Best Bang for Buck Performance Gaming PC

RJWN100

RJWN100

RJWN100

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Hi, am new to the forum but no a little about building a gaming pc. I'm after some advice on picking component for my new build. Would like best price performance for the money but want to play all games at max settings. What I've come up with so far is:

CPU: i5 4670k
Motherboard: ASUS Hero VII
Graphics Cards: gtx 970 sli
Case: TJ07
Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift 2560x1440
PSU: ???
Memory: ???
Keyboard: ???
Mouse: ???
Headset: ???

Want to watercool as well.
 
If you didn't want G-Sync which I don't blame you for wanting then the R9 290 would be best but less power and heat from the GTX 970 in SLI probably wins it anyway.

PSU would probably be best looking in the 800w-1000w range, I'd look at the EVGA Supernova series for the 10 year warranty and you don't really pay much of a premium over any other decent makes.

Memory OCUK has a good deal atm on this. Get either 16GB or 8GB doesn't really matter but for future proofing 16GB might be best.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=2913&catid=2920

Keyboard I'd get a mechanical because I couldn't live without mine but what switches do you want? If not mechanical then just get any cheapo.

For the mouse I have been eying up the Logitech G502, has a sensor with no acceleration and 12000dpi which is totally overkill but it also depends on you hands.
 
I can't see any reason whatsoever why you would need more than 650W Gold Rated PSU. A GTX 970 SLI core i5 system will pull somewhere in the region of about 450W and the watercooling isn't going to add much to that.
 
cheers for input. Was thinking of going with an 850w psu. I heard corsair are pretty good. If its 80+ gold would any 850w PSU be a good buy?

When it comes to the water cooling what do I need as this is still fairly new to me.

Thanks
 
 
i would say that:
Graphics Cards: gtx 970 sli
is over kill, just get a single 970, it does the job and games where it doesn't have poor sli support generally anyway.
You could put the money towards the 2nd 970 towards g sync monitor and get better experience imo
 
Budget is around the 2k mark. Am hoping the build will last into 2015 gaming at least.

Would you say a single card is better than sli then?
 
I would go sli for max performance, my 780 has a hard time at 2560x1600 some settings will need to be turned down a bit so I can see the same happening on a single 970
 
750W PSU will be high enough, 850W is overkill.

Headset wise, I'd highly recommend SteelSeries Siberia V2. My V1 is still going strong 5/6 years on..!

My mouse: Roccat Kone Pure HellFire Red. My hands aren't small, nor are they big, but it works perfectly for me. I play on 400DPI so any mice with ridiculous DPI availablility is just pointless to me. Anything over 2000 seems ridiculous enough...
KB: Roccat ISKU FX
^^ Got the above with a small roccat mousemat too on some awesome reduced bundle thing at PC World (don't think they even do the bundle anymore) for £69! Less than the KB on its own ^_^

Razer peripherals are very good too.
 
Yep I need everything. Apart from speakers. I've been looking at custom watercooling loops as well. Is one loop enough or is dual better? Also, mahem pastel dyes...any good?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £399.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving** £384.98
1 x Roccat - Value Gamer Bundle £118.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
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 Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £71.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 III - USB 3.0 ATX Case - Seidon Promotion Free cooler Master Seidon £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
Total : £1,985.81 (includes shipping : ).




I'm not convinced your budget allows for custom water cooling unless you make sacrifices to the monitor, i7 to i5 etc.


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YOUR BASKET
1 x Acer XB270HA 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £349.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £319.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC980 GTX - Acetal £79.99
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 Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £32.27
- 1 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/11 - Clear £5.99
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTS-Lite 360 £36.98
- 1 x XSPC X2O 750 Dual Bayres/Pump (Black) V4 £59.98
- 1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £49.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Ozone RAGE ST Gaming Headset - Black £28.99
1 x Mayhems Blitz Basic Cleaning System £19.99
2 x XSPC G1/4" 90° Rotary Fitting (Black Chrome) £4.49 (£8.98)
2 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.49 (£6.98)
Total : £1,813.26 (includes shipping : £22.20).



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