2nd. Powerful Gaming Computer

[Sir.Heracles]

Hello everyone.

 

 

I would like to build a powerful gaming computer. My budget is £2000.

I already have a GPU ( AMD R9 390x 8GB)

 

I do not need peripherals.

 

Thanks.

 

[Starelementpoke]

5 minutes ago, Sir.Heracles said:

Hello everyone.

 

 

I would like to build a powerful gaming computer. My budget is £2000.

I already have a GPU ( AMD R9 390x 8GB)

 

I do not need peripherals.

 

Thanks.

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£296.28 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£88.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£85.61 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£94.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.88 @ BT Shop) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.65 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Rosewill 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £845.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-06 14:57 BST+0100

I mean, you could easily fit a 1080 in there.

[sarfraz]

He has listed good components. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£351.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£88.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£178.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£126.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.88 @ BT Shop) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.83 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 
Total: £1071.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-06 15:07 BST+0100

[Archarin]

I think my partlist will provide more airflow due to the mesh design of the case and extra fans. It also has a 6 core processor which will be good for some video editing and 3D modeling / rendering. I chose the hard drive because I like Western Digital, but if you can find some Hatachi drives, they have the lowest failure rate according to the Backblaze hard drive report. I can alter it if there's anything you want instead.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor  (£137.68 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  (£64.70 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£126.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£74.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£3.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F14 77.3 CFM  140mm Fan 
Total: £527.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-06 15:16 BST+0100

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, Archarin said:

I think my partlist will provide more airflow due to the mesh design of the case and extra fans. It also has a 6 core processor which will be good for some video editing and 3D modeling / rendering. I chose the hard drive because I like Western Digital, but if you can find some Hatachi drives, they have the lowest failure rate according to the Backblaze hard drive report. I can alter it if there's anything you want instead.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8300 3.3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($119.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($51.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($143.00 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM  120mm Fan  ($6.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F14 77.3 CFM  140mm Fan  ($10.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $688.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-06 10:06 EDT-0400

You do know the current FX line is completely pointless at this price point right? Especially when he can afford the 5820k and etc. You didn't even make the partlist in pounds.

[Archarin]

7 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

You do know the current FX line is completely pointless at this price point right? Especially when he can afford the 5820k and etc. You didn't even make the partlist in pounds.

 

The FX-8300 is much cheaper though and probably won't bottleneck most games.

[david cassar]

3 minutes ago, Archarin said:

The FX-8300 is much cheaper though and probably won't bottleneck most games.

An i7 wouldn't bottleneck the r9 390x in any game however.

[Starelementpoke]

5 minutes ago, Archarin said:

The FX-8300 is much cheaper though and probably won't bottleneck most games.

A: Probably a reason why it's much cheaper. Oh yeah, because at this point it bottlenecks anything over the 280/960.

B: In anything that doesn't use more than 2 cores, it will. Which is a lot of games.

[PRTI]

14 minutes ago, Archarin said:

The FX-8300 is much cheaper though and probably won't bottleneck most games.

Depends on the game,at this price point you should go for the i7 100%

[Sir.Heracles]

I want an I7 for sure.

[Quaker]

For a powerful gaming computer:

i5-6500 or 6600K if you plan to overclock. (An i7 has no meaningful benefit to gaming)

H170 or Z170 motherboard with M.2 slot

16Gigs of DDR4 (whatever speed)

650 watt 80+ power supply (because of the R9 390x)

CM Hyper 101/T4/103 if not OC, CM Hyper 212 or AIO water cooler if OC.

whatever case floats your boat.

M.2 SSD for OS (120Gig) or OS + games (256Gig and up)

Whatever else storage - HDD, SSD that you want.

[Kuri]

Is the case supposed to have a window and if yes what colours would you prefer?

Do you want crossfire with another 390 or are you fine with one (considering your budget)?

[warzkaz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6850K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£553.48 @ BT Shop) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£94.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£209.04 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3333 Memory  (£205.75 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£249.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Black  6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£257.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass ATX Mid Tower Case  (£159.39 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.98 @ Novatech) 
Total: £1830.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-06 19:27 BST+0100