Help Spec 2100£ Build for 144hz 1440p Gaming Rig

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Help Spec ultimate gaming Build for 144hz 1440p

Well Hello everyone, It's been a while I havn't posted anything around here although my eyes have gone sore from all the reading.

I've recently sold my previous build and the itching for building a new one has come upon me, especially since it has been around 2 years since the last time I inserted a component into a case...

Now with all this Haswell-E, 4K, great TN monitors everything has somewhat confused me and I'm no longer able to say, Ha that's exactly what I want.

So here I am in desperate need for some OC uk wizardry!

All these builds are ''base builds'' and will have added watercooling and one or two extra graphics cards in the coming couple of months. (even if that means an extra 800£ - 1000£ for xmas)

The budget is whatever it needs

Intended use: Gaming plain and simple, SOM, BF4, Crysis 3, WoW, LoL, CS GO etc. I will also be purchasing a good quality set of 5.1 speakers and so the onboard soundcard might come into play even though it might go along with a PCI card.

Hopefully you might be able to shed some light as to a better choice of components and the pros and cons for a gaming rig of X99 vs Z97

I also really like the idea of building a white and black rig with the Asus X99 Deluxe / S in mind or Red + black with the Asus Formula VII's (armor looks quite sexy weather or not it will make much difference)

This is what I had in mind at the moment.

1st - X99
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £669.95
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £505.98
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £254.99
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C12 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX424C12PB2K4/16) £239.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £109.99
Total : £1,905.89 (includes shipping : ).





2nd - Z97
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £669.95
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£34 Saving** £365.94
2 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £254.99 (£509.98)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £71.99
Total : £1,852.84 (includes shipping : ).



Not against going for a 970 GTX setup if that allows for improvement elsewhere.

I really wish to build the best base for future upgrades and found myself just confused with this whole X99 vs Z97.

Thank you for your help if anything comes up I'll make modifications asap :D
 
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SLI 970's would be a better option than a single 980.
If it's just for gaming, an i7 Z97 build will be the better option to save money and barely lose any performance you would get from X99.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £254.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £62.99
3 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25 (£75.00)
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
Total : £1,119.19 (includes shipping : £12.50).



SP120's added for when you watercool, add another GTX 970 when you watercool and SLI them.
 
Interesting I have indeed started looking more into Z79 Although it's hard not to go for the latest, the cost doesn't seem to justify the difference in price, would a cheaper X99 board be worth a top end Z79?

As for the 970 vs 980 I'll need to look into gaming benchmarks etc It's quite important to me that I run 120+ fps on recent fps titles and not lose fps while in heavy raids on WoW considering this will be at 1440p I was expecting I might need the latest technologies.

Just as some extra info, I'm quite dead set on the 750D for it's watercooling capabilities and large window and I already have storage drives.

I'm purely looking for the main components.

Is there no EK waterblock for the GTX 970?
 
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Would you guys be able to give me a hand completing this build I'm not sure about fittings and small bits I might be missing? I already have SSD's and any thoughts?

would be going for white coolent / tubing I wasn't entirely decided yet, with red sleeving.


Red/White Z79 build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £669.95
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclock ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2983-KR) £499.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£34 Saving** £365.94
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & EK-D5 X-RES 140 CSQ Value Combo £114.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC980 GTX - Acetal £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £71.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal + Nickel £52.99
1 x XSPC EX360 Crossflow Radiator £52.99
1 x XSPC EX240 Crossflow Radiator £44.99
3 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.00 (£75.00)
1 x EK-FC980 GTX Backplate - Black £24.95
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Red £10.80
- 1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe Extension - Red £3.29
- 1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe Extension - Red £3.29
- 1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0.00
3 x Akasa AK-178-UV 12" Cold Cathode - Ultra-Violet £9.98 (£29.94)

Total : £2,326.02 (includes shipping : ).



White build X99:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £669.95
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £505.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C12 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX424C12PB2K4/16) £239.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & EK-D5 X-RES 140 CSQ Value Combo £114.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC980 GTX - Acetal £79.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal + Nickel £52.99
1 x XSPC EX360 Crossflow Radiator £52.99
1 x XSPC EX240 Crossflow Radiator £44.99
3 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.00 (£75.00)
1 x EK-FC980 GTX Backplate - Black £24.95
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.80
- 1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0.00
- 1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
- 1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
3 x Akasa AK-178-UV 12" Cold Cathode - Ultra-Violet £9.98 (£29.94)

Total : £2,556.00 (includes shipping : ).
 
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Alright, To be honest I'll be building something new by the time the warranty would be out and I have a liking for Asus and it's EPU, the ram was more of an aesthetic touch I'm not a huge fan of the Teamgroup sticks just from a visual aspect, the other alternative would be to go black, white and a touch of blue but that would imply changing a few things around and not fitting with the screen even though I'm not a huge fan of the stand.

If I was to go X99 I would have to go for a cheaper Reference 980 GTX but the price difference wouldn't be that huge, might have to play around with a few components visually though... would this yield any benefit at all?

My only concern is not having 2x 16x lanes when the rig will go SLI... however much that would impact things, considering when the GTX980Ti will come out I might drop the GTX980 and buy two.

Silverstone vs bit-fenix cables?

Also is it possible to fit any AX radiators in the build? Either 360 or 240, would allow for a bundle.
 
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Ok check out Gskill RAM selection then, there is some epic 2400MHz CAS9/10 stuff also listed.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £293.99 (£587.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £139.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
2 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £109.99 (£219.98)
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x SilverStone ATX 24-pin cable, 30 cm - Black / Red £8.93
7 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan - Red £8.45 (£59.15)
1 x Silverstone EPS 8-pin to EPS / ATX 4 +4 pin cable 30 cm - Black / Red £4.24
4 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24 (£16.96)
Total : £2,416.07 (includes shipping : ).

 
What Kind of gaming performance and features increase would we be looking at with a

Rampage V Extreme + 5820K + DDR4
VS
Maximus VII + 4970K + DDR3

Dual 980 GTX OC

I don't find the price difference exceptional
 
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I expect the Z97+i7 to be faster because the i7 4790K has nearly a 1GHz speed advantage over the 5820K and the extra threads of the 5820K compared to the 4790K wont count for anything in games.

The 4790K still has 8 threads.

Also since you've been away this deal has appeared - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

Also Z97+i7 4790K uses DDR3 not 4, you got the two platforms mixed up.
 
Firstly, the 5820k takes DDR4 RAM and the 4790k takes DDR3.

Secondly the maximus motherboards arent the ones to go for, they are expensive for what they'll be used for and the gigabyte BK range beats in on value and (with the new 3 year UPGRADE warranty) upgradability. They are also stunning boards.

As for gaming the 4790k is still the better chip. The 6 slower cores are not a match for the 4 fast cores of the 4790k, not to mention it is (if you pick the correct parts) a good £100 cheaper and faster. Winner, right?

Does 980 SLI fit your budget?
 
Thanks for the answers guys, yeah for the DDR3, DDR4 I guess I wasn't paying enough attention when typing.

The idea behind the maximus motherboards was somewhat an aesthetic thing, that and I rather like Asus's EPU, software, interface etc

Also considering an asus front base, although if I was to go the gigabyte route it would probably be an aquaero going in the build.

Budget has really become to being whatever the build needs, I'm basing the rig on being able to run 1440p with highest possible detail / FPS, finding the best parts for its use and only then comparing prices.

I agree with you guys, Z79 is winner here, it's just convincing myself not to go for the brand new shiny thing, especially since going through the differences in features between Z79 and X99 I can't seem to find very much I would actually use.

(I'm not expecting to be using any more than two usb3 ports at a time, I wouldn't have any more than two or three SSDs and even then the only use is for faster loading times, my only concern now is just the PCI-E lanes as I can't seem to think of any other features X99 would be useful for in a pure gaming rig)
 
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