New Extreme Build for 2014

JimBeam251 · 29 Oct 2013 at 00:45

Hey Guys

I am going to be building a new PC for gaming and i make YouTube videos so i need it to be able to run fraps with maxed out graphics

This is what I've come up with so far, i have a £3000 budget

Was wondering if you would swap anything out for something else or if there's something i may have missed, i don't like SLI so i've decided against that.

any suggestions?

EDIT: I've made some changes based on feedback from you guys, thanks! the GFX card will be the 780ti

stulid · 29 Oct 2013 at 00:51

Heres two pointers,

Get a PCI-E sound card and not PCI - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-005-AS&groupid=701&catid=11

The GTX780ti will be out soon and should be faster than a Titan as an overclocked GTX780 usually is.

1600MHz RAM is a bit basic for such a motherboard, look for 2133Mhz+

Calneon · 29 Oct 2013 at 01:41

Woah, there's a lot of overspending I can see there. With that sort of budget and the price drop on Nvidia's cards, there's no reason for you not to have an SLI setup.

No, a Titan is definitely not worth it.

Why such an expensive 780? Why not get two of these? Another possibility if you're watercooling is to go for a R290X, it's faster than a 780 and the only downside is the bad stock cooler which you won't be using.

A 1000W PSU is way overkill for a single GPU.

Do you need to spend that much on the SSD/Sound card/Motherboard? You can get something almost as good for half the price in most instances, the very very best stuff always costs a high premium.

mrozik · 29 Oct 2013 at 01:54

65g thermal? all you need is 6g ;x

also wait for 780ti or go with R290X with WB cause then you can push them to max

Also 1000W too much for 1 card get a 850W

lee32uk · 29 Oct 2013 at 02:26

That PSU is not the best. I would swap it for a Seasonic or Antec.

JimBeam251 · 29 Oct 2013 at 02:55

Ah thanks guys, how much do you think the 780ti will cost and do they have an estimated date for the release?

@stulid

I was going to get 2133mhz ram but i watched a video that showed RAM Mhz for gaming has little difference and can reduce the RAM lifetime

@Calneon

I want to get the best parts to last me the next 2 years and i need a big SSD to put my fave games on, what changes would you make?

@mrozik

Do you think the 780ti would be ok with 850w

@Lee

thanks, any suggestions mate?

mrozik · 29 Oct 2013 at 02:59

JimBeam251 said:
Ah thanks guys, how much do you think the 780ti will cost and do they have an estimated date for the release?

@stulid

I was going to get 2133mhz ram but i watched a video that showed RAM Mhz for gaming has little difference and can reduce the RAM lifetime

@Calneon

I want to get the best parts to last me the next 2 years and i need a big SSD to put my fave games on, what changes would you make?

@mrozik

Do you think the 780ti would be ok with 850w

@lee

thanks, any suggestions mate?

About ram if you're goin to play Bf4 or new games that will come out in next year they WILL use quicker RAM = performance

780ti yea 850W will be plenty

850w can run SLI 780's !

JimBeam251 · 29 Oct 2013 at 03:18

mrozik said:
About ram if you're goin to play Bf4 or new games that will come out in next year they WILL use quicker RAM = performance

780ti yea 850W will be plenty

850w can run SLI 780's !

ah awesome, is this RAM any good?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-045-AR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1392

oh and the 780ti is due out next month, awesome!

David Bisset · 29 Oct 2013 at 08:01

You've picked a case that comes with watercooling and have then added an h100i, bit of an odd mix? That's two sets of watercooling for one CPU!

Edit: I'd be a bit tempted to get one of these as a graphics card:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-055-TL&groupid=2180&catid=2183
We'd need to make sure it fits in the case, I'm way too lazy to check at this time of the morning but maybe someone will if you're interested!

Edit2: Also 850W is still overkill in the PSU department for a single card.

Fulax · 29 Oct 2013 at 09:24

You seem to have a red/black motherboard, green RAM, and blue coolant. Ethermaster would have a heart attack.

Green RAM + unlimited budget = this motherboard:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £369.95
Total : £379.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

The Only Beardy · 29 Oct 2013 at 10:22

If you sacked off the really expensive mother board and got one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-434-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

then got a standard case and removed the H100i... you could have a pretty nice crossfire/SLI watercooled setup for a similar price i recon...

honosuseri · 29 Oct 2013 at 10:25

OCZ are a company in trouble so avoid their kit would be my advice.

You would be better off looking at a 2011 socket build to be fair fella.

stulid · 29 Oct 2013 at 10:26

The PSU should be changed to seasonic or antec.

BaDBoY_uK · 29 Oct 2013 at 10:33

Fulax said:
You seem to have a red/black motherboard, green RAM, and blue coolant. Ethermaster would have a heart attack.

Green RAM + unlimited budget = this motherboard:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £369.95
Total : £379.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Why is that so expensive?

stulid · 29 Oct 2013 at 10:38

BaDBoY_uK said:
Why is that so expensive?

It has a PLX chip to do 4way SLI and Crossfire, best audio solution on a motherboard, killer NIC, WiFI and Bluetooth, so many features to list.

Doomedspeed · 29 Oct 2013 at 10:42

Im sorry to say it, but that spec is ALL kinds of wrong..

Firstly you've got a 'pre-watercooled' case then included a H100i, why? Which do you want to do, custom watercooling or use the H100i?

A 1TB SSD is silly OTT.. I'd get a 250/500Gb and a 2TB HDD (or 2, or 3), that will be more than enough.

Points have already been made on the sound card and colour scheme.. Which i agree with.

(Sorry if this offends) It just seems like you've picked the most expensive components from each catergory with little thought..

£70 on dust filters.. Hmmmm.. Priorities..

BaDBoY_uK · 29 Oct 2013 at 10:50

stulid said:
It has a PLX chip to do 4way SLI and Crossfire, best audio solution on a motherboard, killer NIC, WiFI and Bluetooth, so many features to list.

Fair enough

Zaim · 29 Oct 2013 at 11:01

stulid said:
The PSU should be changed to seasonic or antec.

+1 This is what I'd go with:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-106-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

JimBeam251 · 29 Oct 2013 at 14:28

Thanks for the advice guys, truth is i'm quite new to building PC's but i want a monster machine to last me about 2 years, i'm an nvidia fanboy so i'm gonna go with the 780ti when that gets released

i've switched out the motherboard to the g1 sniper, that goes much better and the reviews are great for that mb

I'll delete the h100i as you said the case is watercooled, i forgot about that.

@Doomedspeed

no offense taken mate, i'm new to all this so you're completely right, i need the 1TB SSD because i have over 500 games on steam so i need a lot of space for the good ones, i'm a steam addict xD

http://steamcommunity.com/id/ColloseusXReturns

Doomedspeed · 29 Oct 2013 at 14:43

JimBeam251 said:
@doomedspeed

no offense taken mate, i'm new to all this so you're completely right, i need the 1TB SSD because i have over 500 games on steam so i need a lot of space for the good ones, i'm a steam addict xD

Thats fair enough but i point is, you need to install all on to your SSD.. It makes no difference to your games and just hog's space.

All you need is the exe's on your SSD, which steam will do (aslong as steam is installed on your SSD and you install the games, via steam, to a mech HDD). You'll see no difference in load up time.

Installing whole programs to SSD's is helpful for video editing and photo/video rendering programs but not games.. though many people do have Games SSD's.. I just don't see the benifit.