Hey there guys!
I'm looking at building a 'substantial' rig, I haven't upgraded since my 2500k and 290x combo from way back in the day.
My parts so far are:
Intel i7-8700k,
Asus ROG Maximus X Hero (wi-fi),
Corsair 3000MHz DDR4 2x8GB,
Coolermaster Mastercase H500P Mesh,
Coolermaster Hyper 212-evo (have one spare, will possibly be delidding / watercooling come summer when I have a bit more time)
Seasonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650W
All storage etc being moved over, quite considerable amount. Will be getting a M.2 NVMe drive, again in summer.
Question time, the 1080 is available for £550: https://www.amazon.co.uk/GIGABYTE-NVIDIA-GeForce-1080-GAMING-Black/dp/B01GCAW1IA/ref=sr_1_6?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1523793404&sr=1-6&keywords=gtx+1080
OR the 1080Ti is available for £850
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-GeForce-Express-Graphics/dp/B06XWXQX6T/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1523793488&sr=1-4&keywords=gtx+1080ti
I'm trying to keep the costs as low as possible with going for good parts for the future (eg the maximus x hero, the 8700k etc), but don't know whether with the GPU price hikes, £300 is a reasonable expenditure difference between these two cards.
Any advice would be super sweet!
Tom