£2k to spend, what is necessary

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £559.99
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £541.97
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 280L, AIO Cooling Solutions £87.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £2,142.41 (includes shipping : £20.10).


damn, £140 over.....
 
Freddie1980 said:
Meh the Swift ROG is glorified TN panel IMO get a decent 27"IPS 1440p screen for around 400 and enjoy the games as they were meant to be seen!

Even though he has the budget I wouldn't bother with x99, for gamers z97 is were it's at x99 doesn't offer any tangible benefits for what you want other then improved synthetic benchmark scores.
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But if you're spending 2k, you'd be silly not to go x99.
 
Clov!s said:
But if you're spending 2k, you'd be silly not to go x99.
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I dont see why, only reasons to go X99 are specific applications aka video editing etc.
For gaming with up a dual sli setup there will be no real gain, definitely not worth the cash.
And of course the 2nd reason to go X99, because its cool to have the fastest :)
 
If you can get a full build for £2k that's x99, why would you then choose the older 4th generation cpu's and z97 boards? Makes no sense.
 
Clov!s said:
If you can get a full build for £2k that's x99, why would you then choose the older 4th generation cpu's and z97 boards? Makes no sense.
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Because you get more for your money? Look at that bundle deal for 540 gbp postd above to get a x99 going with the chepaest of everything and matching psu it will cost 700 gbp which means cutting back elsewhere to be in budget. Potentially that could mean going from an sli setup to non sli setup which will significantly reduce his performance.

What sort of x99 build did you have in mind anyway?
 
Freddie1980 said:
Because you get more for your money? Look at that bundle deal for 540 gbp postd above to get a x99 going with the chepaest of everything and matching psu it will cost 700 gbp which means cutting back elsewhere to be in budget. Potentially that could mean going from an sli setup to non sli setup which will significantly reduce his performance.

What sort of x99 build did you have in mind anyway?
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Just a quick build, i know it's £13 over but that's nothing.

OP says he has mouse, monitor etc.

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclock 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-1972-KR) £289.99 (£579.98)
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £281.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £179.99
1 x MSI X99S SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £159.95
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £144.98
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £97.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) HDD £39.95 (£79.90)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £2,013.96 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
Firstly, just wanted to thank everyone who has responded. I am now definitely going to build my own and can't wait to get cracking. I'm now looking at components and it looks like £2k will be fairly comfortable - any money left in the budget will go towards a g sync monitor.

This is the first build that I have created and any feedback on this would be really appreciated. I'm new to this so may have missed something vital but here we go:

Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
(£249.99) £299.99
(£249.99)
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £293.99
(£244.99) £587.98
(£489.98)
OcUK Tech Labs - Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower - 750 EX360 Watercooled Case OcUK Tech Labs - Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower - 750 EX360 Watercooled Case £275.00
(£229.17) £275.00
(£229.17)
Options applied to the above product:
Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
(£0.00) £0.00
(£0.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
(£4.16) £4.99
(£4.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (BLS4C4G4D240FSA) Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (BLS4C4G4D240FSA) £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
MSI X99S SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard MSI X99S SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £159.95
(£133.29) £159.95
(£133.29)
Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Submit Sub Total : £1,464.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £295.73
Total : £1,774.38
 
muddledump said:
Firstly, just wanted to thank everyone who has responded. I am now definitely going to build my own and can't wait to get cracking. I'm now looking at components and it looks like £2k will be fairly comfortable - any money left in the budget will go towards a g sync monitor.

This is the first build that I have created and any feedback on this would be really appreciated. I'm new to this so may have missed something vital but here we go:

Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
(£249.99) £299.99
(£249.99)
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £293.99
(£244.99) £587.98
(£489.98)
OcUK Tech Labs - Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower - 750 EX360 Watercooled Case OcUK Tech Labs - Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower - 750 EX360 Watercooled Case £275.00
(£229.17) £275.00
(£229.17)
Options applied to the above product:
Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
(£0.00) £0.00
(£0.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
(£4.16) £4.99
(£4.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (BLS4C4G4D240FSA) Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (BLS4C4G4D240FSA) £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
MSI X99S SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard MSI X99S SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £159.95
(£133.29) £159.95
(£133.29)
Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Submit Sub Total : £1,464.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £295.73
Total : £1,774.38
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You won't need a 1000W psu for GTX 970 SLI. I would swap the Corsair RM for the EVGA Supernova G2 as it is a better psu. If you want some headroom go with the 850W, although the 750W would also be fine.

Also the Crucial MX100 is a great value SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
Total : £189.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
calliusmaximus said:
X99 vs 2nd 980, your going to get far more performance per$ with a 2nd card
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EDIT: Re-reading your post, I read it wrong another 980 over going X99 makes more sense yes, the below was comparing X99 and Z97.

This isn't completely true, Z97 can handle SLI/Tri-SLI perfectly fine.
The performance difference isn't worth the cost it would be for X99, you'll squeeze a little more performance out but it won't be by a lot.

For gaming you're going to see no beneficial differences going for X99 over Z97, regardless of budget, it's pointless at the moment.

When the technology is less niche and cheaper then it will be a viable option over the 1150 socket.
 
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I know it's along time but would it be beneficial for us to wait a year to see how bad console ports are going to be?

I'm looking at getting some parts after Xmas.

Isnt it advisable to get a bigger PSU for upgrade ability and for the coil whine thing people are moaning about?
 
D1craig said:
I know it's along time but would it be beneficial for us to wait a year to see how bad console ports are going to be?

I'm looking at getting some parts after Xmas.

Isnt it advisable to get a bigger PSU for upgrade ability and for the coil whine thing people are moaning about?
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Look at Watch_Dogs, The Evil Within and Dead Rising 3, you don't need to wait the bad ports are already here. A 750W would be ample for SLI 970's using that as a figure point of what power you'll need.
 
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