£5k Budget, help please.

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2 x Asus GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £767.99 (£1,535.98)
3 x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £499.99 (£1,499.97)
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £263.99
1 x Silverstone Fortress FT02 USB3.0 Windowed Case - Black (SST-FT02B-W USB 3.0) £219.98
1 x Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-Power 2.1 PC Speaker System - 232 Watts RMS £184.99
2 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99 (£339.98)
1 x XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD FM1/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+) £62.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M60 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse £49.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £39.95
Total : £5,068.64 (includes shipping : £38.25).

 
Jokester said:
Yes you have, you said he is a troll for offering his opinion which he is quite within his right to do so. I don't want to hear anymore of it.
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Wow, how immature and hypocritical.

Have a go at him saying it's not trolling because it's just an opinion. Then suspend him because you don't agree with his opinion. Nice one!
 
5k? wow and i thought my rig was getting expensive... As for the talk on the Samsung screens i currently own the 27" version of that screen and it is amazing. I would highly recommend it however the 2d-3d is nothing more than an accessory to me personally. You will use it 1-2x but the colors do get dulled down and for myself personally i don't like to be able to notice the shutters on the glasses like i can at times.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £767.99 (£1.00)
3 x Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black £469.99 (£1.00)
1 x Gigabyte Z77-G1-Sniper 3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £299.99
1 x Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £263.99
1 x XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £146.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £99.98
1 x MicroLab FC360 5.1 Home Theater Entertainment System £94.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £85.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1866C10DC) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler (Socket Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £69.98
1 x Logitech G9x Laser Mouse (910-001153) £54.98
Total : £4,814.69 (includes shipping : £38.25).

 
Mason- said:
Wow, how immature and hypocritical.

Have a go at him saying it's not trolling because it's just an opinion. Then suspend him because you don't agree with his opinion. Nice one!
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A persons opinion is what they are entitled to wether there opinion is wrong or right regarding the facts of the matter,some people fail to get this principle into heads,OCUK has always had this mentality with what your referring to Mason,thats why i only read and dont post here unless i feel the need to share my knowledge.
 
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if you want to win at games instead of just look at them dont go 3 screens :p

these are just casual gamer builds unless you into flight sims or something
 
could save 2k almost and get below. dont think you'd see a great difference and in perfomance between this and one i spec'd above. you may one to take case in my first 5k build as it looks simply awesome

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black £469.99 (£939.98)
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC Signature w/Backplate 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2685-KR) £407.99 (£815.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £263.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £146.99
1 x Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - White £118.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1866C10DC) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler (Socket Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £69.98
1 x Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £69.98
1 x Logitech G9x Laser Mouse (910-001153) £54.98
1 x Creative T6160 5.1 Speaker System (51MF4105AA003) £53.99
6 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 140mm White LED - Black £13.99 (£83.94)
Total : £3,257.23 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 
Mason- said:
Wow, how immature and hypocritical.

Have a go at him saying it's not trolling because it's just an opinion. Then suspend him because you don't agree with his opinion. Nice one!
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We won't tolerate people who call people trolls purely because their opinion on a completely benign subject isn't the same as theirs. Ultimately he wasn't even suspended for voicing his opinion.
 
Jokester said:
We won't tolerate people who call people trolls purely because their opinion on a completely benign subject isn't the same as theirs. Ultimately he wasn't even suspended for voicing his opinion.
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Well I disagree with you. He shouldn't be suspended for what he's said in this thread. Go step in the GFX forum and you'll suspend loads of people for things on that level. The way you said "I don't want to hear anymore of it" is just ridiculous. You are a don, but you are also a member of this forum. If someone who was a member just said to you I don't want to hear anymore of it it's not up to him. You stopped a discussion purely because you disagreed with him and because you're a don you have the power to stop it. It's unfair and ridiculous. You should only use your powers in that way if he's breaking the rules. I don't think he was.

Anyway this is off topic and I don't want to discuss it in here anymore I'm just voicing my opinion. If you have anything to add feel free to contact me in my trust email. Thanks.

On topic:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £799.99
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £767.99 (£1.00)
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £334.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £129.98
1 x Zowie Celeritas Pro Gaming Mechanical Keyboard - UK Layout - Black £109.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £77.98
1 x Zowie EC1 eVo 2300 DPI Pro-Gaming Mouse £44.99
Total : £3,505.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Monitors and case are your choice.
 
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YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 £878.98 (£1,757.96)
- 2 x EK 690 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £119.99
3 x Samsung S24A850DW 24" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Professional PLS Monitor - Matte Black £359.99 (£1,079.97)
1 x XSPC RayStorm Twin D5 AX240 WaterCooling Kit £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £263.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB (8x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Quad Channel Kit (F3-14900CL9Q2-32GBZL) £219.95
1 x OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-120G) £179.99
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - White £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £85.99
1 x Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers - 75W RMS (980-000432) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £66.98
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail £49.99
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
Total : £4,995.60 (includes shipping : £38.25).

 
Mason- said:
He shouldn't be suspended for what he's said in this thread. Go step in the GFX forum and you'll suspend loads of people for things on that level.
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lol it does feel like there is different rules in different parts of the forum, this section seems quite strict, other sections not so much :o
 
Mason- said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £799.99
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £767.99 (£1.00)
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £334.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £129.98
1 x Zowie Celeritas Pro Gaming Mechanical Keyboard - UK Layout - Black £109.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £77.98
1 x Zowie EC1 eVo 2300 DPI Pro-Gaming Mouse £44.99
Total : £3,505.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Monitors and case are your choice.
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A pound for 2 690's, awesome, How do I go about this deal? :D
 
Im not sure what to pick from WC so if anyone could spec the wc with setup i would be more than happy. IMO WC with that budget would be better
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 £878.98
- 1 x EK 690 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £119.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £799.99
1 x Intel 520 Series 480GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £419.99
3 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99 (£959.97)
1 x EVGA X79 Classified Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 XL-ATX Motherboard £319.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £264.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black £239.99
1 x Edifier DA5000 Pro 5.1 Speakers 108W RMS Sound System £188.99
1 x Seasonic 860w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £164.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £104.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
2 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £41.99 (£83.98)
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £36.98
1 x Steelseries 9HD Gaming Surface (63100) £22.99
Total : £4,886.66 (includes shipping : £38.25).

 
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Missing the case.

IC3 said:
Im not sure what to pick from WC so if anyone could spec the wc with setup i would be more than happy. IMO WC with that budget would be better
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 £878.98
- 1 x EK 690 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £119.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £799.99
1 x Intel 520 Series 480GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £419.99
3 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99 (£959.97)
1 x EVGA X79 Classified Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 XL-ATX Motherboard £319.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £264.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black £239.99
1 x Edifier DA5000 Pro 5.1 Speakers 108W RMS Sound System £188.99
1 x Seasonic 860w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £164.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £104.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
2 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £41.99 (£83.98)
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £36.98
1 x Steelseries 9HD Gaming Surface (63100) £22.99
Total : £4,886.66 (includes shipping : £38.25).

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I see people keep going for dual 690's... Honestly, how reliable/good is quad SLI (which it basically is with a pair of dual GPU cards)? I would have thought a pair of 680's or even a pair of 7970's is a safer bet when it comes to compatibility and efficiency? It's not like they're slow anyway :). Also, i wouldn't even touch the 2GB GPU's for a multi monitor setup and definitely wouldn't spend £800 on an i7 CPU for a GAMING rig :rolleyes:.

If i had 5k to blow on a PC, i'd spend around 3k and save the rest for another build or newer GPU's 3 years down the road (technology moves too fast to spend 5k on a gaming rig all in one go ;)).
 
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I wouldn't spend more than £2K.

Here's a build with 2x 670 GTX.

Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
(£274.99) £659.98
(£549.98)
Samsung S23A750D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor - Glossy Black £259.99
(£216.66) £519.98
(£433.32)
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Antec 1100 Eleven Hundred Ultimate Gaming Tower Case - Black £82.99
(£69.16) £82.99
(£69.16)
Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £80.18
(£66.82) £80.18
(£66.82)
Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers - 75W RMS (980-000432) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Sub Total : £1,773.37
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £32.90
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £361.25
Total : £2,167.52
 
Wow thanks a lot guys, so much to check on. Only just got home from work and had a skim through the whole thread since I last posted and must say this threads advice and another I have elsewhere I am swaying towards dual 7970, banking the money saved and looking at next gen cards when they appear maybe.

Also someone who thought I was trolling a bit, I am not at all I am in the process of selling my house and moving, so will have a reasonable amount of spare cash available, and as I spend so much time on my PC figured why not blow some on a top notch PC, the one I have now was around £1200 when I built it and has lasted my a good 5-6 years and is only now starting to struggle, if I can repeat that with this one I see that as a good investment considering the amount of hours enjoyment it will give me.
 
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