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Choaski

Choaski

Choaski

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Looking to upgrade not that I need to but feel like jumping on the Intel band wagon as AMD just isn't as fast for gaming (Unless the Zen processors will kick a$$?)

Whilst I know the jumps are small id still want the setup to include an i5 skylake and a 980Ti

I also would want it fully watercooled (again I know it dosnt need to
Be and I prob won't overclock but it looks cool) I don't have a budget in mind but I'm not looking at anything too highly priced. As far as colour scheme surprise me?
 
You'll need to give us something to go on. Budget is a must and what things will you be doing with it? IE what games will you be playing?
 
Csgo and h1z1 but I currently have a 8350, 770sli with 16gb avexair 2666mhz ram

I didn't specify a budget because I don't want people to make stuff up to the budget, wanted a bit of verity - I wouldn't wanna spend more than £1000ish excluding any water cooling so I guess top end would be £2000?
 
X99, 980ti, watercooled, with a lovely colour scheme!

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Infin8 Black Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £484.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£50 Saving*** £429.98
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £131.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & EK-D5 X-RES 100 CSQ Value Combo £104.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - White (TLWED416G3000HC16AQC01) £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan X - Nickel £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £87.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO Elite Edition - Intel 2011 £84.95
1 x NZXT H440 Midi - Tower Case - White £82.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA200) £53.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan X Backplate - Nickel £26.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - White £21.95
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic Connect 15 LED-Strip 30cm - White £14.99 (£29.98)
10 x Bitspower Connection 1/4 Inch to 16 / 11mm - Carbon Black £11.99 (£119.90)
7 x Parvum Systems F1.0 Performance Pressure Optimised Fan - White £11.99 (£83.93)
3 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/11 - White £5.99 (£17.97)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - White £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved white/white £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - White £4.49
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-ACF Fitting 12/16mm - Nickel £3.79 (£7.58)
Total : £2,001.68 (includes shipping : £16.85 Ex.VAT).



Believe the backplate and waterblock for the GPU is fine, but the fittings you'd need to play around with depending on your loop, same goes for the radiators as you may want x-flow rads instead for a better loop. Just add distilled water with some silver coil and you're done.
 
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5960xNvidiaGamer said:
I didn't think he wanted to spend that much going by what he said, so thought the 4790k would have been more what hes looking for.
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I suppose it's how you read this: I wouldn't wanna spend more than £1000ish excluding any water cooling so I guess top end would be £2000?

Not sure if OP wants to spend around £1000 altogether or £2000 with watercooling included as well. We shall see. :D
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
I suppose it's how you read this: I wouldn't wanna spend more than £1000ish excluding any water cooling so I guess top end would be £2000?

Not sure if OP wants to spend around £1000 altogether or £2000 with watercooling included as well. We shall see. :D
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~£1000 system + watercooling it can be pushed with the 980Ti and water block will most of £1000
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
X99, 980ti, watercooled, with a lovely colour scheme!

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Infin8 Black Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £484.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£50 Saving*** £429.98
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £131.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & EK-D5 X-RES 100 CSQ Value Combo £104.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - White (TLWED416G3000HC16AQC01) £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan X - Nickel £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £87.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO Elite Edition - Intel 2011 £84.95
1 x NZXT H440 Midi - Tower Case - White £82.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA200) £53.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan X Backplate - Nickel £26.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - White £21.95
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic Connect 15 LED-Strip 30cm - White £14.99 (£29.98)
10 x Bitspower Connection 1/4 Inch to 16 / 11mm - Carbon Black £11.99 (£119.90)
7 x Parvum Systems F1.0 Performance Pressure Optimised Fan - White £11.99 (£83.93)
3 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/11 - White £5.99 (£17.97)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - White £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved white/white £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - White £4.49
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-ACF Fitting 12/16mm - Nickel £3.79 (£7.58)
Total : £2,001.68 (includes shipping : £16.85 Ex.VAT).



Believe the backplate and waterblock for the GPU is fine, but the fittings you'd need to play around with depending on your loop, same goes for the radiators as you may want x-flow rads instead for a better loop. Just add distilled water with some silver coil and you're done.
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Thanks for the good start - current setup is white/blue so could save money reusing parts (rads) I didn't wanna go above an i5 really as I really would never use multi threading and could save £100 unless within the coming years games will start to utilise more than 2-4 cores
 
Choaski said:
Thanks for the good start - current setup is white/blue so could save money reusing parts (rads) I didn't wanna go above an i5 really as I really would never use multi threading and could save £100 unless within the coming years games will start to utilise more than 2-4 cores
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Depends what you're after I suppose, I just made full use of the £2000 budget, if you want to reduce that then a 6600k with a decent motherboard will do you OK, but they're some more advantages to i7's now with better support for multi-gpu's and with X99 you get an i7 cheaper than the skylake alternative which sets you up nicely for upgrades like 2 980ti's as it handles multi-gpu much better.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
Depends what you're after I suppose, I just made full use of the £2000 budget, if you want to reduce that then a 6600k with a decent motherboard will do you OK, but they're some more advantages to i7's now with better support for multi-gpu's and with X99 you get an i7 cheaper than the skylake alternative which sets you up nicely for upgrades like 2 980ti's as it handles multi-gpu much better.
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To be honest the 980 is to have a single card as Iv had more hassle with SLi than without. Eg - Sli works on GO but not on H1Z1 and if I was to pick up other early access games it will likely be the same.

I was thinking of just upgrading GPU or CPU but I might as well just make a new system as I seem to like wasting money (Maybe my son can have a gaming rid at 4yr old)
 
Choaski said:
To be honest the 980 is to have a single card as Iv had more hassle with SLi than without. Eg - Sli works on GO but not on H1Z1 and if I was to pick up other early access games it will likely be the same.

I was thinking of just upgrading GPU or CPU but I might as well just make a new system as I seem to like wasting money (Maybe my son can have a gaming rid at 4yr old)
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Problem with a lot of new games especially early access is optimisation, so normally having quite a powerful CPU with a nice overclock can keep issues like that at bay.

If you're mostly playing early access games then a single strong GPU like a 980ti will ensure you get decent frames with a powerful CPU to get through the poor optimisation (at the early stages of the build).
 
My two 770's come close to a 980GTX so the Ti is the most logical next step up with direct x 12

I'v always been with AMD because it was cheaper and normally easy to overclock (although current system has issues for some reason) but I don't need to over clock. Built my gf a 4970k i5 with a 970GTX and 16GB 160hz vengeance RAM and it's almost faster than my setup which I just can't have... This is what has got me thinking of jumping over to Intel and with the price difference might as well go for skylake.

I'm not THAT bothered about high frames but constant 144+ is more ideal been away so only got the phone to check around with ATM. From what I've seen over the weekend I'm going for a x99 bored :)

Also it might be because I'm on my phone but the links you supplied don't work

Ok so it was a 4G thing - it looks like our colour schemes are in sync a bit - here is the current rig https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...89_5077904731284790117_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9
 
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Choaski said:
Also it might be because I'm on my phone but the links you supplied don't work
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The servers have been moved and the IP address of the form and website changed, all sorts of problems currently.

If the budget allows, the X99 setup is a good move currently, lines you up nicely for the next few years with decent overclocks and a solid base for new GPU's i.e. PASCAL next year to make good use of.
 
Nearly at my 2hour drive home from the weekend and I'll have a look in detail what you linked up. Future proof is what iv done in the past, build a high end rig and then just leave it for 4 years odd
 
After having a look around this is what i come up with...

Do you have any suggestions? It's a lot higher priced that what i originally though but i can drop parts if needed like the SSD / PSU but i would have to replace what's in current PC to sell it on and ultimately i'll prob get them anyway at some point.



YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Hall of Fame WC Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98IRH5DHH3WT) £689.99
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE1T0BW) £326.99
1 x Asus Z170-Deluxe Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £224.99
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Corsair HX1000i 1000W '80 Plus Platinum Digital Modular Power Supply (CP-9020074-UK) £171.95
1 x GeIL White Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C15 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blue LED (GWW416GB3200C15DC) £129.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Arctic MX-2 Thermal Compound (30g) £13.25
Total : £1,893.59 (includes shipping : £13.75 Ex.VAT).

 
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