Need help with building my first gaming pc(1600 quid)

astarandel

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Hello.
I have decided to treat myself around Christmas with a gaming PC. I have been playing on my Dell Inspiron 7559 but it doesn't really perform well without many sacrifices.
The usual obsticle of not knowing what parts to select is present here (no surprise).
My budget is 1500-1600 Pounds and all I know is I really want it to be a GTX 1080 graphics card.
Suggestions, help.. all welcome.
 
Solution
This should be powerful enough to crush every game out there...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£387.89 @ Alza)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£99.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£135.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce...
This should be powerful enough to crush every game out there...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£387.89 @ Alza)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£99.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£135.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card (£655.47 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£85.14 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.98 @ PC World Business)
Total: £1600.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-23 22:58 GMT+0000
 
Solution
This would be more than enough for 2k 144hz gaming :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£387.89 @ Alza)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£50.38 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus - TUF Z370 Plus Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£134.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£152.84 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£74.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£367.09 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair - 270R ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.98 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£82.74 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1426.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-24 02:22 GMT+0000