A New PC build

[theofficialgibbs]

Ok. so I would like to say honestly I have a little bit of knowledge about computers but not enough to go about buying the parts and putting it all together. I have been making pc specs for a while now for a brand new gaming PC, but, I wanted some advice because the last thing I want is to cost an arm and a leg to find out I have been ripped off in price and to have wasted £1500 ($1962). 

 

I have attached one spec to this note. Any advice about this to improve this or a way to get the cost down is muchly appreciated.

[TH3R34P3R]

I would recommend this over that prebuilt. This has 750gb more of ssd storage, a better gpu (2080 vs 2070), faster ram, a better CPU cooler, and a much nicer case. Find a grey market windows key, and you are golden for about only 100 more than that build. (1550ish pounds)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor	£295.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	£64.64 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£95.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Storage	Crucial - MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£113.81 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£54.85 @ PC World Business
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB Black Video Card	£669.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case	NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	£69.95 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	£84.98 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1539.47
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-25 14:56 GMT+0000

 

[thinwalrus]

2600X should be pretty much equal to 2700X in games.

[Guest]

7 hours ago, theofficialgibbs said:

Ok. so I would like to say honestly I have a little bit of knowledge about computers but not enough to go about buying the parts and putting it all together. I have been making pc specs for a while now for a brand new gaming PC, but, I wanted some advice because the last thing I want is to cost an arm and a leg to find out I have been ripped off in price and to have wasted £1500 ($1962). 

 

I have attached one spec to this note. Any advice about this to improve this or a way to get the cost down is muchly appreciated.

 

Not a good system overall.

 

Case looks cheap and nasty. I would avoid brands like Sharkoon or CiT etc as they are low end.

 

No real need for the 2700X if just gaming. If you do need the 8 cores then the 2700 is usually better value. Otherwise just grab an R5 2600.

 

That board is pretty average. I would rather have an MSI B450 Tomahawk or B450 Gaming Pro Carbon.

 

Not sure why 2 x 1TB Hard drives. A single 2TB would be better.

 

A DVD Writer isn't really needed these days as everything is digital download. Of course if you still have media on disks then fair enough.

 

That power supply is really low end. I wouldn't trust it to power that system.

[theofficialgibbs]

First of all. Thank you for your help guys, it saved me from going ahead with a not so good idea for a pc. I just wanted to add the reason I went for the 2700X is due to the fact eventually I will use it live stream "training"  purposes so was therefore told this would hold out better than the 2700. when it comes to getting all the parts, that has helped a lot, but, I am terrified of building my own pc and I am known for my DIY botchetness and DO NOT want to fuck this up which is one of the only reasons I used pc specialist in the first place, seeming as they will build it for you. 

[theofficialgibbs]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/remistus/saved/#view=km7zYJ

 

[theofficialgibbs]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/remistus/saved/#view=T3YMZL

 

[Guest]

On 2/26/2019 at 1:58 AM, theofficialgibbs said:

First of all. Thank you for your help guys, it saved me from going ahead with a not so good idea for a pc. I just wanted to add the reason I went for the 2700X is due to the fact eventually I will use it live stream "training"  purposes so was therefore told this would hold out better than the 2700. when it comes to getting all the parts, that has helped a lot, but, I am terrified of building my own pc and I am known for my DIY botchetness and DO NOT want to fuck this up which is one of the only reasons I used pc specialist in the first place, seeming as they will build it for you. 

The 2700 and 2700X are pretty much identical apart from the base/boost clock speeds. They are both 8c/16t. You can overclock the 2700 towards the 2700X with a decent cooler. There is a £60 or so price difference looking at pcpartpicker UK prices. You could get a good air cooler with that.

 

I don't know how good/bad pc specialist are but there are other pc stores worth looking at such as Overclockers UK, Scan and Aria (Gladiator pc). Any of those should be able to build you a system to your own spec if you buy everything from them.

 

 

So as an example using OCUK

 

You can deduct about £80 from the overall price as the shipping is messed up. Should be around £15 or so for delivery.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£288.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
CPU Cooler: Alpenföhn - Brocken 3 60.62 CFM CPU Cooler  (£51.65 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£115.49 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£98.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.89 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£61.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£511.39 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£60.49 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 550 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.49 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£118.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £1467.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-01 15:25 GMT+0000