Help with new build please

[MossySloth]

I'm doing my first ever build from scratch (for myself) including part list etc. I intend to use it for gaming, and will soon be looking to invest in a 2K or 4K monitor. Budget is £4000 (Great British Sterling) and I am sticking with a Phantek's Enthoo Elite case so that i can expand in the future.

 

The current system is as follows: (all parts from www.overclockers.co.uk unless stated otherwise)

Auorus GA-Z270X-Gaming 9 £519.95
Intel i7-7700K 4.2GHz £329.99
Nvidia GTX Titan Xp (from Nvidia website) £1159.00
Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM (2x8 @ 3000MHz) £159.95
Corsair AX860i £214.99
Seagate Barracuda 2 x 3TB (Raid format) £94.99*2

Seagate Barracuda 2 x 1TB (Raid format) £44.99*2

Corsair MP500 240GB M2 SSD £158.95
NZXT Kraken X62 £149.99

 

The reason i am putting this hear is because i am unsure as to whether I should stick with the current CPU and motherboard as the CPU can only support 2 sticks of RAM and 16 PCIE lanes. It is also stated that its Turbo clock speed is 4.5GHz (and i assume it cannot be overclocked past this). In my opinion, i would rather find a CPU that would allow me to expand in the future with additional parts.

 

To cut a long story short, should i stick with this, or should i keep looking for a better CPU or should i wait and have a look at the new X series that is coming soon?

 

Thanks for the help.

[Singhstar]

You can overclock it higher than 4.5ghz and why so much storage. I would go for a 1080ti instead of titan xp. But since you have a budget on 4000 i think you should have 32 gb ram and mayby go for two 1080ti (Sli) 

[Bigbootyjudy]

First off, you can get a 1080ti which is much cheaper and gives almost the same performance as the XP. Do you also need that much storage? For the price you could get 2 substantially sized ssds and put those in raid. Other than that it looks fine

[RAM555789]

Yeah thats quit a bit of storage unless your planning on downloading at lot of 4k videos. I think the build you have is great, will last quite a bit but i would wait for X-Kaby-Lake to released.

[Bigbootyjudy]

 

You can overclock it higher than 4.5ghz and why so much storage. I would go for a 1080ti instead of titan xp. But since you have a budget on 4000 i think you should have 32 gb ram and mayby go for two 1080ti (Sli) 

SLI isn't used in most games and a 1080ti is plenty for 4k which this system could run

[Brooksie359]

I would go for a gtx 1080ti sli configuration instead of the titan Xp. I would even go for one gtx 1080ti over the titan Xp because you are spending 500 something odd dollars for a few percentages increase in performance. Also I wouldn't buy a 500 dollars motherboard as its ridiculously overkill for anything you would need. I could see spending 300 on an overkill motherboard with your budget but 500 seems excessive even when compared to other excessive motherboards

[Bigbootyjudy]

 

I would go for a gtx 1080ti sli configuration instead of the titan Xp. I would even go for one gtx 1080ti over the titan Xp because you are spending 500 something odd dollars for a few percentages increase in performance. Also I wouldn't buy a 500 dollars motherboard as its ridiculously overkill for anything you would need. I could see spending 300 on an overkill motherboard with your budget but 500 seems excessive even when compared to other excessive motherboards

But is has RGB!

[Brooksie359]

 

But is has RGB!

So do other motherboards that cost less than half the price.

[Guest]

Are you doing anything else apart from gaming ? i.e Editing/Rendering or Twitch Streaming etc ?

 

If you are buying solely from Overclockers then you should also make a post over on their Forum. Some good folks over there as well (Including Me )

 

Also spending £800 on a case seems a bit mental to Me. There are lots of Full Towers for way less than that. If you are not going to fill it with a custom loop then it is going to look empty.

 

The Enthoo Luxe Glass Edition is a really nice case for just under £160. 

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-enthoo-luxe-glass-midi-tower-case-black-ca-065-pt.html

[MossySloth]

 

Are you doing anything else apart from gaming ? i.e Editing/Rendering or Twitch Streaming etc ?

 

If you are buying solely from Overclockers then you should also make a post over on their Forum. Some good folks over there as well (Including Me )

 

Also spending £800 on a case seems a bit mental to Me. There are lots of Full Towers for way less than that. If you are not going to fill it with a custom loop then it is going to look empty.

 

The Enthoo Luxe Glass Edition is a really nice case for just under £160. 

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-enthoo-luxe-glass-midi-tower-case-black-ca-065-pt.html

ITs primarily  for gaming personally, as Youtube and twitch streaming are just extra hobbies. I am getting this case in particular because i may do water cooling system a few years down the line

[Guest]

 

ITs primarily  for gaming personally, as Youtube and twitch streaming are just extra hobbies. I am getting this case in particular because i may do water cooling system a few years down the line

Why not do a custom loop from the off ? You have the budget for it. I would still get a cheaper case as this is taking up 1/5th of the budget.

 

Something like the Luxe above or the bigger Primo are both good for water cooling. Lian Li also do a monster watercooling case for £550.

 

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lian-li-pc-d888wx-8pack-edition-atx-cube-case-black-ca-739-ll.html

[MossySloth]

The reason that i am not doing a water cooled system straight off is because i was going to get a very powerful system to start off, on that would last a good 7 years at least, and then when i have more experience at PC building and have done some very thorough research into water cooling, then i shall do it.

[Guest]

Also have you considered buying one of the 8Pack systems ? All the hard work is done for you if you want a custom loop.

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/infin8-nebula-intel-core-i7-7700k-5.0ghz-overclocked-watercooled-extreme-gaming-pc-fs-457-oe.html#t=a5

[MossySloth]

 

Also have you considered buying one of the 8Pack systems ? All the hard work is done for you if you want a custom loop.

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/infin8-nebula-intel-core-i7-7700k-5.0ghz-overclocked-watercooled-extreme-gaming-pc-fs-457-oe.html#t=a5

I want to build it myself

[Guest]

 

I want to build it myself

Do a custom loop now then or you might never get the chance again  Seriously though I wouldn't buy an £800 case until you know for definate you are going to go full on water cooling. A cheaper case for an AIO and single gpu makes more sense imo in the short term. Also a few years down the line there will be bigger and better cases available.

[Guest]

With that sort of budget you could go all SSD for the storage. An NVMe SSD is still a bit of a luxury but if you are going all out.

 

Widescreen 34" Monitor should be awesome to game on. A single GTX 1080 ti will also run it better than a 4K screen.

 

I went Ryzen over Intel as the extra cores are nice to have. There won't be a huge difference at this resolution.

 

Ram might run at 2933MHz but there is a BIOS update due that will hopefully iron out the Ram issues.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£287.50 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Liquid CPU Cooler  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AX370-Gaming K7 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£201.42 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£132.00 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£397.90 @ Alza) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£239.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card  (£669.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Luxe Tempered Glass (Gray) ATX Full Tower Case  (£146.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG348Q 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor  (£1007.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £3348.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-10 21:41 BST+0100

[MossySloth]

22 hours ago, Singhstar said:

You can overclock it higher than 4.5ghz and why so much storage. I would go for a 1080ti instead of titan xp. But since you have a budget on 4000 i think you should have 32 gb ram and mayby go for two 1080ti (Sli) 

Storage wise, i am doing the 1TB for gaming and the 3TB for my work, pictures videos etc. The SSD is for special games that i want to have slightly faster load speeds and the OS.

 

[MossySloth]

22 hours ago, RAM555789 said:

Yeah thats quit a bit of storage unless your planning on downloading at lot of 4k videos. I think the build you have is great, will last quite a bit but i would wait for X-Kaby-Lake to released.

I know what you mean about the X Kaby Lake series to be released, but after thinking it through, they may just be the same price or more than the current X99s. Also, i would have to wait for August time to come, and frankly that would make the PC redundant as i want to use it over the Summer Holidays.