What do you think?

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Good afternoon,

I am looking to start a build that will give me ultra settings for all games at 1080 but will leave me room for expansion to 4k. I have listed out my components so far below.

I have a SDD and HDD. I also have a SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply but I am guessing this will not be man enough for the new system.

CPU-i5-6600k
MOBO- asrock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4
GPU-Asus ROG STRIX adcanced GTX1080
RAM- Kingston hyper x 2400mhz 16gb
PSU- antec 600w
CASE- H440 red black

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I have around £1300 to spend.

Thanks

Bowser

 

[I_AM_BOWSER]

OJ46 - Thank you for the speedy response.

What do you think of the below?

C/w my 450w psu
120gb ssd
1tb hdd

Would I need any additional fans?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW ACX 3.0 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (08G-P4-6286-KR)= £668.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £209.99
• 1 x Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £137.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler= £72.95
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX432C16PB= £99.95
• 1 x NZXT H440 New 2015 Edition Case - Matte Black & Red= £99.95

Total: £1,289.82
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[I_AM_BOWSER]

No problem. Looks pretty bang on from here, only thing I would add is if you're open to using a different make of motherboard there are a couple of bundle deals to choose from using the 6600k CPU. Not massive savings but every little...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £304.98
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £314.98

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Edit: Case comes with 3 x 120mm intake fans and a 140mm rear exhaust fan, so that should provide plenty of cooling.

Thank you again. I will look into the bundles.

 

[I_AM_BOWSER]

Will you be going sli in the future ? Thats a solid board with good review and features.

Possibly at some point, why is that?

 

[I_AM_BOWSER]

Just a suggestion and semi modular.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black= £79.99

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Ah right I see. I may just use the 450 I have until I do upgrade to 2 cards...

Do you think 450w will be sufficient for now with my current components?

 

[I_AM_BOWSER]

Thanks again for all the advise guys. Unfortunately I have another question...

With regards to a monitor. I will at some point go sli with rig however if I buy a 27" 4k monitor now how will 1440p gaming look on it as I think the GTX 1080 will struggle with some of the newer titles on 4k and I will need to play them at 1440p to maintain a decent FPS.

Thoughts?

 

[I_AM_BOWSER]

Thank you for all your help guys. I decided on the build below c/w a new 960gb ssd.

I managed to put it all together the weekend, my cable management needs a lot of work but for my first complete build I am very happy with it. Thanks again.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x NZXT H440 New 2015 Edition Case - Matte Black & Red= £104.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £239.99
• 1 x Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £137.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £109.99
• 1 x EVGA GQ 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £88.99
• 1 x Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler= £39.95
• 1 x Dell S2716DG 27" 2560x1440 TN G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey= £539.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming RGB 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8= £649.99

Total: £1,911.88
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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