Gaming PC £1000- £1200?

Dusty85

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I am looking to build a gaming pc and wanted some advice on parts as I have no idea these days. My budget is £1200 I could be willing to stretch it a little for the right machine. Any suggestions?
 
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well I personally got 135GB music. but no need to store it on the ssd.

2 builds. 1 with 1080 + gtx 1080
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£220.00 @ Novatech)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£27.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£124.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£67.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£65.15 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard...
well I personally got 135GB music. but no need to store it on the ssd.

2 builds. 1 with 1080 + gtx 1080
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£220.00 @ Novatech)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£27.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£124.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£67.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£65.15 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1080 8GB JetStream Video Card (£568.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.59 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.48 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1257.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-29 00:03 BST+0100


the other one an i7+1070. this build I would personally prefer as it is more balanced since I didn't try to squeeze in a 1080, with a better mobo, faster ram and the i7 does come handy at times:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£310.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£132.73 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£82.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£65.15 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£379.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.59 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.48 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1210.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-29 00:06 BST+0100
 
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