First time buying a Gaming PC

[shayaanfacebook]

Hi guys, im looking to become an online streamer/gamer, and are looking for the best high-end specs to accomodate for that. My budget is £2000. I understand CPU is really important in gaming, so currently thinking of getting an i7-8700k. For my GPU, I want a 1080ti. I guess everything over 16gb ram is overkill so im guessing 16gb ram is enough. However, with regards to everything else, e.g. PSU, Cooler, Case, Motherboard, which SSD to get (250gb should be enough for me), how many fans to buy ... all these details im really not sure of.

I will be buying my parts and getting it built by PC specialist, see the link below.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-z370-pc/

Again, my budget is 2k, so if anyone can suggest a good build, using the options of the above link, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

You will need more than 350w PSU and also a better quality than the Corsair VS series. As you are building a high end system you would want something like Corsair RM650x or EVGA Supernova G3 650w

 

[shayaanfacebook]

So like this?

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-z370-pc/

 

[FD2Raptor]

Hi guys, im looking to become an online streamer/gamer, and are looking for the best high-end specs to accomodate for that. My budget is £2000. I understand CPU is really important in gaming, so currently thinking of getting an i7-8700k. For my GPU, I want a 1080ti. I guess everything over 16gb ram is overkill so im guessing 16gb ram is enough. However, with regards to everything else, e.g. PSU, Cooler, Case, Motherboard, which SSD to get (250gb should be enough for me), how many fans to buy ... all these details im really not sure of.

I will be buying my parts and getting it built by PC specialist, see the link below.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-z370-pc/

Again, my budget is 2k, so if anyone can suggest a good build, using the options of the above link, it would be much appreciated.

What is required in that 2k budget? The tower, peripherals, monitor?

Anyway, I've given that link a quick try and the hardware selections are far too limited and rather price inflated.

Example the kind of hardware you can get for custom build with Ryzen 7 1700 for streaming:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£251.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard (£195.98 @ Alza)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£163.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£128.62 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Super Jetstream Video Card (£698.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case (£84.37 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£84.11 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Phanteks - PH-F140SP_BK 82.1 CFM 140mm Fan (£10.99 @ Novatech)
Other: Windows 10 Home 32-bit/64-bit English International (£99.97 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1806.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-26 09:05 BST+0100

Ex 8700k:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£403.48 @ BT Shop)
CPU Cooler: Scythe - FUMA 79.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£54.72 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£147.97 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£163.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£128.62 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Super Jetstream Video Card (£698.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case (£84.37 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£84.11 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Phanteks - PH-F140SP_BK 82.1 CFM 140mm Fan (£10.99 @ Novatech)
Other: Windows 10 Home 32-bit/64-bit English International (£99.97 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1929.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-26 08:57 BST+0100

The 8700k is however is currently overpriced, and you'll want to wait out a bit for its price to stabilize since it should be ~£350, not £400-500; the current price is the result of low stock and resellers price gouging.

Whereas the link will ask for 2000+ for either AMD or Intel options, if proper components were to be picked.

 

[shayaanfacebook]

Hey FD2Raptor thank you, this is really useful. Im aiming to shy away from AMD products as I hear there are a number of issues they have with streaming, therefore Nvidia/Intel is the approach I want to take. With regards to the pricing, I know PC specialist are really overpriced, but the reason im choosing them is because they build the pc for you aswell. Unless you have any suggestions of other websites which can do the same as pcspecialist, but cheaper? I really dont have a clue on how to build a pc, and would feel more comfortable with an expert doing this. However suggestions on a cheaper solution would be really useful. However, im happy as long as the pc is beast and will fit under £2000 haha. Looking forward to hearing back

 

[shayaanfacebook]

Oh sorry, i already have my monitors / keyboards / mouse , so none of that stuff is included in th3 budget

 

[FD2Raptor]

Then here would be my recommendation:

Choose the following:
Case: Fractal Design Focus G (the £51 one)
CPU: i7 8700k (Preorder)
MB: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E Gaming
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 Vengeance 3000 (they're charging £161 extra, i.e. the entire cost of a new 16GB kit, over the default 4GB 2133 option)
Graphics: Integrated Graphics (Don't pick any)
Storage 1: WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB SSD (small premium over buying separately)
Storage 2: 2TB HDD 7200rpm 64MB cache (small premium over buying separately)
**Deselect the DVD-RW drive
Power Supply: Corsair TXm 650W
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212X
1x extra 120mm case fan exhaust.

The rest left as default.

This get priced at : £1,296 VAT inc.

And buy the Palit GTX1080Ti Super Jetstream (£698 VAT inc) graphic card separately at OCers.co.uk; and with shipping included, you'll be just a tad above the £2000 mark.

Installing the graphic card is very simple:
https://youtu.be/gHAelSOF6f0?t=20m37s

You'll need to look for the PCIE 8 pins power cable for the Corsair TXM (it's part of the PSU package, and should arrive with the case/PSU) and plug it into the PSU if PCspecialist hadn't already though:

Afterward it's just download the driver from nvidia website and install it.

This is basically let them build the parts that have low premium over buying&building it yourself and/or parts that would be more difficult to install and buy&install separately the part that have high premiums and low difficulty in installing.

 

[shayaanfacebook]

Thank you so much, this has made things very clear for me!