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George Nellist
By George Nellist
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Hey all, looking for someone who knows what i can get for my moneys worth. :)

1. Budget & Location

Budget is £2000, Location is United Kingdom

2. Aim

The aim of this build is for gaming, programming, streaming and editing. Along with doing the usual stuff like browsing the internet.

3. Monitors

2 Monitors.

4. Peripherals

Already have the peripherals.

5. Why are you upgrading?

I'm just looking to build a whole new pc, since my current build is getting a bit out dated. So looking for an upgrade.

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You could hold out for a bit and see what Coffee Lake offers, but at the moment you can't really get much better than an overclocked R7 1700 with a GTX 1080Ti.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£267.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£112.29 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£139.55 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£76.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G  Video Card  (£675.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£73.35 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £1432.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

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

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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

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£267.00 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Seidon 240V 95.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£46.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£129.04 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£86.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba - 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£55.74 @ Box Limited) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Mini Video Card  (£688.90 @ Alza) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£74.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£108.80 @ Alza) 
Total: £1577.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£267.00 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX X370-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£169.80 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£86.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£109.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  (£799.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  (£84.98 @ Novatech) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1705.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Don't buy Apple M1 computers with 8GB of RAM

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An Intel alternative. Low on glitz, high on quality. Over budget. Although revamping the storage would bring it in line.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£287.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£100.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Asus - TUF Z270 MARK 1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£192.97 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£355.79 @ Alza) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£289.59 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£96.76 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  (£699.92 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass ATX Mid Tower Case  (£159.95 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.99 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £2275.91
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80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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53 minutes ago, brob said:

An Intel alternative. Low on glitz, high on quality. Over budget. Although revamping the storage would bring it in line.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£287.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£100.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Asus - TUF Z270 MARK 1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£192.97 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£355.79 @ Alza) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£289.59 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£96.76 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  (£699.92 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass ATX Mid Tower Case  (£159.95 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.99 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £2275.91
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Yeah, 4tb is a bit over kill, i probs only need 1tb, since i can use the 250gb ssd in my current pc along with a 2tb hdd

 

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PC Build: R5-1600.  Scythe Mugen 5.  GTX 1060.  120 GB SSD.  1 TB HDD.  FDD Mini C.  8 GB RAM (3000 MHz).  Be Quiet Pure Wings 2.  Capstone-550.  Deepcool 350 RGB.

Peripherals: Qisan Magicforce (80%) w/ Gateron Blues.  Razer Naga Chroma.  Lenovo 24" 1440p IPS.  PS4 Controller.

Audio: Focusrite (Solo, 2nd), SM57, Triton Fethead, AKG c214, Sennheiser HD598's, ATH-M50x, AKG K240, Novation Launchkey

Wishlist: MP S-87, iPad, Yamaha HS5's, more storage

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