Hi all, was hoping for some advise or suggestions on current builds.
Up until about 4 years I had always been a happy little camper building my own machines at home and tweeking upgrades every few years, then had that fateful turn we have had all had of blowing a PSU during the build (still dont know if it was me or just faulty) having a really stressful few days getting new parts and swearing that I am never going to home build again........
Fast forward 4 years and my i5-2500 rig is giving me a wonderful combo of both blue and red screens of death and a cpu temp I am baffling at and she is finally on deaths door.
So my first question is, how is the prebuilt market looking these days, 5-10 years ago I would never had considered doing it, but is the market more balanced in terms of price and quality these days? If it helps I am in the UK from a buying point of view, so it used to be Scan, Dabs, Overclockers, but again there might be other places that offer better value now.
In terms of what I can use from my current build, I doubt anything but my case, a new EVO 212 heatsink (I tried to save the i5), and a GS700 PSU, and a still boxed old corsair h80 water cooler but in reality I think it might be easier to start from scratch.
Happy to spend between £800-1,000 for a decent rig that is going to last a good few years. - Update seems I am going way over this
Currently thinking along these lines
First attempt
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
CPU Cooler: Cool Master Hyper 212x
RAM: 32GB Corsair 3000mhz Vengeance LPX DDR4 (4x8GB)
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7
SSD: Samsung SM951 128GB NVMe
Hard Drive: 4TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Corsair Carbide 100R Silent Edition
PSU: 750W Corsair CS Modular
Second attempt
Intel Core i7 6700K,
Cool Master Hyper 212
Gigabyte GA-Z170X
32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-24000 (3000)
8GB Sapphire Radeon R9 390X NITRO
256GB SanDisk Z400S, 2.5" Business SSD,
4TB Seagate ST4000DM000 SATA III - 6Gb/s, 5900rpm, 64MB Cache,
Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition Black Full Tower Chassis
24" Asus VG248QE LED
Still open to suggestions on PSU, I havnt had any problems with my current Corsair GS700, but if anyone wants to advise more than happy to hear it.
Equally is 32gb over the top for RAM and will 16 be enough?
Sorry if this is all abit vague, but open to suggestions on parts or complete solutions.
Thanks,
Up until about 4 years I had always been a happy little camper building my own machines at home and tweeking upgrades every few years, then had that fateful turn we have had all had of blowing a PSU during the build (still dont know if it was me or just faulty) having a really stressful few days getting new parts and swearing that I am never going to home build again........
Fast forward 4 years and my i5-2500 rig is giving me a wonderful combo of both blue and red screens of death and a cpu temp I am baffling at and she is finally on deaths door.
So my first question is, how is the prebuilt market looking these days, 5-10 years ago I would never had considered doing it, but is the market more balanced in terms of price and quality these days? If it helps I am in the UK from a buying point of view, so it used to be Scan, Dabs, Overclockers, but again there might be other places that offer better value now.
In terms of what I can use from my current build, I doubt anything but my case, a new EVO 212 heatsink (I tried to save the i5), and a GS700 PSU, and a still boxed old corsair h80 water cooler but in reality I think it might be easier to start from scratch.
Happy to spend between £800-1,000 for a decent rig that is going to last a good few years. - Update seems I am going way over this
Currently thinking along these lines
First attempt
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
CPU Cooler: Cool Master Hyper 212x
RAM: 32GB Corsair 3000mhz Vengeance LPX DDR4 (4x8GB)
Graphics card: AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7
SSD: Samsung SM951 128GB NVMe
Hard Drive: 4TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Corsair Carbide 100R Silent Edition
PSU: 750W Corsair CS Modular
Second attempt
Intel Core i7 6700K,
Cool Master Hyper 212
Gigabyte GA-Z170X
32GB (4x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-24000 (3000)
8GB Sapphire Radeon R9 390X NITRO
256GB SanDisk Z400S, 2.5" Business SSD,
4TB Seagate ST4000DM000 SATA III - 6Gb/s, 5900rpm, 64MB Cache,
Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition Black Full Tower Chassis
24" Asus VG248QE LED
Still open to suggestions on PSU, I havnt had any problems with my current Corsair GS700, but if anyone wants to advise more than happy to hear it.
Equally is 32gb over the top for RAM and will 16 be enough?
Sorry if this is all abit vague, but open to suggestions on parts or complete solutions.
Thanks,