My first build.

[Andy23]

I don't know what I'm doing here, but I'm thinking of building my own PC mainly for gaming. I'm looking to spend around the £1100/£1200 mark and maybe a couple of hundred extra if the performance leap is justifiable. I'd like to be able to play something like Battlefield 1 at around 60fps on med-high. I've spec'd something below if someone could take a look at it, I've included an SSD for my operating system. I have no idea how good the case, motherboard power supply are etc. in terms of future proofing. Obviously I'd like to upgrade in the future so I assume a half decent motherboard etc are essential.

Anyway heres my spec, feel free to reconfigure or reccomend anything else I'm all ears.

Thanks guys.

Case
SHARKOON VG4-W GAMING CASE (Green LED)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7600K (3.8GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z270-P: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX SAVAGE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB Kit)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON UV400 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (550MB/R, 350MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk
500GB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
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 Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 2 to 4 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,130.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z270-pc/FHunvp!5Wp/

 

[keynes]

A bigger and different SSD like the samsung EVO or SM961. You could also consider upgrading the PSU to have more room for future upgrades.

 

[Oussebon]

I'd agree with the above.

I'd also suggest a better case. That Sharkoon has only 2 fan mounting points and the front one is somewhat obstructed by the HDD cage. So if temps were an issue, now or with any future upgrades you make, there'd be not much you could do about it. One forum user with that case and a high end system took to having the side panel off as they didn't like the temps.

The configurator actually gives you a warning about this if you try to proceed with the Sharkoon and the Apache case fans, but for some reason doesn't stop you from proceeding (unlike if you pick the regular fans, where it is impossible to proceed with the order).

The Inwin G7, Zalman Z11, and Inwin GT1 are all decent choices and not too much more expensive.

I'd also go for a better motherboard like the Z270H at least as it has an overall better feature set features like USB 3.1, more sata ports, better onboard sound, etc.

 

[Andy23]

Excellent guys thank you very much for the quick reply and the advice!