BACK WITH £1300 TO SPEND! HELP!

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hello everyone!
Its been a wile since i last posted as i was waiting for new components to come out (told to by you guys). Hopefully now is the time!
I've got roughly £1300 to spend on a gaming rig and would love to see what you guys can do with the money. Bang for buck is key but I've got a few components i can't live without:
I would love the black and red NZXT H440 and I'm keen on the new gtx 780ti. If you could keep a black and red theme that would be great! :D
 
Im a 1080p gamer at the moment and love to max out games. i like the look of the nzxt kraken for water cooling the cpu but i recently saw that ocuk sell a custom 780ti with water cooling fitted by them. Has anyone had one? how are they? could i have two closed loop water coolers in one case or is that messy and stupid?
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £399.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIR) - Red Light £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £1,302.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Toshiba SSD Q Series 512GB Solid State Hard Drive - (HDTS251EZSTA) £223.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIR) - Red Light £79.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Red £44.98
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved red/black £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved red/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Red £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,311.55 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Another idea:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 780Ti DirectCUII OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £559.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £163.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Plus Wing Boost PWM Fan Red Clover Edition - 140mm £14.99
3 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Red Clover Edition £12.95 (£38.85)
Total : £1,301.27 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £163.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A2400C11R) £85.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
Total : £1,300.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
That last build was awesome! At the moment this thread is just for parts but over the next month or so I will also develop a build log so I'm quite sure this is the right place!
 
I've always wanted nividia cards as I thought they where better supported and more future proof! Can anyone sway me otherwise?
 
This is what I would take for my build.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2784-KR) £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova NEX 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-PG-0750-GR) £109.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIR) - Red Light £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Prolimatech Red Megahalems CPU Cooler £52.99
2 x Enermax Magma UCMA12 120mm Fan £9.98 (£19.96)
Total : £1,330.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Didn't include OS because that is your personal preference.
I don't like Windows 8, I use Windows 7.

As for GPU and why spend a bit extra, EVGA is in my opinion best manufacturer in thye world when it comes to graphics cards.
Premium components, premium customer support, premium warranty terms.
If you ever decide to watercool the gpu, you can do it without voiding warranty, with EVGA cards that is.
Worth paying extra imho.
I chose PSU based on personal experience.
I own this one for over 2 years without fault. It is quiet, unlike many PSUs.
And cables are sweet - plus they match your color preference. Motherboard cables are all black, gpu cables are all red.
Heatsink choice is also my favorite. I own the black version, it is great and does awesome job with 2 slow moving fans (4770k, stock speed, mid 20s idle, mid 40s full load).
Fans have very good price/noise/performance ratio.
 
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This is an age old battle I suppose but from the price of these air coolers on the CPU it's the same if not less to get a closed loop water cooler. My question is why would you go for an air cooler an not a clean efficient closed loop set up?
 
As far as my comment on graphics cards goes, that's all I've ever been told! Could anyone point out a reason to go amd over nividia?
 
Mantle, and mining capabilities, that's about it. Otherwise I'd go Nvidia for ShadowPlay, huge stability difference between AMD and Nvidia, not saying there is no problems with Nvidia but much less. But there's personal choice, they are both very good :)
 
Personal choice, some like Red, some Green, some want price per performance, some want mantle, some want shadowplay.

Easiest thing to do is find your price point, research all the GPU's in that price point and ultimately...Pick one.

They both do the same job, just in a different shell.
 
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