£1500 PC for Gaming/Architecture work

Sep 4, 2018
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Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP
Budget Range: £1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Architectural Rendering - Vray, Revit etc.., Photoshop, 3D softwares such as SketchUP, Gaming
Location: UK
Additional Comments: Looking for a pc up to £1500 for architectural work and gaming without monitor and system.

Currently looking at something like this: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/C7vVfH
Is it worth getting a gtx 1070 with the possibility of getting an amd processor?
 
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This should be better...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£320.35 @ PC World Business)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - R1 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£72.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£194.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£159.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 480GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£104.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB DUKE OC Video Card (£550.13 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks -...
Depending on the software you require (for work I assume) I would probably stick to an Intel CPU. But if the software can utilise more threads then Ryzen would be the choice. Similar thought for the graphics card too.

There's nothing glaringly wrong with the build, though PCPartPicker does pick up on possible clearance issues with the CPU cooler.

Playing around a Ryzen build might be something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor (£248.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime X470-Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£162.77 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£281.85 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.97 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card (£469.97 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case (£78.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£92.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1432.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-04 17:34 BST+0100

I'm sure others will have more viable configurations.
 
I've decided to stick to Intel, I'll still be playing games and 30% faster rendering time won't bother me by much anyway since I usually lay down and do other things when rendering takes place. My current build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/QgFXMZ , can I get something better than this price 1500 +/- 50, downgraded the CPU cooler from Dark Rock Pro 4 to Dark Rock 4 for compatibility check, although I'm pretty sure there isn't any difference between them in size.

Changed RAM too because I had to pay another 50 for delivery.
 
Seeing PC World Business being the cheapest option for the i7-8700k is quite a shocking experience....

Have you bought any of the components yet? I wonder because something like the graphics card has a fixed price. Just wondering if it's worthwhile for you to wait until the RTX graphics cards are out just to see if they will push the prices of the 10-series down.
 

I haven't bought anything yet, the price might go down by a 100 but it will probably take some time and I have up to two weeks left, can always wait but don't know if its worth it. I'm buying graphics card from ebuyer which is for 470 atm.
. Price is 360 in pcworld, tax wasn't included
 
This should be better...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£320.35 @ PC World Business)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - R1 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£72.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£194.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£159.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 480GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£104.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB DUKE OC Video Card (£550.13 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.40 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1537.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-06 22:40 BST+0100


The NVME drive is faster and more suited for your work... http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-850-Evo-500GB-vs-Adata-XPG-SX8200-NVMe-PCIe-M2-480GB/3477vsm482768

Better parts all over. Activate Windows down the line. Should have no performance difference even if you dont... https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-to-install-and-use-windows-10/
 
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Here's an Intel HEDT build: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ym64P3

The CPU performance would be about the same, but you'd have more PCIe lanes (28 vs. 16) and memory slots (8 slots, quad-channel). An NVMe SSD might not be necessary, but it's a lot faster than SATA and the Intel 760p is cheaper than the 860 EVO. I picked a WD Red NAS drive because it'll be quieter and more resilient.

Performance-wise, It'll be roughly similar to the 8700K build (except in memory-intensive applications). But I think it'll last longer. The power supply on that list only has enough wattage for one GPU, but in the future you could upgrade it and add one or two more graphics cards running at x8.
 

Don't know what to do now, so many different builds but I think I'll go with your option, will add more RAM in the future


 


This should last you longer too. But if you can wait a bitm the Turing cards might shake up some prices. The launch is Sep.20 tentatively.