First Build Newbie

[LienusLateTips]

8 minutes ago, Cookie_inthehood said:

Cool cool across the board. I've actually been hearing some worrying things about the reliability of Seagate drives. Should I avoid their brand out right? 

That's because Back blaze uses drives not designed for 24/7 operation and run them 24/7.

[MidnightBanshi]

21 minutes ago, brob said:

I would suggest going with a decent, not monstrous cpu cooler. Mostly to free up some budget.

 

Given an Aorus motherboard, might as well go with an Aorus gpu. GTX 1070 Ti are currently quite close in price to 1070s.

 

The Samsung 850 Evo is slightly less expensive than the Crucial MX500. Both are good, so pick the one that is least expensive at time of purchase.

 

The Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 650W is slightly less expensive than the RMx650. It is arguably better.

 

The Windows 10 OEM license does not permit use in DIY builds. One is supposed to buy a retail version.

 

I would trade a faster refresh for a higher resolution IPS screen.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (£281.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£146.99 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£169.29 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£102.00 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£77.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB AORUS Video Card  (£509.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit  (£101.98 @ PC World Business) 
Monitor: BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor  (£209.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Redragon - K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Proteus Spectrum Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Total: £1715.15
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-06 01:20 BST+0100

Shave a bunch off that by getting the Windows 10 OEM key from sites like SCDKeys that are legit keys.

[brob]

Just now, MidnightBanshi said:

Shave a bunch off that by getting the Windows 10 OEM key from sites like SCDKeys that are legit keys.

Windows 10 OEM license does not permit use in DIY builds.

[MidnightBanshi]

23 minutes ago, brob said:

Windows 10 OEM license does not permit use in DIY builds.

Sure it does!  I use them in mine and never had a problem once.

[brob]

Just now, MidnightBanshi said:

Sure it does!  I use them in mine and never had a problem once.

I did not say is was not possible, I said it would violate the license agreement.

 

In some prior versions of Windows the OEM license did permit its use in DIY builds. That changed with one of the 8.x releases. OEM licenses are intended for use by OEMs, i.e. people who build and sell computers to others.