Building a custom pc for 1st time

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Here is my specs i chosen for when i bring the components into currys/pc world not 100% sure they build you a pc, buts says on website ' Whatever you’re looking for, we can help you build the ultimate PC'. Hopefully this build i put together is compatible.


Intel 6Th Generation Core I7 6700K 4Ghz Processor (£324.62)
ASUS LGA 1151 PRIME Z270-A Intel ATX Motherboard (£147.35)
CORSAIR Vengeance LPX DDR4 16 GBRAM, 2-Module Kit (£119.99)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC ACX 3.0 Graphics Card (£519.99)
Toshiba P300 3TB 7200RPM 3.5 SATA HDD (£80.37)
SAMSUNG 850 Evo 2.5" Internal SSD - 250 GB (£94.99)
Corsair CS650M 650w 80+ GOLD SEMI MODULAR PSU (£72.88)
Corsair Carbide Series 200R Mid-Tower Compact case, black window (£68.80)
NOCTUA NH-D14 CPU cooler (NH-D14) (£80.94)
Sound Card Audio Creative Sound Blaster Internal PCIe Rx (£65.99)
Delkin UHSll 3.0 Dual Slot UHS-11/CF UDMA7 Card Reader. DDREADER-44 (£28.21)
TP-LINK TL-WN851N Wireless-N PCI Adapter 802.11n: Up to 300Mbps (£11.99)
ASUS BC-12D2HT Internal Blu-ray Combo (£59.99)
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-Bit Operating System (£104.95)

Total price £1781.06
Total price userbenchmark - £1632.75
 
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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jH3tBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jH3tBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£305.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£69.80 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£145.69 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£94.89 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£85.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£79.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£501.48 @ CCL...
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I mean, it isn't bad, but if you are getting a Z270, why not get a i7-7700K? You slightly better performance. Also, not sure about Toshiba's hard drives, but 80 pounds for a 3TB drive? Seems pretty fishy to me. Do you really need a blu-ray drive? You can get a USB drive for 20 bucks (not sure about europe). Also, I wouldn't recommend using WiFi on a desktop. If you can use Wired, then go that route.

Other than that, it should be just fine.
 
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Dude, i love your line about currys. They dont assemble pcs, but hey with that slogan they bloody well should do lol

(they dont assemble on site, it gets sent away to a specialist team)

You're better off finding a local, independent pc repair shop and asking them.
 
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i recommend buying from scan.co.uk if you're looking to buy all from the same store . they also offer short term insurance against accidental damage when building the pc.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jH3tBP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jH3tBP/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£305.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£69.80 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£145.69 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£94.89 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£85.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£79.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£501.48 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Case (£72.45 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£84.92 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.60 @ Aria PC)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Rx 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£53.90 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.42 @ Novatech)
Total: £1591.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-21 19:47 BST+0100
 
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So if i asked pc world/currys to build it when i go to the store which isn't far from where i am, they will send my parts to their 'specialist lab' definitely right?

Also the parts ive chosen are from both pcworld.co.uk and game.co.uk lol, also reason i chose these only cuz i made 3 other builds on, pc specialist, overclockers uk, uk gaming computers. and all them are £200 - £300 more in total price, plus read reviews on service of them websites they kinda contradicting eachother. so thought might be best stick with pc world and game for parts and let pc world/currys build it, since it should get a warranty of some sort once completed and they trusted since i buy lot of stuff from them before, part from PC parts.

My current PC specs (brought from Jhon Lewis for £730 last year [reduced to clear]
Acer Predator G3-605 Desktop, i7-4770 Quad core 3.4GHz with turbo (i think up to 4.0GHz), GTX 745 OEM (4GB), 2x8GB Samsung 800MHz RAM, SSD Kingston 60GB for (operating system) 2TB barracuda HDD, wireless realtek 802.11ac, blu-ray/dvd drive combo, sound blaster cinema and im guessing PSU is 500w like the rest of the same G3-605 models.

Oh and by the way guy at pc world last week ago, when i went into the store said that GTX 1070, 1080 wouldn't fit Acer Predator G3-605 and PSU would need upgrading to a 650w which makes sense, but i seen few benchmarks with GTX 1070 or 1080 and pc world wont do that he said 'its possible but the people who had made it work would of done alterations to it to make it fit and it may cause stuttering' so only option was to get a custom pc made.
 
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I dont understand your last paragraph.

Call pc world and ask. Every store does graphics cards and simple stuff but a total build is different.

Anyways, get a mini gtx 1070 that runs off a single 8 pin. You already have a top of the line cpu (the i7 4770) so why not keep it and save yourself a fortune?

Dont take everything the pc world monkeys tell you as gospel. If they were smart they wouldn't be working at pc world lol
 
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Mini 1070 £350: http://www.ebuyer.com/757031-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-mini-itx-oc-8gb-gddr5-dual-link-dvi-d-hdmi-gv-n1070ixoc-8gd

Get that and a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter and youre done, happy days.

The stock power supply that comes with the predator is a 500w fsp (double check the psu sticker but it should be 500w), not the best unit but it does have most of its rating across the 12v rails so should have no trouble with a 1070.

If you chose to upgrade psu and gpu at the same time you would need a 12 to 24 pin adapter for the motherboard, as bizarrely acer have gone for a 12 pin mainboard on that predator
 
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Yeah my Graphic interface on Acer Predator G3-605 is - PCI-Express x16 link width. So would this fit, it says 500w recommended and is an 8pin
http://www.ebuyer.com/749498-gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1080-g1-gaming-oc-8gb-gddr5x-dual-link-dvi-d-gv-n1080g1-gaming-8gd and a SSD i wanted was a 256GB since 60GB isnt enough. (1.7GB left) HDD (700GB left out of 2TB)

 
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You can help us out a little here mate, grab a measuring tape and measure the distance from the expansion slots at the back to the hard drive cage at the front. That will tell us how much space you have to work with and we can go from there

An while you're in the case just double check that you only have a single 6 pin pcie connector on that power supply? Ive had a browse on fsp website and cant seem to confirm it

6 pin and 8 pins look like this: http://techreport.com/r.x/psus-0907/pcie-connectors.jpg
 
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