NEW PC SPEC

[gadget^]

looking for a new pc budget 4-5K

do i go with intel 2011 (x99) or intel 1151 (z170)
mainly looking to play games, happy to update cpu later if a better one comes.

for the money do i go 980ti or titans - in sli
really in 2 minds tbh

 

[stulid]

Hi,

I love big budget builds

Do you need OS, keyboard, monitor etc?

 

[Joe!]

I love big budget builds

Haha - I'm interested to see what you come up with, I'll have a go for the fun of it when I get back!

 

[gadget^]

Hi,

I love big budget builds

Do you need OS, keyboard, monitor etc?

nope, have all other parts using a 2 x ultra wide Samsung S34E790C

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-4995-KR) £549.95 (£1,099.90)
1 x Intel i7-5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £455.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £229.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (TLRED416G3000HC16AQC01) £129.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD20EFRX £77.99
Total : £2,484.77 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).



I can do you a spec with more bling that costs more £££

 

[gadget^]

why not go for z170 ? or titans ? or even SM951 - SSD pcie jobbie ?

 

[stulid]

X99 is better as you get CPUs with atleast 6cores.

Heres one with 8cores and a PCI-E SSD,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel i7-5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X) £799.99
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti G1 Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £599.99 (£1,199.98)
1 x Intel 750 Series 400GB PCIe 3.0 X4 HHHL Adaptor NVMe Solid State Drive (SSDPEDMW400G4X1) £319.99
1 x Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £204.95
1 x EK Water Blocks Predator 360 All In One Watercooling Solution £202.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/Orange £199.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova P2 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (220-P2-1000-XR) £161.99
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C13 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX426C13PB2K4/16) £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD20EFRX £77.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Orange £69.95
Total : £3,387.80 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 

[RJC]

The 980ti gives titans a run a run for there money, Haswell-E offer 6 core (12 threads) vs 4 cores (upto 8 threads.

 

[Joe!]

Titans vs 980Ti hugely depends on what resolution you are gaming on and how many cards you are planning to get. I'd argue 980Ti SLI = Titan X SLI for anything up to UHD, three/four-way SLI and >UHD resolution I'd go with Titans.

What Stulid picked is essentially perfect, although I'd arguably get 4x8gb RAM since the SOC Champion only has 4 RAM slots, and I'd want to get a lot of RAM so I would never have to worry about it.

 

[gadget^]

how do i do a shopping post ?

 

[stulid]

See the link in RJC's sig.

 

[gadget^]

this is what I've come up with, what you think ?

could swap the cpu for the Intel i7-5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X) that will add £340.00 to the price if its worth it

running 2 x Samsung S34E790C at res: 3440 X 1440





YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GTXTITANX-12GD5) £859.99 (£1,719.98)
1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme - Intel Core i7 5930K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£20 Saving*** £785.99
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x EK Water Blocks Predator 360 All In One Watercooling Solution £202.99
1 x Corsair HX1200i 1200W '80 Plus Platinum' Digital Modular Power Supply (CP-9020070-UK) £199.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/Orange £199.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 5900RPM 3.5" 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST4000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £130.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16R) £113.99 (£227.98)
1 x Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo 7.1 PCI-E Soundcard £99.95
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Orange £69.95
1 x Pioneer BDR-S09XLT 16x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £64.99
Total : £4,002.79 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 

[stulid]

The SOC Champion is the best X99 board if you want to overclock?

Corsair PSUs (well some of them) do not have as good internals when compared to EVGA G2/P2 or Superflower Leadex.

Theres a black+red version of that case, ditto the cable set for the PSU, but you also need a cable set for that Corsair PSU and not EVGA.

P.S the resolution of your screens doesnt need TitanX, 980ti in SLI will monster that.

 

[Joe!]

When running a high power setup I'd sway away from Corsair as Stulid has said. Super Flower Leadex or EVGA P2 is the way to go. SuperFlower doesn't have custom cables yet, but OcUK will be stocking them in 1-2 months time.

You also need quad channel memory for X99, and if you are getting the SOC Champion, it only has 4 RAM slots (over 8 for every other X99 board) so you'd want to get a 4x8gb kit to not have to worry about it ever again.

 

[gadget^]

The SOC Champion is the best X99 board if you want to overclock?

Corsair PSUs (well some of them) do not have as good internals when compared to EVGA G2/P2 or Superflower Leadex.

Theres a black+red version of that case, ditto the cable set for the PSU, but you also need a cable set for that Corsair PSU and not EVGA.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-019-PT&groupid=2362&catid=2674

liking the black/red case tbh very nice plus i can use.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-006-PT&groupid=2362&catid=2674

i guess this is the cable set i need ?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-032-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2805

 

[gadget^]

When running a high power setup I'd sway away from Corsair as Stulid has said. Super Flower Leadex or EVGA P2 is the way to go. SuperFlower doesn't have custom cables yet, but OcUK will be stocking them in 1-2 months time.

You also need quad channel memory for X99, and if you are getting the SOC Champion, it only has 4 RAM slots (over 8 for every other X99 board) so you'd want to get a 4x8gb kit to not have to worry about it ever again.

i honestly like asus tbh, so stick with the rampage mb - ill change the power supply.

anything else ?

 

[stulid]

SSHD suck.

Aint worth the premium, get a bigger normal HDD or buy a 2nd SSD for storage.

 

[gadget^]

see next post

 

[koolpc]

Anything over 2k is massive overkill! Save money and get good components as they soon go out of date!

 

[gadget^]

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GTXTITANX-12GD5) £859.99 (£1,719.98)
1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme - Intel Core i7 5930K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£20 Saving*** £785.99
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE1T0BW) £368.99
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova P2 1600W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (220-P2-1600-X3) £275.99
1 x EK Water Blocks Predator 360 All In One Watercooling Solution £202.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/Orange £199.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16R) £113.99 (£227.98)
1 x Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo 7.1 PCI-E Soundcard £99.95
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
1 x Pioneer BDR-S09XLT 16x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £64.99
Total : £4,316.78 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).