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So after many years using apple products I'm wanting to get back into pc gaming, I last had a custom rig around eight years ago but as I had less and less time to use it I ended up getting rid of it and moving to a macbook. Obviously, a lot has changed and I need some help deciding on which route to take my new build, I plan on using it for, content creation (both music and video), coding, gaming, word/excel/SPSS and then your everyday tasks. 

I'm in the UK and have a somewhat flexible budget, I'd prefer to spend as little as possible but I'm happy to spend up to £2,000, possibly a little over this if necessary (equates to approx $2500usd), the budget needs to accomadate a keyboard and OS. Although I have an ISO file of win10 I got off of microsofts site so maybe I just need a key? Additionally, I may need a monitor. I have two 1080p 60hz monitors but since I could potentially outfit the rig with a gtx1070 maybe I should upgrade to a 1440p monitor? With regards to the keyboard I've been using my macbooks keyboard, so do I really need mechanical keys, would a membrane one not be enough and upgrade to mechanical in a few months time?


I've put together this;

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/cLP3nn

Which leaves me a fair amount for a keyboard and 1440p monitor, I've also put a Ryzen 1700 build together which is slightly more pricey... Any suggestions?

My first build;

AMD Ryzen 1700
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666mhz memory

EVGA GTX1070ti

2x 525gb MX300 SSD's 
2x 1tb WD Black HDD's (raid 0)
 

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Got a nice monitor to go with it.

 

Leaves ya 150 for OS+keyboard

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£285.54 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£57.77 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£134.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£122.27 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£118.19 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£59.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£27.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  (£390.44 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1846.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Ryzen and 1080TI for the same price, get cheap Windows from Kinguin, get the keyboard and monitor that you want

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£285.54 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£46.85 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£103.98 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£116.02 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£123.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£123.54 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Xtreme Edition 11G Video Card  (£679.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£75.64 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£12.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1651.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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SLI system, with two 1080s in SLI for demonstration:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI - X370 SLI PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£132.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£161.33 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£93.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Toshiba - 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£72.96 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Titanium 650W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£159.24 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£83.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T8E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£47.51 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1997.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Non-SLI system, with a cheaper mobo and PSU :

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI - A320M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£70.01 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£161.33 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£93.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Toshiba - 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£72.96 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Silverstone - Strider Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£83.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T8E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£47.51 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1389.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Best monitor possible, including G-Sync, 100 Hz refresh rate, IPS and curved-ultrawide display:

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/vhkwrH/asus-monitor-rogswiftpg348q

 

 

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3 minutes ago, elis said:

SLI system, with two 1080s in SLI for demonstration:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI - X370 SLI PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£132.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£161.33 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£93.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Toshiba - 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£72.96 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Titanium 650W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£159.24 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£83.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T8E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£47.51 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1997.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Non-SLI system, with a cheaper mobo and PSU :

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI - A320M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£70.01 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£161.33 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£93.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Toshiba - 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£72.96 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Silverstone - Strider Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£83.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T8E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£47.51 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1389.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Best monitor possible, including G-Sync, 100 Hz refresh rate, IPS and curved-ultrawide display:

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/vhkwrH/asus-monitor-rogswiftpg348q

 

 

 

Thanks... I was just about to quote your other post.

Wouldn't two 1080's just be overkill? Wouldn't it be better to go for the 1080ti and leave room in the budget for a 4k monitor?

My first build;

AMD Ryzen 1700
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666mhz memory

EVGA GTX1070ti

2x 525gb MX300 SSD's 
2x 1tb WD Black HDD's (raid 0)
 

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1 minute ago, zasker55 said:

Thanks... I was just about to quote your other post.

Wouldn't two 1080's just be overkill? Wouldn't it be better to go for the 1080ti and leave room in the budget for a 4k monitor?

I was thinking that you put just one GPU now and get a monitor, and get another GPU in the future. However, in order to see if the PSU would be ok, I put both GPUs in for demonstration. Another thing you could do though, is use a cheaper and smaller PSU if you plan to use a single GPU for like a couple of years, and then, whenever you decide to get a second GPU, you also buy a better PSU and sell the one you already have (or give away to a friend or so). Just don't forget to get the PSU in such a scenario.

By the way, that monitor is 4k, it's just that it is ultrawide, better for gaming and watching movies they say (couldn't experience it firsthand :( )

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1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

Ryzen and 1080TI for the same price, get cheap Windows from Kinguin, get the keyboard and monitor that you want

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£285.54 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£46.85 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£103.98 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£116.02 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£123.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£123.54 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Xtreme Edition 11G Video Card  (£679.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£75.64 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£12.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1651.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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How does the kingwuin thing work? Do they provide just a key or a full download of the OS?

10 minutes ago, elis said:

I was thinking that you put just one GPU now and get a monitor, and get another GPU in the future. However, in order to see if the PSU would be ok, I put both GPUs in for demonstration. Another thing you could do though, is use a cheaper and smaller PSU if you plan to use a single GPU for like a couple of years, and then, whenever you decide to get a second GPU, you also buy a better PSU and sell the one you already have (or give away to a friend or so). Just don't forget to get the PSU in such a scenario.

By the way, that monitor is 4k, it's just that it is ultrawide, better for gaming and watching movies they say (couldn't experience it firsthand :( )

 


Ahhhh, I see what you were doing. I was being stupid.

that monitor is really nice but I don't think I could ever pay that much, regardless of how much of a better experience it is... Maybe just a cheaper 1440p ultrawide and a gtx1080 for now.

My first build;

AMD Ryzen 1700
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666mhz memory

EVGA GTX1070ti

2x 525gb MX300 SSD's 
2x 1tb WD Black HDD's (raid 0)
 

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2 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

That Ultrawide monitor is 1440p.

 The 4 in 4K stand for the first number, that is almost 4000, 3800 something I think. But well, that's too much technical :P

 

10 minutes ago, zasker55 said:

that monitor is really nice but I don't think I could ever pay that much, regardless of how much of a better experience it is... Maybe just a cheaper 1440p ultrawide and a gtx1080 for now.

There are some smaller curved screens. Or you could give up the IPS, if you just want it for gaming. (I know @lee32uk will try to crucify me now, lol)

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23 minutes ago, elis said:

@lee32uk What do you think about is better : 1080p curved or 1440p regular ? All options are over 100 Hz with G-Sync. Unless OP wants to give up an Nvidia GPU for AMD+FreeSync. In that case, what is the best performance of the highest AMD GPU ?

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I'm not opposed to the idea of going with AMD gpus... I aint loyal to no brand.

My first build;

AMD Ryzen 1700
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666mhz memory

EVGA GTX1070ti

2x 525gb MX300 SSD's 
2x 1tb WD Black HDD's (raid 0)
 

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Just now, zasker55 said:

I'm not opposed to the idea of going with AMD gpus... I aint loyal to no brand.

Well, the thing is that right now AMD has no GPU to keep up with 1080 and higher, and I don't know how they rank against 1070. Vega may change that, but Vega hasn't come yet.

Anyway, you could get two RX580s in crossfire and that could be good, but would need to check again regarding prices. 

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38 minutes ago, elis said:

Well, the thing is that right now AMD has no GPU to keep up with 1080 and higher, and I don't know how they rank against 1070. Vega may change that, but Vega hasn't come yet.

Anyway, you could get two RX580s in crossfire and that could be good, but would need to check again regarding prices. 

 

Two rx580s is roughly the same as the 1080 so its something I'll look into a little more.

I would wait for Vega but I've been waiting for about six months now and I'm getting fed up of waiting, I have to pull the trigger at some point and just accept new stuff will be released after I get my rig. I'll just hope it doesn't leave me with a crap rig (but I highly doubt that).

My first build;

AMD Ryzen 1700
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666mhz memory

EVGA GTX1070ti

2x 525gb MX300 SSD's 
2x 1tb WD Black HDD's (raid 0)
 

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1 hour ago, elis said:

The thing is that there is no official "title" for the ultrawide monitors. Still that ultrawide is better than a 16:9 1440p.

And, technically, 4K is 2K (2160p) :P 

I just call them widescreen 1440p. 

 

Also it is still nowhere near 4K resolution B|

 

4K = 3840 x 2160 = 8.29 Megapixels

 

Ultrawide 1440p = 3440 x 1440 = 4.95 Megapixels

 

 

I would take an ultrawide 1440p over a regular 1440p as well, but not all games support it. 

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7 minutes ago, zasker55 said:

Two rx580s is roughly the same as the 1080 so its something I'll look into a little more.

I would wait for Vega but I've been waiting for about six months now and I'm getting fed up of waiting, I have to pull the trigger at some point and just accept new stuff will be released after I get my rig. I'll just hope it doesn't leave me with a crap rig (but I highly doubt that).

Nooooo don't crossfire two lower end cards. It is better to buy a single stronger card. Also CF and SLI are not without issues, and not all games scale well with a 2nd gpu anyway.

 

As for VEGA that is supposedly due Q2 which could mean up until the end of June. I would expect more info on the release date to come from Computex at the end of May.

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16 minutes ago, zasker55 said:

Two rx580s is roughly the same as the 1080 so its something I'll look into a little more.

I would wait for Vega but I've been waiting for about six months now and I'm getting fed up of waiting, I have to pull the trigger at some point and just accept new stuff will be released after I get my rig. I'll just hope it doesn't leave me with a crap rig (but I highly doubt that).

Did you check those monitors I shared earlier ? 

 

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1 hour ago, elis said:

@lee32uk What do you think about is better : 1080p curved or 1440p regular ? All options are over 100 Hz with G-Sync. Unless OP wants to give up an Nvidia GPU for AMD+FreeSync. In that case, what is the best performance of the highest AMD GPU ?

 

Out of those two definitely the 1440p. 

 

Not that well up on AMD gpu's. They have gpu's such as the Fury X and the Pro Duo. Not sure how they compare though. Obviously once VEGA is here they should have competition for Nvidia's higher end stuff.

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Just now, lee32uk said:

 

Out of those two definitely the 1440p. 

 

Not that well up on AMD gpu's. They have gpu's such as the Fury X and the Pro Duo. Not sure how they compare though. Obviously once VEGA is here they should have competition for Nvidia's higher end stuff.

Actually there are several regular 1440p monitors. Do you see any technical difference, that I can't notice (except response times, 1 vs 4 in some cases), or you also think it's just a matter of design difference ?

I just filtered the options and left it that way so OP can figure out himself what he wants most. 

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8 minutes ago, elis said:

Actually there are several regular 1440p monitors. Do you see any technical difference, that I can't notice (except response times, 1 vs 4 in some cases), or you also think it's just a matter of design difference ?

I just filtered the options and left it that way so OP can figure out himself what he wants most. 

The other differences will be things like refresh rate i.e 144Hz or 165Hz etc and type of panel i.e IPS or TN. The IPS ones also usually give better colour reproduction and better viewing angles than TN.

 

 

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Just now, lee32uk said:

The other differences will be things like refresh rate i.e 144Hz or 165Hz etc and type of panel i.e IPS or TN. The IPS ones also usually give better colour reproduction and better viewing angles than TN.

 

 

Yes, there are some IPS displays.

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I would do something like this:

 

You would need to check the board has an up to date bios as it might have issues with the R5 cpu. You also need an AM4 bracket for the cooler. Either request one from the manufacturer or the store you buy from might stock them (I know Overclockers UK do).

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.96 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£38.10 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£99.12 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£116.02 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£123.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£58.74 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£53.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.24 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£83.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Monitor: Acer - XB271HU bmiprz 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  (£609.98 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £1942.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This looks better and has an epic price :P :

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI - A320M BAZOOKA Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£70.01 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£161.33 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£93.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Toshiba - 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£72.96 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£485.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Silverstone - Strider Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£83.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T8E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£47.51 @ Aria PC) 
Monitor: Acer - XB271HU bmiprz 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  (£609.98 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £1999.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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