Gaming PC Build

[nathanc07]

Hi Everyone,

 

Im looking for some advise on building a gaming PC. I just want to get some of your feedback to see if the components im choosing will work and last me a few years of gaming or make some changes. Here's what im looking at:

 

CPU: i5 8400

Motherboard: ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB DDR4 2400

GPU: GTX 1070ti

SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 500GB

HDD: Toshiba x300 4TB

PSU: EVGA Supernova 650

Case: Corsair Crystal 570x or Phanteks Eclipse P400

 

Look forward to your suggestions.

 

1 PC

Budget €1500

[Jurrunio]

I assume you are prepared to upgrade to the 8700k in the future?

 

Make sure it's not the G1 or NEX supernova, the G2 and G3 are better, or even those from other brands like Seasonic Focus Plus Gold or Corsair TXM, just not G1 or nex.

 

which 1070ti are you looking at?

[GoldenLag]

Some cash can be saved on picking up a crucial mx500 500GB SSD instead lf the samsung Evo. Other than that it looks good.

 

Whats your budget?

[nathanc07]

When needed in the future i can upgrade to the 8700k.

 

Ok thanks will make sure its G2 or G3 or one of the other brands suggested.

 

Was just looking at the EVGA SC Black Edition

[nathanc07]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

Some cash can be saved on picking up a crucial mx500 500GB SSD instead lf the samsung Evo. Other than that it looks good.

 

Whats your budget?

Budget is around €1500

[AskTJ]

If you are going to be upgrading to the 8700k in the future, keep the Z370 motherboard. If you are not going to upgrade, buy a H series board to save on costs.

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/gmNHWD
Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/gmNHWD/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (€169.90 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€105.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€63.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€40.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB EX Video Card  (€456.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€66.69 @ Alza) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€82.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1138.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-12 12:01 CEST+0200

 

Quick build i put together. You can build upon this if you want

[StillOnH81]

There are some cases available out there that look much better, in my opinion. Here is a link to my current favourite.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Golden-Field-Silver-Fox-Computer-Case-558-261-531mm-Aluminum-Alloy-ATX-M-ATX-ITX-liquid/32810229666.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.15082911yWONZb&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10152_10151_10065_10344_10068_5722815_10342_10343_10340_5722915_10341_5722615_10696_10084_10083_10618_10304_10307_10820_10821_10302_5722715_10059_100031_10103_10624_10623_10622_5722515_10621_10620,searchweb201603_2,ppcSwitch_7&algo_expid=c3754765-b941-4a5e-bb49-f40fa1bea78c-0&algo_pvid=c3754765-b941-4a5e-bb49-f40fa1bea78c&priceBeautifyAB=0

 

If you want reasonable GPU prices, you should look at the Chinese brand "Colorful". Linus featured a few of their cards before, and as far as I can tell, they are fairly reasonably priced from a quick glance. Here is a link to their GPU page. They also do motherboards and their power supplies are pretty good once you get into the higher price range.

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/group/Graphics-Card/2926102_510933583.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.34d258d1qDcDE7&origin=n&SortType=price_asc&g=y

[nathanc07]

34 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/gmNHWD
Price breakdown by merchant: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/gmNHWD/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (€169.90 @ Caseking) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€105.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€152.74 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€63.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€40.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB EX Video Card  (€456.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€66.69 @ Alza) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€82.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1138.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-12 12:01 CEST+0200

 

Quick build i put together. You can build upon this if you want

Thanks i can use some ideas from this build as well

[GoldenLag]

5 minutes ago, nathanc07 said:

Thanks i can use some ideas from this build as well

A budget and the number of PCs would really help. That way kt is possible to adjust according tl a giving budget

[nathanc07]

4 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

A budget and the number of PCs would really help. That way kt is possible to adjust according tl a giving budget

ive updated the post now

[GoldenLag]

18 minutes ago, nathanc07 said:

ive updated the post now

I just noticed i mixed this up with a multi-pc.

 

Good thing you posted the budget

 

Sorry for mixing up posts

[TSM_RX7]

this is my recommendation

 Case be quiet! Pure Base 600 Windowed Mid Tower Case - Black £90.95

Fans be quiet! 120mm Silent Wings 3 Quiet PWM Case Fan £17.15

Cooling 120mm Be quiet! Silent Loop AIO Watercooler with Dual Fans £96.11

Motherboard ASUS ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING - Intel Coffee Lake DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard £83.77 

Optical drive 24x ASUS DRW-24D5MT Black SATA Optical Drive - OEM £11.16

Power supply be quiet System Power 9 700 Watt 80+ Bronze PSU/Power Supply £74.24

Processor Intel Core i5 8600K 3.60GHz Hex Core (Coffee Lake) Processor Unlocked £203.99

Ram G Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 £193.99

Graphics card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB Graphics Card £281.99

Operating system Windows 10 Home 64 bit Operating System £83.58

Solid state drive 500GB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive + £10 cashback £165.59

Hard drive 1TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive - ST1000DM010 £32.39

Total  euros 1516.66

 

 

 

[GoldenLag]

50 minutes ago, Pingu2001 said:

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Please use pcpartpicker. Also all of those pricings were listed in GBP and not the Euro. Also dont go with an unlocked chip with amobo that cant overclock.

 

Im gonna stand by the post i posted earlier. You can add what you want as extras. Things like OS and case and more storage. Its more of a template than a complete build

[TSM_RX7]

its a shame  we can't speak german in this forum !!!

[nathanc07]

1 hour ago, GoldenLag said:

Please use pcpartpicker. Also all of those pricings were listed in GBP and not the Euro. Also dont go with an unlocked chip with amobo that cant overclock.

 

Im gonna stand by the post i posted earlier. You can add what you want as extras. Things like OS and case and more storage. Its more of a template than a complete build

Would i need a CPU cooler or would the standard one work?

[GoldenLag]

31 minutes ago, nathanc07 said:

Would i need a CPU cooler or would the standard one work?

The box cooler that comes with the 8400 works.

 

If it was the 8700 you would need a new cooler. 

 

Since the 8400 cant be overclocked it will be fine. Once you upgrade the CPU you need to grab a new cooler. Something line the Dark Rock (pro) 4 or an AIO or a different tower cooler

[nathanc07]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

The box cooler that comes with the 8400 works.

 

If it was the 8700 you would need a new cooler. 

 

Since the 8400 cant be overclocked it will be fine. Once you upgrade the CPU you need to grab a new cooler. Something line the Dark Rock (pro) 4 or an AIO or a different tower cooler

Ok perfect thanks.

 

Quick question is there a difference between GPU models eg MSI,Gigabyte,Zotac,EVGA?

[GoldenLag]

49 minutes ago, nathanc07 said:

Ok perfect thanks.

 

Quick question is there a difference between GPU models eg MSI,Gigabyte,Zotac,EVGA?

not really. grab the cheapest double fan model that isnt called ARMOR. thats all i can say. generally the bigger the cooler the better. usually i just roll with the cheapest. like the one i selected in the build

 

or something like this: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/P9ndnQ/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-video-card-gv-n107tgaming-8gd

or this https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/nX98TW/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-mini-video-card-zt-p10710g-10p

[nathanc07]

40 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

not really. grab the cheapest double fan model that isnt called ARMOR. thats all i can say. generally the bigger the cooler the better. usually i just roll with the cheapest. like the one i selected in the build

 

or something like this: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/P9ndnQ/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-video-card-gv-n107tgaming-8gd

or this https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/nX98TW/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-mini-video-card-zt-p10710g-10p

Awesome thanks

[nathanc07]

20 hours ago, nathanc07 said:

Awesome thanks

 

20 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

not really. grab the cheapest double fan model that isnt called ARMOR. thats all i can say. generally the bigger the cooler the better. usually i just roll with the cheapest. like the one i selected in the build

 

or something like this: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/P9ndnQ/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-video-card-gv-n107tgaming-8gd

or this https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/nX98TW/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-ti-8gb-mini-video-card-zt-p10710g-10p

Does RAM speed matter for the intel chip? should i pick 2400,3000,3200 or should i just get the cheapest 2400 at the time

[GoldenLag]

38 minutes ago, nathanc07 said:

 

Does RAM speed matter for the intel chip? should i pick 2400,3000,3200 or should i just get the cheapest 2400 at the time

Just grab the 3000 memmory. Its relativly cheap and you can use it for later builds due to it higher speed. Doesnt matter majorly, but for tiny ammount you spend extra it is clearly worth it imo