First build

[scottshell]

Hello I'm looking at upgrading my 8 year old PC it will no longer play the latest games, I pretty much use it as an all rounder work and gaming the work I do is only word processing.  I've been selling all my useless stuff in the house and got around £2,000, after watching Linus on you tube I thought I could do this.

I don't have very much PC knowledge and this machine was built by my brother who moved away, so I can't get him to help me with this I would like the new one to last 8 years again if possible. so this is what I was thinking: 

 

Location: united kingdom

 

Budget: £2,000 can go slightly higher not much though

 

Use: all types of gaming new top games to indie (running a business) (wife is a teacher and she uses it)

 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower Case - Gun Metal (non negotiable I like the look)

 

Mother board: Asus Sabertooth X99 (because it looks strong and has a M.2 Slot which I though I could use for the HDD as a boot?) 

 

Processor: not sure

 

CPU Cooler: NH-U12S Ultra-Quiet Slim (want it quiet and would prefer not to water cool in case of leeks)

 

GPU: was thinking nvidia geforce (as most people have them I think)

 

Storage: as said a M.2 SDD but I don't know if this is a good idea? and I have a 1Tb in my current machine I can use for storage.

 

Ram: not sure 

 

PSU: not sure

 

Monitor: old monitor broke currently using a 37inc LG TV would prefer to spend the money on the PC though (I get stick from my brother about this)

 

Operating system: is needed not sure if windows 10 is any good

 

Software: will be needing Microsoft office for work

 

Other: mouse keyboard and speakers can be re used they work fine for me 

 

 

please be kind I'm a total new comer to any kind of PC build and not sure about what I'll be needing I was going to buy it all from amazon and use the code Linus has as I'm buying it anyway and someone might well get something from it? 

[BrinkGG]

2 minutes ago, scottshell said:

Hello I'm looking at upgrading my 8 year old PC it will no longer play the latest games, I pretty much use it as an all rounder work and gaming the work I do is only word processing.  I've been selling all my useless stuff in the house and got around £2,000, after watching Linus on you tube I thought I could do this.

I don't have very much PC knowledge and this machine was built by my brother who moved away, so I can't get him to help me with this I would like the new one to last 8 years again if possible. so this is what I was thinking: 

 

Location: united kingdom

 

Budget: £2,000 can go slightly higher not much though

 

Use: all types of gaming new top games to indie (running a business) (wife is a teacher and she uses it)

 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower Case - Gun Metal (non negotiable I like the look)

 

Mother board: Asus Sabertooth X99 (because it looks strong and has a M.2 Slot which I though I could use for the HDD as a boot?) 

 

Processor: not sure

 

CPU Cooler: NH-U12S Ultra-Quiet Slim (want it quiet and would prefer not to water cool in case of leeks)

 

GPU: was thinking nvidia geforce (as most people have them I think)

 

Storage: as said a M.2 SDD but I don't know if this is a good idea? and I have a 1Tb in my current machine I can use for storage.

 

Ram: not sure 

 

PSU: not sure

 

Monitor: old monitor broke currently using a 37inc LG TV would prefer to spend the money on the PC though (I get stick from my brother about this)

 

Operating system: is needed not sure if windows 10 is any good

 

Software: will be needing Microsoft office for work

 

Other: mouse keyboard and speakers can be re used they work fine for me 

 

 

please be kind I'm a total new comer to any kind of PC build and not sure about what I'll be needing I was going to buy it all from amazon and use the code Linus has as I'm buying it anyway and someone might well get something from it? 

Save yourself some cash and use Libre office. Just remember to save as the appropriate format (.docx, xslx...)

Windows 10 is fine as long as you use Spybot anti beacon or the like. 

If you're just gaming, you don't need X99, go with Z170 and a 6600k or something like that.

[Brace]

Idk what a   £  is but here is something around what I think in comes out to in US  http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DFYJsY

Also if you want to make it more color cordnated go for the Asus Deluxe and Get some Cable Mod White cables

[Supercian411]

3 minutes ago, Brace said:

Idk what a   £  is but here is something around what I think in comes out to in US  http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DFYJsY

Also if you want to make it more color cordnated go for the Asus Deluxe and Get some Cable Mod White cables

the GBP is the best f***ing currency in the world

[cortexcortex]

I'd go for something like this, for your budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.33 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.98 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£84.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£56.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£534.89 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£123.21 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Dell S2716DG 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£449.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  (£51.97 @ PC World Business) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£70.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2029.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 19:43 GMT+0000

[JoaoPRSousa]

If you don't buy a new mouse/keyboard/headphones/whatever this is what I recommend you to get

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.33 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  (£79.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£116.16 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£68.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£139.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Hall of Fame 8 Pack Approved Edition Video Card  (£639.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX ATX Mid Tower Case  (£148.19 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£106.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£74.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: Dell U2515H 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  (£257.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2025.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-25 19:52 GMT+0000

 

Some of these parts aren't that good, I'd wait for some more recommendations, I haven't done something like this in a long while...

[neutrino monger]

intel i7-4790k
cooler master evo 212
asus z87-A
G.skill ripjaws z series 16gb (4x4)
2x intel 730 240gb (raid 0 boot drive)
2x seagate barracuda 2T ( raid 1 redundancy)
asus radeon r9 390x
phanteks enthoo EVOLV
corsair RM 750W

 

my thoughts... comes way under 2000quid

enough headroom for you to pick the peripherals