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So I'm planning a build. Please can someone look over this and check if there's any better options for the same or a similar price (or even less?)

I'm planning on using this PC to run Windows (for games and stuff) and Hackintosh (for music production and video editing and stuff. I switch between Vegas and FCPX quite often.)

I may also do some streaming so I need it to be able to handle the loads of Streamlabs OBS plus games. I've only got the Wireless Card on there in case I temporarily have to go without Ethernet!

The link to the build list is https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/EquaPC/saved/#view=kPz7WZ

Thanks in advance for your help!

(The crappy Acer K222HQL will be rotated by 90 degrees to allow for a monitor to use exclusively for text editing and reading long pages and stuff.)

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The 7740X is absolutely not worth purchasing anymore (as if it ever was). 

 

This is a far better build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£31.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£148.79 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.59 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£51.59 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB JetStream Video Card  (£239.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£43.79 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  (£17.19 @ Kustom PCs) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC51 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£28.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£87.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£87.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Redragon - K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: Logitech - G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Patriot - V360 7.1 Channel  Headset  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Speakers: Logitech - Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1356.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-13 01:10 BST+0100

 

 

New Build (The Compromise): CPU - i7 9700K @ 5.1Ghz | Mobo - ASRock Z390 Taichi | RAM - 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200CL14 @ 3466 14-14-14-30 1T | GPU - ASUS Strix GTX 1080 TI | Cooler - Corsair h100i Pro | SSDs - 500 GB 960 EVO + 500 GB 850 EVO + 1TB MX300 | Case - Coolermaster H500 | PSU - EVGA 850 P2 | Monitor - LG 32GK850G-B 144hz 1440p | OS - Windows 10 Pro. 

Peripherals - Corsair K70 Lux RGB | Corsair Scimitar RGB | Audio-technica ATH M50X + Antlion Modmic 5 |

CPU/GPU history: Athlon 6000+/HD4850 > i7 2600k/GTX 580, R9 390, R9 Fury > i7 7700K/R9 Fury, 1080TI > Ryzen 1700/1080TI > i7 9700K/1080TI.

Other tech: Surface Pro 4 (i5/128GB), Lenovo Ideapad Y510P w/ Kali, OnePlus 6T (8G/128G), PS4 Slim.

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we're not supposed to be talking about hackintosh here; might wanna remove that part.

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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1 hour ago, Phentos said:

The 7740X is absolutely not worth purchasing anymore (as if it ever was). 

 

This is a far better build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£269.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£31.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£148.79 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.59 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£51.59 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB JetStream Video Card  (£239.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£43.79 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  (£17.19 @ Kustom PCs) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC51 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£28.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£87.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£87.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Redragon - K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£36.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Mouse: Logitech - G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Patriot - V360 7.1 Channel  Headset  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Speakers: Logitech - Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers  (£39.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1356.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-13 01:10 BST+0100

 

 

Thanks for the heads up dude, much appreciated! I may keep the case as the original or one of a similar style since I'm not really fussed about RGB and don't really want to be having Windows and stuff if I don't have anything that lights up, I really just need something with a clean, minimalist design. Cheers though! 

 

1 hour ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

we're not supposed to be talking about hackintosh here; might wanna remove that part.

Why not? I'm going to be using the PC for it anyway so I may as well state it. Or I could use Red Star :P

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1 minute ago, Heptik said:

Why not? I'm going to be using the PC for it anyway so I may as well state it. Or I could use Red Star :P

not allowed as per community standards.

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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