Advice on first build

[mvpmusty]

So Im planning to build my first pc, have saved up for quite a while have €2000-2200 budget. Almost everything will be bought from amazon Uk

Any recommendations or advice on this build is welcome, would like a second opinion.

 

Will be adding a second monitor after a while.

this is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VCfYWD

 

Thanks

[Firewrath9]

you are going to need a better cpu. are you comfortable with overclocking?

[Firewrath9]

also use uk.pcpartpicker.com. also if you are in the uk, why do you have your budget in euros?

 

I assume you are in the uk if you want to use amazon UK

[Christophe Corazza]

My main advice would be to swith the 8400 to an 8700K and overclock the chip. You have a Z motherboard, so you might as well use its overclocking capabilities. 

[Christophe Corazza]

7 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

also use uk.pcpartpicker.com. also if you are in the uk, why do you have your budget in euros?

 

I assume you are in the uk if you want to use amazon UK

 

Not necessarily, I'm from Belgium and I also buy things from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr and Amazon.de

[Firewrath9]

heres one for uk, everything on amazon uk

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JKdNyX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JKdNyX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  (£305.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£147.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£91.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£139.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£52.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  (£747.14 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.41 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  (£355.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2063.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-14 20:42 BST+0100

[mvpmusty]

35 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

you are going to need a better cpu. are you comfortable with overclocking?

Not particularly, I read that the 8400 wont bottleneck the gpu at 1440p so thought this cpu would be enough.

Do you think that an overclockable would be a much better fit?

I was thinking of changing the cooler to a corsair h100i incase i decide to get an overclockable cpu in the future.

thanks

[Guest]

I would get a larger SSD, and maybe a M.2 one. Also, I would step it up to at least a 8600K, OC'ing might come in handy in the future, and you selected a Z motherboard so I would strongly advise looking into a unlocked chip. Otherwise the build looks good.

[mvpmusty]

41 minutes ago, Konrad Kwasniewski said:

I would get a larger SSD, and maybe a M.2 one. Also, I would step it up to at least a 8600K, OC'ing might come in handy in the future, and you selected a Z motherboard so I would strongly advise looking into a unlocked chip. Otherwise the build looks good.

ill be mainly gaming and there is an approximate 30-50 pound difference between the sata and the samsung 970pro (on sale) price, is this price difference worth it would you say??

thanks

[Firewrath9]

2 hours ago, mvpmusty said:

ill be mainly gaming and there is an approximate 30-50 pound difference between the sata and the samsung 970pro (on sale) price, is this price difference worth it would you say??

thanks

No, imo a difference between.25 seconds for a NVMe and 1 second for a ssd isnt much compared to 1 second and 5 for a hard drive.

[Firewrath9]

3 hours ago, mvpmusty said:

Not particularly, I read that the 8400 wont bottleneck the gpu at 1440p so thought this cpu would be enough.

Do you think that an overclockable would be a much better fit?

I was thinking of changing the cooler to a corsair h100i incase i decide to get an overclockable cpu in the future.

thanks

You have plenty of budget for a i7 and a h150i will last you a long time.

[Christophe Corazza]

2 hours ago, mvpmusty said:

ill be mainly gaming and there is an approximate 30-50 pound difference between the sata and the samsung 970pro (on sale) price, is this price difference worth it would you say??

thanks

 

Use that money for a better CPU. As I've said: buy the 8700K and overclock the chip.

 

4 hours ago, Christophe Corazza said:

My main advice would be to swith the 8400 to an 8700K and overclock the chip. You have a Z motherboard, so you might as well use its overclocking capabilities.