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Having the unfortunate experience of building a PC in the UK (extortionate pricing). This is my second build, upgrading from an FX 6300/GTX 760.  I will use the system primarily for gaming at 1080p (planning on picking up a 1440p monitor down the line), and general school work, (word processing etc.) I already have a monitor and peripheral set-up so these are not needed.  My budget is around £1200 max for the PC alone. Below are the parts I've come up with so far but I was wondering if anyone would suggest any changes to get the most out of my budget? I've priced all the parts from Amazon as it's my retailer of choice. I am happy to spend up to my max budget if needs be. Will likely add a few case fans as well, would appreciate suggestions on these as well. Currently looking at a few of the Corsair fans. Thanks for the help, appreciate it! 

 

UPDATE: Will be overclocking, hence the 6600k and H100i, but would welcome and appreciate comments on these as well! 

 


 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£90.29 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£139.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.29 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.29 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£264.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  (£98.99 @ Amazon UK) 


Total: £1098.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Seems fine. the 450D already comes with alright 2 front fans and 1 rear fan, so getting extra fans is not all that necessary.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£245.95 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£90.29 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£109.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.39 @ Amazon UK) 


Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  (£344.45 @ Amazon UK) 


Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1106.07

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

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double post. 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

Audio: Behringer Q802USB Xenyx 8 Input Mixer |  U-PHORIA UMC204HD | Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Cardioid Vocal Microphone | Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCI-E card.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 ESXi 6.7 | Lenovo M93 Tiny Exchange 2019 | TP-LINK TL-SG1024D 24-Port Gigabit | Cisco ASA 5506 firewall  | Cisco Catalyst 3750 Gigabit Switch | Cisco 2960C-LL | HP MicroServer G8 NAS | Custom built SCCM Server.

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£245.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£109.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£539.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1203.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-02 12:26 GMT+0000[/

 

 

An i7 with a stock cooler?

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An i7 with a stock cooler?

Opps copied the wrong one.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

Audio: Behringer Q802USB Xenyx 8 Input Mixer |  U-PHORIA UMC204HD | Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Cardioid Vocal Microphone | Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCI-E card.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 ESXi 6.7 | Lenovo M93 Tiny Exchange 2019 | TP-LINK TL-SG1024D 24-Port Gigabit | Cisco ASA 5506 firewall  | Cisco Catalyst 3750 Gigabit Switch | Cisco 2960C-LL | HP MicroServer G8 NAS | Custom built SCCM Server.

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£245.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£109.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£539.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1203.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-02 12:26 GMT+0000[/

 

Really needs a cooler though, maybe a 550W power supply and a cheaper case to leave enough price room?

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Really needs a cooler though, maybe a 550W power supply and a cheaper case to leave enough price room?

I copied the wrong one. Should be updated now.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

Audio: Behringer Q802USB Xenyx 8 Input Mixer |  U-PHORIA UMC204HD | Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Cardioid Vocal Microphone | Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCI-E card.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 ESXi 6.7 | Lenovo M93 Tiny Exchange 2019 | TP-LINK TL-SG1024D 24-Port Gigabit | Cisco ASA 5506 firewall  | Cisco Catalyst 3750 Gigabit Switch | Cisco 2960C-LL | HP MicroServer G8 NAS | Custom built SCCM Server.

 

 

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I copied the wrong one. Should be updated now.

Yeah that's better.

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Thanks for the fast reply, yeah extra fans would be for aesthetics really. Was thinking of red LED SP 140s for front of case and SP120s for inside. Wondering if there'd be any added benefit going for the SP120s over the stock fans in terms of airflow and noise. Aiming to keen the build relatively quiet.

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This would outperform both of those systems:
As for the fans, Be Quiet! Silent Wings 2 are pretty good.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£196.12 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.12 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Classified ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£579.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  (£95.90 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£64.51 @ More Computers)
Total: £1205.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-02 12:43 GMT+0000

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB GDDR6 Motherboard: MSI PRESTIGE X570 CREATION
AIO: Corsair H150i Pro RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB 3600MHz DDR4 Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic PSU: Corsair RM850x White

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Thanks for the help, but would I not be disadvantaged going for Haswell / DDR3 over Skylake and DDR4? I reall like the idea of lowering the PSU though however and the bump up in GPU as well. Really appreciate it everyone. 

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