Expensive Build Whats Your Thoughts!?

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Tdawg

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Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 275R TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor i7-7740X (4.3GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME X299-A: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s, RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 2070 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
120GB ADATA SU650 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 320MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days
Price: £1,749.00 including VAT and Delivery
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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Truly truly bad, you've got an old defunct processor, a weak graphics card and poor storage. It's all bad.

As well as the above, what monitor are you pairing it with?
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
As above, terrible value. In that you can get just better performance for the same or less cash.

Also as above, what are you using it for, and inf gaming, what monitor?
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
Tdawg said:
144hz aoc
Can you show me a better build ?
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And also what's your budget and what will you be using it for (if gaming some examples of the games you'll be playing would make it easier to tailor you build)?
 
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Tdawg

Member
SpyderTracks said:
What resolution?
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1920.1080

Rakk said:
And also what's your budget and what will you be using it for?
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Strictly gaming demanding gaming £1600

I play apex ark bf cod everything for like 5 hours a day so something that’s gonna keep up

Rakk said:
And also what's your budget and what will you be using it for (if gaming some examples of the games you'll be playing would make it easier to tailor you build)?
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Apex Battlefield Ark Dayz A
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Your original build was £1749.

This would be much better:

Case
FRACTAL MESHIFY C BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-9700K (3.6GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 UD: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB WD Black™ SN750 M.2 NVMe SSD (up to 3470MB/s R | 2600MB/s W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days
Price: £1,684.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/Y0YT3nwBb8/

Case with better airflow / cooling
More modern and more powerful CPU
Don't buy the Strix GPU. The pricing is just silly. A Strix 2070 is £150 more than the regular 2070, and only £80 less than a regular 2080. But performance is about the same as a regular 2070. It's a ripoff.
Much, much larger SSD and much much faster SSD
Larger HDD
Still £60 cheaper than the original spec
 
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Tdawg

Member
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Oussebon said:
Your original build was £1749.

This would be much better:

Case
FRACTAL MESHIFY C BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-9700K (3.6GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 UD: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB WD Black™ SN750 M.2 NVMe SSD (up to 3470MB/s R | 2600MB/s W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days
Price: £1,684.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/Y0YT3nwBb8/

Case with better airflow / cooling
More modern and more powerful CPU
Don't buy the Strix GPU. The pricing is just silly. A Strix 2070 is £150 more than the regular 2070, and only £80 less than a regular 2080. But performance is about the same as a regular 2070. It's a ripoff.
Much, much larger SSD and much much faster SSD
Larger HDD
Still £60 cheaper than the original spec
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This is awesome thank you buddy any other tips to saving money on that build or you recon I should just ball out on it ?
Cheers
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
You could switch the GPU to an RTX 2060. The RTX 2060 is only ~10-15% behind the RTX 2060 in performance (the RTX 2080 roughly = the GTX 1080) and it more than enough for 1080p gaming. And it's £170 cheaper.

You could hold off for Computex at the end of the month. AMD is expected to announce their Zen 2 CPUs on 27/28 May. These could well improve the performance / price options available. Their current Zen CPUs are already pretty close to Intel's in gaming performance and a lot cheaper.
 
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Tdawg

Member
Oussebon said:
You could switch the GPU to an RTX 2060. The RTX 2060 is only ~10-15% behind the RTX 2060 in performance (the RTX 2080 roughly = the GTX 1080) and it more than enough for 1080p gaming. And it's £170 cheaper.

You could hold off for Computex at the end of the month. AMD is expected to announce their Zen 2 CPUs on 27/28 May. These could well improve the performance / price options available. Their current Zen CPUs are already pretty close to Intel's in gaming performance and a lot cheaper.
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If you think the one you made is the best for the money honestly then I can’t moan
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Personally I'd go with the RTX 2060. Because the RTX 2070 is ~50% more money for ~10% more FPS (maybe 15% more on a good day).

In fact that's exactly what I did - I recently upgraded a GPU for 1440p gaming and went with a 2060 over a 2070.

Personally I'd also wait a week or so to see what Zen 2 is like.

You're going to keep the PC for many years, so you might as well have a short wait to make sure you're getting the best possible.
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
Oussebon said:
You're going to keep the PC for many years, so you might as well have a short wait to make sure you're getting the best possible.
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Yeah that's what I'm doing as well (I'm not convinced it'll be useful for me (given my requirements), but better to wait a little and check in my eyes)
 
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