NEED ADVICE ON PICKING PC PARTS!

[RUNitsArkain]

I'm looking to buy/build my own PC and I'm confused on what I should do I'd like to get the best value for money and I am not keen on overclocking, I'd also like the PC to have a 3-4 year life span as I'm a student and I don't have high income so I want reasonable price and life span.

 

- I am looking for a Skylake CPU (Thinking of an i5 6600k or i7 6700k)

 

- GPU should be sufficient to run games at 60 fps 1080p high to max settings for 3 years maybe dipping to medium/high (Thinking of GTX 970/1070 and debating on whether I should wait for the RX 480 8GB as it's better value)

 

- 8GB DDR4 ram seems to be fine but I've been told that I should get the 16 GB DDR4 ram as games will become more demanding in the coming years.

 

I'm open to any suggestions these are just things I've been contemplating an alternative is something I'm completely open too.

 

All help received is much appreciated, thanks for the help in advance!

 

Budget - £900 (Approx. $1300) but I'd prefer spending £800 (Approx $1200). Sole purpose of the console is to game at 1080/1440p. I play BF4, Overwatch, LoL & will play BF1 when it comes out.

[spartaman64]

what is the pc going to be used for. and either the 1070 or the rx 480 you shouldnt be looking at previous gen gpus at this point unless you are going to buy used

[Donut417]

Dude I built my machine back in 2013. I dont plan on upgrading for some time. Maybe a graphics card in the future, but not an entire setup for a while. Those CPU's will be fine. Intel doesnt really offer huge performance gains per generation. So that CPU will probably be good for a long while. GPU wise, thats kinda up in the air. Nvida pricing seems to be inflated because of short falls in supply. We have not a clue where AMD's card falls in to the mix as I haven't seen any benchmark. Until LMG and Jayztwocents bench mark the card you cant really know what to expect. Ram wise you will play by ear. You can buy 8 Gbs and see where it takes you. I like having 200,000 tabs open in chrome across 2 web browsers as I have 2 screens. If you feel you need more ram then buy more ram at a later date. Ram is generally not that expensive. 

 

Advise:

Use PC Parts Picker. Its a great way to check out pricing and comparability between parts. 

Buy a quality Power Supply (Not a cheap POS one) and buy a quality motherboard (ASUS, MSI, ECT.) 

Try to fit an SSD in to the budget. Its worth every penny. 

[RUNitsArkain]

Okay thanks for the advice and it's sole purpose is for gaming

[Prömetheus]

budget???

[Devin92]

We need to know :

1.budget

2. What game r u gonna play

3. what other tasks do you do? heave software R&D? video editting? VR?

[RUNitsArkain]

22 minutes ago, Devin92 said:

We need to know :

1.budget

2. What game r u gonna play

3. what other tasks do you do? heave software R&D? video editting? VR?

Okay thanks for telling me that I forgot to add that so I've now updated the post.

 

Budget - £900 (Approx. $1300) but I'd prefer spending £800 (Approx $1200). Sole purpose of the console is to game at 1080/1440p. I play BF4, Overwatch, LoL & will play BF1 when it comes out.

[RUNitsArkain]

4 hours ago, Prömetheus said:

budget???

Budget - £900 (Approx. $1300) but I'd prefer spending £800 (Approx $1200). 

[Prömetheus]

2 minutes ago, RUNitsArkain said:

Budget - £900 (Approx. $1300) but I'd prefer spending £800 (Approx $1200). 

so u want to overclock? and any specification on looks and aesthetics?

[RUNitsArkain]

I don't want to overclock and I want something that looks good but if it eats a lot of the budget I don't mind getting something less aesthetically pleasing. 

[Devin92]

11 minutes ago, RUNitsArkain said:

Okay thanks for telling me that I forgot to add that so I've now updated the post.

 

Budget - £900 (Approx. $1300) but I'd prefer spending £800 (Approx $1200). Sole purpose of the console is to game at 1080/1440p. I play BF4, Overwatch, LoL & will play BF1 when it comes out.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/D3Vt6X
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/D3Vt6X/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($43.53 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($429.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.49 @ Newegg)
Total: $1157.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 10:37 EDT-0400

 

 

Even tho you dont wanna overclock, I throw in a k series CPU which is overclockable. Since you only do 1080/1440p gaming, 1070 should be enough.

[Prömetheus]

14 minutes ago, RUNitsArkain said:

Budget - £900 (Approx. $1300) but I'd prefer spending £800 (Approx $1200). 

okay then, got you the parts!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£167.87 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£94.88 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.81 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.73 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£393.62 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£53.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £899.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 15:47 BST+0100

[RUNitsArkain]

These builds seem dope but I've got another question can the GTX 970 last 3 years from now on 1080p gaming? As it will be a huge saving for me. I could wait for 29th July and pick up a RX 480 which is as good as a 980 apparently and cheaper than a GTX 970.

[Devin92]

24 minutes ago, RUNitsArkain said:

These builds seem dope but I've got another question can the GTX 970 last 3 years from now on 1080p gaming? As it will be a huge saving for me. I could wait for 29th July and pick up a RX 480 which is as good as a 980 apparently and cheaper than a GTX 970.

970 may last you another 3 year if you accept medium settings instead of very high/ultra. But if you feel like 1070 is too expensive, I would suggest to wait for rx480's review out. It should be better than 970 with lower price. But still, rx480 may not ran ultra settings 60fps of all games 3 year from now.

[Demm]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/hLC3Cy $900. you don't need overclocking dude. Its a waste. Trust me I have overclocked system (i5 4690k @ 4.4 GHz) and it increased my fps with 7. Yes 7. More than that I am pretty sure that 1070 is going to be better than RX 480. The 6700 will only increase your FPS with 10 in the new games at most and 20-30 or in less demanding games like Overwatch for example, but I will leave this for you to decide if the extra money is worth it. If you want more FPS you can go with better motherboard and 3200HRz ram because Skylake performs better with faster ram. With the rest of the money you can get SSD or something else that you want. 

[RUNitsArkain]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-GTX-1070-GAMING-Pre-Installed/dp/B01GVMI17O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1466612278&sr=8-2&keywords=i5+cpu+gtx+1070+16gb

So I have found this PC on UK Amazon and it's £870. Tell me what you think of it and shall I get it. Does the person selling seem reputable? Thanks

 

BTW: I've tried all the builds and those of you that made the builds using pcpartpiker US were good but then I tried the exact same specs on pcpartpiker UK and it turns out it ends up exceeding my budget. I don't know why this is but I am thankful for everyone's input. I have gained a lot of knowledge and insight on what I should do when buying my future PC. Mentioning it again but I am grateful, thanks!

[Demm]

Well in this build in the name it says i5 6500 and in the description it says 6400 so be wary of that. Also the one I showed you is £819 and with a better CPU.

[RUNitsArkain]

http://www.ebuyer.com/744747-pc-specialist-vanquish-impact-ii-gaming-pc-pcs-d946816

http://www.ebuyer.com/748286-chillblast-fusion-emperor-gaming-pc-cbfusemperor?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=51482419139&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CjwKEAjw7qi7BRCvsr3N58GvsTkSJAA3UzLvsH-toxrGYx7Wpeg3Xo10noHNNlXaH3p4DVgjuYhiUhoCZJ_w_wcB

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/zoostorm-intel-core-i5-6600-8gb-128gb-ssd-1tb-nvidia-gtx970-windows-10-gami-7240-5232/version.asp

 

Turns out building a PC is more expensive as I will have to install windows 10 too which is £80 so I've found these PCs which are branded and come with windows 10 pre-installed. 

These are the best value PCs I've found and I've checked numerous sites so which one is the better one out of the 3?

[Herman Mcpootis]

wait for the gtx 1070s to be in stock, or go for the Rx 480 in a week. get OS from reddit/kinguin for $20-30 USD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£56.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£50.23 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.81 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£409.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£54.15 @ BT Shop) 
Total: £849.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 11:23 BST+0100

[RUNitsArkain]

Thanks seems dope I will wait

[RUNitsArkain]

I've never built a PC before so I am wondering if the paste and screws are supplied with the motherboard or whatever else it's put with so I can put the PC together or will I have to buy screws and paste seperate?

[Herman Mcpootis]

 

3 minutes ago, RUNitsArkain said:

I've never built a PC before so I am wondering if the paste and screws are supplied with the motherboard or whatever else it's put with so I can put the PC together or will I have to buy screws and paste seperate?

thermal paste is on the stock heatsink itself, just install the heatsink and you're good. screws will come with your case and psu.

[Demm]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YVsccc This is the same build I posted a few posts back. It never went more than £ 900 in the first place. I took your situation being a student, so if you have to moove, the mATX case wouldn't give you any trouble since its quite small.