Help building a rig

[777Driver]

Hey guy's,

Plan is to build a second rig whilst I'm here in the UK for the next few months. I used to get all my parts from overclockers.co.uk, is that still one of the best places to go?

Anyways, ideally I'd like to keep the rig itself below 1000 pounds (including a 1070 or 1080) Any suggestions would be great, the rest of the budget will go on a second BKgamer, Hotas/sound system and gaming chair & CV1.

Cheers

 

[JerryLove]

1070 (~$450)
i3-6320 processor (~$160)
16GB ram (~$80)
Find a montherboard you like (~$150)
Add a case, PS, and cooler for ~$250 if needed

Total cost $1090, which I think comes under 1000 pounds.
If you already have the case/PS, that would cut costs considerably.

You won't be able to do a 1080. That's $700+ just for the videocard.

 

[Asp Explorer]

MacBook air You can take it back home too

 

[JerryLove]

MacBook air You can take it back home too

Insufficient graphics power to run Rift.

There are some laptops coming with the new 1060, 1070, and 1080 designed-for-laptop version that would suffice; but I don't think they are available and I don't know price (likely too high).

 

[Asp Explorer]

This looks interesting though - but it's a huge mess. http://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/24/thunderbolt-gpu-wolfe-macbooks/

 

[Beavis Tingleball]

MacBook air You can take it back home too

so Horizons works on macs now?

 

[Asp Explorer]

so Horizons works on macs now?

Natively - nope.

Just bootcamp it into submission

 

[TorTorden_VR]

This looks interesting though - but it's a huge mess. http://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/24/thunderbolt-gpu-wolfe-macbooks/

Got to ask the question of how "     is the mac book gpu?" if a 950 gpu gives a 1000% performance improvement.

 

[Asp Explorer]

Don't say mean things about it or it'll start crying

 

[TorTorden_VR]

Do you mean it? Or just macbook owners in general?

 

[Asp Explorer]

<pets MacBook Air> myy preecioussssss

 

[Gortron]

Hey guy's,

Plan is to build a second rig whilst I'm here in the UK for the next few months. I used to get all my parts from overclockers.co.uk, is that still one of the best places to go?

Anyways, ideally I'd like to keep the rig itself below 1000 pounds (including a 1070 or 1080) Any suggestions would be great, the rest of the budget will go on a second BKgamer, Hotas/sound system and gaming chair & CV1.

Cheers

I'm not sure if they are cheapest (they are certainly competitive) but I highly recommend Scan.co.uk They sell everything you could want (even Vive bundles) and they deliver extremely quickly via DPD. They do deal of the day components, self build bundles as well as pre-built and custom builds. https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs I get all my PC stuff from them.

I had a returns issue with them once where they could have been more helpful, but that was an exception to the norm.

 

[777Driver]

I'm not sure if they are cheapest (they are certainly competitive) but I highly recommend Scan.co.uk They sell everything you could want (even Vive bundles) and they deliver extremely quickly via DPD. They do deal of the day components, self build bundles as well as pre-built and custom builds. https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs I get all my PC stuff from them.

I had a returns issue with them once where they could have been more helpful, but that was an exception to the norm.

Thanks for the replies everyone, apologies, I should have said 1000 pounds without the GPU scan.co.uk looks good - https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/overclocked-gaming-pc-mid-range

 

[Eminor]

PCSpecialist is quite good (www.pcspecialist.co.uk). Machines are generally low-priced and configurable to what you want.

 

[UniMag]

Thanks for the replies everyone, apologies, I should have said 1000 pounds without the GPU scan.co.uk looks good - https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/overclocked-gaming-pc-mid-range

I can wholeheartedly recommend Scan I got my last two systems from there

Hey you could always double your budget and add a Titan X Pascal lol

 

[h347h]

Great mid size tower here.

https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-Ecl...=UTF8&qid=1472442926&sr=1-2&keywords=phanteks

I just built a rig on this case below and it is pretty amazing.

https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-Ent...TF8&qid=1472443034&sr=1-1&keywords=enthoo+pro

I would go with an i5 6600k and a MOBO that can easily support which ever GPU you are using. Z170 MOBOs. Cheap but quality ones out there so pick your poison. I went with a high end EVGA one but I wouldn't recommend it really.

Of course this is the best budget fan out there so always a solid buy. Should be able to OC the i5 to around 4.4+ pretty easy with that fan.


https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Maste...e=UTF8&qid=1472443165&sr=8-3&keywords=cpu+fan

 

[Globusdiablo]

Hey guy's,

Plan is to build a second rig whilst I'm here in the UK for the next few months. I used to get all my parts from overclockers.co.uk, is that still one of the best places to go?

Anyways, ideally I'd like to keep the rig itself below 1000 pounds (including a 1070 or 1080) Any suggestions would be great, the rest of the budget will go on a second BKgamer, Hotas/sound system and gaming chair & CV1.

Cheers

Off the the top of my head: largest i5, strong psu, good cabinet (fractal define S - excellent air flow), twin frozr 1080 X, 16 gigs of ram, ssd.

If you're looking for a cool, silent build, the gpu and cabinet mentioned is a great start. Throw in a Noctua cpu cooler and you should be good to go. No need for water cooling.

Fly safe D.

 

[HeavyGroovez]

I buy everything for my rig from Scan and eBuyer.