Hardware & Technical Getting a new PC. Advice?

Renown

Renown
Spec the same or better up for less at PC Specialist.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/custom-pc/

Eg this one I quickly specced with more than you have already and is £1,930 (inc VAT) and you can make it cheaper/better and still have something better than a expensive PC World shop build.

Case NZXT PHANTOM 410 WHITE GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor i7-7740X (4.3GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s, WIFI - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (4 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 - DVI, HDMI, 3x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 128MB CACHEM.
2 SSD Drive256GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1100MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power SupplyCORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster Z 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard - OEM
 

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
In the AMD corner and using their configurator, I'd look at something like this:

  • Case: FRACTAL DEFINE R5 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
  • Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight Core CPU (3.0GHz-3.7GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
  • Motherboard: ASUS® STRIX B350-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)
  • Memory (RAM): 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB) (two modules, leaves room for later upgrades and things tend to be more stable that way)
  • Graphics Card: 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 - DVI, HDMI, 3x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
  • 1st Hard Disk: 1TB WD BLACK 3.5" WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
  • M.2 SSD Drive: 256GB WD Black™ M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 2050MB/s R | 700MB/s W)
  • DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: none
  • Power Supply: CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY (easily enough with some reserves)
  • Processor Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler (because Noctua stuff is awesome)
  • Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING (because it just doesn't matter; be aware though that when you're buying Noctua, you're getting screwed a little bit since their coolers come with a generous amount of paste enough for at least five builds)
  • Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) (no separate party audio here, I don't see much use for them in most gaming contexts any more, if you want better quality there's affordable and very trouble-free parts in the beginners section of the professional audio aisle)
  • Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
  • Operating System: Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence (Home may be enough, Pro is a bit more flexible in areas like delaying updates)
  • Anti-Virus: NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE (because seriously it's all snakeoil)

That should be a pretty solid system that you can just plug in and enjoy and that should last you a long time.

Given a wider choice of components, I'd check out the ASRock AB350 Pro4 boards (I was skeptical of the brand, but the µATX from that series is such a nice, stable, no-crap product, only downside I can see is the sometimes pretty Chinglish translation of the EFI setup), Kingston ValueRAM, and the Noctua NH-C14S. If you shop around and are willing to build the thing yourself, you can probably end up a lot cheaper no matter the components.
 
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MickyG1982

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Mysturji said:
I've narrowed it down to my 2 favourites:
https://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/comp...s/predator-g6-710-gaming-pc-10164208-pdt.html

https://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/comp...k-white-10164640-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~RR

There doesn't seem to be much difference between them, but I'm leaning heavily towards the Predator.
Unless anyone else has a better suggestion in that price range?

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There's already 2 better suggestions made by that site, both are fitted with the 1080Ti and are the same price as the first PC or £200 less than the second.

That said, I wouldn't buy from PC world anyways. I'd take those specs or up it into the current Gen Intel platform (if I were going all out) or Ryzen (if I wanted a platform that will take everything new for the next many years) buy the bits myself and build it.

That way I know exactly what's inside my rig, I know where I can recycle parts and I know that I can upgrade it all by myself without having to put it back to the store to do it. Also, you can save yourself £100+ buying a Windows 10 key off Amazon and download the OS from Microsoft.
 

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
MickyG1982 said:
That said, I wouldn't buy from PC world anyways. I'd take those specs or up it into the current Gen Intel platform (if I were going all out) or Ryzen (if I wanted a platform that will take everything new for the next many years)
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You want to go all out? How about one of them shiny Threadrippers then? Who needs SATA when you have enough PCIe lanes for quite literally a bucketful of NVMe sticks, and if you ever feel like you need a second computer, you just spin up a VM or five :D
 

MickyG1982

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Shadowdancer said:
You want to go all out? How about one of them shiny Threadrippers then? Who needs SATA when you have enough PCIe lanes for quite literally a bucketful of NVMe sticks, and if you ever feel like you need a second computer, you just spin up a VM or five :D
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Oh if only I had the pennies...

I'm holding out til after Christmas (for the moment). Even then, absolute top end for me would be the Ryzen 1600 lol
 
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