Building a new Pc, Need some advice.

[Kendros]

Hello,

I am building another PC and wanted some advice on a few things, firstly, this is what I got so far:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £449.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) £151.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R) £125.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £100.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £85.99
1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive £77.99
Total : £1,482.86 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




This will be mainly a gaming rig but will also be used for video editing and adobe suite work, some of the queries I got are the following:

1) Is the GTX 980 worth it? I keep hearing mixed reviews, some people saying to go 970, others suggesting spending a bit more for the 980 TI.

2) Is the case good? Should everything fit in there fine and would I need more fans?

3) Anything else on the build I should add/remove/change? Some things might be better/the same at a cheaper price or might be a bit more expensive but a lot better.

4) This is more of a side question, I am still after two 23 inch Monitors and a Gaming Keyboard and mouse, anyone got any suggestions?

I got a lot of questions I know but better be safe then sorry, any advice and suggestions will be gladly listened to!

 

[mickyflinn]

Remove the G.Skill Ripjaws 4 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 ram it doesnt go with the motherboard
as that supports DDR3

 

[Kendros]

Ops that was a Mistake, I though I added a different brand 16GB, let me edit that.

 

[Deathjester]

Ops that was a Mistake, I though I added a different brand 16GB, let me edit that.

You have 2 lots of DDR 3 ram in there now...

I would recommend a good Mechanical keyboard over a gaming specific one.
I would also suggest buying a mouse you like the feel of as it very much depends on what grip you use.

 

[Kendros]

You have 2 lots of DDR 3 ram in there now...

I would recommend a good Mechanical keyboard over a gaming specific one.
I would also suggest buying a mouse you like the feel of as it very much depends on what grip you use.

Not my day...just doing this while also working makes for some stupid mistakes.

Thats a good idea for keyboard and mouse, thank you!
As for the rest of the build, does it look ok?

 

[t-rex]

I'd be tempted to spend the extra £100 for a 980Ti. Either that, or get the MSI 980 and save a bit.

 

[Kendros]

I'd be tempted to spend the extra £100 for a 980Ti. Either that, or get the MSI 980 and save a bit.

Yeah I might upgrade to the 980TI.

 

[mickyflinn]

Vritually same cost as cpu and motherboard you specced but get gaming 7 instead of 5.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £370.98
Total : £370.98 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 

[stulid]

If you pick wisely then you can make it look very nice if you want red+black,

Thats a skylake cpu+Gigabyte SLI board, black kingston RAM, MSI card, NZXT H440 case and one of those alpenfohn black coolers.

 

[Kendros]

That looks awesome, I will look to see how much it would cost me.
Also, anyone got answers to my other questions?

 

[mickyflinn]

Are you gaming across 2 monitors?

 

[Kendros]

I am not using both monitors for the same game, most of the time it will be games on one monitor while something else is being done on the other or 2 games each on a different monitor (mostly for the turn based games).