performance High-End Intel Build

[Mr_Voorakkara]

I'll be coming into money after my exams finish (Jun 23rd) and I've decided to use it to build myself a nice PC for Gaming (mostly just Beam.ng drive and GTA V), Running a Plex Server, CAD (Fusion 360, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor) and some light Photo/Video work. I'll be on a 1080p monitor but I want it to be 4k capable incase I want to hook it up to my TV. Also I'm based in Ireland so I'm pretty much limited to Amazon UK and any EU based retailers that deliver to the UK and Ireland. 

 

The PCPP list below is what I am currently set on at the moment, please suggest any improvements that could be made to the selection that will keep it in and around the same performance level and make it more cost effective as I want to make sure I'm getting the most out of my money in terms of performance. I don't care much for color coordination and RGB etc. and don't need any peripherals or OS (already have Win 10 bought)

 

EDIT: Has to be Intel as my dad works there

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.00) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool - Maelstrom 120K 61.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: *Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£187.05 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: *ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  (£89.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£65.00) 
Storage: *Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: *Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Turbo Video Card  (£635.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: *Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *EVGA - 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.78 @ Ebuyer) 
Case Fan: *BitFenix - Spectre PWM 56.1 CFM  140mm Fan  (£7.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case Fan: *BitFenix - Spectre PWM 56.1 CFM  140mm Fan  (£7.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £1331.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-06 19:50 BST+0100

 

Lastly, Should I wait for X299 and get a i7-7800x or go with Z270 and i7-7700k? Will the increase in price and waiting time be worth the performance boost? I made a poll for that but please feel free to elaborate on why you voted for what you did.

 

Thanks guys

[Guest]

And why not Ryzen R7? 

[The Sloth]

x299 is a huge cash grab

for a high end build, why not a ryzen 1700 

 

3 minutes ago, Mr_Voorakkara said:

 CAD (Fusion 360, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor)

ryzen would be much better at that. 

[tom_w141]

@Mr_Voorakkara

 

That use case is for an 1700 PC not a 7700k. Intel is not always best.

 

Gaming only? 7700k

 

Gaming + anything else? 1700

[Mr_Voorakkara]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

And why not Ryzen R7? 

Cause my dad works for Intel so employee pricing

[Simon771]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

And why not Ryzen R7? 

He did say that he will be using it for 1080p.

As much as I like Ryzen, it's still not as good at 1080p as Intel. At least not in all the games.

So I guess he decided because of that.

 

As owner of Ryzen, I can say that I didn't notice any decrease in gaming performance, but I do play at 1440p.

[stealth80]

I wouldn't even consider X299 at this point, early impressions are terrible, not because of performance, but because Intel seems to be locking a lot things down.

 

Id be looking at Ryzen for what you are wanting with high speed ram (3200+) 

[tom_w141]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

-Snip-

 

Not just Linus

 

 

[The Sloth]

Just now, Simon771 said:

He did say that he will be using it for 1080p.

As much as I like Ryzen, it's still not as good at 1080p as Intel. At least not in all the games.

So I guess he decided because of that.

 

As owner of Ryzen, I can say that I didn't notice any decrease in gaming performance, but I do play at 1440p.

for gaming sure 

5 minutes ago, Mr_Voorakkara said:

a Plex Server, CAD (Fusion 360, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor) and some light Photo/Video work.

for everything else, not even close. 

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

He did say that he will be using it for 1080p.

As much as I like Ryzen, it's still not as good at 1080p as Intel. At least not in all the games.

So I guess he decided because of that.

 

As owner of Ryzen, I can say that I didn't notice any decrease in gaming performance, but I do play at 1440p.

Hes doing a LOT more than gaming and moving to 4k, Ryzen is perfect

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Mr_Voorakkara said:

Cause my dad works for Intel so employee pricing

what's the discount? 

[tom_w141]

3 minutes ago, Mr_Voorakkara said:

Cause my dad works for Intel so employee pricing

Your work load means more than a quad core so you are going to have to wait for X299. Intel employee discount is 50% plus import tax from the US so its going to cost more than a 1700 + the expensive X299 motherboard. So you will wait longer and still pay more and have an unsoldered hot running system.

[tom_w141]

3 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

He did say that he will be using it for 1080p.

As much as I like Ryzen, it's still not as good at 1080p as Intel. At least not in all the games.

So I guess he decided because of that.

 

As owner of Ryzen, I can say that I didn't notice any decrease in gaming performance, but I do play at 1440p.

only 1080p >120Hz

[Simon771]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

for gaming sure 

for everything else, not even close. 

 

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Hes doing a LOT more than gaming and moving to 4k, Ryzen is perfect

 

I only explained why he might be going for Intel rather than Ryzen.

I would go with Ryzen any day for any kind of workload. Even gaming at 1080p, since optimizations are getting better and better.

[PCGuy_5960]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

ryzen would be much better at that. 

While that is true, if the software can use AVX, Skylake-X's better AVX-512 performance will be extremely beneficial

[Guest]

Just now, tom_w141 said:

. So you will wait longer and still pay more and have an unsoldered hot running system.

Well... thats what this is for right? 

[tom_w141]

You need a 3rd option for the poll "neither"

[Mr_Voorakkara]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

what's the discount? 

Well after factoring in import duties to IE and USD to EUR conv. about 50% - Like I'm getting the 7700K for around 160 instead of 303 GBP.

[tom_w141]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Well... thats what this is for right? 

Yes lmao thats what my other post was about in the AMD/nvidia thread. Use paste -> force sale of AIO -> profit

[tom_w141]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

what's the discount? 

I did already post it  

[tom_w141]

2 minutes ago, Mr_Voorakkara said:

Well after factoring in import duties to IE and USD to EUR conv. about 50% - Like I'm getting the 7700K for around 160 instead of 303 GBP.

I know what the discount is but for your described use case you need beyond a quad core so your choices are X299 or ryzen. The 7700k is a bad buy for your usage even at £1

[PCGuy_5960]

3 minutes ago, Mr_Voorakkara said:

Well after factoring in import duties to IE and USD to EUR conv. about 50% - Like I'm getting the 7700K for around 160 instead of 303 GBP.

Get a 7820X you should be able to get it for $300

[tom_w141]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Get a 7820X you should be able to get it for $300

After currency conversion its about 60% of the total price not 50%. I got a 6700k the same way and it was a little over half. (Also this is why i get so salty about Intel Pricing  its because I know how much they are making...)

[weed]

Just now, Mr_Voorakkara said:

I'll be coming into money after my exams finish (Jun 23rd) and I've decided to use it to build myself a nice PC for Gaming (mostly just Beam.ng drive and GTA V), Running a Plex Server, CAD (Fusion 360, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor) and some light Photo/Video work. I'll be on a 1080p monitor but I want it to be 4k capable incase I want to hook it up to my TV. Also I'm based in Ireland so I'm pretty much limited to Amazon UK and any EU based retailers that deliver to the UK and Ireland. 

 

The PCPP list below is what I am currently set on at the moment, please suggest any improvements that could be made to the selection that will keep it in and around the same performance level and make it more cost effective as I want to make sure I'm getting the most out of my money in terms of performance. I don't care much for color coordination and RGB etc. and don't need any peripherals or OS (already have Win 10 bought)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£160.00) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool - Maelstrom 120K 61.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: *Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£187.05 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: *ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  (£89.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£65.00) 
Storage: *Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: *Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Turbo Video Card  (£635.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: *Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£55.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *EVGA - 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.78 @ Ebuyer) 
Case Fan: *BitFenix - Spectre PWM 56.1 CFM  140mm Fan  (£7.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case Fan: *BitFenix - Spectre PWM 56.1 CFM  140mm Fan  (£7.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £1331.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-06 19:50 BST+0100

 

Lastly, Should I wait for X299 and get a i7-7800x or go with Z270 and i7-7700k? Will the increase in price and waiting time be worth the performance boost? I made a poll for that but please feel free to elaborate on why you voted for what you did.

 

Thanks guys

For your requirements Ryzen is the way to go, especially for CAD, my wife works in architecture and she recently switched from a i7-4770k to a Ryzen 1700x and she told that it reduced her work time by alot in AutoCAD 2016 and in Fusion 360 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, tom_w141 said:

After currency conversion its about 60% of the total price not 50%. I got a 6700k the same way and it was a little over half.

For $300, the 7820X is definitely worth it! It costs as much as a 1700 and performs quite a bit better in everything