Hardware & Technical Is this spec any good?

That looks pretty good. What the price of the i5 8600k (has six full cores but no hyperthreading) instead of an i7 7700K. Could be a cheaper solution. Maybe put that bit extra towards a better GPU.

I could go that way with an i5 & 1080 but would a 8 core be alot more future proof and better for demanding games like star citizen? ...so many options lol
 
I could go that way with an i5 & 1080 but would a 8 core be alot more future proof and better for demanding games like star citizen? ...so many options lol

A 7700 k is 4 core with 8 threads. 8600k has 6 full cores but no hyperthreading. Not too sure what would be best.

This may help: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i5_8600K/

I think the 8600k is better then the 7700k even in multicore processes.
 
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550W power supply for 1070 and overclocked 7700k? IMO, this is madness. Just those two components under load can almost hit the ceiling. Just a little sudden jump in boost clocks, or inconsistency in power draw will shut off your system or drop you into BSOD.
It's important to remember - there is NO such thing as overkill when you talk power supplies. 700W PS and 550W PS will draw SAME amount of power from the wall - the exact amount your system needs. But it's never a good idea not to leave any extra room.
Not to mention more powerful power supplies are plainly more efficient too.
 
Thanks Cosmic, only getting the 1 stick of ram because £1500 is my budget at the minute and planning on adding another 16gb down the road to make it 32gb

Yeah, this is good. If you do 2 8gbs now, to stay in optimal dual-channel mode when you can upgrade, you'd have to retire 2 perfectly good sticks and buy two 16gbs. One 16GB will run your build just fine for shakedown purposes.
 

I know wired connection is better but need it to be wi-fi and will be adding a USB drive for DVD's etc ...could of made it better but limited by my budget, prices are crazy at the moment

Surely you have an internet connection... most wifi nowadays on a desktop setup run the wifi network out of the modem/hub. Will the modem be accessible? Also, most wired network stuff is done on a chip on the MB these days, so you should have it.
 
550W power supply for 1070 and overclocked 7700k? IMO, this is madness. Just those two components under load can almost hit the ceiling. Just a little sudden jump in boost clocks, or inconsistency in power draw will shut off your system or drop you into BSOD.


It's important to remember - there is NO such thing as overkill when you talk power supplies. 700W PS and 550W PS will draw SAME amount of power from the wall - the exact amount your system needs. But it's never a good idea not to leave any extra room.
Not to mention more powerful power supplies are plainly more efficient too.

emphasized. This. That's really entirely too small for a load like that.

I've fixed a lot of broken computers with a fried PS as the main culprit [that and stuffing them into ornamental desks] If the PS goes, it's just as likely to fry other chips on the way with weird fluctuations (I've seen burnt memory slots).

As far as "future-proofing" *suppresses a giggle* a good PSU is one of the things that will travel with you from rig to rig, so it's a good investment. Probably 600w Bronze would see you through a few power-hungry updates (graphics card/CPU/more RAM)

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Also will stick my oar in here regarding overclocking: with modern components, overclocking is really in the same vein as building roadsters or case-modding: it's a tinkerer thing. OC will definitely put a strain on the component chips and... there's really not a lot of framerate improvement in most games. I choose OC parts for the reason that Caramel Clown outlines: bursts and burps from the PSU. There's more overhead for that in OC parts, but having gone through all of that from a P1 to i7, I'd rather have longetivity in my system than a small framerate bump.

Of course, if you liquid-cool... :D
 
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It does look like a good option going off that web site, what do you think about the 8 core Ryzen 7 1700 for £40 more?

The Ryzens are excellent cpus but not as good as Intel's for gaming. Saying that, there will be upgraded versions coming out in April which will be better.

Personally I would go for a Ryzen 5 1600 or 2600 when it comes out. 6 cores with an extra 6 threads. Also you should be able to use the motherboard when new Cpus come out next year.
 
The Ryzens are excellent cpus but not as good as Intel's for gaming. Saying that, there will be upgraded versions coming out in April which will be better.

Personally I would go for a Ryzen 5 1600 or 2600 when it comes out. 6 cores with an extra 6 threads. Also you should be able to use the motherboard when new Cpus come out next year.

Yes Intel has the bad habit of changing chipsets with each new CPU
 
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