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@ Zova: Your needs conflict somewhat; Maximum gaming needs a fast GPU and decent CPU while the rendering/multitasking will tend to need more CPU and RAM with the GPU taking a less prominent part.
Essentially, you need to decide where the bulk of the budget needs to go.
Maximum gaming will come from the i5 8400/GTX1070, while you'll get better rendering out of the i5 8600K/GTX1060 system. As has been said, either should really be customised with more memory and an SSD would be a useful if not must have addition.

If you can or will build the system yourself, WildCard999 comes up with a very good system for the cash but it's geared towards multitasking and rendering rather than maximum gaming performance.

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Third option, 8700 (6 cores/12 threads for rendering), 16gb DDR4 & the GTX 1060 6gb, also has a SSD unlike the builds you posted above.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£255.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£86.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Team - Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£119.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£76.80 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card (£268.80 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.47 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£75.46 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £998.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-31 23:04 BST+0100
 
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The build in the first link shafts you on the cooler and ram(somewhat). There's a few air coolers that perform better for cheaper, and without the hassle of an AIO. As for the ram, 16gb is recommended, 8gb is the minimum now - only a handful of titles at the moment would 'bottleneck' with 8gb.

The second link: it's the 8gb of ram again.
The WildCard999 option is better.
 
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coozie7

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@ Zova: Your needs conflict somewhat; Maximum gaming needs a fast GPU and decent CPU while the rendering/multitasking will tend to need more CPU and RAM with the GPU taking a less prominent part.
Essentially, you need to decide where the bulk of the budget needs to go.
Maximum gaming will come from the i5 8400/GTX1070, while you'll get better rendering out of the i5 8600K/GTX1060 system. As has been said, either should really be customised with more memory and an SSD would be a useful if not must have addition.

If you can or will build the system yourself, WildCard999 comes up with a very good system for the cash but it's geared towards multitasking and rendering rather than maximum gaming performance.

This one is geared towards maximum gaming at the cost of some loss of rendering:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (£146.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - H310M S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£158.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£53.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.80 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card (£414.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.47 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£75.46 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1019.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-15 09:44 BST+0100

One final point: ANY of the systems mentioned here will do the job well, don't think picking one over another will turn your gaming into a slideshow or add hours to rendering times, it won't.
 
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