£1500-£1700 gaming pc [help please]

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Hello, I am new here.

I have been out of the pc building loop for quite some time so I was wondering if anyone could help me fix up a somewhat beast gaming machine. I want to be aiming for at-least high to ultra settings on games with a decent frame-rate.

There is only a few other things I want to be using this machine for and that is 3D modelling (Though not too much rendering) and Unreal Engine 4.

I am not looking to have monitors, keyboards or mouses in the price and also I am trying not to go for water cooling (know someone with bad experiences) unless it is a self contained one ( i.e:Corsair H100i )

My minimum price range is £1500 whilst my highest is £1700 if a certain part would make a huge difference in performance.

This is currently what I am looking at:
Competitor link.

though I don't know if it would be better to go with a single stronger graphics card such as the GeForce GTX 780 Ti.

Both builds are at my low tier of £1500~ however as said, I am will to add £100 on top for a much better component (if there is any).

Any help, additions or changes with description as to why would be hugely appreciated.

Thank you for your time.
 
Hi and welcome to the forums.

I'll give you your first piece of advice - you need to remove the competitor link. OCUK are a business and pay for the forums. They don't want competitor links :)

Secondly, the GPU solution you choose largely depends on the resolution you'll be playing at. 1080p? A single R9 290 / GTX780 will be plenty. If you want some headroom and you have the budget then sure, go for the GTX780 Ti. If going for a multi-monitor setup then maybe a SLI / Xfire setup would be better.

The air cooler is a good one but you may want to check clearance with the RAM being as tall as it is. An all in one cooler such as the Corsair units offer negligible cooling improvement over a good air cooler.
 
If you are sticking to single monitor and maybe looking at 120/144hz or 1440p/4k this would be my choice:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £125.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95 (£91.90)
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050003-WW) £11.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Grey/Silver £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved silver/black £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Grey/Silver £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Grey/Silver £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved silver/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Grey/Silver £4.49
Total : £1,490.16 (includes shipping : ).



Stunning.
 
Doomedspeed said:
If you are sticking to single monitor and maybe looking at 120/144hz or 1440p/4k this would be my choice:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £125.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95 (£91.90)
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050003-WW) £11.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Grey/Silver £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved silver/black £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Grey/Silver £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Grey/Silver £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved silver/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Grey/Silver £4.49
Total : £1,490.16 (includes shipping : ).



Stunning.
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I believe 16gb of RAM would be better for 3D modelling etc.

Wow fail, didn't see the "2x" bit, sorry.
 
 
Thank you all for your feedback.

I have gone over a few builds and have come up with this:

Maximus VI Hero - (Mother board)

G.Skill F3-2400C10D-16GTX (RAM 2x8gb)

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz

Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack)

Fractal Design Define R4 (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)

MSI Geforce GTX 780Ti

Two things I am not sure on here, one is the case since I am not sure if it has enough space or enough spaces for fans. and the other is RAM, I might change back to a Corsair Vengeance Pro (8gb x 2).

Does this seem alright or am i going about this completely wrong? I have gone with an Nvidia card in order to fully utilize the unreal engine. (also i plan on getting another GTX 780Ti for 2-way sli in the future once some more income appears...)

Sorry for asking so much, I just want to make sure I don't waste any money.
Thank you all for your replies up until now.
 
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