Insurance claim for a PC approved, need a build

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guys after a terrible incident I lost my beloved PC, anyways Ive made a claim and its been approved, basically my PC tower base unit is gone, so my insurance company have asked me to list the components to build a new PC.

Ive got a maximum 3k budget but its totalled up to £2840 so far.

Ideally its for gaming, but I can only claim to components Ive previously owned or its nearest equivalent, so please look at the list below and please advise me if this is OK or any recommendations below:

mobo Gigabyte Motherboard UD7 I think the actual model is a X99 UD7 Motherboard £250

i7 6 core CPU 2011 5820k around £250-£280

Crucial 500gb solid state drive around £130-£150

2tb sshd solid state sata hybrid hard drive £80

3tb hard drive western digital black £120

2x blu ray drive £70

Standard DVD RW drive £30

2x 980GPU's sli (meaning 2 graphics cards connected together) £900 or £450 each card

corsair liquid cpu cooler £60

3x 120mm fans £30

XFX 850 watt power supply £150

Corsair Vengance DD4 Memory 16GB 4x4 £130

XFI Soundblaster ZX Sound Card £100

Asus 802.11 ac wireless card £60

Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit operating system £150 not available any more but windows 10 is the nearest equivalent

led strips uv light £20

Cooler master cosmos s computer case £250 not available any more, though there is a newer version.

CPU thermal paste £10
 
just had a look at the i7 skylake cpu, socket 1151, this is a new cpu but the mobo are dead cheap, doesnt go above £160, so the i7 2011 haswell cpu is better right? even though its older? the x99 mobo are much more expensive and go above the 300 mark....

im thinking to stick with the i7 5820k than the skylake? coz of the price difference
 
i7-5820k with a decent mobo is £441 (OcUK have a bundle)

i7-6700k with a decent mobo is £443 - So you're paying the same price for 2 less cores and 4 less threads with the 6700k.

There's this:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £529.99 (£1,059.98)
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£50 Saving*** £429.98
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/White £179.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD3003FZEX) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £79.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £77.99
1 x Asus PCE-AC68 802.11ac Dual-band Wireless AC1900 PCI-E Adaptor £64.94
2 x Samsung SE-506CB/RSBD External BluRay-RW / DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Three Fan Bundle - EK Water Blocks EK-Vardar F2-120 (1450rpm) £30.95
Total : £2,791.67 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).



I know nothing about sound cards, or what LEDs you want, so I left those out. And I assume getting a 2x BR+DVD rewriter negates the need for an extra DVD rewriter?

If you plan on adding a third graphics card, you would need to change processor. And to get the full speed of your M.2 drive (which on Gigabyte boards is 2x faster than a regular SATA drive, 4x on most other motherboards) you will need a non-Gigabyte board, however OcUK don't have huge savings on those. It's £50 more.

YOUR BASKET
2 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £529.99 (£1,059.98)
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x MSI X99A SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/White £179.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD3003FZEX) £129.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £79.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £77.99
1 x Asus PCE-AC68 802.11ac Dual-band Wireless AC1900 PCI-E Adaptor £64.94
2 x Samsung SE-506CB/RSBD External BluRay-RW / DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Three Fan Bundle - EK Water Blocks EK-Vardar F2-120 (1450rpm) £30.95
Total : £2,841.66 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
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yeah that looks good, but the insurance company wont go above the 980 so the 980ti is a no go, they have stated that they will only replace on a like for like basis!

and skylake is 4 cores right? so the 5820k 6 cores is much better in terms of performance?

x99 mobo better than Z170?

overstated the price on windows 7, but i bought ultimate for over a 100 quid at the time...

god this is gonna be a nightmare, i can feel it, building a pc from scratch,
 
hobib_ali said:
yeah that looks good, but the insurance company wont go above the 980 so the 980ti is a no go, they have stated that they will only replace on a like for like basis!

and skylake is 4 cores right? so the 5820k 6 cores is much better in terms of performance?

x99 mobo better than Z170?

overstated the price on windows 7, but i bought ultimate for over a 100 quid at the time...

god this is gonna be a nightmare, i can feel it, building a pc from scratch,
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Sorry, I thought they just said you could have £3k to play with, so I tried to cram 980Tis in there :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £449.99
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99 (£779.98)
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black £299.99
1 x MSI X99A SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD3003FZEX) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £79.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £77.99
1 x Asus PCE-AC68 802.11ac Dual-band Wireless AC1900 PCI-E Adaptor £64.94
2 x Samsung SE-506CB/RSBD External BluRay-RW / DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Three Fan Bundle - EK Water Blocks EK-Vardar F2-120 (1450rpm) £30.95
Total : £2,831.65 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).



I picked the 5930k over the 5820k in case you decide to add a third card in the future. Better safe than sorry, I guess? If you want, you can cut off £150 and buy a 5820k though :)

Skylake is 4 cores/8 threads, but at the same price you can get 6 cores/12 threads which is why most people opt for the 5820k over the 6700k, it's literally a couple of pence difference between the two. A 5820k/5930k will not struggle to overclock past 4GHz, I think around 4.4GHz is about normal for one under a Corsair AIO cooler, but if you are not comfortable with overclocking, you can spend a minute in the BIOS, change a number from 33 to 40 and you have a 5820k running almost the same speed as a 6700k. This leads to similar performance in single threaded stuff, and way better performance in multithreaded stuff.

Z170 works with Skylake, X99 works with Haswell Enthusiast (5820k/5930k), but yeah, both are similar performance and the motherboard I selected has USB 3.1, which is sure to become the standard in a few years.

As for building a PC for the first time, there are loooooads of guides. Just take your time, it's a really enjoyable experience.

Edit: Just realised this is in graphics cards, should be in general hardware tbh.
 
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oh nice one,

The graphics card I previously had was very wide, it would swallow up 3 PCIe slots, so this time I need to make sure the cards are of standard width so sli will be easy wothout sacrificing my other components, asus strix is thin?

that looks like a monster build, so you would recommend the X99 over the Z170? what would you buy if u were getting a mobo?


the 3 fan bundle, is that water cooling fans or just the normal 120mm fans?

lastly that windows 10 pen drive, how would one install the operating system, would you have to burn the info on a disk or somthing?......
 
According to Asus' website: "• To have the best cooling performance, ASUS STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5 extends the fansink to 2 slots. Please double check you Chassis and Motherboard dimension prior to purchase to make sure it fits in your system!"

I would recommend X99 over Z170 in an instant, especially when comparing i7 to i7. As for motherboard, what do you want from a motherboard? I picked my motherboard (X99 Pro) because it has inbuilt Dual-Band AC WiFi/Bluetooth, as well as it matching the aesthetics I want from a board. I didn't pick it for you because originally I thought it was a lot more expensive, however, it is only £15 more expensive than a motherboard + PCI-E 802.11ac card separately and it means you don't have to give up PCI-E slots on a WiFi card. - Up to you which you would rather do though.

EK Waterblocks is just the company name; the fans are designed for radiator cooling, yes, but I have heard great reviews for them in general, especially their quietness. You're free to get some airflow optimised fans if you aren't too sure, OcUK have some great bundles.

As for the Windows 10 Pen Drive, you literally just plug it into your system and tell the BIOS to boot from USB. No burning or anything required at all :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £449.99
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99 (£779.98)
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black £299.99
1 x Asus X99-Pro Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £259.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD3003FZEX) £129.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £79.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £77.99
2 x Samsung SE-506CB/RSBD External BluRay-RW / DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Three Fan Bundle - EK Water Blocks EK-Vardar F2-120 (1450rpm) £30.95
Total : £2,846.71 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
P.B said:
How do you have free range on the cpu and not the 980? wouldn't a 980ti still be classed as a 980?
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because I told the insurance rep during a visit to my flat that I had no receipts or box to prove what cpu I had, I told him it was an i7, not detailing which type, so they referred me to a tech company and ask me for the exact specs, hence I told them it was an i7 6core cpu, as for the gpu I had produced the 2 boxes i had in storage and he photographed the boxes for record, it clearly states on the box "GTX980" hence why I requested a 980 like for like, I don't think they will let me have an 980ti though it would be nice, they can only upgrade if a product is not available for retail sale, so if there was no retailer stocking the 980 then they would have to replace with a 980ti.

They have also advised me that its likely they will offer me the cash alternative, I declined this as requested a like for like replacement incase they tell me that they will reduce the value due to depreciation!
 
Personally I'd go for the cash alternative, that way you can chuck a couple quid of your own at it and get a 980Ti instead, although if you aren't really fussed then it doesn't matter.
 
Mustang said:
Personally I'd go for the cash alternative, that way you can chuck a couple quid of your own at it and get a 980Ti instead, although if you aren't really fussed then it doesn't matter.
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well cash alternative would be good, unfortunately they reduce a cash alternative to due the age of my previous items, example my CPU is a few years old, they will take that into account and reduce the value by 20-30%, hence why a replacement is much better...


And I would love overclockers to build the PC for me, but if I buy the parts separate thats not in a bundle deal will they charge me for the time??

Im just gonna go with the above build, the PSU will be changed, I wish there was some sort of deal going on...

Dont you guys think the 980 is kinda expensive now that the 980ti is out?

last week overclockers were selling the asus 980 for £350.00!

and the 980 matrix platinum looks amazing, the inno3d ichillx4 in sli will swallow up 6 pice slots coz they are so big, so need a thin one that only takes 2 slots.....non of the cards have measurements in width!!
 
Hi again,

The 980 is expensive for what it is, compared to the 980Ti. I think the 980 sits in a really awkward price bracket compared to it's performance. If you have the money for a 980 you should probably save the extra and get a 980Ti.

Is there anything wrong with buying two 980s out of your insurance, selling them, and buying 980Tis with a bit of your own money + what you made from selling them? It'll cost you a bit more of course, but it'd still be an even better system!

Have a Google of the card you want followed by "width", "2 slot" or "3 slot" or similar, there's plenty of reviews that should tell you.
 
Joe! said:
Hi again,

The 980 is expensive for what it is, compared to the 980Ti. I think the 980 sits in a really awkward price bracket compared to it's performance. If you have the money for a 980 you should probably save the extra and get a 980Ti.

Is there anything wrong with buying two 980s out of your insurance, selling them, and buying 980Tis with a bit of your own money + what you made from selling them? It'll cost you a bit more of course, but it'd still be an even better system!

Have a Google of the card you want followed by "width", "2 slot" or "3 slot" or similar, there's plenty of reviews that should tell you.
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theres nothing wrong but if I get 2 980s and sold them on ebay for 350 each, thats 700 minus 10% ebay costs and im left with 630, 980ti are averaging at 600 a pop, 1200 for sli, so id need to add an extra 500 which is quite a bit.

I mean 980 sli vs 980 ti sli, will I notice a difference other than the future proofing ? im running on a rog swift g sync 1440p, I just got this new so I wont be jumping on 4k club yet, only coz my brother has a big 4k monitor and after extensive gaming sessions I cant tell much of a difference other than my monitor looks better in gaming than his, probably due to gsync...

or what about 980 sli vs 980 ti, that will be the same performance right?
 
It was a spur of the moment suggestion really, I'd say SLI 980s would be sufficient (using that word in a weird way, they'd be more than enough)

You can compare here: http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1970-gtx-980-ti-sli-benchmark-vs-sli-980-titan-x/Page-2

There's probably a few other benchmarks but that's the first one I found and I'm in a lazy mood this evening :P - At 1440p you might not notice much of a difference in actuality, but hey, it was just a suggestion - Mainly after me not considering the £500 deficit.
 
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