Christmas present - please help

[Kieren]

Hello

im not great with computers would someone be able to help with some suggestions please.
we have £1800~ to work with, will be used for gaming both online and single player games.

Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-6800K (3.4GHz) 15MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3.1: E-ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX SAVAGE DDR4 2666MHz (4 x 4GB Kit)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON UV400 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (550MB/R, 490MB/W)
- not part of build -1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE - i can take this from his old computer
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
50cm Green LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

 

[PCUser1990]

Unless you plan on Virtualization ,video rendering, other CPU intensive purposes etc, I would recommend going with a Z170 Motherboard build. An I7-6700K will actually perform better in the majority of games than a 6/8/10 core by Intel, I would recommend you save the money. You could drop to an I5-6600K for further savings, albeit at the cost of lower clock speed. You may also want to overclock the build. You get a higher clockspeed and your selected cooling (Corsair H100) will handle this perfectly. If you don't overclock, you could save here and buy the £70 ish Noctua Cooler. I'm not great in regards to case selection, but you have currently selected a £120 case. Whilst this is not a bad thing, and aesthetics do matter to some people, if you wanted to save further money without compromising on airflow etc I believe you could go with something cheaper if necessary.
Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-6700k Quad Core (4.00GHz @ upto MAX 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs, RGB Lighting
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX SAVAGE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB Kit)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
FREE HOLIDAY SEASON BUNDLE with select GTX 10 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
240GB HyperX SAVAGE 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
50cm Green LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,497.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-skylake-overclocked/ZjYxRJg5Fr/

I selected the Savage SSD over the Kingston UV400 as it performs slightly better and is slightly better value for money.
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compar...00-240GB-vs-HyperX-Savage-240GB/m137815vs3494
Apart from that I have kept basically everything else the same, which has opened up £300 in your budget.
Possible options from here :
Upgrade GTX 1060 -> GTX 1070 (+£163)
480GB SSD (Double Capacity of current) (+£54)
Add an M.2 NVMe SSD (Varies in price, but a regular SSD should be fine in terms of gaming with the rest of the spec)
Add more hard drive storage : You can never really have "too much" storage, you mentioned you will be adding in a 1TB Hard drive, so this may not be a problem. Just another option you can do.
Blu-Ray drive : If you plan on watching Blu Rays on your PC, you can upgrade your DVD Drive, if not then don't bother
Just a quick side note on the Z170 Motherboard you get 5.1 Surround Sound, so if you want 7.1 surround sound you *may need* a 7.1 Sound Card. (Confirmation needed)
Hope I've helped out!

 

[Oussebon]

100% agree on the 6700k suggestion over the 6800k for gaming. The 6700k's higher IPC and frequencies count for more for games.


I might suggest some possible tweaks to the spec above:


Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-6700k Quad Core (4.00GHz @ upto MAX 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 3 ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX SAVAGE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB Kit)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
FREE WATCH_DOGS 2 with select GTX 10 Series GPUs!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
NOT REQUIRED
M.2 SSD Drive
256GB SAMSUNG SM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3100MB/R, 1400MB/W)
1[SUP]st[/SUP] DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
50cm Green LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,614.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-skylake-overclocked/VtxVY80Khr/

The Gigabyte mobo apparently supports the 3000MHz DDR4 and 7.1 audio (it has the ALC 1150 chip, better than the 887 found on the Z170-P and E iirc): http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5497#sp
If you're paying £20 more for the HyperX over the UV400, you might as well pay £20 more than that and go for the ludicrously fast NVMe
The Noctua is more than fine for an OCed Skylake so you can shave £50 off the H100i V2.

I confess to twitching when sites like userbenchmark are linked. It's arguably not quite as bad as GPUboss (which I once saw have the R9 380 outrank the R9 380x for gaming scores, :/) but I'm not sure for CPU benches whether it even gives a way of filtering out OCed CPUs from results for example. There are some actual review websites that show benches including both the UV400 and the HyperX Fury however:
http://www.nikktech.com/main/articl...sdnow-uv400-480gb-ssd-review?showall=&start=4 and others that compare it to the 850 Evo: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/kingston-uv400-ssd-review,4730-2.html
And then you have the SM961: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/samsung-sm961-ssd-256gb-512gb,review-33601-2.html which is overwhelmingly faster.