reality Headset Not wanted

Monitor wise thinking of a 144hz 1440p. Any recommendations?

 

[Quartz]

Looks pretty good, though I'd go pure SSD if you can afford it. As for the monitor, look at the 3440x1440 monitors.

 

[P1Fanatic]

Looks pretty good, though I'd go pure SSD if you can afford it. As for the monitor, look at the 3440x1440 monitors.

Thanks. I dont need local file space as have a 3TB NAS. Is it still the norm to put your OS on a main drive and apps on another or is that a thing of the past with SSD? If it is then I could probably bin the HDD and get a larger SSD.

CPU wise is the i5 6600k o/c to 4.5ghz a better buy than the i7 6700k at stock 4ghz considering its £100 cheaper?

 

[Quartz]

Thanks. I dont need local file space as have a 3TB NAS. Is it still the norm to put your OS on a main drive and apps on another or is that a thing of the past with SSD? If it is then I could probably bin the HDD and get a larger SSD.

It's standard to put the OS and key apps on the SSD.

CPU wise is the i5 6600k o/c to 4.5ghz a better buy than the i7 6700k at stock 4ghz considering its £100 cheaper?

Overclocks are never guaranteed. With the i7 you get hyperthreading; if the 4 extra pseudo-threads will be of use to you then you should get the i7.

 

[P1Fanatic]

It's standard to put the OS and key apps on the SSD.

Overclocks are never guaranteed. With the i7 you get hyperthreading; if the 4 extra pseudo-threads will be of use to you then you should get the i7.

OCuk sell it overclocked so it is guarenteed. Will do some further research on what I need but sounds like the i5 may suffice.

 

[mistersprinkles]

I would NOT build on an i5 if you can afford an i7 at this stage. Many games are now running more than 4 threads when available and suffer slightly when those threads are not available. Games will run fine on an i5 for now but the day rapidly approaches where you need more than 4 threads to game properly, just like what happened back in the day with needing more than 1 thread, then more than 2. Soon you'll need more than 4. i7 is definitely more future proof.

If you want to build a new machine it bears mentioning that:

AMD VEGA video cards are coming. They will beat the 1080. Price may be very appealing.

AMD RYZEN CPUs are coming. These may (probably won't but you never know) offer 8 core performance at Intel 4 core prices. Benchmarks already show 8 core RYZEN chips matching 8 core Intel chips for performance per clock. If the price is right, they may be extremely appealing.

Also Intel Kaby Lake (7th gen core i) CPUs are coming in about a week. These offer little improvement over Skylake, but if you want the latest stuff, that's what you want. Out of the box, the i7 K cpu is 200Mhz faster than the skylake equivalent. These chips are 14nm like Skylake but use a new 14nm+ process.