New PC Build Advice

[Greatham]

Hello,
Thank you all for reading / Commenting and advice given,
Basically. I am a bit rusty with building machines atm and have read up and find it still cheaper building your own rig than buying one, this is for someone else, I have done some reading and hopefully have built a good one,

Basically the budget is between 800 and 900,
Wont need a disk drive as I have spare ones, however everything else basically needs replaced,
The main thing the computer will be used for is World of Warcraft with the option to play other new games, Before purchasing I will look around some more websites to see if I can get parts cheaper, so bellow is an estimations of current ones Ive found

CPU - Intel I7 87000= 284.95
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-BX80684I78700-Core-i7-8700-Processor/dp/B07598HLB4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535486477&sr=8-4&keywords=intel+core+i7-8700k

MOBO Asus Prime, Z370 = 104.11
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Intel-Socket-Chipset-Motherboard/dp/B0764LKRCT/ref=sr_1_1?rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1535486691&sr=8-1&keywords=ASUS+Prime+Z370-P+Motherboard

Ram = Corsair DDR4 8GB = 75.97
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMK8GX4M1A2400C16-Vengeance-Performance-Desktop/dp/B01ARHBBPS/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1535486975&sr=1-2&keywords=ddr4+ram+8gb

Graphics - GeForce GTX 1050 = 193.97
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geforce-Strix-GeForce-GTX1050-Graphic/dp/B01MG9AKKZ/ref=sr_1_11?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1535487673&sr=1-11&keywords=GeForce+GTX+1050

PSU PSU 750 W = 80
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-evga-gq-series-80plus-gold-hybrid-modular-sli-crossfire-single-rail-624a-plus12v-1x135mm-fan-at

Case ATX Case = 56.18
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-100r-silent-edition-mid-tower-computer-chassis-with-usb-30-cable-management-a

SSD = 79.69
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-MX500-CT500MX500SSD1-Internal-NAND/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=sr_1_9?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1535487536&sr=1-9&keywords=ssd

Win 10 pro = 8
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Professional-Electronic-Software-Download/dp/B01759H62S/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535487911&sr=8-4&keywords=buy+windows+10

My personal Opinion is that the CPU is probably too good and will get restricted by the graphics and as its mainly a gaming PC the CPU again is probably too good for the rest of the system however my knowledge on CPU's is pretty limited, I could downgrade the CPU and upgrade the motherboard making it more future proof or upgrade the graphics card a bit,

I think the above would be a good build that will handle games like wow very well and still give the option for upgrades in the future... Upgrade the Graphics card, Ram (If I lower the cpu) then the CPU as well.

Thanks again for any advice,
Greatly appreciated

 

[geofelt]

Your parts are compatible, and you could build as is.
But, within the same budget, I would do things a bit differently.

A balanced gamer will budget about 2x the cost of the cpu for the graphics card.
I would look at a i5-8400 and a GTX1060 as a more balanced build.

8gb of ram is fine if you will not multitask while gaming.
Buy a 2 x 4gb ram kit so you can run in faster dual channel mode.
If you are thinking you might want 16gb in the future, either buy a 2 x 8gb kit now or plan on replacing the initial 8gb.
Adding disparate ram often works, but not 100% and is not supported.

I like using a z370 based motherboard. It allows you to support a future upgrade to an overclockable k suffix processor.
If you have no such plans, a B360 motherboard should be cheaper.

Like a 500gb ssd for everything.

PSU is a good one that will support any graphics card.

 

[Greatham]

Thank you very much Geofelt, Greatly appreciated the info and reasoning why you would make these changes.

Regards

 

[ohenryy]

I would get a Ryzen instead, 8 core and you get at better pricing, better performance.
Also get 16Gb of memory if you can.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PzR9w6
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PzR9w6/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£180.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£87.83 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£254.13 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£88.79 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GAMING X 4G Video Card (£169.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.66 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £961.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-29 10:22 BST+0100

 

[Greatham]

Thank you Ohenryy, much appreciated =] gave me some interesting comparisons