Computer Spec

[Manners93]

Need a black and white computer spec for my brother, wants a 980ti in it (maybe sli?) with a lot of storage space (hes getting into steaming and video making so hardware has to also suit that! He also wants his soundcard in it - Creative zXr is what I believe it to be. Budget for this build is apparently whatever will get the job done for him to the best possible standard, whatever that means I dont know how much gaming/streaming/video making computers are worth so Im gonna slap a price tag in the region of about 2500.



On a side note for myself, would anyone be able to recommend a top of the range gaming monitor (personal review of it please if you can)

 

[ExRayTed]

YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Hall of Fame 8 Pack Approved Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £529.99 (£1,059.98)
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***30 Saving*** £506.98
1 x Creative Sound Blaster ZxR PCI-Express High Performance Sound Card - Retail (70SB151000001) £169.99
1 x Panram Ninja-V 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 3200MHz Quad Channel Kit - White (PUD43200C164G4NJW) £166.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1300W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G2-1300-XR) £164.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £149.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - White £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £100.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD30EFRX £94.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / White £69.95
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 140mm fan white LEDs - white £13.99 (£27.98)
1 x CableMod Basic Cable Comb Kit for E-Series - Clear £8.99
Total : £2,669.47 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



The only top tier gaming monitor I've got personal experience of is the Asus Rog Swift 27in - utterly jaw dropping when I first saw it in action.

 

[lee32uk]

£2700 is in the region of £2500 right ?

Onboard audio is very good these days, so you could drop the sound card.

The two EK White fans are replacements for the standard Black ones. They are optional as are the braided cables and LED strip.

I also wasn't sure if the EK cooler would fit in the Phanteks Luxe as it is about 68mm deep with fans, and the Luxe takes up to 65mm AFAIK before it meets the motherboard. The Primo has extra clearance at 70mm. You could possibly put it in the front of the Luxe.


YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Hall of Fame 8 Pack Approved Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £529.99 (£1,059.98)
1 x Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £311.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/White £199.99
1 x MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £189.95
1 x Creative Sound Blaster ZxR PCI-Express High Performance Sound Card - Retail (70SB151000001) £169.99
1 x EK Water Blocks Predator 240 All In One Watercooling Solution £168.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova P2 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (220-P2-1000-XR) £161.99
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - White (TLWED416G3000HC16AQC01) £119.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / White £69.95
1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 60cm £25.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-Vardar F4-120ER (2200rpm) White £11.99 (£23.98)
Total : £2,716.08 (includes shipping : £19.50 Ex.VAT).

 

[Danny75]

Think his bro may already have the soundcard.

I don't video edit myself. But I've read that a rule of thumb for video editing is not to have the Media Cache on the same drive as the OS.


YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Hall of Fame 8 Pack Approved Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £529.99 (£1,059.98)
1 x Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £311.99
1 x MSI X99A SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive £169.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £149.99
1 x Avexir Core White Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001608G-4CIW) - White Light £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011078-WW) £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Seagate 4TB 5900RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST4000DM000) £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £100.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
2 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001) £59.99 (£119.98)
Total : £2,731.56 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



He can have a total of 11 drives (including the M.2) with that motherboard + case.

The 256GB M.2 SSD is for the editing software's Media Cache.

The 500GB SSD is for OS/Programs/Games.

2 x 2TB Seagates for Raw Footage/Scratch and Final Outputs (7200 RPM).

1 x 4TB Seagate for backup (5900 RPM - backup doesn't need to be as fast).

There are other storage setup solutions, possibly better ones, like having the Scratch on yet another separate SSD, so he should do his homework well on this aspect of the build, although it will obviously "work" with minimal drives if needed.