Noob looking for help choosing PC

[MYoungs]

Hi!

 

I know very, very, very little about building PC'S and parts but I enjoy watching the videos on the linustechtips YouTube channel so thought this might be the best place to come.

 

I need help picking/finding the best PC almost only for games. My budget it £1200. These are the 3 PC'S I'm looking at but with my knowledge I'm not sure if I'm getting the best out of my money. ( The Alienware one is pretty much purely because I like the look of them but also not sure if it competes with the other 2 ) 

 

https://www.gladiatorpc.co.uk/configure/config/66646

 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view-item/Stratos-1000/?gclid=CKjS0efliNICFSsW0wode8EEPA

 

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/alienware-aurora-r6-desktop/pd?oc=d00awr602&model_id=alienware-aurora-r6-desktop

 

There are a few alienware models that are within my budget but to be honest I have no idea which one would be better etc.

 

I'm willing to upgrade any of these upto my maximum budget ( £1200 ) or if you hage suggestions of other PC'S please link!

 

Please help me, Thank you! 

[zehao39]

5 minutes ago, MYoungs said:

Hi!

 

I know very, very, very little about building PC'S and parts but I enjoy watching the videos on the linustechtips YouTube channel so thought this might be the best place to come.

 

I need help picking/finding the best PC almost only for games. My budget it £1200. These are the 3 PC'S I'm looking at but with my knowledge I'm not sure if I'm getting the best out of my money. ( The Alienware one is pretty much purely because I like the look of them but also not sure if it competes with the other 2 ) 

 

https://www.gladiatorpc.co.uk/configure/config/66646

 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view-item/Stratos-1000/?gclid=CKjS0efliNICFSsW0wode8EEPA

 

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/alienware-aurora-r6-desktop/pd?oc=d00awr602&model_id=alienware-aurora-r6-desktop

 

There are a few alienware models that are within my budget but to be honest I have no idea which one would be better etc.

 

I'm willing to upgrade any of these upto my maximum budget ( £1200 ) or if you hage suggestions of other PC'S please link!

 

Please help me, Thank you! 

The best way is build you own system for that money you even can get a 1080, with pre-build you are get 1060 which I build my with 700$

[FakeNSA]

5 minutes ago, MYoungs said:

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Alienware, while cool, is not even close in price to performance. Also, the other two don't seem like very good deals? Have you considered building your own rig? Between the other two, probably the pcspecialist link? If I could have some more experienced opinions here, that would be great. Good luck!

[dizmo]

Welcome to the forum!
Please look through the sub forum before simply posting something in the General section. There's an appropriate sub forum for your question here : https://linustechtips.com/main/forum/18-new-builds-and-planning/

You should read this before posting:

Cheers

[MYoungs]

3 minutes ago, Aelar_Nailo said:

Alienware, while cool, is not even close in price to performance. Also, the other two don't seem like very good deals? Have you considered building your own rig? Between the other two, probably the pcspecialist link? If I could have some more experienced opinions here, that would be great. Good luck!

I have been thinking about building my own but it would be my first time so just a bit scared to be honest and no little about what parts would be best etc. Could obviously just research it but that's just an excuse for me to put it off haha

[MYoungs]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

Welcome to the forum!
Please look through the sub forum before simply posting something in the General section. There's an appropriate sub forum for your question here : https://linustechtips.com/main/forum/18-new-builds-and-planning/

You should read this before posting:

Cheers

Sorry and thank you

[mpsparrow]

Easy i7-7700k gtx 1080 with that budget.

[Blackhole890]

with this you should be fine:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PrYvm8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PrYvm8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£275.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B150 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£98.26 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.93 @ BT Shop) 
Total: £1066.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-11 20:10 GMT+0000

 

forgot ssd

[Blackhole890]

but this is what i recommend:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khmXFd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khmXFd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£319.50 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£40.40 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£144.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.93 @ BT Shop) 
Total: £1197.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-11 20:10 GMT+0000

[mpsparrow]

1 minute ago, Blackhole890 said:

but this is what i recommend:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khmXFd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khmXFd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£319.50 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£40.40 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£144.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.93 @ BT Shop) 
Total: £1197.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-11 20:10 GMT+0000

No SSD?

[Blackhole890]

1 minute ago, mpsparrow said:

No SSD?

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FgFRHN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FgFRHN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£275.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B150 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£98.26 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.93 @ BT Shop) 
Total: £1156.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-11 20:12 GMT+0000

 

rebuilt

[mpsparrow]

2 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FgFRHN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/FgFRHN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£275.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B150 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£98.26 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.93 @ BT Shop) 
Total: £1156.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-11 20:12 GMT+0000

 

rebuilt

If he hasn't built a pc before, then I think this is good. An overclockable CPU and Motherboard is probably useless because the OP may not even overclock.

[MYoungs]

4 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

but this is what i recommend:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khmXFd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khmXFd/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£319.50 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£40.40 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£144.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£428.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.93 @ BT Shop) 
Total: £1197.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-11 20:10 GMT+0000

Thank you really appreciate this

[Dezs]

At what resolution do you plan to play, and which games? There's a big chance that a 1080 is not necessary..

[Blackhole890]

2 minutes ago, Dezs said:

At what resolution do you plan to play, and which games? There's a big chance that a 1080 is not necessary..

if he is spending that much money could be too a futureproof build

[Dezs]

2 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

if he is spending that much money could be too a futureproof build

You're right.

[zehao39]

2 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

if he is spending that much money could be too a futureproof build

I really don't think  futureproof is a good idea, special ryzen and vega gpu will be a huge impact on future computer

[mpsparrow]

If he is 1080p or 1440p gaming he could go for a gtx 1070.

[Centurius]

5 minutes ago, zehao39 said:

I really don't think  futureproof is a good idea, special ryzen and vega gpu will be a huge impact on future computer

The release of Ryzen and Vega has no impact on how future-ready the 1080 is on lower resolutions than 4k. Even if it did, Vega isn't expected to be leagues above the 1080 in performance and Ryzen will be on a roughly even footing as Intel.

[MYoungs]

14 minutes ago, Dezs said:

At what resolution do you plan to play, and which games? There's a big chance that a 1080 is not necessary..

I'll be playing most games really indie to AAA but I'll probably be spending 50% of the time playing Blizzard games

[zehao39]

2 minutes ago, Centurius said:

The release of Ryzen and Vega has no impact on how future-ready the 1080 is on lower resolutions than 4k. Even if it did, Vega isn't expected to be leagues above the 1080 in performance and Ryzen will be on a roughly even footing as Intel.

I am talking about because of the Ryzen and Vega ,intel and Nvidia may release more powerful hardware  

[Centurius]

1 minute ago, zehao39 said:

I am talking about because of the Ryzen and Vega ,intel and Nvidia may release more powerful hardware  

If they do the 6700 and 1080 will still rock 1080p and 1440p for a significant time to come.

[zehao39]

2 minutes ago, Centurius said:

If they do the 6700 and 1080 will still rock 1080p and 1440p for a significant time to come.

that is true,but if 1180 and 1170 have a 50% increase,it will be nice save the money to buy a 1070 and get a 1170 but no one know the future, I just do not like the concept of future proff

[Napalm360]

7 minutes ago, Centurius said:

If they do the 6700 and 1080 will still rock 1080p and 1440p for a significant time to come.

Oh please I5's are more than capable of gaming and streaming as well take it from me I've done it all and it's the best

[Napalm360]

43 minutes ago, MYoungs said:

Hi!

 

I know very, very, very little about building PC'S and parts but I enjoy watching the videos on the linustechtips YouTube channel so thought this might be the best place to come.

 

I need help picking/finding the best PC almost only for games. My budget it £1200. These are the 3 PC'S I'm looking at but with my knowledge I'm not sure if I'm getting the best out of my money. ( The Alienware one is pretty much purely because I like the look of them but also not sure if it competes with the other 2 ) 

 

https://www.gladiatorpc.co.uk/configure/config/66646

 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view-item/Stratos-1000/?gclid=CKjS0efliNICFSsW0wode8EEPA

 

http://www.dell.com/uk/p/alienware-aurora-r6-desktop/pd?oc=d00awr602&model_id=alienware-aurora-r6-desktop

 

There are a few alienware models that are within my budget but to be honest I have no idea which one would be better etc.

 

I'm willing to upgrade any of these upto my maximum budget ( £1200 ) or if you hage suggestions of other PC'S please link!

 

Please help me, Thank you! 

Shit I just made a long ass reply and Firefox crashed so tldr need info on buying parts in UK and other stuff like that

Spoiler

I'd highly recommend overclockers.co.uk or ariapc as they are very if not le best retailers in uk, same with DPD being the best courier as they are fast AF and handle packages with extreme care and with most orders on the above retailers you'll get dpd's tracked shipping for free.

Please PM me