New desktop PC build - need advice - price range 1500-2000£

[krokson]

Hey,
I want to build my new desktop computer. I made a list of pc components, but I would like to hear your opinion.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

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  ■ 1 x Corsair Crystal 460X RGB Midi Tower Tempered Glass Case - Black (CC-9011101-WW)= £154.99
  ■ 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £334.99
  ■ 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £278.99
  ■ 1 x Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - White LED= £218.99
  ■ 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £99.95
  ■ 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £47.99
  ■ 1 x Corsair Hydro H105 240mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW )= £109.99
  ■ 1 x Asus ROG Strix Z270H Gaming Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
  ■ 1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800)= £29.99
  ■ 1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic Connect 15 LED-Strip 30cm - White= £16.99
  ■ 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £229.99

Total: £1,682.81
(includes shipping: £0.00)

 

[Herc08]

Well, I don't know about 32GB that's a bit overkill. Also, with this budget, why not go for a GTX 1070? I honestly think liquid cooling is over-rated as air cooling will do just fine. Also that power supply is overkill. In the following build, it will use a max of 300 I don't know if you have a certain scheme, but you can try this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£329.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£28.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£129.99 @ Eclipse Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£92.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.65 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card (£433.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.10 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1295.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 14:10 GMT+0000

 

[sadams04]

At your budget, the RX 480 is a fairly weak GPU. At a minimum look toward the GTX 1070... Overclock as you please and add a second GTX 1080 in SLI when / if you need more graphics muscle.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£329.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£56.60 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£144.25 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£89.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£118.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.38 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card (£549.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition w/ Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£109.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£131.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£27.77 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1625.89

 

[krokson]

I don't really need very good GPU as I am not a hardcore gamer, I play sometimes some MOBA's like League of Legends etc.

 

[Herc08]

Well, it's a good thing to invest in case you want to expand your horizons. But if you not a heavy game, why are you getting a 7700K?

 

[krokson]

7700k is fairly cheap and its better to get the newest technology as it lasts longer.. According to CPU cooling, air cooling is usually huge (high performance) and is not going to look good in this case. This GPU is cheap aswell and has very good benchmarks scores. Motherboard: ~20£ extra for nice looking motherboard is not a big problem. Hmm.. power supply with Platinum certificate, 650W and fully modular for 100£ isn't much I guess.

 

[Herc08]

I'm just saying, that PSU is a bit over kill, not saying it's bad. But if it works, it works. Air coolers are more reliable because if your water cooler leaks, then it could damage the inside, but that's just my recommendation. I still say if you have teh budget, get the 1070 while you can, as you may want to dip into more modern games. Again, that's just my recommendation. And you don't have to get a huge one, you can get a Cryorig C7 which is simmliar to a stock cooler, but it is more effective.

 

[boosted1g]

What are the rest of the uses for your computer?
Unless you are doning something else to really stress your system the the i7 and the 32gb of ram is massive overkill to the point that it is a waste of money.
Also if you are doing anything more heavy duty with your computer (like video editing, engineering software, photoshop, 3d modeling etc), then you want a GTX 1060 and not a AMD GPU because the software for those tasks can utlize the CUDA cores found in NVIDIA GPU's to have very noticable performance gains in that application.

As stated that water cooler is not going to give you very much over a good air cooler

If running an ethernet cable is just not feasable then I would try a powerline network adapter over wifi. Real speeds should be better and ping/latency will be much better.

 

[krokson]

Ok, so what about this GPU: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-amp-edition-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-103-zt.html

and which CPU air cooler should I take from OCUK website: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/air-cooling/coolers/cpu/performance-cooling (+ thermal paste)

According to powerline adapter: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-link-av1000-2-port-gigabit-powerline-starter-kit-tl-pa7020-kit-nw-207-tp.html is it good enough?

 

[Herc08]

Yes all of those would work, in fact, the list I gave you and sadamd04 would work as well.

The powerline is to help with wired connections, so that should be good as well.

 

[boosted1g]

Ok, so what about this GPU: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070-amp-edition-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-103-zt.html

and which CPU air cooler should I take from OCUK website: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/air-cooling/coolers/cpu/performance-cooling (+ thermal paste)

According to powerline adapter: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-link-av1000-2-port-gigabit-powerline-starter-kit-tl-pa7020-kit-nw-207-tp.html is it good enough?

GPU is good

Hyper 212 EVO is the tried and true, while there is better the performance per $$ cant be beat (you will pay twice as much for 10-20% improvement). Only bad side to the 212 is that it is HUGE. If you want/need something more low-key then the Cyrog C7 is also a good pic. The Noctus NH-D14 would be one that is slightly better then the EVO.

That AV1000 powerline adapter should be good.
Now with powerline adapters you need to plug them direct to an outlet, no surge protector, no power strips, not even a power tap/splitter), you also need to avoid circuits with florescent lights and electric motors.