Speccing up a new Gaming PC

[haztheman92]

Budget: £1600 (ish)

Location: UK

Usage: Mostly Gaming, Some light video editing

Monitors: I've picked out a 1920x1080 monitor to run with it. I'll probably also hook it up to a small TV screen for when I'm working or want to have a video running in the background

Peripherals:  I have everything I need

Why I'm Upgrading: My current setup is 5-6 years old and cant cope with these new-fangled games - and it can get pretty noisy too, even under not particularly high loads. I want something that can not only handle newer games but also run fairly quietly when I'm not pushing it

 

CPU: i5-6600K

Cooler: Corsair H115i

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2133MHz, White Heatspreader

MOBO: Asus Z170 Sabertooth S

GPU: MSI GTX 1070 Sea Hawk

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

HDD: Toshiba P300 3TB

PSU: Corsair RM550x
Case: Cooler Master Mastercase Pro 5

 

I'm planning to OC the processor, hence I've gone for (hopefully) a cooler that will cope with the extra heat. I've specified the white heatspreaders cos they match the motherboard.

 

PCPartPicker: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/C8bfnn

[pathikritpd]

you can go for 

Corsair H110i GTX

and for MB

Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

[8-Bit Ninja]

is the seahawk worth it, i mean you can pick up the gigabyte g1 gaming 1080 for about £80 more

[Spudbilly]

What monitor is it specifically...it is pointless in my opinion to buy a gpu that does not synergize well with your monitor. For example. Resolution, refresh rate, response time, cable connection type. 

 

If you are looking at a 1080p 60hz monitor....then I would say a 1070 would do great. But need those monitor details dude

[haztheman92]

10 minutes ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

is the seahawk worth it, i mean you can pick up the gigabyte g1 gaming 1080 for about £80 more

I picked the sea hawk because it should run quieter under load, it has a 120mm rad and i can get a second fan for it to boost the cooling performance if necessary. I don't see myself needing the extra oomph from the GPU so i'd rather spend the money on cooling and quietness

 

1 minute ago, Spudbilly said:

What monitor is it specifically...it is pointless in my opinion to buy a gpu that does not synergize well with your monitor. For example. Resolution, refresh rate, response time, cable connection type. 

 

If you are looking at a 1080p 60hz monitor....then I would say a 1070 would do great. But need those monitor details dude

amazon link https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01A0ZRRCI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=VLRM8OP78K3V&coliid=I2JAR6JRRTFI73&psc=1

 

[iRileyx]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/B4PH7h

£17 more gets you a 6700k + 1080, and a case to match that motherboard  

[johnny5c]

3 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/B4PH7h

£17 more gets you a 6700k + 1080, and a case to match that motherboard  

This is personally what I'd do, the Seahawk is nice but the premium you pay over a air-cooled 1070 isn't worth it.

[DXMember]

13 minutes ago, haztheman92 said:

I don't see myself needing the extra oomph from the GPU so i'd rather spend the money on cooling and quietness

I suggest you get a gigbabyte card or evga card that can go fanless mode on idle and light games

hawing a seahawk means you have to run additional water pump noise and always on fan

[haztheman92]

8 minutes ago, DXMember said:

I suggest you get a gigbabyte card or evga card that can go fanless mode on idle and light games

hawing a seahawk means you have to run additional water pump noise and always on fan

Is it a standard thing on cards from those manufacturers, or do I have to check if its supported on a given card?

22 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/B4PH7h

£17 more gets you a 6700k + 1080, and a case to match that motherboard  

That does look good, I'll definitely be reworking my list to include some of those parts - but I need a larger HDD, and i like the mastercase - I have an old blu-ray drive I can put into the build as well

[DXMember]

4 minutes ago, haztheman92 said:

Is it a standard thing on cards from those manufacturers, or do I have to check if its supported on a given card?

should be standard for aftermarket 1000 series cards

but the product page or box will still have 0db fan or fanless or silent, or something like that for marketing

[Spudbilly]

5 hours ago, haztheman92 said:

I picked the sea hawk because it should run quieter under load, it has a 120mm rad and i can get a second fan for it to boost the cooling performance if necessary. I don't see myself needing the extra oomph from the GPU so i'd rather spend the money on cooling and quietness

 

amazon link https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01A0ZRRCI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=VLRM8OP78K3V&coliid=I2JAR6JRRTFI73&psc=1

 

Great monitor except that it is a free sync monitor which only works with and GPUs . Are you able to find this monitor, but with gsync that works with Nvidia cards. If you already have that monitor....then you could / should go amf

[Guest]

 

 

7 hours ago, haztheman92 said:

Budget: £1600 (ish)

Location: UK

Usage: Mostly Gaming, Some light video editing

Monitors: I've picked out a 1920x1080 monitor to run with it. I'll probably also hook it up to a small TV screen for when I'm working or want to have a video running in the background

Peripherals:  I have everything I need

Why I'm Upgrading: My current setup is 5-6 years old and cant cope with these new-fangled games - and it can get pretty noisy too, even under not particularly high loads. I want something that can not only handle newer games but also run fairly quietly when I'm not pushing it

 

CPU: i5-6600K

Cooler: Corsair H115i

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2133MHz, White Heatspreader

MOBO: Asus Z170 Sabertooth S

GPU: MSI GTX 1070 Sea Hawk

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

HDD: Toshiba P300 3TB

PSU: Corsair RM550x
Case: Cooler Master Mastercase Pro 5

 

I'm planning to OC the processor, hence I've gone for (hopefully) a cooler that will cope with the extra heat. I've specified the white heatspreaders cos they match the motherboard.

 

PCPartPicker: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/C8bfnn

Is the monitor part of the £1600 budget ?

 

 

[haztheman92]

3 hours ago, Spudbilly said:

Great monitor except that it is a free sync monitor which only works with and GPUs . Are you able to find this monitor, but with gsync that works with Nvidia cards. If you already have that monitor....then you could / should go amf

Thanks, hadn't noticed that - but would the monitor still work? Gsync/Freesync tach wouldn't work, but th monitor should, Right?

 

2 hours ago, lee32uk said:

 

 

Is the monitor part of the £1600 budget ?

 

 

No, its not

[Spudbilly]

Yes the monitor will still work. Still highly recommend getting a gsync monitor....really great tech imho 

[Guest]

You could do something like this for less money.

 

I don't think the MSI Seahawk is worth an extra £150 or so over the Asus gpu in this spec. You could also get the KFA2 HOF GTX 1070 for less which would also fit a Black/White colour scheme.

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2-geforce-gtx-1070-hof-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-092-kf.html

 

 

By going with a slightly cheaper board and gpu you can fit in the i7 6700K. It will handle things better than the i5 especially in cpu intensive games.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£299.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£119.40 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£133.72 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£97.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£143.94 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£92.84 @ More Computers) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Series Video Card  (£386.79 @ BT Shop) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£129.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.96 @ More Computers) 
Total: £1489.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-05 12:36 GMT+0000

[haztheman92]

This is the parts list I've arrived at so far. Given the Monitors I have I doubt I'll be pushing the i5 to breaking point, so I don't see the point in spending the money on the 6700K. If I do run into CPU bottlenecks, I should be able to get a stable OC on the i5 to run it at 4GHz, but as I said I doubt that will be necessary.

 

I think I'm more likely to run into GPU bottlenecks, so I've gone for a slightly more expensive 1070 with a slight OC. Working that into my original build, along with some of the parts RKRiley suggested has netted me this:-

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M2CPQV
 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£215.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£125.32 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£181.39 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£84.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£112.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£75.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  (£409.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£129.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Other: White PSU Cables (£67.99)
Total: £1533.05
 

Which also includes some custom white cables for the PSU and an AC wireless card

[Sreno1]

You can easily push the 6600k to 4ghz, probably 4.5ghz+ with that cooler (it's overkill).