**Challenge** Get me the best for £1,800

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Ok guys i have decided on what CPU and GPU to go for thanx to the guys on this forum ;). I have a budget of not one penny over £1,800 so i want the best out there. I have two main uses for my PC and have a Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse already.
1. FPS gaming.
2.Recording gameplay/editing/rendering.

So pick away at this ;)

DVD Burner = Samsung/LG 24x -/+ £15
Cooler = Corsair H110 Hydro CPU Cooler -/+ £90
PSU = EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' -/+ £110
Case = Corsair 780T Graphite Series Black Full Tower -/+ £140
MOBO = Asus X99-A Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 -/+ £195
Ram = Adata XPG Z1 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C15 2133MHz -/+ £185
CPU = Intel 5820K Haswell-E Core i7 CPU Unlocked 6 Core Socket 2011-3 -/+ £290
GPU = GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Hall of Fame Edition" -/+ £500
PCI-e SSD = ASUS RAIDR Express 240GB PCI-E SSD -/+ £300


£1,825 <--- over budget :(
 
Goucho said:
PCI-e SSD = ASUS RAIDR Express 240GB PCI-E SSD -/+ £300
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Is there a particular reason for this?

If not you could change to something like a 1TB Samsung 840 SATA SSD for £299, or even a 512GB SATA SSD and a 2 or 3TB Hard Drive for less.


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If it's just for performance, then surely you could run 2 Sata SSDs in RAID0 (You could get 2x 256Gb SATA SSDs for around £260 depending on brand) - I'm sure TRIM etc is supported nowadays (although someone with more knowledge than me on that will need to confirm)
 
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Challenge accepted!

YOUR BASKET
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Hall of Fame Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £479.98
1 x Plextor M6e M.2 PCI-E 512GB Solid State Hard Drive (PX-G512M6e) £329.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
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 £104.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black £69.98
Total : £1,796.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Went with the black and white phanteks air cooler; these perform really well, are quiet as they come and it will look boss with that motherboard!

Went for the 750d as it's the better looking case in my opinion, but you should have enough change to swap for your case of choice.

OCUK don't stock the Asus RAIDR express; but the M.2 drive I have listed is almost as fast and offers twice the storage space ;)
 
Hi,
I would get two mx100 256 SSD’s instead an expensive PCI-e SSD, one for the OS install and a second for fast storage and also add a 2TB hard disk for extra room.

YOUR BASKET
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Hall of Fame Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £479.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) £139.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
2 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99 (£173.98)
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £64.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £19.99
Total : £1,761.59 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
Why not think a little differently,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super JetStream 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X980H14G2-2042J) £425.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x Adata XPG Z1 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C15 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (AX4U2133W4G15-QRZ) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
2 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £104.99 (£209.98)
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £70.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G1-0650-XR) £69.95
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £54.98
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 - Red £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.49 (£12.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
Total : £1,647.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Same performance, smaller size, BIG SAVINGS. :)

RAID0 SSD's too for amazing speeds.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Why not think a little differently,
YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super JetStream 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X980H14G2-2042J) £425.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x Adata XPG Z1 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C15 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (AX4U2133W4G15-QRZ) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
2 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £104.99 (£209.98)
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £70.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G1-0650-XR) £69.95
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £54.98
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 - Red £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.49 (£12.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
Total : £1,647.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Same performance, smaller size, BIG SAVINGS. :)

RAID0 SSD's too for amazing speeds.
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Great little build. Red and black isn't that different these days though is it? :P
 
Wow love the answers guys will take a good look at them ;)

BTW i have plenty of sata 3 storage and even 2 ssd's for games.

I was looking at PCi-e ssd for speed and performance, so would 2 normal ssd's in raid be better or about the same?
 
implosiveturnip said:
Challenge accepted!

YOUR BASKET
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Hall of Fame Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £479.98
1 x Plextor M6e M.2 PCI-E 512GB Solid State Hard Drive (PX-G512M6e) £329.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
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 £104.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black £69.98
Total : £1,796.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Went with the black and white phanteks air cooler; these perform really well, are quiet as they come and it will look boss with that motherboard!

Went for the 750d as it's the better looking case in my opinion, but you should have enough change to swap for your case of choice.

OCUK don't stock the Asus RAIDR express; but the M.2 drive I have listed is almost as fast and offers twice the storage space ;)
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Wow never thought of an M.2 drive ;) Will deffo consider that.

Teamgroup? Is that a good quality company? I was sticking to one's i heard of lol.

I don't like the case :( I want bright and colourful as it is on top of me desk ;)

Never heard of Superflower, again is this a good outfit?

I deffo am stuck on the H110 for best cooling and easier to fit with my fat fingers, always get in a muddle with normal coolers lol.

Thanx so much for this great post m8 :D
 
FredFlint said:
Hi,
I would get two mx100 256 SSD’s instead an expensive PCI-e SSD, one for the OS install and a second for fast storage and also add a 2TB hard disk for extra room.

YOUR BASKET
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Hall of Fame Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £479.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) £139.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
2 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99 (£173.98)
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £64.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £19.99
Total : £1,761.59 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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Brill setup m8 thanx so much for it ;)

Do you reckon the H105 is better/same as the H110?

Going to go for M.2 SSD now

Don't need extra space got loads, i forgot to mention that :(

I see two of you have gone for teamgroup ram and superflower PSU <--- they good quality?

The DVD Burner looks good :)
 
Armageus said:
Is there a particular reason for this?

If not you could change to something like a 1TB Samsung 840 SATA SSD for £299, or even a 512GB SATA SSD and a 2 or 3TB Hard Drive for less.


*edit:

If it's just for performance, then surely you could run 2 Sata SSDs in RAID0 (You could get 2x 256Gb SATA SSDs for around £260 depending on brand) - I'm sure TRIM etc is supported nowadays (although someone with more knowledge than me on that will need to confirm)
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Going to settle on M.2 ssd now thanx :)
 
The Teamgroup memory is quality stuff, and has a lifetime warranty via OCUK for peace of mind.

the H110 will set you back another £20, but I suppose that's your call. I have the blue version of that Phanteks cooler, and it was really easy to install, no harder than my old H100 and it cools better too. I couldn't comment on the H110 as I've never owned it; however after seeing some of Doomed's posts regarding it, He generally recommends the H105 as there is some incompatibility with the Corsair and windows 8 - I'd Google it or may Doomedspeed could comment here as I'm not in the know as far as this is concerned.

The Superflower PSU's are absolutley top-notch; you'll be hard pushed to find better. They also OEM for a number of other brands; in fact, they make the EVGA on you listed in the OP.

I'd seriously consider the spec that Doomed put together though, or a variation on it in your case of choice simply because it's cheaper and looks the mutt's nutts; even if I do personally think black and red is over-used, it doesn't necessarily mean I don't think it looks good.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Why not think a little differently,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super JetStream 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X980H14G2-2042J) £425.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x Adata XPG Z1 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C15 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (AX4U2133W4G15-QRZ) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
2 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £104.99 (£209.98)
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £70.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G1-0650-XR) £69.95
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £54.98
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 - Red £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.49 (£12.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
Total : £1,647.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Same performance, smaller size, BIG SAVINGS. :)

RAID0 SSD's too for amazing speeds.
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Thanx very much for this and it looks good.

I am set on the HOF card ;)

I need a full atx board cos of my fat fingers lol

I am set on an ASUS mobo too ;)

What is the best H series coolers? H110/H100i/H105 Which would fit in the 780T easiest running W8.1/8.2 <--- i am getting confused lol

Sorry i don't like the case ;)

I think 650W would be too small as i might sli the HOF in a couple of years ;)

Good idea about the performance fans! Not going to bother with colour coding everything really.


Thanx for the post it has given me a couple of good tips ;)
 
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Fair enough, you don't like my spec.. :)

Got a few other suggestions though.

SSD wise, i think M2 is the wrong route at the moment. They are STILL REALLY expensive and offer less performance than RAID0 SSDs.

Look at this: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5801/samsung-840-evo-500gb-raid-0-ssd-report/index7.html

The 500GB EVO RAID0, offers around 1000mb/s seq (which is astonishing). The M.2 offers
Plextor’s M6e M.2 is able to reach maximum sequential read speeds of 770MB/sec and sequential write speeds of 625MB/sec
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The reason i used the 500GB 840 stats is the 850 EVO 250GB is the same speeds, so you should achieve the same results.

Price wise too, the 850's (2 x 250gb) are 2/3's of ther pricefor anextra 33% performance.. It'dbe crazy not to go that route.

I know that 'new technology' is a big pull but you have to realise some are still in their infantcy and wont work aswell as some stable 'tried and tested' solutions.

You say you have SSD's? Which do you have? Theres really no point in going M.2

Teamgroup are a good value outfit, they don't do massive OC RAM but for the speeds they manfacture too they work great (with 'decent' timings) and arenormally much cheaper than the rest of the pack.

Superflower and EVGA are the PSU's to go for (Superflower are the OEM for the EVGA G2 series).

EDIT: Just so you know all the deals on the GPU's have ended now (making the HOF £529)
 
 
Doomedspeed said:
Fair enough, you don't like my spec.. :)

Got a few other suggestions though.

SSD wise, i think M2 is the wrong route at the moment. They are STILL REALLY expensive and offer less performance than RAID0 SSDs.

Look at this: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5801/samsung-840-evo-500gb-raid-0-ssd-report/index7.html

The 500GB EVO RAID0, offers around 1000mb/s seq (which is astonishing). The M.2 offers

The reason i used the 500GB 840 stats is the 850 EVO 250GB is the same speeds, so you should achieve the same results.

Price wise too, the 850's (2 x 250gb) are 2/3's of ther pricefor anextra 33% performance.. It'dbe crazy not to go that route.

I know that 'new technology' is a big pull but you have to realise some are still in their infantcy and wont work aswell as some stable 'tried and tested' solutions.

You say you have SSD's? Which do you have? Theres really no point in going M.2

Teamgroup are a good value outfit, they don't do massive OC RAM but for the speeds they manfacture too they work great (with 'decent' timings) and arenormally much cheaper than the rest of the pack.

Superflower and EVGA are the PSU's to go for (Superflower are the OEM for the EVGA G2 series).

EDIT: Just so you know all the deals on the GPU's have ended now (making the HOF £529)
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3thanx i will have good think on the ssd raid0 ;)
I am happy with what you guys have said about teamgroup and superflower so they go on my list ;)

Pity the card i wanted has gone up so much :(
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 "Hall of Fame Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £529.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £517.98
1 x Panram Ninja-V 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (PUD42400C154G4NJW) £229.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - White £129.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - White £69.95
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black £44.98
Total : £1,794.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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Thanx for this i may go with a few of these but don't need extra space and will go with water cooling ;)
 
@Doomedspeed

If i go for 2 x 850 evo 250GB what speeds would i get and what size? Will it give me 500GB or 250GB in raid0

How would 2 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB do as they are a lot cheaper ;)
 
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