Well my build is ready. Want to pull the trigger but would appreciate a once over before I drop £1,7

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Heya guys, I've been tempted to buy since I gave away my 2009 rig to my bother last year. Thought I'd retire for a while but I need to get back in.
With the GTX 1080 finally out, 1440p actually becoming a thing, Skylake feeling 'current enough', and games out or coming like Star Citizen, Battlefield 1, Mass Effect 4, Overwatch, and ARMAIII, I need to join the fray again :D
Finally ready to commit to my 2016 build, my first complete self purchase to last me the next 4-5 years for 1440p gaming goodness.

I'm planning on calling/messaging to OCUK to ask if they can hopefully put the thing together for me and install the 2x front fans and apply some nice cable management :eek: I'm savvy enough to replace things, figure some cables out, OC the cpu and ram timings, etc, but not confident or time abundant enough to build it myself from scratch.

Intention of build:
- 99% gaming
- 1% light work/productivity
- rig will be paired with an Predator X34 3440x1400 21:9 ultrawide monitor.

Areas where I still feel a little uncertainty:
- compatibility between components,
- DDR4,
- 750W being enough power.

I would greatly appreciate any thoughts from the experienced folks around here on my parts list.


And the parts!
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,660.88
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Looks like a very nice build overall, but a couple of points:

750W PSU should be plenty, but better to go with a Gold rated PSU for the improved efficiency and longer warranty (usually). Will add another £20 or so to the build but worth it in the long run I think.

When you're spending this much on a system, why try and save a few pounds on an OEM CPU? Get the retail version for the longer warranty, it's barely any more expensive.
 
I second the point on the power supply, anything by Superflower is highly recommended as you get a massive warranty on a quality product.

The OEM CPU point is a good call too, your buying an aftermarket cooler, you don't need some paste and a stock cooler you're likely to bin.

The only other thing I'd suggest if you can push your budget slightly is ordering an additional two 140mm fans to replace to stock ones on your aio cooler as stock corsair fans tend to be noisy. The Apache blacks come very highly recommended and move a lot of air https://www.overclockers.co.uk/akasa-ak-fn062-apache-black-super-silent-140mm-fan-4-pin-pwm-fg-064-ak.html.

In fact I'd drop the Phanteks fans and order a total of 5 apache's, two for the aio and then two intake and one exhaust.

Hope this helps.
 
You won't need a soundcard. Onboard is pretty good these days.

EVGA G2 is a far better psu. It comes with a 10 yr warranty. You have enough power for a 2nd GTX 1080 in the future.

The 850 EVO is good enough for a gaming pc.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,630.83
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Vidar said:
The OEM CPU point is a good call too, your buying an aftermarket cooler, you don't need some paste and a stock cooler you're likely to bin.
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The retail i7-6700k doesn't come with a stock cooler or paste. The reason for suggesting retail over OEM is the extended warranty. OEM has a 1 year warranty. Retail has 3 years. Saving £8 but losing 2 years warranty seems like a false economy to me.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys. It's those little intricacies that help.
Definitely switching to a 'gold' PSU.
I'm considering switching to OEM CPU and OS.
Still researching any real benefits of the 850 evo vs 850 pro to potentially switch to the evo.
Not necessarily keen on switching to some of the more expensive Mobos suggested with reasoning why.
 
Vidar said:
The only other thing I'd suggest if you can push your budget slightly is ordering an additional two 140mm fans to replace to stock ones on your aio cooler as stock corsair fans tend to be noisy. The Apache blacks come very highly recommended and move a lot of air https://www.overclockers.co.uk/akasa-ak-fn062-apache-black-super-silent-140mm-fan-4-pin-pwm-fg-064-ak.html.

In fact I'd drop the Phanteks fans and order a total of 5 apache's, two for the aio and then two intake and one exhaust.
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Is there anything particularly special about switching from my select phantek fans to your suggested ones? Will they push a lot more air into case or something?
 
Having switched out stock fans in the past, Ive noticed case temps fall by a couple of degrees when idle and more than a few when under load so they are more efficient. Noise is also a factor, stock cooling especially on the corsair aio cooler is notoriously loud, i speak from experience there.
 
Just thought I'd update my post, I took the plunge and received my order! Super giddy about it all! I feel like a 10 year old at Christmas:D:D
I'm just desperately waiting on my Asus Strix 1080gtx

Here's what I ended up going with:


Total: £1,105.85
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[HB]Rugrat;29776742 said:
Any particular reason you're not making use of that m2 interface? I upgraded recently and bought a 950 pro and it beats the pants off my 850 pro.
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Do you mean one of these?

Honestly, I had one in my cart before checkout at one point, because I heard they were 'cool' for putting your OS on for a fast boot.
But further research told me that you're not really going to get any gaming benefit and required some real taxing file movement activity to get value out of it.

But I'm totally open to hear your experience; what was the upgrade like for you? What made it better? My interest comes mostly from a gaming perspective.
 
rogueblade said:
Do you mean one of these?

Honestly, I had one in my cart before checkout at one point, because I heard they were 'cool' for putting your OS on for a fast boot.
But further research told me that you're not really going to get any gaming benefit and required some real taxing file movement activity to get value out of it.

But I'm totally open to hear your experience; what was the upgrade like for you? What made it better? My interest comes mostly from a gaming perspective.
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It makes booting about a second faster at best. :p

Normal SSD's are still quick enough, it won't make loading noticeably quicker besides benchmarks really.
 
thanks. Really happy with the build quality from OCUK!

lee32uk said:
Have you done the cashback claim ? Assuming you bought the items after the 13th June.
You can get £40 cashback from that i7 6700K and MSI Motherboard combo.
https://toptechcashback.com/gb/en/pages/cpumb/qualifying
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Wow thanks, good to know!!. I did make the purchase after 13th June, but the website isn't letting me past the first step.
edit: Maybe I need to wait 30 days first...

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rogueblade said:
thanks. Really happy with the build quality from OCUK!



Wow thanks, good to know!!. I did make the purchase after 13th June, but the website isn't letting me past the first step.
edit: Maybe I need to wait 30 days first...

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Yeah you need to complete the form 30 - 60 days after purchase. So 30th July would be about right before you can start the process.
 
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