Jump to content

Any Z270 motherboard should be fine... but the build overall could be significantly better. Nobody should be buying quad-core i5s.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

Spoiler

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

Link to post
Share on other sites

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.16 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£46.85 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£83.34 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£116.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£58.74 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  (£359.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£66.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.24 @ Aria PC) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£12.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM  120mm Fan  (£5.25 @ Ebuyer) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Red) 69.7 CFM  120mm Fan  (£5.25 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: LG - 25UM58-P 25.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£159.98 @ Novatech) 
Keyboard: Thermaltake - CHALLENGER PRIME Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: MSI - Interceptor DS B1 Wired Optical Mouse  (£19.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1311.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-21 15:10 BST+0100

 

Changed to a better build. Black and red themed.
Around 1400 Pounds if added cost from custom PSU cables and cheap Windows from Kinguin

Desktop specs:

Spoiler

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

×