Morgan Winters
New Member
Hi there, I am looking at building a new system to replace my ~10 year old Core2 Quad Q6600 and GeForce 8800GT based computer which is now finally starting to die. Having been out of the computer world since I build my current system so I was hoping someone could give me some help in building a new system. I've have been looking around and added some parts to my shopping cart but I need to make sure all the components are good together and won't cause issues. Some components of my current PC can be used for the new system and thus do not need to be included with the upgrade (monitors, HDD's, Blu-ray drive, case, keyboard, mouse, headset and speakers).
Below are the requirement as to what I need the new PC to be able to do along with a budget (please bear in mind my current PC specs):
--- I have recently upgraded to 2x 27inch 1080p monitors (I don't much care for 1440/4K, to me 1080p is more than good enough), so GPU must have 2x VGA/DVI/HDMI ports (monitors do not have any display port connectors).
--- New PC must be able to run any game at a minimum of 30fps on lowest settings at 1080p for the next 5+ years (see note below).
-- Although a gaming PC, it must be able to render 1080p video in a reasonable timeframe, heavy multi-tasking, programming with Visual Studio/Notepad++ as well as play the past and current generation of games (from Half Life 2 and CS:S to KSP, GTA V, Fallout 3, New Vegas and 4, PlayerUnknown Battleground through to the games currently being written).
-- Must be able to be running for 16-18 hours a day, everyday, for the next 5+ years without any major replacement or upgrade (just as with my current PC).
-- Must be Intel and nVidia based as I've have issues before with AMD CPU's not lasting more than a 2 or 3 years.
-- Motherboard must have a least 4 SATA ports, 5.1 audio + microphone, 5 USB ports, gigabit ethernet and ideally a basic onboard firewall.
-- MUST cost less than £1100 GBP
-- MUST be cheap on electricity so no pointless stuff like RGB fairy lights on the motherboard or memory (I look at the screens not the inside of the case (motherboard listed below looks to have LED's but I need to be able to disable them).
The Note: Bear in mind that until recently, I have been playing Euro Truck Sim 2 at the lowest detail at between 15 and 25FPS making it just about playable and I was happy. I do NOT need the new PC to run ETS2 or Crysis at max detail and at a million FPS. If I can play a game with details set at a point that I see the important stuff without it randomly freezing for 10 seconds and then running 5 frames then freezing again (like ETS2's latest update have done with my current PC), then that is good enough for me.
Below are the items that need to be included with the upgrade:
CPU, motherboard, GPU, memory, PSU, *CPU cooler, *4x 120mm case fans.
* = these will be paid for with a different bank account so should not be included with main budget, Just need suggestions on what is good/bad.
Below are the items that I have added to my shopping cart and need someone to check to make sure that they will do what I need and to make sure they are compatible with each other:
Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Socket LGA1151,
Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard,
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6144MB GGDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card,
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit,
Corsair TX750M 750W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply,
Cryorig h7 single tower heatsink with 120mm fan,
(case fans can be any 120mm without LED's but ideally with rifle or ball bearings)
(half decent thermal paste if none if supplied with CPU cooler)
I will be getting everything from Overclockers but if you know of another reputable company that offer some or all of these parts cheaper or better spec parts for about the same price, Ill don't mind buying from them. Just not from the scam artists that is Amazon or eBay.
Let me know if you need any more info to help you.
Thank you so much for your time and any advice you can offer.
Hope you have a great day/night
Morgan
Below are the requirement as to what I need the new PC to be able to do along with a budget (please bear in mind my current PC specs):
--- I have recently upgraded to 2x 27inch 1080p monitors (I don't much care for 1440/4K, to me 1080p is more than good enough), so GPU must have 2x VGA/DVI/HDMI ports (monitors do not have any display port connectors).
--- New PC must be able to run any game at a minimum of 30fps on lowest settings at 1080p for the next 5+ years (see note below).
-- Although a gaming PC, it must be able to render 1080p video in a reasonable timeframe, heavy multi-tasking, programming with Visual Studio/Notepad++ as well as play the past and current generation of games (from Half Life 2 and CS:S to KSP, GTA V, Fallout 3, New Vegas and 4, PlayerUnknown Battleground through to the games currently being written).
-- Must be able to be running for 16-18 hours a day, everyday, for the next 5+ years without any major replacement or upgrade (just as with my current PC).
-- Must be Intel and nVidia based as I've have issues before with AMD CPU's not lasting more than a 2 or 3 years.
-- Motherboard must have a least 4 SATA ports, 5.1 audio + microphone, 5 USB ports, gigabit ethernet and ideally a basic onboard firewall.
-- MUST cost less than £1100 GBP
-- MUST be cheap on electricity so no pointless stuff like RGB fairy lights on the motherboard or memory (I look at the screens not the inside of the case (motherboard listed below looks to have LED's but I need to be able to disable them).
The Note: Bear in mind that until recently, I have been playing Euro Truck Sim 2 at the lowest detail at between 15 and 25FPS making it just about playable and I was happy. I do NOT need the new PC to run ETS2 or Crysis at max detail and at a million FPS. If I can play a game with details set at a point that I see the important stuff without it randomly freezing for 10 seconds and then running 5 frames then freezing again (like ETS2's latest update have done with my current PC), then that is good enough for me.
Below are the items that need to be included with the upgrade:
CPU, motherboard, GPU, memory, PSU, *CPU cooler, *4x 120mm case fans.
* = these will be paid for with a different bank account so should not be included with main budget, Just need suggestions on what is good/bad.
Below are the items that I have added to my shopping cart and need someone to check to make sure that they will do what I need and to make sure they are compatible with each other:
Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Socket LGA1151,
Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard,
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 6144MB GGDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card,
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit,
Corsair TX750M 750W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply,
Cryorig h7 single tower heatsink with 120mm fan,
(case fans can be any 120mm without LED's but ideally with rifle or ball bearings)
(half decent thermal paste if none if supplied with CPU cooler)
I will be getting everything from Overclockers but if you know of another reputable company that offer some or all of these parts cheaper or better spec parts for about the same price, Ill don't mind buying from them. Just not from the scam artists that is Amazon or eBay.
Let me know if you need any more info to help you.
Thank you so much for your time and any advice you can offer.
Hope you have a great day/night
Morgan