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If you can consider paying a bit more for black/red Skylake

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dVbChM
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dVbChM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£283.87 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£86.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£137.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£129.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£128.39 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£73.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£568.79 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1597.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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If you dont want to pay the Skylake price:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/D6yqnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/D6yqnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£252.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£86.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£107.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£79.31 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£128.39 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£73.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£568.79 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1485.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Keyboard Arachnid Recore - Cherry MX Red Mouse Corsair M45  !!--GTA V--!!  

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And some don't even do anything apart from raising the voltage needlessly high(but not in a damaging way, it just "wastes" power that has to be dicipated by your cooler).

I'd say do It right or leave it as it is.

That also depends on the mobo.

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That also depends on the mobo.

Shure it does. i am just saying what I am saying:

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Do it right

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I was thinking of a red and black theme but I am more than happy for ideas

I have different themed builds here are some:

 

White Themed Build:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£252.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£86.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£189.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£65.50 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£128.39 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£581.24 @ More Computers) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£83.50 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £1501.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This was an old concept of mine, I just can't afford it
 
Black and Red:
 
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£283.87 @ CCL Computers) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£103.98 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£178.78 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£128.39 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£568.79 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.98 @ Novatech) 
Total: £1553.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This build is more video editing and rendering focused
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I like both of those but why would you have to go for a 500GB SSD?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/334934-unofficial-ltt-beginners-guide/ (by Minibois) and a few things that will make our community interaction more pleasent:
1. FOLLOW your own topics                                                                                2.Try to QUOTE people so we can read through things easier
3.Use PCPARTPICKER.COM - easy and most importantly approved here        4.Mark your topics SOLVED if they are                                Don't change a running system

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If you can consider paying a bit more for black/red Skylake

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dVbChM

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dVbChM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£283.87 @ CCL Computers)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£86.99 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£137.94 @ Aria PC)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£129.63 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£128.39 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£73.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£568.79 @ Aria PC)

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.98 @ Novatech)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1597.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-11 15:16 BST+0100

 

 

If you dont want to pay the Skylake price:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/D6yqnQ

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/D6yqnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£252.00 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£86.99 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£107.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£79.31 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£128.39 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£73.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£568.79 @ Aria PC)

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.98 @ Novatech)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1485.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-11 15:18 BST+0100

Thank you I will think about the one without skylake as I cant afford the other one

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I have different themed builds here are some:

 

White Themed Build:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£252.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£86.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£189.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£65.50 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£128.39 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  (£581.24 @ More Computers) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£83.50 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £1501.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I like the white themed build looks very nice

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I like both of those but why would you have to go for a 500GB SSD?

If he will do alot of editing etc it can be nice to have the stuff on a SSD. Or if he want fast loading games.

I just put it in there for him to see the max basically, he can just change it to a 256GB if he doesnt need more.

I suppose 256GB is enough as I dont use more than 180GB with GTA V and some more games, aswell as alot of programs. It depends on what he feels he need.

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Keyboard Arachnid Recore - Cherry MX Red Mouse Corsair M45  !!--GTA V--!!  

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If he will do alot of editing etc it can be nice to have the stuff on a SSD. Or if he want fast loading games.

I just put it in there for him to see the max basically, he can just change it to a 256GB if he doesnt need more.

I suppose 256GB is enough as I dont use more than 180GB with GTA V and some more games, aswell as alot of programs. It depends on what he feels he need.

Also do you not think 3tb is a bit much I think I will change it to 2tb 

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Thank you I will think about the one without skylake as I cant afford the other one

If you want to save some money, drop to a 256GB SSD, I dont think you will need more than that to be honest.

 

And if you dont want to do overclocking you can get like a 212 EVO and save like 70 there aswell. The 212 EVO can still handle a small overclock.

Mobo MSI X370 Carbon CPU Ryzen 7 1700 3.8GHz RAM Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x8GB 3000MHz GPU ASUS GTX 1070 Strix Case NZXT S340 Storage Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2 - Seagate 1TB  PSU EVGA 750W Cooling NZXT Kraken X52 OS WIndows 10 Pro

Keyboard Arachnid Recore - Cherry MX Red Mouse Corsair M45  !!--GTA V--!!  

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Also do you not think 3tb is a bit much I think I will change it to 2tb 

You choose, i dont know how much you need, but HD videos take alot of space, just keep that in mind :)

Mobo MSI X370 Carbon CPU Ryzen 7 1700 3.8GHz RAM Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x8GB 3000MHz GPU ASUS GTX 1070 Strix Case NZXT S340 Storage Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2 - Seagate 1TB  PSU EVGA 750W Cooling NZXT Kraken X52 OS WIndows 10 Pro

Keyboard Arachnid Recore - Cherry MX Red Mouse Corsair M45  !!--GTA V--!!  

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