£1900+ Gaming Rig

Sneakeh · 20 Jul 2013 at 10:31

Going to be purchasing components for a new rig soon. It's going to consist of the following:

AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz AM3+ Processor (8-Core Vishera)
Crosshair V Formula Motherboard
16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Blue 1600 MHz
AMD Radeon 7970 3GB Graphics (Possibly Crossfire at a later date)
XSPC Raystorm RS360 Water Cooling Kit
750w~ PSU (No idea which to go for)
Unsure what case to get yet

2x Acer H6 LED IPS 23" Montiors
Corsair M95 White Gaming Mouse
ROCCAT Isku FX Multicolour Illuminated Keyboard
Creative A520 5.1 Speaker System

Any ideas on a good case would be nice

Also going to mod the case with LED strips and cathodes, want it to look pretty

Will post pics of the build and things once i eventually purchase the components, about 2-3 months away! Unless my wages suddenly go missing, as the usually do -_-

Helios1234 · 20 Jul 2013 at 13:58

Go Intel!

kaku · 20 Jul 2013 at 14:17

For that kind of budget going Intel would seem to make sense, although it might be easier if you separate out your budget for the different parts.

So something like (rough guess): Monitors: £200, Peripherals: £200, Watercooling: £300, Components: £1200.

Doomedspeed · 20 Jul 2013 at 14:47

You upto watercooling it yourself, if so something like this:

All watercooling parts aren't there, just giving you an idea. If you like the idea ill finsih it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Acer HN274Hbmiiid 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses £279.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Patriot Venom Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV316G240C0KRD) £161.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir/Pump Combo V2 £122.99
1 x XSPC Razor GTX 770 GPU Waterblock £91.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
2 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £39.95 (£79.90)
3 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £25.99 (£77.97)
Total : £2,055.35 (includes shipping : £22.20).

Ethermaster · 20 Jul 2013 at 20:18

Opps I went a bit mad .......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £329.99
1 x Acer HN274Hbmiiid 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses £279.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £179.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9) £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9R) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved Cable Kit (AXi / AX / HX / TXM) - Red £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua White 50cm £29.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved 24 Pin Cable (AX) - Red £14.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
Total : £2,034.37 (includes shipping : £22.20).

Sneakeh · 28 Jul 2013 at 13:24

The watercooling kit arrived yesterday

Looks soooo pretty, can't actually believe the weight of the radiator alone! It's HUGEEE

It's not a nice feeling when you can't just start building now, especially when you only have your WC kit!

In regards to your replies, i personally don't like Intel, mainly because they're a lot more expensive than AMD. I don't want to go for a 4770k because i won't be doing any emulating, which would be a bit overkill imo. Windows 8 - not a fan, i work at a similar shop in Bradford, and we have Windows 8 on some of the systems, if not all the systems, i've purchased a laptop for my sister with it on & set it up for her and quite honestly, despite the smoothness of it, Windows 7 is probably the best OS imo. Don't particularly want a Gigabyte motherboard, even tho i know they're extremely reliable, but i want something that's pretty stable with OCing. Don't particularly want a 3D monitor or anything over 23" atm. Not a fan of nVidia for some reason, possibly because Battlefield 4's Frostbite 3 Engine is going to be more optimized for AMD.

Thank you for all your ideas guys, some of it has made me rethink some of my components

RJC · 28 Jul 2013 at 13:36

Sneakeh could remove the competitor name from your post please

teppic · 28 Jul 2013 at 13:38

If you're looking to play games like BF4 on two monitors then two 7970s would be a good plan. If it won't fit in the budget, 2x7950s.

I'd also get an 850W XFX PSU for Crossfire.

This board for high overclock perhaps, it's what AMD recommends for the 9590:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-452-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903

Sneakeh · 28 Jul 2013 at 13:48

RJC said:
Sneakeh could remove the competitor name from your post please

My bad. Edited :]

teppic said:
If you're looking to play games like BF4 on two monitors then two 7970s would be a good plan. If it won't fit in the budget, 2x7950s.

I'd also get an 850W XFX PSU for Crossfire.

This board for high overclock perhaps, it's what AMD recommends for the 9590:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-452-GI&groupid=701&catid=1903

I will most likely purchase a second 7970 in the near future for Crossfiring, which is one of the reasons why i want a Modular PSU. 850W should be good enough, as it needs to power all components including Watercooling kit & some LED strips/cathodes for lighting the case

In terms of the board, i won't be Max overclocking, but i do want to get at least 1ghz extra from it, as i know it can be done on Watercooling. A friend of mine at work has the same chip and the XSPC Raystorm RS240 kit, and he said he got 5GHz out of it, so the RS360 version should easily cope, with the extra airflow.

teppic · 28 Jul 2013 at 13:50

This is the PSU I'd get:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-012-XF

You should be fine with the Asus, just that the Gigabyte seems to be the high end choice

As you want a high end AMD system I'd be tempted to get an FX-6300 for now, and overclock the hell out of it (easy with watercooling), then upgrade to Steamroller when it's out later in the year.

zoobee · 28 Jul 2013 at 13:51

Ethermaster said:
Opps I went a bit mad .......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £329.99
1 x Acer HN274Hbmiiid 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses £279.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £179.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9) £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9R) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved Cable Kit (AXi / AX / HX / TXM) - Red £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua White 50cm £29.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved 24 Pin Cable (AX) - Red £14.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
Total : £2,034.37 (includes shipping : £22.20).

Drools* j-just awsome build... GRR, I'm wondering if I should spend a little more on my build too, for an extra 200 quid.. just means you get a very special system.

Good luck with your build OP, but from what I', understanding you should spec in an i7 Intel chip, for this kind of money, it's just a no brainer imo.