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Got a mate who is looking at buying his first gaming pc. 

 

His budget is £1800 max. Preferably looking at around £1500. Like i said above it's his first gaming pc so he would need everything. So in the price the peripherals  etc will need to factored in.

 

He is looking to game at 1440p and will be playing the latest titles that come out.

 

Let's see what you wonderful people can come up with!

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2 minutes ago, JediWombat said:

How's this: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zXBzTB

Why not just get a locked 8700?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £293.99 @ Aria PC
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £155.99 @ AWD-IT
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £91.85 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive £139.94 @ AWD-IT
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £56.55 @ Amazon UK
Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card £481.49 @ Scan.co.uk
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case £69.95 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £59.98 @ Amazon UK
Monitor AOC - U3277FWQ 31.5" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor £347.99 @ Amazon UK
Keyboard Corsair - STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard £99.98 @ Amazon UK
Mouse Logitech - G502 Proteus Spectrum Wired Optical Mouse £55.00 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1852.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-05 01:44 GMT+0000  

 

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2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Why not just get a locked 8700?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £293.99 @ Aria PC
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £155.99 @ AWD-IT
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £91.85 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive £139.94 @ AWD-IT
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £56.55 @ Amazon UK
Video Card EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card £481.49 @ Scan.co.uk
Case NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case £69.95 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £59.98 @ Amazon UK
Monitor AOC - U3277FWQ 31.5" 3840x2160 60 Hz Monitor £347.99 @ Amazon UK
Keyboard Corsair - STRAFE RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard £99.98 @ Amazon UK
Mouse Logitech - G502 Proteus Spectrum Wired Optical Mouse £55.00 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1852.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-05 01:44 GMT+0000  

 

fair point

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £146.78 @ Aria PC
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard £94.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £91.85 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial - MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £113.81 @ Amazon UK
Storage Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £63.12 @ CCL Computers
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB VENTUS Video Card £627.37 @ Technextday
Case Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case £69.98 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply be quiet! - Pure Power 11 CM 700 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £83.92 @ More Computers
Monitor Asus - MG279Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor £287.00 @ Amazon UK
Other Case fan budget £80.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1658.80
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-05 01:48 GMT+0000  

No headphones or speakers because a) I'm bad at choosing that and b) I don't know which one he prefers.

No keyboard because that's highly user dependent, better go to a retail store and test them out himself

 

ask if you want to know why these parts in particular

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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16 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £146.78 @ Aria PC
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard £94.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £91.85 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial - MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £113.81 @ Amazon UK
Storage Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £63.12 @ CCL Computers
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB VENTUS Video Card £627.37 @ Technextday
Case Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case £69.98 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply be quiet! - Pure Power 11 CM 700 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £83.92 @ More Computers
Monitor Asus - MG279Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor £287.00 @ Amazon UK
Other Case fan budget £80.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1658.80
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-05 01:48 GMT+0000  

No headphones or speakers because a) I'm bad at choosing that and b) I don't know which one he prefers.

No keyboard because that's highly user dependent, better go to a retail store and test them out himself

 

ask if you want to know why these parts in particular

That looks very nice! Not sure on how he feels about AMD. Is there a Intel option if possible :)

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9 minutes ago, HeaT said:

That looks very nice! Not sure on how he feels about AMD. Is there a Intel option if possible :)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £293.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £22.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £95.63 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £91.85 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial - MX500 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £113.81 @ Amazon UK
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB VENTUS Video Card £627.37 @ Technextday
Case Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case £69.98 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply be quiet! - Pure Power 11 CM 700 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £83.92 @ More Computers
Monitor Asus - MG279Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor £287.00 @ Amazon UK
Other Case fan budget £80.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1766.54
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-05 02:16 GMT+0000  

Going with Intel just melts away the budget, end up with something that's not even much better

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£293.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  (£19.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£91.85 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£55.69 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB VENTUS Video Card  (£627.37 @ Technextday) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini Dark TG MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£74.75 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Asus - MG279Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  (£287.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Gigabyte - FORCE K83 Wired Standard Keyboard  (£43.94 @ CCL Computers) 
Mouse: Corsair - M65 PRO RGB FPS Wired Optical Mouse  (£37.99 @ PC World) 
Total: £1714.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-05 02:36 GMT+0000

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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Update - Mate has got the money now.

 

We've come up with this - 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/H6MLQZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/H6MLQZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£283.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£27.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£149.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£81.25 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.50 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.60 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card  (£483.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£76.00 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Acer - Predator XB271HUA 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor  (£470.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1825.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-04 18:48 BST+0100

 

Thoughts? 

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6 hours ago, HeaT said:

Update - Mate has got the money now.

 

We've come up with this - 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/H6MLQZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/H6MLQZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£283.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£27.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£149.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£81.25 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.50 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.60 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card  (£483.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£76.00 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Acer - Predator XB271HUA 27.0" 2560x1440 165 Hz Monitor  (£470.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1825.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-04 18:48 BST+0100

 

Thoughts? 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor £238.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler ARCTIC - Freezer 33 CPU Cooler £22.87 @ Ebuyer
Motherboard Gigabyte - Z390 UD ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £109.79 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £81.25 @ Aria PC
Storage Intel - 660p Series 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £108.99 @ Ebuyer
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card £636.41 @ Amazon UK
Case Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case £64.56 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £64.99 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan Fractal Design - GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120mm Fan £10.49 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan Fractal Design - GP12-BK 52.3 CFM 120mm Fan £10.49 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan Phanteks - PH-F120MP_BBK_PWM 53.3 CFM 120mm Fan £19.57 @ Amazon UK
Case Fan ARCTIC - BioniX F120 (Black/White) 69 CFM 120mm Fan £13.39 @ Amazon UK
Monitor Asus - MG279Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor £455.45 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1837.24
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-05 00:55 BST+0100  

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£283.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  (£19.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Motherboard: MSI - B360-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£80.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£81.25 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - P1 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£116.69 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.60 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£636.41 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£76.00 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£73.50 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: AOC - AG322QC4 31.5" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  (£374.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1797.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-05 03:52 BST+0100

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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