First PC Build

[parkesy555]

Hi guys,

 

Wanting to build my first PC within the next month or so.

 

Any opinions/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/742KJx

 

 

[DioOmicida]

Don't buy a 980ti but a 1080 instead. 

[VeeTeePee]

If I were you, I'd just get 1 stick of 8gb RAM for now. This is so that, if for some reason later on, you can add another 8gb if need be. Since the motherboard only has two dimm slots, I think this is the way to go.

 

[positivePXL]

I'm gunna have to stop you right there. You aren't gunna build your PC for a month or so anyways, just wait for the custom cooled 1080's. 

[y_unit265]

It looks fine. You can drop the clockspeed on the ram as your processor only supports DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600.  But as everyone has been saying, wait until the GTX 1070/1080 are released and look for either a 1070/1080 or a cheaper 980ti

[parkesy555]

Thanks for the responses.

 

The arrival of the 1080 is one of the main reasons I'm waiting. I want to find out the UK prices and also dates for other custom cooled 1080 releases.

 

I guess even a stock 1080 would be much better. 

[y_unit265]

1 minute ago, parkesy555 said:

dates for other custom cooled 1080 releases.

I am currently under the impression that the boardpartners are going to reveal their own designs at computex.

[parkesy555]

3 minutes ago, y_unit265 said:

I am currently under the impression that the boardpartners are going to reveal their own designs at computex.

Ah ok thank you very much. I've just seen that the founders edition is available to pre-order for £619 here, so I guess the standard edition would be around £549 which is practically the same as the MSI GTX980ti

[y_unit265]

3 minutes ago, parkesy555 said:

Ah ok thank you very much. I've just seen that the founders edition is available to pre-order for £619 here, so I guess the standard edition would be around £549 which is practically the same as the MSI GTX980ti

I believe that the pre-order cards have a price premium on them. As far as I am aware, they cost more then when you start ordering them after they have been released and will be selling for the prices Nvidia dropped. (Welcome to marketing -.-')

[Monkeypeas]

i'd also reccommend a 250gb ssd and a 2tb hdd instead of the 500gb ssd, it'll cost about the same either way but you get alot more storage

 

or a 250gb ssd and a 1tb hdd if you dont need that much, which will work out cheaper

[VeeTeePee]

5 minutes ago, parkesy555 said:

Ah ok thank you very much. I've just seen that the founders edition is available to pre-order for £619 here, so I guess the standard edition would be around £549 which is practically the same as the MSI GTX980ti

But then again, you could get a used 980ti for much cheaper now. I've seen them go for around 350-400 USD on eBay. that would be roughly  £270-300

[parkesy555]

5 minutes ago, Monkeypeas said:

 

or a 250gb ssd and a 1tb hdd if you dont need that much, which will work out cheaper

May go with this option, storage won't really be an issue apart from games

[parkesy555]

6 minutes ago, VeeTeePee said:

But then again, you could get a used 980ti for much cheaper now. I've seen them go for around 350-400 USD on eBay. that would be roughly  £270-300

They're about the same in pounds as dollars used (for now anyway)

[Matias_Chambers]

14 minutes ago, parkesy555 said:

Ah ok thank you very much. I've just seen that the founders edition is available to pre-order for £619 here, so I guess the standard edition would be around £549 which is practically the same as the MSI GTX980ti

Do not get the founders edition.

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, y_unit265 said:

It looks fine. You can drop the clockspeed on the ram as your processor only supports DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600.  But as everyone has been saying, wait until the GTX 1070/1080 are released and look for either a 1070/1080 or a cheaper 980ti

The cpu might only support that speed according to Intel, but you can use much faster DDR4 ram if you want on that MSI board.

[Matias_Chambers]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BbyKHN You forgot a PSU, I switched out the GPU for a 1080. I'm not sure if 400 pounds will be the price in Britain I just used a currency converter.

[parkesy555]

4 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BbyKHN You forgot a PSU, I switched out the GPU for a 1080. I'm not sure if 400 pounds will be the price in Britain I just used a currency converter.

Well spotted, I didn't actually forget I just couldn't find the link + forgot to post it here.

 

I actually have the 750W version of that PSU on my amazon wishlist, but perhaps that might be a bit overkill.

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, parkesy555 said:

Well spotted, I didn't actually forget I just couldn't find the link + forgot to post it here.

 

I actually have the 750W version of that PSU on my amazon wishlist, but perhaps that might be a bit overkill.

It is overkill.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BbyKHN You forgot a PSU, I switched out the GPU for a 1080. I'm not sure if 400 pounds will be the price in Britain I just used a currency converter.

Not a chance that the GTX 1080 will be £400. I think £600+ is more realistic.

 

PSU is overpriced as well. You can get the EVGA G2 550W for £70.

[y_unit265]

6 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

The cpu might only support that speed according to Intel, but you can use much faster DDR4 ram if you want on that MSI board.

It'll just downclock the ram. By this you'll just spend extra money on something that doesn't add anything. It is basically the same as saying that a 1600W psu can power a 600W system. You don't gain that much (if anything) from doing so.

[Matias_Chambers]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

Not a chance that the GTX 1080 will be £400. I think £600+ is more realistic.

 

PSU is overpriced as well. You can get the EVGA G2 550W for £70.

Yeah, I just used a currency converter. And yeah you could go with a cheaper PSU, the G2 is a very good choice.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, y_unit265 said:

It'll just downclock the ram. By this you'll just spend extra money on something that doesn't add anything. It is basically the same as saying that a 1600W psu can power a 600W system. You don't gain that much (if anything) from doing so.

No it won't downclock the ram. The xmp profile will run it at the correct speed.

[parkesy555]

7 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Not a chance that the GTX 1080 will be £400. I think £600+ is more realistic.

 

PSU is overpriced as well. You can get the EVGA G2 550W for £70.

Thanks Lee, I'll take a look at the EVGA 550