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The Nully

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Hi guys.

Funding an upgrade to my current rig; when I say upgrade, I pretty much mean an overhaul of all major parts.

This is the new build I am thinking of getting:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£299.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£96.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£132.69 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£112.80 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card (£218.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: NOX - URANO TX 850W ATX Power Supply (£75.62 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM 64-bit
Total: £981.48

Note: I already have the GPU and the OS. I am extremely reluctant to upgrade to Windows 10, although if it is absolutely necessary for the build then I'm gonna have to get with the times and suck it up.

Questions:

1) Is this a good build?
2) Are there any conflicting parts?
3) Will Windows 7 be fine with this?
4) For how long is this build 'future proof'?

As I say, I've already got the GPU and the OS, my budget for the overhaul is about £700, excluding the GPU and OS.

Thanks a lot.
 
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I'm going with the build below as my final set-up. Already spent £600 on parts. Gonna wait a week for a pay check, and then buy the CPU, then it's just the cooler, RAM and PSU to go. Thanks to every one for your help.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£294.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£100.16 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£133.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State...
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The Nully

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550 watts? Isn't that a little low for what I'm building? I currently have a 600w PSU on my current build. Or does it not matter?

What did you mean by "I would get 10"?
 
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constantine_99

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1. Solid, but u might want to consider Ryzen for more bang in the buck, getting the 6 GB version of 1060 will greatly improve the futureproof of ur VGA (most games right now already utilize bout 2 GB VRAM on high, 3 GB is a bit too tight for the newer gen games) but since u already have it, all i can say is too bad :eek:
also, i agree with SR-71, the PSU are shady, better get other brand (like the EVGA G3 550w 80+ gold perhaps)
2. no, i suppose not
3. yes
4. CPU should last 5++ years, but GPU might last 1-3 years i think, not due to the performance, but due to the VRAM size (u have to tune down settings on newer games eventually)
 
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Windows 10 is the newest one and had more support from microsoft, so they suggest u to get that one instead

a good 550w 80+ gold can even hold out the 1080ti build, unless u're going SLI later, it's more than enough
 
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then it's more than enough to get the 550w :) the EVGA i suggest u is pretty good (G3 is the G2's refresh so it's suppose to be on tier 1) but if u prefer other brand, u can look at the link Rdslw gives u

since this is a new build, i think u should consider the suggestion to get a w10 instead, im using W10 right now and im pretty content with it :)
 
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What do you guys think of

Corsair - 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

For a PSU?

@Constantine - Windows 10 is just so clunky looking and sucky to me. Windows 7 is old faithful! But if it offers better driver support and future support, then I have no choice. I know it can still be got for free.
 
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constantine_99

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Corsair what series?
 
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constantine_99

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Corsair RMxxxi Series comes from tier 1, it's reliable, and plenty enough for your rig :)

Edit: oh i almost forgot, what's the purpose of this rig? gaming? productivity? both perhaps?
u might want to consider the Ryzen instead, it's cheaper, offers more cores/threads, although the downside is the fps won't be as high as i7 if it's for gaming purpose, but u will have better stability with it
 
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The Nully

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The purpose of the rig is gaming mostly, but also future proofing for games and anything else that I need. The Ryzen isn't much cheaper though, right? And from the research I've done and from friends who have them, they say that the i7 I've listed there is all I'll need for the next few years. I'd rather spend an extra £50-80 and get something that everyone agrees is pretty top-of-the-industry for my own security.
 
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it's cheaper u know, here's why:
Ryzen 7 1700, the supposedly rival for i7
MSRP below i7 7700k
offers 8 cores / 16 threads
comes with stock cooler
the mobo is also cheaper (B350 series, since u're not planning to SLI anyway)

yes the i7 will last long as i said earlier, bout 5 years and maybe even more, but the cores/threads utilization will goes up as well, and as time goes, the R7 will had the better edge, if u read the rumours that goes around, even Intel planning on giving us more cores with the coffelake series (the kabylake refreshed, rumous said that i7 8700k comes with 6 cores / 12 threads if im not wrong, this is the proof that even intel realize that more cores/thread for the consumer level is necessary too)
 
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Actually windows 10 is way faster than previous versions of windows plus it as more support for the new hardware and Windows 10 comes with DirectX 12, which unlocks more performance from your existing hardware (game dependent) and is the future for Windows gaming

And for gaming I'll stick with the i7 7700K why? because is the best a gamer can get period. And by the time game engines and software start utilizing more than the full potential of 8 hyper- threading cores at 5Ghz will be time to upgrade again.
 
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EDIT:

I'm going with the build below as my final set-up. Already spent £600 on parts. Gonna wait a week for a pay check, and then buy the CPU, then it's just the cooler, RAM and PSU to go. Thanks to every one for your help.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£294.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£100.16 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£133.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£86.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card (£209.92 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£103.97 @ Ebuyer)
 
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