HELP!!! NEW PC BUILD ASAP!!!

[Callumbrahh]

Okkkay I'll try not to bore you too much here but long story short: I don't have the 'UCAS' points necessary to start my computing degree in September and so they have given me a chance to prove I can do the course! all I have to do is build a PC and make an essay about the build process and it's benchmarks.

 

Easy right? Wellll iv never built a pc before and I have until June to complete this project  

 

I don't have massive amounts of money but still iv managed to use the money I saved for a car and bought these- so far....

 

I7 6700k intel processor £285

Asus Maximus VIII Ranger motherboard £105

Ballistix 16gb (2x8gb) DDR4 Ram £160

EVGA supernova 850W P2 power supply £100

NZXT H440 razor edition case. £129

 

all but the case and processor I managed to get 2nd hand and great condition! Iv managed to obtain what I assume is the basics.

 

WHAT I would like HELP with is what is left for me to start the build? Can anyone recommend a powerful but affordable graphics card to run content creation (the course requires us to run allot of programming coding applications that use allot of power?) also I'm genuinely stuck on what fan/water cooler I need for the processor ?? There's so many options it really does confuse the helllll out of me....

 

Also if anyone knows anything about the case I purchased can anyone advise me on fan placement?

 

im really running out of time so any help would be much appreciated!! Thanks in advance!!!  

 

[Morgan MLGman]

Standard fan placement in H440 is good-enough, you don't have to do anything to be fair.

 

As for the GPU, what budget? I wouldn't recommend anything under the RX 480 department considering the specs above.

[aisle9]

Dude, why did you use up money you had saved for a car when you can build a PC out of used parts for literally what your i7 cost?

 

You'll need storage, be that HDD or SSD and a CPU cooler (6700K doesn't come with one). Your fans are good where they come installed on that case. For your GPU, I'll go outside the box and suggest an older FirePro or Quadro. If you go consumer grade GPU, I would think you'd be wasting money if you paired anything short of an RX 480 or 6GB GTX 1060 with a 6700K.

[WereCat]

If you can afford it then get GTX 1070 if not then GTX 1060 6G or RX 470 or 480 8G will do just fine (or if you go for used parts get something like GTX 970 or R9 290(x)/390(x)).

How good and expensive cooler you need depends on how much overclocking you will want to do. For quite decent OC even $30-$50 air cooler will do an excellent job.

You will also need SSD (at least 240GB for the OS) and HDD to store all your data. Other than that I think you are set.

 

The building process is quite easy and straight forward and there are also many online guides if you get stuck.

[That_PC_Kid]

For what you are asking for I'd go for a GTX 1070 by EVGA. Get a Corsair H80i V2 120mm water cooler. It's about $89.99. That should be enough for you to do what you need. Plus you could overclock. If you don't already have a storage device then I suggest for your build a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD for your boot drive and for all your essential programs. For regular storage I'd suggest a 1, 2, or 3TB Seagate Barracuda Drive.

[Callumbrahh]

4 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Dude, why did you use up money you had saved for a car when you can build a PC out of used parts for literally what your i7 cost?

 

You'll need storage, be that HDD or SSD and a CPU cooler (6700K doesn't come with one). Your fans are good where they come installed on that case. For your GPU, I'll go outside the box and suggest an older FirePro or Quadro. If you go consumer grade GPU, I would think you'd be wasting money if you paired anything short of an RX 480 or 6GB GTX 1060 with a 6700K.

The uni I applied to wanted a fairly powerful PC build... I was going to get an I5 but an I7 has a hyperthreading for multi tasking right? I'm not 100% sure if I will benefit from this or not but I thought I'd be safe and spend the extra. I noticed the fans are pre installed in my case so I'll leave them as they are? And thanks for the GPU recommendations I'll check those out!

[Callumbrahh]

13 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Standard fan placement in H440 is good-enough, you don't have to do anything to be fair.

 

As for the GPU, what budget? I wouldn't recommend anything under the RX 480 department considering the specs above.

I'd say £250-£300? I can always upgrade the GPU later so I'm honestly not too fussed as long as it gets me by for now! And thanks I'll leave the fans alone! 

[Callumbrahh]

13 minutes ago, WereCat said:

If you can afford it then get GTX 1070 if not then GTX 1060 6G or RX 470 or 480 8G will do just fine (or if you go for used parts get something like GTX 970 or R9 290(x)/390(x)).

How good and expensive cooler you need depends on how much overclocking you will want to do. For quite decent OC even $30-$50 air cooler will do an excellent job.

You will also need SSD (at least 240GB for the OS) and HDD to store all your data. Other than that I think you are set.

 

The building process is quite easy and straight forward and there are also many online guides if you get stuck.

Thanks I'll look into those GPU's! Overclocking is something I would like to do but for now I'm more focused on getting my rig up and running. I'd like to use it for high spec gaming aswell always wanted to build a pc but never have until iv pretty much been forced too hence why I have shelled out what to me is allot of money for the parts I currently own.

[paddy-stone]

24 minutes ago, Callumbrahh said:

Okkkay I'll try not to bore you too much here but long story short: I don't have the 'UCAS' points necessary to start my computing degree in September and so they have given me a chance to prove I can do the course! all I have to do is build a PC and make an essay about the build process and it's benchmarks.

 

Easy right? Wellll iv never built a pc before and I have until June to complete this project  

 

I don't have massive amounts of money but still iv managed to use the money I saved for a car and bought these- so far....

 

I7 6700k intel processor £285

Asus Maximus VIII Ranger motherboard £105

Ballistix 16gb (2x8gb) DDR4 Ram £160

EVGA supernova 850W P2 power supply £100

NZXT H440 razor edition case. £129

 

all but the case and processor I managed to get 2nd hand and great condition! Iv managed to obtain what I assume is the basics.

 

WHAT I would like HELP with is what is left for me to start the build? Can anyone recommend a powerful but affordable graphics card to run content creation (the course requires us to run allot of programming coding applications that use allot of power?) also I'm genuinely stuck on what fan/water cooler I need for the processor ?? There's so many options it really does confuse the helllll out of me....

 

Also if anyone knows anything about the case I purchased can anyone advise me on fan placement?

 

im really running out of time so any help would be much appreciated!! Thanks in advance!!!  

 

You got ripped if you paid £160 for second hand 16GB ram, you can buy decent 16GB ram for around £85-£100 new ..  but anyway, good luck with your course and getting in, hope it goes well for you

 

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, Callumbrahh said:

I'd say £250-£300? I can always upgrade the GPU later so I'm honestly not too fussed as long as it gets me by for now! And thanks I'll leave the fans alone! 

1.  Get a 480 (4gb or 8gb) or 1060 (6gb NOT 3gb), they are solid with no need to OC for now.  

2.  Put in the money for a 120mm watercooler or decent air cooler (before you buy google the cooler and              check how much heat it can cool)

3.  Buy either a reasonabley large ssd 250-500gb or a smaller 120-250gb ssd and 1tb HDD

[Callumbrahh]

11 minutes ago, That_PC_Kid said:

For what you are asking for I'd go for a GTX 1070 by EVGA. Get a Corsair H80i V2 120mm water cooler. It's about $89.99. That should be enough for you to do what you need. Plus you could overclock. If you don't already have a storage device then I suggest for your build a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD for your boot drive and for all your essential programs. For regular storage I'd suggest a 1, 2, or 3TB Seagate Barracuda Drive.

Thanks that GPU doesn't have a bad price tbf! And as for the water cooler you just saved me allot of time  storage space is something I don't have right now but the SSD is next on my list. I didn't know which one to get so thanks for recommending that one!

[Callumbrahh]

4 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

You got ripped if you paid £160 for second hand 16GB ram, you can buy decent 16GB ram for around £85-£100 new ..  but anyway, good luck with your course and getting in, hope it goes well for you

 

I unfortunately when into my local PC shop and asked if they could get me some ram from a supplier... Yeahh I agree I payed wayyy too much for it I wasn't too happy when I looked the price for the ram they had gave me... (new pc builder error ?) and thanks!! I'm close by the sounds of it haha

[Callumbrahh]

5 minutes ago, Damascus said:

1.  Get a 480 (4gb or 8gb) or 1060 (6gb NOT 3gb), they are solid with no need to OC for now.  

2.  Put in the money for a 120mm watercooler or decent air cooler (before you buy google the cooler and              check how much heat it can cool)

3.  Buy either a reasonabley large ssd 250-500gb or a smaller 120-250gb ssd and 1tb HDD

What 1060 would you recommend? MSI, EVGA etc... does the branding of a graphics card really matter besides aesthetics? And any recommendations for a 120mm water cooler? (I am looking to OC in the future) also does branding of ssd and hdd really matter? Sorry when it comes to performance numbers and what I should get my knowledge is limited

[paddy-stone]

8 minutes ago, Callumbrahh said:

I unfortunately when into my local PC shop and asked if they could get me some ram from a supplier... Yeahh I agree I payed wayyy too much for it I wasn't too happy when I looked the price for the ram they had gave me... (new pc builder error ?) and thanks!! I'm close by the sounds of it haha

Name and shame?, that's outrageous price for second hand ram, nearly double the price of buying new ram. At least it'll give a heads-up to others to not trust that shop.

[Damascus]

HDD's are not terribly complicated but if it was me I'd forgo a traditional HDD entirely and snag a Samsung 8XX or Crucial MX300 500gb.  These are both solid options and when it comes to ssds newer (less used) is better.  

 

In terms of GPU, I'd check your local classifieds listings.  If you find a 1060/1070/480 that is appreciatively priced off.  In terms of performance I doubt the branding will change it too drastically.  Just choose one you can afford and like the look of.

***To be fair a $350 1060 will outperform a $200 one but that's just obvious***

[Damascus]

9 minutes ago, Callumbrahh said:

What 1060 would you recommend? MSI, EVGA etc... does the branding of a graphics card really matter besides aesthetics? And any recommendations for a 120mm water cooler? (I am looking to OC in the future) also does branding of ssd and hdd really matter? Sorry when it comes to performance numbers and what I should get my knowledge is limited

Oh and most name brand AIO's are solid

Here's one with 72 reviews and a 4.2/5 average for 47 euro

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/RQXfrH/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rls12v24pkr1

[Damascus]

Heres a bigger RAD if your case and budget can handle it

[Damascus]

oops 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/hQ7CmG/lepa-cpu-cooler-lpwac240hf

[Callumbrahh]

20 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Name and shame?, that's outrageous price for second hand ram, nearly double the price of buying new ram. At least it'll give a heads-up to others to not trust that shop.

The ram I got is brand new but even still I found it for £100 brand new... I would but tbh most of the people who work there are decent best advice I got from one of them was to look elsewhere for parts but I got that a little too late  

[Callumbrahh]

20 hours ago, Damascus said:

oops 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/hQ7CmG/lepa-cpu-cooler-lpwac240hf

That's a bit bigger than iv been looking at! Stupid question but does the size of the radioter matter? And would that fit at the top of a HG440? If that's the right place to put it? Iv got the main fans at the back, power supply at the bottom facing up as it's got a fan on it and I'll put the radiator at the top sound good or a bad idea?

[Damascus]

1 hour ago, Callumbrahh said:

That's a bit bigger than iv been looking at! Stupid question but does the size of the radioter matter? And would that fit at the top of a HG440? If that's the right place to put it? Iv got the main fans at the back, power supply at the bottom facing up as it's got a fan on it and I'll put the radiator at the top sound good or a bad idea?

The size of the radiator is important but a 120mm will be fine.  Go with the first option as its a solid option.  I doubt you'll need more cooling

 

21 hours ago, Damascus said:

Here's one with 72 reviews and a 4.2/5 average for 47 euro

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/RQXfrH/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rls12v24pkr1

 

[Damascus]

To be fair, I'm currently running a 3 fan 360mm loop but with modest to low overclocks you'll be fine