Help buying a gaming PC

[Nat6nat6]

Hi, I'm going to buy a desktop gaming PC and wanted it to have the new geforce gtx 1080 graphics card and was wondering what other components would be best as I don't know much about PCs. My budget is about £2000 but I don't mind going over. Also, is it worth waiting for the 1090 or newer graphics cards or will they be about the same? I'd like to get the pc within the next month. Thanks for any replies.

 

[Oussebon]

What resolution will you be gaming at and do you need things like a monitor, keyboard, or any other accessories?

 

[Nat6nat6]

Havent really thought about the resolution, 1080p minimum I guess. Yeah I will be needing a monitor and keyboard but by components I meant like motherboard and hard drive. Thanks

 

[Oussebon]

I figured you meant that by components, was just wondering if room needed to be left in the budget for the monitor, keyboard and all that jazz.

Perhaps the below is a good place to start?
It leaves plenty of room for 1440p IPS monitor, plus a decent keyboard, and still be within £2k.
If you decide you want to push the boat out, you could consider a 1080 and a 4k screen. Or two 1070s in SLI.

I don't think we know much about the '1080 ti' or whatever Nvidia next high end move is, not even really in rumours. I imagine they're keeping that close to their chest to combat anything nice AMD come out with when Vega comes out (maybe in October, maybe early 2017).

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE R5 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-6700k Quad Core (4.00GHz @ upto MAX 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® Z170 PRO GAMING: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB Kit)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£109)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-D15S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler (£69)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
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 Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
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) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,573.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[Nat6nat6]

Thanks for that reply it's really helpful. Can I ask why two hard drives?

 

[jerpers]

It is often current practice to have one SSD for things that need fast booting such as the OS and games with lots of large loading sections. The second, cheaper, bigger drive for general storage.