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I need to build a new PC.

It will be for gaming.

Id prefer an i7 with a 1080 and it must be in this case Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case.

I know new i7s are coming in the next months but will they be worth waiting for?

Some builds would be nice.

Cheers.
 
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High end Kabylake isn't worth waiting for because it seems that it'll basically be overclocked Skylake with some new features (none of which are really of interest to gamers). On the lower-end it is interesting because there'll be an unlocked i3 but nothing noteworthy will change in the high end.

Unfortunately within that budget you can't really get a GTX 1080 without making serious sacrifices to the point where getting a 1080 at all would be rather pointless. What I recommend is:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£299.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£20.95 @ Aria PC)...
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With a less expensive case and i5 you can probably meet your 1300 build price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£299.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.48 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£130.94 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£107.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card (£578.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case (£159.23 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1421.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-10 17:05 GMT+0000
 
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High end Kabylake isn't worth waiting for because it seems that it'll basically be overclocked Skylake with some new features (none of which are really of interest to gamers). On the lower-end it is interesting because there'll be an unlocked i3 but nothing noteworthy will change in the high end.

Unfortunately within that budget you can't really get a GTX 1080 without making serious sacrifices to the point where getting a 1080 at all would be rather pointless. What I recommend is:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£299.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£20.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£121.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£89.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.92 @ BT Shop)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB STRIX Video Card (£414.56 @ More Computers)
Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case (£159.23 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Rosewill 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit (£83.54 @ More Computers)
Total: £1347.27

You could add a second GTX 1070 later (or swap it out for a 1080) if you want more performance. For the storage I opted for a low capacity SSD instead of a 1TB HDD, but if you feel like you'd need a lot of storage initially then get a 1TB HDD instead.
 
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weehamish

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Thanks guys.

Well i wont need storage or OS as i have the old HDD and SSD, which ill just slot in.

Do i really need a 850W PSU?

The case is expensive but its an amazing case.

Suppose the 1080s are just a bit pricy atm.

Ill link a build i have soon see if this is any good.
 
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