Gaming PC for work :)

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Hi Guys,

Work has asked me to spec a Gaming PC... it needs to be able to handle all games and be future proof.

the budget is £4,000.

Need everything apart from a monitor.
 
Erm I'd say that budget is probably just a tad overkill. Especially seeing as you don't need a monitor.

No doubt Doomedspeed, Ethermaster, and Snips will have a field day with that kind of budget lol :D

Can't wait to see some specs lol
 
I know its overkill and ive explained that to them. But if that's what they want im not to fussed... i get to use it :D
 
Gainward GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card£799.99 £1,599,98
Intel 4960X 3.60GHz Extreme (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292500)£779.99
Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard£389.99
Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black£299.99
Seasonic X-Series 1250w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply£219.95
Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW)£193.99
OCZ Vertex 2E Bigfoot 480GB 3.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - (OCZSSD3-2VTX480G)£169.99
Corsair Vengeance RED 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11R)£161.99
OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm£112.97
Options applied to the above product:
Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L£4.99
Options applied to the above product:
XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black£41.99
LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - OEM£74.99
Sub Total : £3,375.67 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £16.85VAT is being charged at 20.00%VAT : £678.50 Total : £4,071.02
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Never done this before, but with that budget thought I'd have a crack...

EDIT: amended as stupidly got a 7950 included and only had 1 titan..
 
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Hands down the stupidest spec i've seen in a while :D

A 4960X is a waste of money over a 4930K, you have specced a single Titan and a single HD7950 :confused: the SSD is slow, and the PSU is massive overkill :p
 
Not sure how I got the 7950, should be 2 titans LOL
Picked the higher CPU as no mention of overclocking and it is a work PC...
The Evo SSD is not slow and the barefoot is for the games to go on, so will be faster than a conventional hdd :)
Also OP said future proof, so big PSU to allow adding 2x extra titans as the board supports Quad SLI.

I have corrected my oversight with the vga cards..
 
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UKDTweak said:
Gainward GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card£799.99
Intel 4960X 3.60GHz Extreme (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292500)£779.99
Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard£389.99
Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black£299.99
Seasonic X-Series 1250w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply£219.95
Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW)£193.99
MSI HD 7950 OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7950-3GD5/OC BE G) with FREE GAMES£173.99
OCZ Vertex 2E Bigfoot 480GB 3.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - (OCZSSD3-2VTX480G)£169.99
Corsair Vengeance RED 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4X2133C11R)£161.99
OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm£112.97
Options applied to the above product:
Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L£4.99
Options applied to the above product:
XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black£41.99
LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - OEM£74.99
Sub Total : £2,854.00Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £16.85VAT is being charged at 20.00%VAT : £574.17 Total : £3,445.02
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Never done this before, but with that budget thought I'd have a crack...
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With a spec like that you don't need me, Doomedspeed or snips86x to spec ;)
 
I apologise if you wanted peripherals thrown in, I got carried away :p

YOUR BASKET
3 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 PCI-Express 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99 (£1.00)
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74930K) £458.99
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £379.99
2 x G.Skill TridentX 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (F3-2400C10Q-16GTX) £199.99 (£399.98)
1 x Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £199.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £114.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-05955) £114.95
1 x XSPC AX360 Triple Fan Radiator - White £89.99
3 x Aqua Computer Kryographics for GTX Titan - Nickel **GTX 780 COMPATIBLE** £89.99 (£269.97)
1 x Aqua Computer Aquastream XT USB 12V Pump - Ultra Version £79.99
1 x XSPC AX240 Dual Fan Radiator - White £74.95
2 x Koolance CPU-380I Water Block (Intel Processor) £63.95 (£127.90)
1 x NZXT HUE RGB LED Controller - Black £39.98
1 x XSPC Photon 170 Tube Reservoir £37.99
2 x Monsoon 19/13mm (ID 1/2 OD 3/4) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - White £29.99 (£59.98)
5 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.99 (£129.95)
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
4 x XSPC Razor SLI Flow Bridge (2 Slot) £8.99 (£35.96)
1 x NZXT Front Panel connections cable set 30cm sleeved - Black £5.99
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 19/13 - Clear £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved black/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Black £4.49
1 x Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable £3.59
4 x XSPC G1/4" 45° Rotary Fitting (Chrome) £3.49 (£13.96)
Total : £4,210.67 (includes shipping : £16.85).



I would personally try for dual watercooling loops, but without knowing the case better, i'm not sure how to go about it.

Note that you will also need both an inlet and an outlet adapter available from various watercooling centered eTailers for the pump in order to use standard fittings. :)

*edit* I have noticed that there are no storage drives........
 
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This is my spec

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £799.99 (£1.00)
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292702) £439.99
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £389.99
1 x Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black £299.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 32GB (4x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K4/32X) £269.99
1 x OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-120G) £239.99
1 x Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £239.99
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £41.99
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
2 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) HDD £76.99 (£153.98)
Total : £4,108.46 (includes shipping : £22.20).



Added a revo drive for insane performance and also lots of ram for a ram disk and ram cache with the samsung drives in raid 0 would make for one monster
 
Not sure if this is 100% perfect, perhaps someone would kindly check it over for me?

Build Summary:
Micro ATX
6 core Intel Ivy-E
SLI 780's
Water-cooled
500GB Raid 0 SSD
3TB extra storage
Black and Red theme in case anyone missed it

YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 Watercooled Graphics Card £575.99 (£1,151.98)
- 2 x XSPC Razor GTX Titan GPU Waterblock **GTX 780 COMPATIBLE** £94.99
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292702) £439.99
1 x Asus Rampage IV GENE Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £239.99
1 x Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £199.99
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x Ducky DK-9008 Shine III Mechanical Keyboard Brown Cherry MX Switch - Red LED BackLight £139.99
1 x Patriot Venom Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV316G240C0KRD) £137.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black £94.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £94.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Elite - Intel 2011 £89.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & XSPC Acetal D5 Top Value Combo £79.94
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - OEM £74.99
1 x Logitech G700 Wireless Gaming Mouse (910-001759) £69.98
2 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £41.99 (£83.98)
1 x Bitspower Z-Multi 150mm Water Tank £36.98
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller (Black) £29.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect Red 60cm £25.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99 (£51.98)
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Red Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
1 x BitFenix 6-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99
1 x BitFenix Molex to 4x SATA Adapter 20 cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99
3 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Red £5.99 (£17.97)
1 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Red £4.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95 (£7.90)
5 x BitFenix Alchemy 3pin Fan extension 30cm - Red £3.59 (£17.95)
1 x XSPC 7/16" ID (16/11mm) High Flex Hose - Clear (1m Length) £2.99
20 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£59.80)
Total : £3,699.35 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
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YOUR BASKET
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £799.99 (£1,599.98)
1 x Asus Z9PE-D8 WS Dual Socket C602 Chipset (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £459.95
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620W 2.00GHz (Socket 2011) - Retail £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £279.95
1 x Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £199.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £149.99 (£299.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
2 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Blue £44.98 (£89.96)
Total : £3,991.39 (includes shipping : £22.20).



or with a 4930k instead of xeons

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £799.99 (£1,599.98)
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £499.99
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74930K) £458.99
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £389.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 32GB (4x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/32X) £299.99
1 x Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £199.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
- 1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 240 £55.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
Total : £4,024.49 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Hotwired said:
Why is no one including the keyboard, mouse, speakers/headset.

Everything except a monitor means those things right?
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It does indeed, I've run out of time though, but there's only £515 left in the budget on my build, ought to cover a good mouse and keyboard or 10 lol :p

Edited original post to include now had a little more time.
 
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I like how I just casually forgot about storage drives any kind of storage :D
Will fix later :rolleyes:
 
Jumper118 said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £799.99 (£1,599.98)
1 x Asus Z9PE-D8 WS Dual Socket C602 Chipset (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £459.95
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620W 2.00GHz (Socket 2011) - Retail £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £279.95
1 x Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £199.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £149.99 (£299.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
2 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Blue £44.98 (£89.96)
Total : £3,991.39 (includes shipping : £22.20).

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Xeons are not the best for gaming at all games generally need high clock speeds not lots of threads.

acme15 said:
the PSU is massive overkill :p
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When overclocking any 2011 processor some people do recomend at least a 1000w psu as when these are clocked to high speeds they are very power hungry.
 
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swiftmetal said:
Xeons are not the best for gaming at all games generally need high clock speeds not lots of threads.



When overclocking any 2011 processor some people do recomend at least a 1000w psu as when these are clocked to high speeds they are very power hungry.
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i know but if it was for work then he might want to have the xeons to do some proper work on. thats why i have 2 builds.
 
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