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A sad story to a new build

Craigk179
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Hello all,

Very recently started watching the Linus channel and felt this was one of the better places to come for advice.

After a recent house fire my hand has been forced to finally put some cash into a new build.

There are so many options and I just can't decide on the best for my budget

 

So the spec. I am looking for a build in the UK on a budget of £1000 for gaming at 1080p possibly 4k depending on the monitor I finally decide on. I also run a media server from the same machine and a VM for my in-laws accessing from a Pi3.

 

So what do I have already well surprisingly my SSD survived the fire and sitting in water for 2 weeks before I could recover it and pull ALL of my data from it! (highly recommend the Sandisk Ultra II sata3 240GB)

I also have the rest of my storage covered from an old server so no need for drives.

I also am not including peripherals in this budget! As they are covered as separate items from the insurance.

I am currently stuck with going for a 27" 4k monitor or a 34" ultra wide 1080p but if anyone has ideas or recommendations for a compromise between the two it is also appreciated

Thanks in advanced for all advice and tips

EDIT: would prefer Intel with Nvidia and have very small lenience in the budget

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ok so, £1000 no storage, periferals or monitor needed? 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ft43M8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ft43M8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£217.00 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£107.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£120.02 @ More Computers) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  (£244.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.10 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.80 @ Alza) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full - USB 32/64-bit  (£110.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £953.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 21:00 BST+0100

 

if you dont need the windows license i could do better but this will do you good for games. 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Fyyrhq
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Fyyrhq/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£304.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£108.80 @ Alza) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£120.02 @ More Computers) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  (£244.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.10 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.80 @ Alza) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Full - USB 32/64-bit  (£110.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1042.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-01 21:03 BST+0100

 

but get this if you feel that your server need more cores.

 

either build will be good though

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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For this price range, the rx 480 is the perfect card, so don't always stick with Nvidia

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3 minutes ago, Ultra_Man52 said:

For this price range, the rx 480 is the perfect card, so don't always stick with Nvidia

he can get a 1070

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

 

Edit didn't see the no storage thing.Just take all the storage out of the build

My life

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3 minutes ago, Himommies said:

he can get a 1070

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

 

Edit didn't see the no storage thing.Just take all the storage out of the build

oh yeah, I just saw the part list above and thought "yeah rx 480 is a good choice" But why do Ryzen?

 

 

Edit: I need to read, sorry yeah good build

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Just now, Ultra_Man52 said:

oh yeah, I just saw the part list above and thought "yeah rx 480 is a good choice" But why do Ryzen?

Intel is slightly better in gameing but gets crushed in other tasks like chrome and Primere

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Just now, Himommies said:

Intel is slightly better in gameing but gets crushed in other tasks like chrome and Primere

yeah sorry, read too late

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Thanks guys I probably should have mentioned Software licences aren't needed either as I still have my 10 Pro x64 from the old build

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