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The stock cooler is good enough, you can always swap in a cheap air cooler like the Pure Rock Slim or M9i in the future, both good value coolers.
As long as your CPU isn't hitting 80c or above under load you're fine with the stock one.
Intel beats out AMD in gaming across the board really, but in the i5 range Ryzen 5 is a better choice since it falls just behind by a bit, and has more threads, while quad core non HT is on the way out the door due to higher thread utilization with newer engines and APIs.
An i7 7700 is good if you can swing for it, and has much the same performance as a 7700k at stock for less, the main benefit being the reduced cost of a B250 board and included stock cooler.
An i7 is still the best for gaming.
As long as your CPU isn't hitting 80c or above under load you're fine with the stock one.
Intel beats out AMD in gaming across the board really, but in the i5 range Ryzen 5 is a better choice since it falls just behind by a bit, and has more threads, while quad core non HT is on the way out the door due to higher thread utilization with newer engines and APIs.
An i7 7700 is good if you can swing for it, and has much the same performance as a 7700k at stock for less, the main benefit being the reduced cost of a B250 board and included stock cooler.
An i7 is still the best for gaming.
Chugalug_
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Save a little bit more and grab this, you can get a 1080, fantastic value atm.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£257.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£79.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£99.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB JetStream Video Card (£448.36 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.80 @ Alza)
Total: £1030.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-22 00:24 BST+0100
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£257.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£79.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£99.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB JetStream Video Card (£448.36 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.80 @ Alza)
Total: £1030.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-22 00:24 BST+0100
Chugalug_
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No they are not, they only improve boot times and software load times, not 100% necessary, you can chuck one in later.
The way I see it, you can just slot in an SSD, you can't pay the difference to upgrade your GPU or CPU later, you'd need a whole new investment for each. For that reason it's best to stick with a HDD now and migrate OS to an SSD when you can afford a solid 240/250GB one.
By the way I forgot to ask, what's your monitor situation?
You'll want a 1440p or 1080p 144hz monitor with the 1080.
You can stick with 1080p 60Hz though just fine, even though it'll be a bit overkill.
The way I see it, you can just slot in an SSD, you can't pay the difference to upgrade your GPU or CPU later, you'd need a whole new investment for each. For that reason it's best to stick with a HDD now and migrate OS to an SSD when you can afford a solid 240/250GB one.
By the way I forgot to ask, what's your monitor situation?
You'll want a 1440p or 1080p 144hz monitor with the 1080.
You can stick with 1080p 60Hz though just fine, even though it'll be a bit overkill.
Chugalug_
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Eeek, there's tonnes of poor choices in there!
Also PSU cost isn't accounted for, and is low quality.
Has your budget upped?
The GPU I listed is now 70 quid more expensive....
The price for the CPU also jumped a tiny bit.
Here's an updated list, the mobo is red, and also has an LED along the side.
The SPEC-04 looks fantastic for the price though imo.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£270.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£79.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£99.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card (£476.33 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.80 @ Alza)
Total: £1075.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-22 13:49 BST+0100
Also PSU cost isn't accounted for, and is low quality.
Has your budget upped?
The GPU I listed is now 70 quid more expensive....
The price for the CPU also jumped a tiny bit.
Here's an updated list, the mobo is red, and also has an LED along the side.
The SPEC-04 looks fantastic for the price though imo.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£270.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£79.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£99.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card (£476.33 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.80 @ Alza)
Total: £1075.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-22 13:49 BST+0100
Chugalug_
Titan
- Jan 28, 2016
- 16,502
- 4
- 74,965
The stock cooler is good enough, you can always swap in a cheap air cooler like the Pure Rock Slim or M9i in the future, both good value coolers.
As long as your CPU isn't hitting 80c or above under load you're fine with the stock one.
Intel beats out AMD in gaming across the board really, but in the i5 range Ryzen 5 is a better choice since it falls just behind by a bit, and has more threads, while quad core non HT is on the way out the door due to higher thread utilization with newer engines and APIs.
An i7 7700 is good if you can swing for it, and has much the same performance as a 7700k at stock for less, the main benefit being the reduced cost of a B250 board and included stock cooler.
An i7 is still the best for gaming.
As long as your CPU isn't hitting 80c or above under load you're fine with the stock one.
Intel beats out AMD in gaming across the board really, but in the i5 range Ryzen 5 is a better choice since it falls just behind by a bit, and has more threads, while quad core non HT is on the way out the door due to higher thread utilization with newer engines and APIs.
An i7 7700 is good if you can swing for it, and has much the same performance as a 7700k at stock for less, the main benefit being the reduced cost of a B250 board and included stock cooler.
An i7 is still the best for gaming.
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