Build Advice 1440p Gaming

Khrest · 10 Jan 2016 at 13:23

Looking to get another 3+ years out of a build, the same as my i7 2700k + 660ti has given me. I'm currently working with the following:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower Case - Black= £114.95
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Extreme Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90505-10P)= £599.99
1 x 8Pack Approved - Elite Tier Haswell-E Bundle: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4125MHz, Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5P,= £969.74
1 x Corsair RM Series RMi 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020083-UK)= £120.95

Total: £1,820.33
(includes shipping: £14.70)

I've no need for an optical drive and the 512gb drive in the bundle should suffice until 1tb SSDs come down a bit and I can fit a secondary drive. At 1440p I dont see a need for SLI, shame as I'd love one of the SWARM watercooled monsters but the SLI would be wasted on me. The budget is flexible, for probably the only time in my life, so I want something that will last and give me reliable, quiet performance.

diamount · 10 Jan 2016 at 13:36

Do you plan to do anything other than gaming? If not then maybe swap that for a skylake motherboard bundle?

lee32uk · 10 Jan 2016 at 13:42

Going from an i7 2700K to an i7 5820K won't give you much performance increase if you are only gaming.

marc2003 · 10 Jan 2016 at 13:49

^Agreed. The upgrade from 660ti to 980ti will be enormous and the 2700k is more than enough to power it.

a66as · 10 Jan 2016 at 15:07

Are you looking for something to build anew in? how about a new case and a 980ti as others have said your cpu is still pretty powerful, and the only sensible choice for an upgrade would be a 5820k which wont give you a lot of gaming benefit

Padraig · 10 Jan 2016 at 15:18

850 watt psu is over kill a gold rated 650 watt psu would be fine unless your gonna sli.

Khrest · 10 Jan 2016 at 16:21

Thanks guys.

Several of you have mentioned the 2700k still being viable, and it's a rock stable 4.3ghz overclock so I do see that. It's fast enough for what I use the system for really (Lightroom, Photoshop and gaming).

So maybe this would make more sense, assuming I want to swap cases to make it feel a bit more 'new'...

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Extreme Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90505-10P)= £599.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RMi 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020081-UK)= £98.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower Case - Black= £114.95
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99

Total: £967.12
(includes shipping: £13.20)

The SSD is used for games storage only as I already have a 250gb Samsung SSD as a boot drive.

Only other question was whether to pay a few quid extra for a hybrid ti card; I already have a Corsair watercooled cpu and my pc currently is pretty much silent. Do the hybrids give much in the way of noise reduction or are they a bit of a gimmick?