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I'm building my first gaming pc and would like some help with the parts I have chosen. I would like to know if It can be improved whilst still staying in the budget. The budget is about £1800. I will be using this pc for playing games like watchdogs, garry's mod and web browsing. I plan on running two monitors in the future. I have included peripherals in the parts list.

 

 

This is a link to the parts I am going to buy

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pd3LRB

 

 

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Drop that i7 to a i5 so you can get a 1440p display. i7 rarely give a worthwhile boost to gaming over i5s, and since you are getting a 980ti might as well get 1440p display.

 

Drop that Thermal paste it is already included in the cooler.

 

Consider going to skylake i5 6600k and a skylake motherboard like the Z170-A with ddr4 ram.

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I'm building my first gaming pc and would like some help with the parts I have chosen. I would like to know if It can be improved whilst still staying in the budget. The budget is about £1800. I will be using this pc for playing games like watchdogs, garry's mod and web browsing. I plan on running two monitors in the future. I have included peripherals in the parts list.

 

 

This is a link to the parts I am going to buy

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/pd3LRB

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£195.00 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£96.72 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£90.78 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£559.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£275.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB UK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£144.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£68.05 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Speakers: Logitech S-150 1.2W 2ch Speakers  (£20.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1797.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£195.00 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£76.98 @ Novatech) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£93.12 @ Aria PC) 



Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.97 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£559.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 


Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£275.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB UK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£144.95 @ Amazon UK) 


Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£68.05 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Speakers: Logitech S-150 1.2W 2ch Speakers  (£20.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1821.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-09 21:07 BST+0100

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£195.00 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£76.98 @ Novatech) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£93.12 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£43.35 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£62.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.97 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£559.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£93.38 @ CCL Computers) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer) 

Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£275.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB UK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£144.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Mouse: Corsair Raptor M45 Wired Optical Mouse 

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£68.05 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Speakers: Logitech S-150 1.2W 2ch Speakers  (£20.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1821.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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  1. get the latest haswell chip or the 6700k. you can get away with the 4690k or the 6600k

save money on the cooler by getting a phanteks tc14pe or a noctua d14

you don't need extra thermal paste

get an ssd

get the z97-e, its less expensive

ram is too expensive, get 8gb

psu is overkill and not enough for sli. get a 650w for a single 980 ti and the i7 or i5

get a better monitor for gaming at 1440p, which you should be with that gpu or get a better 1080p with 1 ms and 144 hertz

keyboard is too expensive

windows 8.1

fuck the speakers

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£195.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£34.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£111.22 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£42.89 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.81 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£68.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£389.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£389.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£69.98 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Acer XG270HU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£349.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1774.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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