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CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£364.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: EVGA - CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£129.89 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£167.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Team - Dark Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£149.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£82.34 @ CCL Computers) 
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  (£623.46 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1688.01

 

An i7-9700K with a relatively achievable overclock of 5GHz when paired with an EVGA CLC 280 and Aorus Pro will decimate an i7-7700 - We're often talking margins of 20% at 1080P:

 

 

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(US$2200) I want to play games like city skylines and other simulator games, this is what I have so far, Would this get bottle necked as well?

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor £279.95 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard Asus - PRIME Z270-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £127.74 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £89.60 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £104.57 @ CCL Computers
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 GAMING X TRIO Video Card £731.39 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case Corsair - 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case £128.49 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £87.97 @ CCL Computers
Optical Drive Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer £25.23 @ Amazon UK
Other Windows 10 Home 32-bit/64-bit English International £78.90 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1690.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-27 13:06 BST+0100  

 

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4 minutes ago, Jamesgames99 said:

(US$2200) I want to play games like city skylines and other simulator games, this is what I have so far, Would this get bottle necked as well?
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/JamesCrawford/saved/#view=6P3b8d

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £269.09 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £172.88 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £89.60 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £104.57 @ CCL Computers
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 GAMING X TRIO Video Card £731.39 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case Corsair - 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case £128.49 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £87.97 @ CCL Computers
Optical Drive Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer £25.23 @ Amazon UK
Other Windows 10 Home 32-bit/64-bit English International £78.90 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1724.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-27 13:20 BST+0100  
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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£364.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: EVGA - CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£129.89 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£167.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Team - Dark Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£149.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£82.34 @ CCL Computers) 
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  (£623.46 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1688.01

 

An i7-9700K with a relatively achievable overclock of 5GHz when paired with an EVGA CLC 280 and Aorus Pro will decimate an i7-7700 - We're often talking margins of 20% at 1080P:

 

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K [Delidded | Frequency: 5.1GHz | vCore: 1.45v - Fuck Intel | Cache: 4800MHz | VCCIO: 1.175 | SA: 1.20]

GPU: MSI GTX 1080 Ti ARMOR 11G OC [Core: 2113MHz | Memory: + 1000MHz | Voltage: 1.181v | XOC BIOS]

RAM: TEAM GROUP DARK PRO EDITION [Capacity: 16GB - 8GB x 2 | Frequency: 3866MHz | Timings: 16-16-16-36]

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A

PSU: SeaSonic PRIME Ultra 1000W

Case: Fractal S2 Meshify

 

CPU Block: EK Velocity | GPU Block: EK-FC1080 GTX Ti TF6 | Radiators: x2 HWLabs SR2 360MM  | Pump / Res: EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM | Fans: x6 Noctua NF-F12

 

Primary Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HUbmiprz [Refresh Rate: 165Hz | Resolution: 2560 x 1440]

Secondary Monitor: ASUS VG248QE [Refresh Rate: 144Hz | Resolution: 1920 x 1080]

 

UPS: APC Smart-UPS RT 2000VA [Online | Double-Conversion]

 

Benchmarks: 3DMark TimeSpy - First [1 out of 8571]

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If you can wait another few months, zen 2 will be released rumoured July ish.

 

 

 

MSI B450 Pro Gaming Pro Carbon AC | AMD Ryzen 2700x  | NZXT  Kraken X52  | MSI GeForce RTX2070 Armour | Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4*8) 3200MhZ | Samsung 970 evo M.2nvme 500GB Boot  / Samsung 860 evo 500GB SSD | Corsair RM550X (2018) | Fractal Design Meshify C white | Logitech G pro Wireless | Gigabyte Aurus AD27QD 

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Much better value with Ryzen, but as mentioned if you can wait a few months then do so.

 

 

url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/pVVPCb]PCPartPicker Part List[/url]

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£156.24 @ Box Limited) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  (£29.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£164.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£75.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card  (£625.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (£78.84 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1293.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-27 14:09 BST+0100

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1 hour ago, _Aontaigh_ said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£364.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: EVGA - CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£129.89 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£167.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Team - Dark Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£149.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£82.34 @ CCL Computers) 
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  (£623.46 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1688.01

 

An i7-9700K with a relatively achievable overclock of 5GHz when paired with an EVGA CLC 280 and Aorus Pro will decimate an i7-7700 - We're often talking margins of 20% at 1080P:

If this is the route you go, do note that you're going to need a 1440p high refresh rate monitor to even let that 2080 stretch its legs. So you're talking another few hundred down the road for a monitor in the build. Otherwise you're just wasting cash.

 

Here is a thought:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor £274.29 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler £35.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £76.46 @ Amazon UK
Memory Kingston - HyperX Predator 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory £88.52 @ CCL Computers
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £49.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £40.39 @ Aria PC
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB DUKE Video Card £740.24 @ Box Limited
Case KOLINK - OBSERVATORY RGB ATX Mid Tower Case £58.65 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair - RMx 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £74.99 @ AWD-IT
Monitor Samsung - LC27JG50QQNZA 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor £289.35 @ CCL Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1728.86
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-27 15:35 BST+0100  

Going with a Ryzen 2700X and just smart shopping can put you in a Factory OCed RTX 2080 with a nice cooler, an overclockable 8c/16t CPU, I did play around a touch to provide RGB fans in the case and on the cooler. (I'd say at the pricing it's nice that 3 intakes and an exhaust are provided either way.)

This does include the 4ms 1440p 144mhz monitor in the build, so that you can utilize some of that RTX 2080's power! (it is 28lbs over the limit. A cheaper case or maybe a 1TB HDD instead could recoup some of that if you're worried.)

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14 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

If this is the route you go, do note that you're going to need a 1440p high refresh rate monitor to even let that 2080 stretch its legs. So you're talking another few hundred down the road for a monitor in the build. Otherwise you're just wasting cash.

 

Here is a thought:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor £274.29 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler £35.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £76.46 @ Amazon UK
Memory Kingston - HyperX Predator 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory £88.52 @ CCL Computers
Storage Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £49.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £40.39 @ Aria PC
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB DUKE Video Card £740.24 @ Box Limited
Case KOLINK - OBSERVATORY RGB ATX Mid Tower Case £58.65 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair - RMx 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £74.99 @ AWD-IT
Monitor Samsung - LC27JG50QQNZA 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor £289.35 @ CCL Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1728.86
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-27 15:35 BST+0100  

Going with a Ryzen 2700X and just smart shopping can put you in a Factory OCed RTX 2080 with a nice cooler, an overclockable 8c/16t CPU, I did play around a touch to provide RGB fans in the case and on the cooler. (I'd say at the pricing it's nice that 3 intakes and an exhaust are provided either way.)

This does include the 4ms 1440p 144mhz monitor in the build, so that you can utilize some of that RTX 2080's power! (it is 28lbs over the limit. A cheaper case or maybe a 1TB HDD instead could recoup some of that if you're worried.)

No way the 2700X is worth an extra £118 over the 2700. 

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20 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

No way the 2700X is worth an extra £118 over the 2700. 

AH! Right you are! I didn't see the awesome sale on that 2700. The core clocks are .3 better, but I wouldn't personally drop and extra 120 on that difference, since you can just OC that right back up. 

 

Good catch!

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1 hour ago, trevb0t said:

AH! Right you are! I didn't see the awesome sale on that 2700. The core clocks are .3 better, but I wouldn't personally drop and extra 120 on that difference, since you can just OC that right back up. 

 

Good catch!

Yeah really good price. I had to check it as pcpartpicker sometimes messes up on pricing/stock availability :)

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