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cmccarten1979

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I’ve currently a i7 2600 non k cpu and a very old MOBO, 16gb 1600mhz ram, SSD evo Samsung 500gb and a gtx 1070

I’m wanting a i7 7700k cpu build with ddr4 ram 3000mhz either 8gb or 16gb, cpu cooler, a really good MOBO to OC and a atx case big enough for cpu cooler as many are pretty large.

Please post your suggestions below that you would recommend from experience!

Budget £600-550
Much appreciated.
 
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n0ns3ns3
well, you really want to go with coffee lake. i5-8600K is slightly better than 7700K and of course i7-8700K is much more.
so here is an example of decent build for overclocking that also looks nice
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£227.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£62.75 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£148.28 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£183.59 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £622.56
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jgustin7b

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Well, here’s what I got. In terms of ram, I went with 8 gb because price of ram is a bit high for the time being, and with mobo, it should allow for more ram to come. Win 10 really only needs 8 for most things (except heavy multitasking and video editing). Otherwise, hope you don’t mind extra 10...pounds, quid, not sure what UK currency is called.

[PCPartPicker part list](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/t2Kq6X) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/t2Kq6X/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/VKx9TW/intel-core-i7-7700k-42ghz-quad-core-processor-bx80677i77700k) | £251.99 @ Aria PC
**CPU Cooler** | [be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/hyQRsY/be-quiet-pure-rock-slim-351-cfm-cpu-cooler-bk008) | £21.12 @ Aria PC
**Motherboard** | [MSI - Z270 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/JbmxFT/msi-z270-gaming-plus-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z270-gaming-plus) | £91.98 @ Ebuyer
**Memory** | [G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/XJYWGX/gskill-aegis-8gb-1-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-f4-3000c16s-8gisb) | £100.17 @ Amazon UK
**Case** | [Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower Case](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/CkM323/cooler-master-masterbox-lite-5-atx-mid-tower-case-mcw-l5s3-kann-01) | £44.49 @ AWD-IT
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **£509.75**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2018-01-24 03:46 GMT+0000 |
 
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Sam_216

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Only thing I'd suggest changing is the RAM - RAM is one of those things that for the most part quantity is better than quality; you'd get more bang for your buck with 16gb of 'slower' RAM than 8gb of faster RAM.

See here; https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/xhM323/kingston-memory-hx421c14fbk216

Here's a video explaining why! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Yt4vSZKVk
 
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well, you really want to go with coffee lake. i5-8600K is slightly better than 7700K and of course i7-8700K is much more.
so here is an example of decent build for overclocking that also looks nice
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£227.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£62.75 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£148.28 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£183.59 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £622.56
 
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