New Gaming PC

[B1G_WH1T3]

Hi all

 

So the time has come I feel a platform upgrade is in order, for now my budget is around 30 000 ZAR [South Africa]  ($2500 30/03/2018) , I do plan to come well under that budget.

 

I'm a avid gamer and spend most of my time on my computer, be that for gaming, media, and some work.

 

Games :

MMORPG (wow)

RPG(Path of exile)

Moba (dota 2, lol......, hots)

FPS (pubg,cod,battlefields,overwatch,battalion)

and also the occasional single player game here and there.

 

Current setup exuding pc :

 

Monitor 1 : Acer XG270HU 27" 144HZ 1440p

Montior 2 : Benq 27" 1080P 60Hz

 

Unless one of them break I doubt I will upgrade to 4k quit yet.

 

Peripherals - not needed but listing what I have

Corsair K70 (original non RBG version - has been RMA'd once for faulty LED's)

logitech g502 proteus spectrum

OS - should be able to transfer my copy of win10 pro if not I will buy a new one.

 

Why?

age, and I feel a platform upgrade should be good now

 

Planned new build :

Intel 8600k

Asus Rog Strix Z370-F or  Asus Rog Strix -E (main difference AC wifi and type c header for case) {Please give suggestions} 

Corsaor 500D or Corsair Crystal 570X {Please give suggestions or other cases}

G.Skill 3200mhz 16 GB TridentZ RGB

Samsung 960 Evo 500Gb NVMe m.2(gaming)

Samsung 960 Evo 250 NVMe m.2 (OS)

Corsair H150i Pro

Corsair HD120 RGB High pressure fans for rad replacement

PSU - not sure keep my current AX850 (+- 6 years old) or get a new AX750I {replace psu or not ?}

GFX already own a Galax HOF 1080TI

Any and all feedback will be well received !

 

Thanks

 

 

[Snapperx]

3 minutes ago, B1G_WH1T3 said:

Asus Rog Strix Z370-F or  Asus Rog Strix -E (main difference AC wifi and type c header for case) {Please give suggestions} 

The E. The F is a little bit more restrictive as you already said.
 

[xriqn]

5 minutes ago, B1G_WH1T3 said:

Hi all

 

So the time has come I feel a platform upgrade is in order, for now my budget is around 30 000 ZAR [South Africa]  ($2500 30/03/2018) , I do plan to come well under that budget.

 

I'm a avid gamer and spend most of my time on my computer, be that for gaming, media, and some work.

 

Games :

MMORPG (wow)

RPG(Path of exile)

Moba (dota 2, lol......, hots)

FPS (pubg,cod,battlefields,overwatch,battalion)

and also the occasional single player game here and there.

 

Current setup exuding pc :

 

Monitor 1 : Acer XG270HU 27" 144HZ 1440p

Montior 2 : Benq 27" 1080P 60Hz

 

Unless one of them break I doubt I will upgrade to 4k quit yet.

 

Peripherals - not needed but listing what I have

Corsair K70 (original non RBG version - has been RMA'd once for faulty LED's)

logitech g502 proteus spectrum

OS - should be able to transfer my copy of win10 pro if not I will buy a new one.

 

Why?

age, and I feel a platform upgrade should be good now

 

Planned new build :

Intel 8600k

Asus Rog Strix Z370-F or  Asus Rog Strix -E (main difference AC wifi and type c header for case) {Please give suggestions} 

Corsaor 500D or Corsair Crystal 570X {Please give suggestions or other cases}

G.Skill 3200mhz 16 GB TridentZ RGB

Samsung 960 Evo 500Gb NVMe m.2(gaming)

Samsung 960 Evo 250 NVMe m.2 (OS)

Corsair H150i Pro

Corsair HD120 RGB High pressure fans for rad replacement

PSU - not sure keep my current AX850 (+- 6 years old) or get a new AX750I {replace psu or not ?}

GFX already own a Galax HOF 1080TI

Any and all feedback will be well received !

 

Thanks

 

 

Can assure you your copy of 10 pro can be transferred so long as it's linked to your microsoft account. I'd replace the PSU as it's old and older PSU's can be a little unreliable. As for a case, I'd go with this: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Yn7CmG/thermaltake-case-ca1d400s1nn00 as I personally have one and they're beautiful cases.

[Snapperx]

5 minutes ago, xriqn said:

As for a case, I'd go with this: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Yn7CmG/thermaltake-case-ca1d400s1nn00 as I personally have one and they're beautiful cases.

No you wouldn't since the case you have linked doesn't hold normal ATX boards.

[r2724r16]

I'd personally build something like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bT8bXP

 

I think the asus strix e board is worth it because of the usb c front header (for future proofing)

For storage I wouldn't pay extra for m.2 instead of sata for your game library, because you can almost double the capacity while still having fast boot times for games

I would also throw in a 1T wd blue for mass storage

 

[B1G_WH1T3]

Thanks for all the suggestions

 

@Rasbir Singh For some reason I can't find 960 Evo 2.5" drives in my country we only have 850's, as for the mass storage I do not require it all my media is stored off site and all my important data is synced to a cloud solution. 

 

@xriqn as it has been mentioned the case won't fit my motherboard, doubt it will fit my GFX even, the HOF is a big mother fu$#er 

[matus177]

6 minutes ago, B1G_WH1T3 said:

Thanks for all the suggestions

 

@Rasbir Singh For some reason I can't find 960 Evo 2.5" drives in my country we only have 850's, as for the mass storage I do not require it all my media is stored off site and all my important data is synced to a cloud solution. 

 

@xriqn as it has been mentioned the case won't fit my motherboard, doubt it will fit my GFX even, the HOF is a big mother fu$#er 

Ye you cant find sata 960 because they do not exist. What he meant was that for 500gb 960 m.2 you can have like 1tb 850 or 860 sata and the difference between speeds wont be noticable if you plan to use it as games storage. And I think that to have 500gb more storage is well worth it over nothing. The evo 960 is good only if you are planming to move huge files all over the place every day. 

[B1G_WH1T3]

51 minutes ago, matus177 said:

Ye you cant find sata 960 because they do not exist. What he meant was that for 500gb 960 m.2 you can have like 1tb 850 or 860 sata and the difference between speeds wont be noticable if you plan to use it as games storage. And I think that to have 500gb more storage is well worth it over nothing. The evo 960 is good only if you are planming to move huge files all over the place every day. 

yea I looked at his link like my ass, only saw the 960 and thought it was the sata...