Jump to content

£1200 build for a friend. Any suggestions?

Altecice
By Altecice
in New Builds and Planning
 Share
Posted

Hi guys,

 

I have put together a build for a friend of mine (first desktop). Total budget of £1200 can you see any obvious issues or suggest any tweaks to get better bang for buck?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/P8myD3

 

Thanks in advance!

Intel I9-9900k (5Ghz) | Asus ROG Maximus XI Formula | Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4-4133mhz | ASUS ROG Strix 2080Ti | EVGA Supernova G2 1050w 80+Gold | Samsung 950 Pro M.2 (512GB) + (1TB) | Full EK custom water loop |IN-WIN S-Frame (No. 263/500)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Any reason for the 1000W PSU? It's pretty overkill for a R9 390 (even in Crossfire).

 

Storage?

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

Spoiler

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Am I missing something here? let's take away 200 quid to spend on the monitor, mouse and keyboard but 6 months ago, I literally just built a 1100 pound machine for a friend which had a i7 4970k and 980 ti 6 months ago...give me a sec and I shall see what can be done :D 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£201.99 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£86.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£55.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB NITRO Video Card  (£447.58 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Keyboard: Corsair Raptor K30 Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: SteelSeries Rival 100 Wired Optical Mouse  (£28.91 @ Ebuyer) 
Other: AOC  G2460VQ6 24" (£114.00)
Total: £1250.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 12:34 BST+0100

 

I know it's 50 over but you didn't include storage before so if he already has storage then you can spend the money on getting a better cooler :D or motherboard (the 212 evo is good for the price and unless he's going  to be massively overclocking then it will be fine plus that motherboard is fine as well unless there was some features that the gigabyte motherboard had...). And obviously no 980ti as I could have dropped the unlocked i5 for a locked i5 and spend even less on the motherboard but...yah know, I don't know what he wants so the fury is a good middle ground between the 390/390x and the 980ti. 

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
21 minutes ago, Altecice said:

Hi guys,

 

I have put together a build for a friend of mine (first desktop). Total budget of £1200 can you see any obvious issues or suggest any tweaks to get better bang for buck?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/P8myD3

 

Thanks in advance!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus B150M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£66.56 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£31.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£52.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Super JetStream Video Card  (£529.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£70.44 @ More Computers) 
Monitor: Dell P2314H 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  (£135.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 - UK Layout Wired Standard Keyboard  (£10.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: Zowie FK1 Wired Optical Mouse  (£48.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1197.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 12:35 BST+0100

 

This is what I'd be getting.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£323.77 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£59.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£123.22 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.67 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£80.66 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1201.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 16:19 BST+0100

Needs money for car parts :P

 

System specs: Core i7 9700k, Dark Rock Pro 4 , MSI Z390 PRO, 16GB CORSAIR VENGENCE DDR4 3000, EVGA GTX 1070 FTW, Corsair AX860, Seagate 1TB, Sandisk 240GB SSD, Corsair 400c

 

My Steam Profile (from SteamDB)

 

  • Worth: £654 (£221 with sales)
  • Games owned: 62
  • Games played: 52 (83%)
  • Hours on record: 2,980.7h

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

£31 over but worth it.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£274.77 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£87.60 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£509.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.25 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£76.99 @ Novatech)
Keyboard/Mouse: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Other: AOC  G2460VQ6 24" (£114.00)
Total: £1231.56

 

Would recommend waiting on the GPU until Pascal/Polaris comes out. Could probably get 980ti performance for cheaper by then.

Main Rig | HTPC | Peripherals

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
2 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£323.77 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£59.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£123.22 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.67 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£80.66 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1201.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 16:19 BST+0100

 

You missed out the monitor, mouse and keyboard.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£201.99 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£87.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£55.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: OCZ Trion 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£46.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£257.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£276.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1216.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 19:37 BST+0100

 

It was actually a build I was making for a friend, I just got a better monitor in there, its a 27" IPS 1440p monitor that kinda fit in the budget, You could also go with the original and a 980ti instead, it would be approx £1300. 

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CQY6vK

 

6700k|Hyper 212 EVO|Asus Z170 Deluxe|GTX970 STRIX|16gb 2400mhz Teamgroup memory|Samsung 950 PRO+ 2TB Seagate HDD| CM Realpower M1000|H440

 

"The tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations" Adam Smith

 

Take a look at my flickr?:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/150012948@N06/

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 hour ago, lee32uk said:

 

You missed out the monitor, mouse and keyboard.

Didnt realise, since I just the post and went with a budget. Oops

Needs money for car parts :P

 

System specs: Core i7 9700k, Dark Rock Pro 4 , MSI Z390 PRO, 16GB CORSAIR VENGENCE DDR4 3000, EVGA GTX 1070 FTW, Corsair AX860, Seagate 1TB, Sandisk 240GB SSD, Corsair 400c

 

My Steam Profile (from SteamDB)

 

  • Worth: £654 (£221 with sales)
  • Games owned: 62
  • Games played: 52 (83%)
  • Hours on record: 2,980.7h

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing New Builds and Planning

×