New gaming build

[Bri62]

Hi, got the itch bad atm and am on the verge.......already have a seasonic plat 850w and a 750 gig ssd.
Thinking of this but wondering if i should wait for the i7 i will be mainly gaming.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x NZXT H700i Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black/Blue= £199.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X62 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm= £149.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £319.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (F4-3200C14D-16GTZR)= £269.99
• 1 x Intel Optane Memory 16GB M.2 Module (MEMPEK1W016GAXT)= £44.99
• 1 x NZXT Aer RGB140 Series Triple 140mm Fan Pack + Free White PUCK= £62.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti AMP Extreme Core Spectre RGB 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P= £728.99

Total: £1,969.42
(includes shipping: £22.50)



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what do you all think ......any improvements? Also after a new G-sync monitor 1440p, playing on a Benq 32" 1440p atm​

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Will look absolutely stunning, but you'd need traditional HDD for Intel Optane drive .
Using it on SSDs don't give the performance upgrade everyone hoped for :/ but HDD can match SSD speeds if used in the right cases, such as OS drive

 

[mickyflinn]

With such a high end build i would have to get the 8700k, thought you mite get an rgb case as well.

 

[Bri62]

Trying to hang on for the 8700k but stock is a bit short......what case would you suggest ?
Any monitor suggestions

 

[lee32uk]

I think you are overspending on the Ram as £270 for a 16GB kit is just insane. That case gets pretty good reviews but the CAM software is buggy according to Hexus and Guru3D. Have you looked at the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Special Edition ?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass RGB Special Edition - Black/White= £109.99

Total: £121.09
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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[Bri62]

Revised

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black (CC-9011098-WW)= £187.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £428.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMR16GX4M2C32= £218.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti AMP Extreme Core Spectre RGB 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P= £728.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £149.99
• 1 x Corsair LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan, 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO= £89.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X62 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm= £149.99

Total: £2,139.02
(includes shipping: £14.10)



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Do i really need the i7 ? most of the reviws i have seen at 1440p there is no fps increase from the i5.
also struggling to find a 1440p G-sync with fast refreash

 

[Bri62]

I think you are overspending on the Ram as £270 for a 16GB kit is just insane. That case gets pretty good reviews but the CAM software is buggy according to Hexus and Guru3D. Have you looked at the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Special Edition ?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Glass RGB Special Edition - Black/White= £109.99

Total: £121.09
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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updated the ram as i guess your right as for the case i wasn't too keen

 

[lee32uk]

Revised

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black (CC-9011098-WW)= £187.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £428.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMR16GX4M2C32= £218.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti AMP Extreme Core Spectre RGB 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P= £728.99
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £149.99
• 1 x Corsair LL120 RGB, 120mm Dual Light Loop RGB LED PWM Fan, 3 Fan Pack with Lighting Node PRO= £89.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X62 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm= £149.99

Total: £2,139.02
(includes shipping: £14.10)



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Do i really need the i7 ? most of the reviws i have seen at 1440p there is no fps increase from the i5.
also struggling to find a 1440p G-sync with fast refreash

If you are not doing twitch streaming or video editing etc then the i5 would be fine.

These two monitors are both G-Sync with a 165Hz refresh rate. The IPS panel should have better colour reproduction over the TN.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC AGON AG271QG 27" 2560 x 1440 IPS G-Sync 165Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £689.99
• 1 x Asus PG278QR ROG Swift 27" 2560x1440 TN G-Sync 165Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor Black= £629.99

Total: £1,332.58
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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[Evosparki]

That particular i5 will do great for most new games. Generally speaking just get the i7 if you can easily afford it as it does make some typical PC things faster.

Curious though, why only a 250GB drive?
OS and programs alone will sooner or later easily fill half of that.

I have 2x 250GB SSD's that's 4 years old. For my next build (next year or the next) I'm looking to get 2x 500GB drives - just as a general rule of thumb for SSD's - like PSU's, to try aim for 60-70% max capacity over its entire life span = better performance and life span (hopefully no drive failure or errors).

 

[Evosparki]

If you are not doing twitch streaming or video editing etc then the i5 would be fine.

These two monitors are both G-Sync with a 165Hz refresh rate. The IPS panel should have better colour reproduction over the TN.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC AGON AG271QG 27" 2560 x 1440 IPS G-Sync 165Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £689.99
• 1 x Asus PG278QR ROG Swift 27" 2560x1440 TN G-Sync 165Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor Black= £629.99

Total: £1,332.58
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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That PC will walk all over that monitor!

I have:
i5 4670k @ 4Ghz (best i5 of year 2013)
16GB DDR3 1600Mhz
1080 Ti nvidia

I have a 3440x1440 100Hz monitor (full-screen game mode), with a 2560x1440 75Hz monitor, and a 1920x1080 60Hz TV (and a Oculus Rift VR headset connected that I rarely use).
It pretty much walks all over every game.

So yeah, go for it man.

 

[DomBruv]

I don't think you need to spend that much on ram as if its for gaming 3200mhz is useless.

 

[Bri62]

That particular i5 will do great for most new games. Generally speaking just get the i7 if you can easily afford it as it does make some typical PC things faster.

Curious though, why only a 250GB drive?
OS and programs alone will sooner or later easily fill half of that.

I have 2x 250GB SSD's that's 4 years old. For my next build (next year or the next) I'm looking to get 2x 500GB drives - just as a general rule of thumb for SSD's - like PSU's, to try aim for 60-70% max capacity over its entire life span = better performance and life span (hopefully no drive failure or errors).

Going to use it as a boot drive as i already have a samsung 850 evo 750 gig for games i also have a seasonic plat 850 psu

 

[lee32uk]

I don't think you need to spend that much on ram as if its for gaming 3200mhz is useless.

I would say that 3200MHz is probably the sweet spot. Anything higher can start to have diminishing returns.