£1600 PC

[syfzey]

1. Budget & Location

My budget is £1600 and I currently live in the UK. Planning on buying components next week

 

2. Aim

I'm planning to use this pc for games and also for architectural rendering work (Revit, Vray, Sketchup, Photoshop etc..) and here where the debate comes... AMD or Intel cpu? AMD is better for rendering, however the rendering for me will only take place a few times a year (deadlines) and I also have a laptop therefore I won't be doing multiple tasks on this pc, so 20-40% faster renders won't make any difference. Unless if there's no difference in gaming between the AMD Threadripper 1920x and Core i7-8700k, then an AMD build is also a great option. I've made my build and want to see what you guys think, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9Zvh29. I've also found an interesting build online which focuses on better graphics but with the cost of reducing RAM, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/pjqrpG.

 

If anyone has a better build for this price please let me know

 

3. Monitors

Will be upgrading from 59hz to 144hz but that will be in future £

 

4. Peripherals

Already bought

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

Better pc needed for everything, my current one i5-4670 with gtx 760 was bought a long time ago, might be able to sell some components and get about £100.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, syfzey said:

 

So your current display is only 1080p 60hz?

[syfzey]

Looks like it, its HP w2448hc if you're interested, but will be buying a new one in about 3 weeks, want to buy pc now so I can set up everything before I start studying again.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, syfzey said:

Looks like it, its HP w2448hc if you're interested, but will be buying a new one in about 3 weeks, want to buy pc now so I can set up everything before I start studying again.

Might as well save some cash with an R5 2600, going to have around 80% of the 8700K's performance at about half the price, and the soldered iHS makes it easier to cool.

 

You don't really need a 1080ti for 1440p gaming, just drop a few settings on the 1070ti

 

1070ti is cheaper than the 1080, but just as fast with a 2 minute OC.

 

Without the monitor the build is still solid around 1000 GBP, no need to spend 1600 on just the PC

Should also buy a case that actually has airflow.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YJWwD2
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YJWwD2/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£134.02 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£78.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  (£376.12 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£94.91 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus - MG279Q 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  (£428.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £1469.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-09 23:54 BST+0100

[syfzey]

Oh sorry man, the monitor is on a separate budget, didn't mention it. Why do you recommend not spending all 1600 on a pc?

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, syfzey said:

Oh sorry man, the monitor is on a separate budget, didn't mention it. Why do you recommend not spending all 1600 on a pc?

Because it's just not very necessary to get a good experience or high performance PC.

[jiyeon]

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9R3vsZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9R3vsZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  (£284.98 @ PC World Business) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports Edition (Black/White) CPU Cooler  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC - MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£5.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£179.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£197.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  (£376.12 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.59 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.98 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £1334.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-10 00:16 BST+0100

 

Here's one I made real quick, includes a Ryzen 2700X, GTX 1070 Ti, 16GB of RAM, a 500GB SSD, X470 motherboard for easy overclocking if you're into that, P400S, and of course some Arctic cooling.  

[Streetguru]

59 minutes ago, seoz said:

ECLIPSE P400S

Needs a case with actual airflow though

 

 

1 hour ago, syfzey said:

Oh sorry man, the monitor is on a separate budget, didn't mention it. Why do you recommend not spending all 1600 on a pc?

And if you want like "the best" then it's whatever but I wouldn't exactly say it's worth it.

 

If you were sticking to intel for the best gaming performance you might as well wait for the 9th gen $499 8 core CPU

[forregacc02]

2 hours ago, syfzey said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9Zvh29. I've also found an interesting build online which focuses on better graphics but with the cost of reducing RAM, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/pjqrpG.

Great builds I must say. Let me try building one too, just to serve as an alternative.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  (£205.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£57.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£119.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£300.78 @ Technextday) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG  512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£98.20 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB iCX GAMING Video Card  (£589.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase H500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£94.91 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1600.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-10 02:34 BST+0100

[syfzey]

But why not spend another £500? I won't have to be upgrading my pc again in like 5 years..