£2000 gaming rig

Cottee · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:03

You guys did the below spec for me a few years ago.

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560Ti "448 Edition" OC 1280MB GDDR5
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard drive
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 DDR3 Motherboard
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
CM Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9)
**B Grade** Edimax EW-7728IN nMax 300Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp -
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) -
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (4g)

I was going to overclock my i5 and get an r290x but I've decided to give this machine to my son, so the question is can some one spec me a new rig for around £2000. I really appreciate any feed back peeps, I don't need a monitor or operating system keyboard and mouse just the rig please.

Doomedspeed · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:07

Hi,

I like this budget..

Is it just for gaming or do you have any other uses?

Are you wanting or wanting the option to add watercooling? (custom loop)

Any colour scheme you'd like?

stulid · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:11

I like this budget more,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292702) £429.95
2 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £389.99 (£779.98)
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/16X) £161.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £84.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £64.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £2,057.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Cottee · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:15

It will be just for gaming I have read a lot about water cooling and maybe I will add water cooling later on. The problem I have is I lose track wih the scene and when you come back it's a mine field of what to buy. Im open to any colour scheme but I'm an impulsive person so I plan to order the rig and go and fetch the stuff tomorrow.

stulid · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:17

Ah so you need it all in stock then

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292702) £429.95
2 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 Included £323.99 (£647.98)
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/16X) £161.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £64.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £1,968.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The board may or may not need a BIOS update to support the IB-E CPU.

Cottee · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:30

Well I can wait if I'm going to miss out on something great just for the sake of waiting, thanks for your help.

Doomedspeed · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:34

Red red red red red!

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £163.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £160
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
5 x Alpenföhn Plus Wing Boost PWM Fan Red Clover Edition - 140mm £14.99 (£74.95)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.98 (£27.92)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Red £4.99 (£9.98)
Total : £2,009.77 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Green!

stulid · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:34

Cottee said:
Well I can wait if I'm going to miss out on something great just for the sake of waiting, thanks for your help.

Well the R9 290 cards with the custom coolers are worth waiting for, should be mid January.

Doomedspeed · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:35

stulid said:
Well the R9 290 cards with the custom coolers are worth waiting for, should be mid January.

Yeah if you're even considering the 290's i'd wait until the custom coolers are out, they sound like rockets with the stock coolers.

Ethermaster · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:37

How does white grab you?

YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 HOF 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **ALL WHITE** £419.99 (£839.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua White 30cm £20.95
6 x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop Fan B12-4 - 120mm £13.99 (£83.94)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - White £8.99
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - White £6.98 (£27.92)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - White £5.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - White £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - White £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - White £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - White £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £2,016.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Cottee · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:37

I nearly went and fetched the windforce 290x Saturday and put it in my old rig, but I might aswell find the extra for a new rig and pass my old machine on, I might be able to stretch to 2x 780 ti but don't tell my wife.

stulid · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:39

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292702) £429.95
2 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £269.99 (£539.98)
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/16X) £161.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £160
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £1,977.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).

A pair of Gigabyte 280X's are quick - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18562098

The new Rev2.0 address the blue PCB annoyance

Ethermaster · 22 Dec 2013 at 20:44

stulid said:
A pair of Gigabyte 280X's are quick - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18562098

Agreed basically they are re-branded and badged HD7970 GHz editions .... which isn't a bad thing

slake · 22 Dec 2013 at 21:08

stulid · 22 Dec 2013 at 21:11

slake said:
EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Dual Classified ACX 3072MB | £639.95
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Intel i7-4770K | £269.99
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NZXT Phantom 820 | £199.99
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Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB | £179.99
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Corsair Professional Series AX 860W | £169.99
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Gigabyte X79-UD3 | £169.99
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Corsair Vengeance RED 16GB | £169.99
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Intel 335 Series 240GB SSD | £149.99
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Pioneer BDR-S08XLT | £79.99
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Noctua NH-D14 | £65.99

Total Price: £2,113.56 with Shipping

That will not work, the CPU and board are incompatible.

slake · 22 Dec 2013 at 21:30

Changed, had more then one window open xD

Cottee · 22 Dec 2013 at 21:38

How does this look before I press buy it now, it's all In stock and I can fetch it tomorrow thanks for your help.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929XOC-4GD) £479.99
(£399.99) £959.98
(£799.98)
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
(£208.29) £249.95
(£208.29)
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £163.99
(£136.66) £163.99
(£136.66)
SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
(£108.29) £129.95
(£108.29)
Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
(£72.49) £86.99
(£72.49)
TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
(£58.29) £69.95
(£58.29)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Alpenföhn Plus Wing Boost PWM Fan Red Clover Edition - 140mm £14.99
(£12.49) £74.95
(£62.45)
BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
(£7.49) £8.99
(£7.49)
BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.98
(£5.82) £27.92
(£23.28)
BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
(£4.99) £5.99
(£4.99)
BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Red £4.99
(£4.16) £9.98
(£8.32)
Sub Total : £1,749.67
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.85
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £353.50
Total : £2,121.02

Doomedspeed · 22 Dec 2013 at 21:39

Slake That RAM, seriously? It WILL collide with the d14.

At above. Looks great.

Though the 290's are pre order.

Cottee · 22 Dec 2013 at 21:43

It's says they have eight in stock I'll wait and ring in the morning.

Ethermaster · 22 Dec 2013 at 21:44

Doomedspeed said:
Slake That RAM, seriously? It WILL collide with the d14.

Snip