First Build reaching its expiry is it now time for my second? Budget 2k

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First Build reaching its expiry is it now time for my second? Budget 3k

Hi,

So I built my first build back in August 2010, received great help in choosing my parts and building it from the great community here Building my first PC in screenshots :)

Specifications was as follows:



headphones now logitech G430, mouse now logitech G500, keyboard G15 and 2nd monitor Samsung SMB2030N 20"

I now have a budget of 2k, I am still deciding whether to give this build to my kids and build another or whether to just upgrade it. If anyone can throw some specs my way either build/upgrade be much appreciated, looking to build/upgrade as soon as I get a good recommendation from here. Machine main use is, web development, photo editing, gaming and although not that often occasionally video editing.

The two things that spring to mind is another BenQ monitor and to add an SSD other then that am not sure.

Any help appreciated!!!
 
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Be nice to the kids ;)....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £529.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £494.98
1 x Acer Predator XB270HA 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £389.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (TLRED416G3000HC16AQC01) £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £89.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible £14.99
Total : £1,924.84 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
If you want to spend £2k now, I'd do an entire second build, as it'll give you another fairly top end setup for a similar price.

If you can spend £2k but want to keep it down if possible, I'd upgrade the current setup and sell the parts you don't want on the Members market.

Keeping the monitor, speakers, case, sound card, Blu-Ray drive and HDDs as storage (adding an SSD) should bring the cost down under £1000 to bring the rest of the build up to the modern equivalent of what was a fairly top end rig. Less if you keep the PSU too.

Keep those, sell the rest and you should get a couple of hundred quid back, then spend £1000 on the following. That gives you an up to date top end build for £1080 (or probably less than £800 after selling your old kit).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM £319.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 TURBO OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x Samsung 512GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE512BW) £209.99
1 x Asus Maximus VIII Hero Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15) £129.95
Total : £1,081.91 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
I've done neither :o, however now that I brought Battlefront and can't run the game due to GPU being only 1GB, the issue is now forced.

budget however now increased to 2.5k - 3k for a new build if this is the best option, if however your thinking makes more sense to get an upgrade then I go for that option and don't worry about the kids as I get them a laptop :p

So I assume the great recommendations above(cheers guys) won't quite fit any more. I order the set-up this week so any more recommended builds be great.
 
I'd do a full build personally, the older parts will work but you're hanging onto some old tech which can be replaced more cheaply.

Nice new case, inners and some drives will give you a decent PC.
If you're after just gaming then you don't need to spend 2.5k to achieve a good PC, an i5 with a 970 paired with a good motherboard will do nicely.

I can spec something shortly as I'm on my phone.
 
Okay new spec it is then, mainly in this order I use PC for
Development -> Gaming -> Video conversion and Streamng
 
Here's something crazy powerful and fast that should last a really long time and play games at 4k 60hz. But you might want to buy a cheaper gpu for now and then get whatever insane cards are coming out next year that should be truly 4k capable. Or sli another titan at a later date.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,078.19
(includes shipping: £23.10)
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Padraig said:
Here's something crazy powerful and fast that should last a really long time and play games at 4k 60hz. But you might want to buy a cheaper gpu for now and then get whatever insane cards are coming out next year that should be truly 4k capable. Or sli another titan at a later date.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £3,078.19
(includes shipping: £23.10)
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Don't get Titan x cut back on some parts and get 980ti sli
 
Think about vram faceman i have a 8gb gpu and cod advanced warfare maxed out tells me it uses all the vram so imagine at 4k in a few years that's why i would say titan x is what to go for at such highend system.
 
Or you could be sensible, spend a chunk less and still get something very powerful...

Something along these lines? :)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,511.54
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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Hi,

Here is my current spec based on feedback above:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,368.56
(includes shipping: £11.70)
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If anyone thinks I should change some parts please let me know or if anyone thinks am missing something I need, I have thermal compound already.

Only thing left I need to get is case and monitor. I have two monitors one 24" BenQ which I keep for now, and a bit smaller one that my GF got Samsung which I replace, anyone recommend any good monitors, 4K monitor way to go?
Normally with cases I prefer Mid Tower Lian Li, most likely would have got this one but that is out of stock so can anyone recommend a good mid tower case too?

Also I be grateful for any recommended keyboard, mouse, speakers and headset recommendation be great too :D

Current keyboard(logitech G15), mouse(logitech G500), headset(logitech G430) and Speakers(logitech x-540)

Thanks all
 
As for spending 3k on a setup, I'd be inclined to get a 970 and wait until the details of the pascal gpu's are out, I'd hate to buy a 980ti +/- sli or titan and find out the new technology is well better performed and same'ish if not much more expensive.
 
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