First Build In a While

[Hypa]

Budget and location:

Budget is aprox 1500-2000 gbp Im In Northern Ireland(shipping can be painful even from mainland UK) initial 1500 for the tower and another 500 for peripherals although im pretty flexible on pricing splits if it aids preformance.

 

Aims:

My main aim is to start a semi decent gaming rig as currently a laptop just isn't cutting it. I have no usable components as my last desktop is aproximately 10 years old and hasnt been in use for the last 8 of those years so please assume im starting from bare bones in terms of components.

 

Monitors:

Initially i plan to run 1 monitor with a possible upgrade to 2 further down the line.

 

Peripherals :

No Peripherals have been purchased open to recomendations.

 

Main reason for asking here is that i have no idea what options would be best for the motherboard and due to the GPU price fluctuation i have no idea if it would be a good idea to wait till 2019 to see what new hardware comes out or if some of the nicer GPU's will be restocked.

 

I have a preference to intel CPU's but I'm not unwilling to be persuaded otherwise if the price to preformance ratio works out.

 

Any help on getting somesort of viable system working would be much appreciated!

[Happycowdance]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	£247.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	£52.98 @ Novatech
Motherboard	Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	£98.99 @ AWD-IT
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£113.76 @ Box Limited
Storage	Crucial - BX500 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£54.99 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£36.78 @ Aria PC
Video Card	MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB VENTUS Video Card	£683.01 @ Amazon UK
Case	Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case	£77.96 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£75.48 @ Ebuyer
Monitor	Iiyama - G-MASTER RED EAGLE 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	£320.48 @ CCL Computers
Keyboard	Corsair - STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard	£99.98 @ Scan.co.uk
Mouse	Corsair - M65 PRO RGB FPS (White) Wired Optical Mouse	£57.49 @ Scan.co.uk
Headphones	SteelSeries - Arctis 3 (White) 7.1 Channel Headset	£59.98 @ PC World Business
Other	XYK White Gaming Mouse Pad Large Size ( 800x300x3mm ) Extended Gamer Mouse Mat with Non-slip Rubber Base, Special-Textured Surface, Support for Computer, PC and Laptop - White	£29.90 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£2009.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-18 02:06 GMT+0000

here's a build i made for you 

white theme

ryzen 7 

rtx 2080

144hz 1440p monitor

1.5 tb of storage

good cooler for ocing

 

 

[Hypa]

never thought a 2080 would be viable on this kind of budget

having never worked with ryzen im not sure if this is a 2nd gen chipset and if it will be okay with just aircooling or further down the line would you recommend moving to a watercooler

[ch3w2oy]

3 hours ago, Hypa said:

never thought a 2080 would be viable on this kind of budget

having never worked with ryzen im not sure if this is a 2nd gen chipset and if it will be okay with just aircooling or further down the line would you recommend moving to a watercooler

So get 2600 and an AIO, then upgrade to gen 3 sometime in 2019, or later. 2600 is actually really good when paired with fast RAM.

[Happycowdance]

3 minutes ago, Hypa said:

never thought a 2080 would be viable on this kind of budget

having never worked with ryzen im not sure if this is a 2nd gen chipset and if it will be okay with just aircooling or further down the line would you recommend moving to a watercooler

quote me next time  or see I wont see that you responded

 

as for air-cooling it should be fine as the dark-rock is better than amds stock cooler and you can already hit decent oc's on that one 

If you want you could always add another fan to it for like $15 if you arent satisfied with the performance 

[ch3w2oy]

That's also a really good cooler (the dark rock) and is good enough for the 2700 and some overclocking.

[Hypa]

Just having a look over benchmarks it seems the 2080 marginally better than the 1080ti and is it worth it for the real time ray tracing n'vidia has been promoting? it looks to future proof the build I'm aware and the 1080ti is as good as extinct to buy new but i cant help but make the comparison with what i've done a little research on.

Sorry for the mindless questions.

[Happycowdance]

5 minutes ago, Hypa said:

Just having a look over benchmarks it seems the 2080 marginally better than the 1080ti and is it worth it for the real time ray tracing n'vidia has been promoting? it looks to future proof the build I'm aware and the 1080ti is as good as extinct to buy new but i cant help but make the comparison with what i've done a little research on.

Sorry for the mindless questions.

rtx is still kinda meh due to the low performance but it looks like it will become more and more utilized in the future

 

as for performance they are basically equal(think 1080ti is like 2% faster) and the only cards that will beat them are a 2080ti and the titan cards so it is very future proof

 

If you want you could also buy a used 1080ti if you can find one for a good price

[Hypa]

2 minutes ago, Happycowdance said:

If you want you could also buy a used 1080ti if you can find one for a good price

Yeah i have seen a few hens teeth and found a few needles in haystacks recently so im sure finding a decently priced 1080 ti will be within my luck.

In all seriousness tho i'll do some digging into what the 2080 is capable of before making a final decision but thats a great build i really do appreciate the effort you put into the responce.

[fargonaz]

2 hours ago, Happycowdance said:

 it is very future proof

... wait for it...

[Happycowdance]

59 minutes ago, fargonaz said:

... wait for it...

yeah take that with a grain of salt future proof as in the next 3-5 years assuming nothing groundbreaking happens

[Hypa]

1 hour ago, fargonaz said:

... wait for it...

worst case scenario new mining rig lol i really hope the ass falls outta that craze because gpu's shouldnt be retailing for 150% of their msrp 2 years after they launched