£2000 budget (first gaming desktop)

jamster0212

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hello,

currently a console gamer, yes i know... i've seen the light and managed to put some money away for a decent spec gaming pc but i'm terrible with specs and whats best for my budget etc so would some of you kindly spec some machines for me please?

literally will be needing a whole new system (pcwise)
would be needing ocuk to build it, not sure how much they charge though.

would probably prefer nvidia over amd but im open to anything at this moment in time

i have mouse/kb/monitor/headset so the 2k can be all used for the tower.
could stretch to 2.2k if that would be necessary.

cheers for taking your time to do this, really appreciate the help!
 
heres a pre built OCUK bundle at the higher end of budget of £2.2k

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Ultima Dedsec" Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz Intel Z97 Special Edition Watchdogs Gaming PC £997.02
- 1 x NO OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLED £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x Rico Standard Shipping - Extreme/Watercooled PCs £48.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
- 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case - White Edition £199.99
- 1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £179.99
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
- 1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
- 1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
Total : £2,261.38 (includes shipping : £19.50).

 
What resolution you gaming at? 1080, 1440 or 4k?
You happy with any size form factor?
And assume you would also need an OS?

That will help to select what you can best get also.
 
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Curlyriff said:
What resolution you gaming at? 1080, 1440 or 4k? That will help to select what you can best get also. You happy with any size form factor? And assume you would also need an OS?
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i have a 1440p monitor, would really like to get anther 1440p monitor but will wait til next payday, full atx builds please and would need an os cheers
 
jamster0212 said:
i have a 1440p monitor, would really like to get anther 1440p monitor but will wait til next payday, full atx builds please and would need an os cheers
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Are you planning on gaming on both ? Or just on the one screen ? A dual gaming setup isn't ideal due to the bezel being in the middle.
 
My initial reaction would be something like:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £625.97
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99 (£779.98)
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £349.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £2,010.91 (includes shipping : ).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £625.97
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £349.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £1,930.92 (includes shipping : ).



Depending on your preference of resolution and AMD/Nvidia. The 290x is around 5% at 1440p/4k but the 780 is around the 5% faster at 1080p from my testing and there are a few reviews supporting this too.

The 780's are actually pretty good bang for buck though at moment.
 
Curlyriff said:
My initial reaction would be something like:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £625.97
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99 (£779.98)
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £349.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £2,010.91 (includes shipping : ).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £625.97
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £349.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £1,930.92 (includes shipping : ).



Depending on your preference of resolution and AMD/Nvidia. The 290x is around 5% at 1440p/4k but the 780 is around the 5% faster at 1080p from my testing and there are a few reviews supporting this too.

The 780's are actually pretty good bang for buck though at moment.
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i like the build, cheers but only thing id change is have a 250gb ssd for os and bootup programs and then get 2b hdd
 
Yeah, I have moved away from any HDD now and just have everything on one drive. They are pretty reliable now and no issues speed wise with anything. Can just load all the games up on the one drive and use partitions to organise as needed. If you went with the Nvidia build you could just add a HDD for the same price as the AMD build.

Or for not much more;

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £625.97
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £349.99
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £109.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £2,040.91 (includes shipping : ).

 
Curlyriff said:
Yeah, I have moved away from any HDD now and just have everything on one drive. They are pretty reliable now and no issues speed wise with anything. Can just load all the games up on the one drive and use partitions to organise as needed. If you went with the Nvidia build you could just add a HDD for the same price as the AMD build.

Or for not much more;

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £625.97
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £349.99
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £109.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £2,040.91 (includes shipping : ).

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http://gyazo.com/3260ff0ec16f1be85f9f5ce8b4d4db1e

was just looking at that, how does that stand up to the builds you specced in your opinion mate?
 
The H100i And Win8/8.1 are problematic, mostly down to the Corsair Link Software.

A 290X is faster than a GTX780.
 
 
As stated before the 290x is faster but it is not by a huge margin. Also the 780's are cheaper.

Would have chosen the Antec H20 1220 but it is out of stock with no ETA.

The 780Ti trades blows with the 290x and most the time comes on top. At least without any OCing of the GPU's.
 
 
That Phanteks is too big for the 450D. It is listed as 171mm and the 450D is listed as 165mm max cpu cooler height.
 
Curlyriff said:
If you went hi performance air cooling you could go for something like:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £625.97
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780Ti "Own Design" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £469.99 (£939.98)
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £109.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black £69.98
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £56.99
Total : £1,969.90 (includes shipping : ).

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cheers, whats your personal preference on the 3 gpus? sli 780ti xfire 290x or sli 780, 2 1440p monitors
 
my god, those two GTX 780's are gonna bring the PAIN. i guess there *is* always the chance some game will come out in the next 15,000 years that actually strains them. this is a monster of a build, regardless of what GPU direction you go down. also, for £2000, maybe worth investing in an even bigger SSD? 250GB's is plenty but it soon runs out.

either way, please post pics once built!
 
hikikomori said:
my god, those two GTX 780's are gonna bring the PAIN. i guess there *is* always the chance some game will come out in the next 15,000 years that actually strains them. this is a monster of a build, regardless of what GPU direction you go down. also, for £2000, maybe worth investing in an even bigger SSD? 250GB's is plenty but it soon runs out.

either way, please post pics once built!
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unsure what gpu road to go down
i assume two 780ti would be best out of the three options but not a big fan of the ones spec'd - only bad thing is the 3gb vram for two 1440p monitors? - i liked the twin fozr ones but seem to gone off ocuk atm, no idea why though,
 
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