New Gaming PC Build

[Matex9990]

Hello everyone, I am going to build my first gaming PC in approximately a month.

 

The PC will mostly be used for gaming, although some Solidworks projects will also be completed on it for university. My budget is around £1500, I am willing to go a bit higher (app. £100). For example, I am also considering the RTX 2080 which is about an extra £150 at the moment, do you think it is worth it?

 

I am planning to use it with a 1440p 144Hz monitor. I do not have one yet so any recommendations are welcome (preferably I would like to avoid TN panels) my budget for the monitor is around £400 if that is even possible haha

 

I also plan to overclock the CPU if I feel like I need to. (probably later down the line when games require it)

 

Bellow is the parts list that I have put together. What do you all think about it? Anything I should change? Do you have any recommendations or advice?

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6YKZNQ

CPU: Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£236.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£79.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£162.78 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£91.47 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£68.50 @ AWD-IT) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£80.59 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (£504.10 @ More Computers) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 570X RGB Mirror Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (£145.00 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£73.16 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1511.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-07 21:55 BST+0100

 

 

P.s Regarding having 3 different storage: M.2 drive for OS and few other software, SSD for games I regularly play and HDD for everything else. (if you think that is stupid and I should just have 1 SSD feel free to say so haha)

 

Thank you all in advance!

[KING OF THE DIRTY DANS]

This all looks good, but personally, if you are going to do 3D modeling, I would get Ryzen

[ch3w2oy]

If you're waiting approximately 1 (one) month, just wait until Zen 2 is released by AMD. Do nothing until then!

 

 

 

They should be announced at Computex at the end of the month. Wait till then at the very least!

[Matex9990]

3 minutes ago, KING OF THE DIRTY DANS said:

This all looks good, but personally, if you are going to do 3D modeling, I would get Ryzen

I understand, to be honest I haven't really considered AMD CPUs as the stuff I am (and will be) doing is not extremely demanding so I didn't think it would be of much benefit to me. I will take a look around never the less. Which Ryzens would you recommend?

2 minutes ago, ch3w2oy said:

If you're waiting approximately 1 (one) month, just wait until Zen 2 is released by AMD. Do nothing until then!

 

 

 

They should be announced at Computex at the end of the month. Wait till then at the very least!

Thanks for the heads up! I will definitely wait for that. New CPUs and possible prices drops on both sides?! Wouldn't miss it.

[Lordofcheez]

1 minute ago, Matex9990 said:

I understand, to be honest I haven't really considered AMD CPUs as the stuff I am (and will be) doing is not extremely demanding so I didn't think it would be of much benefit to me. I will take a look around never the less. Which Ryzens would you recommend?

Thanks for the heads up! I will definitely wait for that. New CPUs and possible prices drops on both sides?! Wouldn't miss it.

I'm pretty sure that it is only AMD that's dropping new CPUs. I hope someone can correct me. Hopefully, AMD can become even more competitive. 

[Matex9990]

Just now, Lordofcheez said:

I'm pretty sure that it is only AMD that's dropping new CPUs. I hope someone can correct me. Hopefully, AMD can become even more competitive. 

Sorry, that is what I meant. New CPUs from AMD        and         possible price drops on both sides.
My bad.

[LukeSavenije]

12 minutes ago, KING OF THE DIRTY DANS said:

This all looks good, but personally, if you are going to do 3D modeling, I would get Ryzen

unfortunately solidworks doesn't do well with ryzen

 

my turn

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	£236.99 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	£67.25 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	£162.78 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£75.97 @ Box Limited
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£49.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£63.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	PowerColor - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card	£610.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox MB511 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	£64.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	be quiet! - Pure Power 11 700 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	£71.58 @ Aria PC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1404.32
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-07 22:34 BST+0100

 

[Lordofcheez]

Just now, Matex9990 said:

Sorry, that is what I meant. New CPUs from AMD        and         possible price drops on both sides.
My bad.

AH, I see. makes sense. Understandable have a nice day.

[KING OF THE DIRTY DANS]

4 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

unfortunately solidworks doesn't do well with ryzen

Time to switch to Blender...

[Matex9990]

6 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

unfortunately solidworks doesn't do well with ryzen

 

my turn

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	£236.99 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	£67.25 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	£162.78 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£75.97 @ Box Limited
Storage	Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£49.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£63.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	PowerColor - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card	£610.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox MB511 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	£64.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	be quiet! - Pure Power 11 700 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	£71.58 @ Aria PC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1404.32
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-07 22:34 BST+0100

 

Thank you! Is there any specific reason you changed the cooler other than looks?

2 minutes ago, KING OF THE DIRTY DANS said:

Time to switch to Blender...

I actually wouldn't mind doing that, I have messed about in Blender before. Mostly just having fun with the rigid body physics.
Unfortunately though, I have to use Solidworks

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Matex9990 said:

Thank you! Is there any specific reason you changed the cooler other than looks?

because it performs around the same and it was cheaper (less cost to get it from Germany i think?)

[Matex9990]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

because it performs around the same and it was cheaper (less cost to get it from Germany i think?)

Ah I see, thanks! They are both available with free shipping so that doesn't affect me luckily.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£377.50 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright - Macho Rev.B 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£43.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£162.78 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£75.97 @ Box Limited) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card  (£610.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Sahara - P35 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.28 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1503.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-08 03:48 BST+0100

[Matex9990]

6 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£377.50 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright - Macho Rev.B 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£43.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£162.78 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£75.97 @ Box Limited) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon VII 16 GB Video Card  (£610.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Sahara - P35 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.28 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1503.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-08 03:48 BST+0100

Thank you! Most people seem to recommend 3000 ram, so I guess the difference in performance doesn't justify the price difference between 3000 and 3200?! 

[BigRom]

1 minute ago, Matex9990 said:

Thank you! Most people seem to recommend 3000 ram, so I guess the difference in performance doesn't justify the price difference between 3000 and 3200?! 

Intel isn't as sensitive to RAM speeds.

That said, anything beyond 3000 is diminishing returns anyway for more money. Not quite worth the outlay.

[Matex9990]

4 minutes ago, BigRom said:

Intel isn't as sensitive to RAM speeds.

That said, anything beyond 3000 is diminishing returns anyway for more money. Not quite worth the outlay.

I understand thanks!