titan Build around GTX Titan X (Maxwell)

[Adam-Ace]

[Update]25th August 2017

So this is what i went with for my build. My aim was to keep costs as low without losing too much performance. Think i struck a good balance. I didnt buy any storage as ive already got a few drives. I took a risk buying RAM off CeX hopefully they work. Total cost of the build was £754.91.

 

• AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (£183)
• MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£85.63)
• GTX Titan X (£360)
• 2x 4 GB PC21300 DDR4 Unknown make? (£42.50)
• Aerocool MOD XT 750W Modular 80plus Power Supply (£57.16)
• Storm-P27 Midi Tower Windowed Case (£26.62)

 

I've already bought a Graphics card. Found a deal on ebay. This is what i got. https://videocardz.net/msi-geforce-gtx-titan-x-12gb/ 

 

1. Budget & Location

£500 to £600

 

2. Aim

-Web-Browsing

-Media - Youtube, Netflix and stuff

-Gaming - GTA 5 (with Mods), Skyrim and Fallout 4 (with Mods)

 

3. Monitors

I have 1 Monitor (32") at 1080p at 60Hz for now. Will upgrade to a 4k monitor in the near future. 32" inch screen most likely.

 

4. Peripherals

None

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

This is my current setup. Had this for a while now.....

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c04058519

 

[Billy_Mays]

What's the text, the night themed users can't see grey on grey it's too hard to see so remove the formatting please 

[zzzzzzzhhh]

Upgrade to a 1440p 144Hz rather than 4k, trust me, it is a better choice.

 

NVM, thought it was Titan XP.

[Guest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£186.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.94 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£56.40 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£78.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.38 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£64.42 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £516.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-01 17:27 BST+0100

[Princess Luna]

Intel based suggestion so complement Dexxter's AMD suggestion:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£273.30 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B250M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£70.91 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£56.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£56.40 @ Aria PC)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.94 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£76.25 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £680.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-01 17:34 BST+0100

[Adam-Ace]

Suggestions of Intel Builds would be welcome aswell. 

 

Would be good to see what you guys would build.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Intel based suggestion so complement Dexxter's AMD suggestion:

Total: £680.73
 

his budget is 600 though

[Adam-Ace]

5 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

his budget is 600 though

Just to see what kinda prices Intel builds come to. This is my first ever PC build so kinda new to all this. I wonder if RGB lighting stuff would cost more. Seeing Linus colourful builds look cool aswell

 

 

[Guest]

Just now, Adam-Ace said:

Just to see what kinda prices Intel builds come to. This is my first ever PC build so kinda new to all this. I wonder if RGB lighting stuff would cost more. Seeing Linus colourful builds look cool aswell

 

 

a single long rgb strip costs around 10-20usd. so it isn't alot

[Princess Luna]

9 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

his budget is 600 though

I put 16gb of ram instead of 8gb, making the difference 18 ish pounds which is doable should he really want Intel, either ways I had to do it before someone appeared with an i5 7600k one

[Adam-Ace]

I buy all my parts in 4-5 weeks so keep the suggestions coming

 

Ill keep you guys updated on what i went with in the end. Get you some pics and stuff on the final build.

[Adam-Ace]

31 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

What's the text, the night themed users can't see grey on grey it's too hard to see so remove the formatting please 

Hope this helps. Didn't know about the night theme. Sorry.

[Adam-Ace]

31 minutes ago, Vespertine said:

Upgrade to a 1440p 144Hz rather than 4k, trust me, it is a better choice.

 

NVM, thought it was Titan XP.

I wish it was a Titan XP haha

 

Maybe one day in the future when prices drop. Used obviously  

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, Adam-Ace said:

I wish it was a Titan XP haha

 

Maybe one day in the future when prices drop. Used obviously  

You did a great purchase regardless, I own the TITAN XM, it is as good as stock 1080 when overclocked which will be plenty for 1440p even though I personally say that utrawide 2560x1080p is the sweetest spot for it.

[zzzzzzzhhh]

6 minutes ago, Adam-Ace said:

I wish it was a Titan XP haha

 

Maybe one day in the future when prices drop. Used obviously  

I'd still go with the 1080 Ti.

[Adam-Ace]

1 minute ago, Vespertine said:

I'd still go with the 1080 Ti.

That was on my watch list. Prices were just abit too much for my budget even on the used cards. i paid £350 for my card. The 1080s go for £550 or more.

[zzzzzzzhhh]

Just now, Adam-Ace said:

That was on my watch list. Prices were just abit too much for my budget even on the used cards. i paid £350 for my card. The 1080s go for £550 or more.

Have you seen CeX? They sell 980 Tis for £315, which is similar in performance to a GTX 1070, not bad right?

[Adam-Ace]

1 minute ago, Vespertine said:

Have you seen CeX? They sell 980 Tis for £315, which is similar in performance to a GTX 1070, not bad right?

I had a look at the 980 Ti's. They go for £300 to £350. The only thing that swayed my decision was the 12GB GDDR5 memory. 

[Billy_Mays]

48 minutes ago, Adam-Ace said:

Hope this helps. Didn't know about the night theme. Sorry.

It works and how much did you get the titan for?

[Adam-Ace]

1 hour ago, Billy_Mays said:

It works and how much did you get the titan for?

£350 with £10 shipping

[Billy_Mays]

10 minutes ago, Adam-Ace said:

£350 with £10 shipping

How just how did you get it that for that price

 

the cheapest I can find for me is $600 canadian

[Adam-Ace]

2 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

How just how did you get it that for that price

 

the cheapest I can find for me is $600 canadian

Got lucky i guess. Ive been looking for a while so keep looking everyday.

[Billy_Mays]

Just now, Adam-Ace said:

Got lucky i guess. Ive been looking for a while so keep looking everyday.

Yeah very 

[Adam-Ace]

5 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

Yeah very 

Theres loads of Titans from the US. Prices were very decent but import and shipping prices changes that. 

[Adam-Ace]

So this is what i went with for my build. My aim was to keep costs as low without losing too much performance. Think i struck a good balance. I didnt buy any storage as ive already got a few drives. I took a risk buying RAM off CeX hopefully they work. Total cost of the build was £754.91.

 

• AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (£183)
• MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£85.63)
• GTX Titan X (£360)
• 2x 4 GB PC21300 DDR4 Unknown make? (£42.50)
• Aerocool MOD XT 750W Modular 80plus Power Supply (£57.16)
• Storm-P27 Midi Tower Windowed Case (£26.62)