£2000 build, please help!

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Hi all,

So i have £2000 for a new PC, £2000 not $2000, $prices wont help and bits from outside the UK wont help either, i need everything to be sourced from the UK .

The PC will be for gaming and ill need a monitor with it too. Id also like a keyboard and mouse but ill pick them myself leaving around £80 out of the budget for these.

Id like a 1080/1080ti and a decent i7, not sure if its worth going for a i7-6800K or i7-7700K.

For a case ill probably want the Corsair 780T as ive built a PC with this before and its very nice and easy to get inside.

Anyway i know a lot of people here are good at doing specs and ive used your ideas before and the PC builds have been great and saved me money so hope you can help, ill be building this next week so if theres a good reason to wait let me know.
 
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Herein lays the issue: Where you shop makes a big difference to the price you pay!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£298.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.25 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270F ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£149.80 @ Alza)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£129.60 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£203.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Gigabyte -...
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So I assume that's 144Hz. It means you don't really need a 1080Ti unless fixated on running max setting in all games at as close to 144fps as possible.
 
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Please be very certain about the monitor, you'll be 'stuck' at about 24" at 1080 rez but can easily move up to 27-28" if you go 1440.
Also: Gsync or Freesync? Both will run under an Nvidia card and you can do what a lot of us do to save the pennies, namely get a Freesync 144Hz display then use the Adaptive Sync feature in the Nvidia drivers, it's not quite Gsync but I'm happy with my 144Hz Freesync/GTX1080 combo. ;)
Why all the aggro about the display? It's likely you'll hold onto it for a very long tame AND it'll greatly influence your gaming experience.
 
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ATM i have a 24" 1920x1200 monitor @60hz, i dont want to spend silly amounts on a monitor and am happy at 1080p 60hz, my brother has the asus swift which is nice but its too pricey, i can easy buy another monitor later on i just want a decent 1080p one for now.
 
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Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£298.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus - TUF Z270 MARK 2 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£130.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£111.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£114.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card (£649.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case (£69.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£104.35 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG248Q 24.0" 1920x1080 180Hz Monitor (£355.14 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1908.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-25 15:12 BST+0100
 
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This is a rebalance of the rig by King Dranzer.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/pfZJd6
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/pfZJd6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£298.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 LED 66.3 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.43 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£106.20 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£129.60 @ Aria PC)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£135.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.76 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card (£649.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case (£69.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Rosewill - Capstone 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£75.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Acer - XF270HU 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor (£499.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2044.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Made a few subtle, and not subtle changes:
Faster RAM, it makes a small difference but the extra few quid is, in my opinion worth it.
The SSD is a slow 2.5" SATA 3 part, but it's also a 512Gb one, feel free to swap it out for the faster, but smaller 960 Evo.
A 1Tb HDD is a little constricting if you're going to store a lot of stuff, so I've dropped in a 2Tb drive, as with the SSD feel free to swap it over.
That GTX1080Ti is just too sweet to pass over.
To save a few pennies I've cut back on the PSU a little, but only a little.
The jewel here is the monitor: full 2K res and 144Hz WITH an IPS panel, I have one. It's brilliant!
 
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That PSU is Tier 3 while RMx is Tier1. Don't go for that PSU.(Important) Check This List
That CPU cooler is not good and becomes noisy under stress. Cryorig H7 is a decent one.

1440p resolution wouldn't advice unless OP plans on regular hardware upgrade. There is no big difference in detail when you compare 1080p 24" to 1440p 27" but the difference in frame rates is comparatively huge and 1080p wins it by having higher frame rates and smoother gameplay for longer period of time. It is simple playing games at ultra settings with higher frame-rates gives better gaming experience than playing at high settings with lower frame-rates.

With all that you still went way above his budget. He wanted us to leave £80 for keyboard, mouse setup of his choice.
 
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Check the PSU Tier list, the 650Watt Capstone is Tier 2.

The CPU cooler is only going to be an issue overclocked, besides it's cheap enough to change.

You're talking about comparing a 24" display with a 27" one-I very well know the difference-I swapped from a 24" 1080 to the same 27" 1440 monitor last year, the difference is significant and, in my opinion worth the extra.

My build isn't a given, it's open to discussion and revision, if the OP wants to use a 1080 display, that's his choice, and it'll pull my build down under budget.

With a 24" 144Hz (non Gsync) display and H7 cooler:

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

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£298.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£106.20 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£129.60 @ Aria PC)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£135.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.51 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card (£649.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case (£69.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Rosewill - Capstone 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£75.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: ViewSonic - XG2401 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor (£229.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1784.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-25 20:23 BST+0100
 
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Some nice builds here, coozie7 build seems decent but id probs tweak a few parts, i should be to get the case i want and the mouse and keyboard with that build. Still not sure the best place to buy windows from, currently have 7 but would want 10 on this new build.

So most gamers staying intel even with the new ryzen cpus?
 
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Right now a R7 1700 is slightly more expensive than the i7 7700K and the i7 is marginally the better performer hence the choice, the big R7 1800 would have pushed the builds even further over budget (mine not King Dranzers) .
I think both King Dranzer and I used the Define XL for the same reasons: It's a good case and a lot cheaper than the big Corsair.

I'll stick my neck out and state that a Gsync display of 1080 rez will be a wasted here. As with Freesync it's really only useful at low frame rates and I REALLY can't see any of the rigs listed here dropping below 40FPS at 1080 rez, even my 1080/i7 6700 can run a 1440 display over that, even Ghost Recon stays over that threshold maxed out. Just get a high refresh or Freesync display and turn Adaptive Sync on in the Nvidia drivers-works for me. ;)

Ultimately all we can do is suggest, feel free to tweak our suggestions to suit your own tastes and preferences.
 
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Corsair Graphite 780T Case - Black
Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING Motherboard
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake CPU, 4 Cores, 4.2 - 4.5GHz
16GB CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 3000MHz DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Graphics Card
500GB Samsung 960 EVO M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM Hard Disk
Corsair RM750x 80 PLUS Gold 750W PSU
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
£2103.50 inc VAT

Okay so i made this build, it has no monitor or anything and seems pretty high but has solid parts, can you help me swap out parts to drop the price and fit a monitor in? I love this case but it is like £200
 
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Herein lays the issue: Where you shop makes a big difference to the price you pay!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£298.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.25 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270F ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£149.80 @ Alza)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£129.60 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£203.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card (£649.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair - 780T ATX Full Tower Case (£159.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£107.66 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: ViewSonic - XG2401 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor (£219.05 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1982.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 18:15 BST+0100

It'll be a bit time consuming to register with each supplier, but I've used all of them in the past and they've all proven to be punctual, reliable and, when required, quick in responding to any issues.
 
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Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£298.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus - TUF Z270 MARK 2 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£130.80 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£111.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£114.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Gaming OC 11G Video Card (£649.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair - 780T ATX Full Tower Case (£159.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£104.35 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus - ROG SWIFT PG248Q 24.0" 1920x1080 180Hz Monitor (£355.14 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1999.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-27 18:21 BST+0100

G-Sync monitor is good for high fps smooth gaming.
 
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And King Dranzers build shows how we need to compromise in one area to spend more elsewhere: He elected to go with a Gsync display but to do so has saved the money by reducing the SSD to 256Gb, dropping to DDR4 2666 memory and using a cheaper (but still good) cooler.
Your choices Weehamish.
BTW, are you a reader of Terry Pratchett? Weehamish sounds like the name of a character in his books.
 
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