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Looking at replacing my machine (finally). How does this look as a starting point? Don't want to go over £2500 really.

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Considerations:

- Not sure about going X99 or Z97?
- Is 750W PSU enough?
- Are coolers like the Corsair H100i worth it? I like the sound of maintenance-less watercooling.
- Might look at other cases
- Am I missing any bits? I have a monitor, KB, mouse, sound card, optical drive that will be transplanted.

Cheers

EDIT: Forgot to mention I game at 1440p
 
Hi,

If you only game then all you need is Z97+i5 or i7.

Looking at what you specced,

Yes a 750W PSU is good enough for this, but i would get a bigger one if you wanted to add a 2nd TitanX (you dont have to for 1440)

The 4TB black is expensive and a more normally priced seagate or red, blue green etc will save money.

Not sure that cooler works with that RAM on this board.


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £899.99
1 x Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£20 Saving*** £485.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £164.99
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C12 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX424C12PB2K4/16) £155.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 240mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £94.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro ATX Case - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
Total : £2,130.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).




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You do know that a GTX980 is plenty for 1440P?


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £461.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £164.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 240mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £94.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
Total : £1,673.50 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
Cheers, I like the case and corsair cooler options you've chosen. I assume the cases fit the radiators?

Do Barracudas not have a bit of a bad rep for reliability or is that not the case anymore?

Regarding the GPU, I just want the best single-card solution available now and hopefully it will last a few years. Maybe the Titan + your Z97 build is the best compromise on value?
 
The case and coolers do fit.

I've had a few different HDD such as Seagate Barracuda (different sizes and versions) WD Red, Black, Green etc, none have ever failed me.


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (12G-P4-2990) £899.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £164.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Case & HCG-620M 620W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU Bundle £120.91
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1250 Liquid CPU Cooler £55.99
Total : £1,911.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The PSu included with this case is still good for a single TitanX.


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (12G-P4-2990) £899.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £164.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 240mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £94.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
Total : £2,107.50 (includes shipping : £14.75).




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What do you currently have now by the way?

And AMD will have new 300 series announced and nvidia will have a GTX980 ti/Ultra to compete and steal their thunder.

P.S you also do not need the xtra cables as they are just for added bling.
 
stulid said:
What do you currently have now by the way?

And AMD will have new 300 series announced and nvidia will have a GTX980 ti/Ultra to compete and steal their thunder.

P.S you also do not need the xtra cables as they are just for added bling.
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Thanks for your help so far.

I currently have a E8500 C2D @ 4Ghz, 4GB DDR2 and a b-grade R280X from ocuk that is artifacting in games.
 
Far enough as long as its something worth upgrading from and not a 2500K or something newer.
 
I think I originally built my rig in 2007. Apart from a new PSU and the R280X it's lasted me well.

The next-gen consoles finished it off though.:(
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (12G-P4-2990) £899.99
1 x MSI X99S SLI Plus - TeamGroup 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Intel X99 Motherboard Bundle **£40 OFF** £249.98
- 1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £335.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £164.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £119.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - White £114.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / White £69.95
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14S 140mm CPU Cooler £38.99
Total : £2,224.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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