Could do with some help please.....??

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Deffers

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Hi everyone

I am a little new to PC gaming, we recently anyway. Years ago I had a 2.8 pentium 4 based system and this June I will be the grand old age of 50!! So, I was wondering if you would have a gander at the system I intend to have built and give me some feedback. I'm currently using an Eizo Foris monitor but intend to upgrade to 1440p this year at some point.

Would anyone be able to advise if Overclockers would be able to put this together for me as I would not have a clue where to start?? And if so, what would they charge ish??

Many thanks, Steve :)

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(£479.99) £799.98
(£959.98)
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
(£239.99) £199.99
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SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White £134.99
(£161.99) £134.99
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TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £108.29
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Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.49
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OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair Carbide 500R Midi-Tower Case - White - Noise Dampened OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair Carbide 500R Midi-Tower Case - White - Noise Dampened £101.66
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Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £73.33
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Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £58.29
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Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £56.66
(£67.99) £56.66
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OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £33.29
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Welcome,

You can ask in CS or give them a call, im sure they can sort you out a quote. Even though some of them parts are out of stock.

If you don't need them specific parts you can always use the online configurator.

Is this you're fully finished list, do you want any advice on amendments?

Going to be honest, its pretty much bang on. Personally i wouldn't go for a sound dampened case with 2 780ti's in it. It'll damage your airflow and raise the temps.

I'd look a just a standard case, may be like the 450D or 540 Air.

Is this just a pure gaming rig?

EDIT:

this is my idea of a beautiful gaming rig.

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £479.99 (£959.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £131.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
2 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £22 (£44.00)
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
Total : £1,951.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
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Doomedspeed said:
Welcome,

You can ask in CS or give them a call, im sure they can sort you out a quote. Even though some of them parts are out of stock.

If you don't need them specific parts you can always use the online configurator.

Is this you're fully finished list, do you want any advice on amendments?

Going to be honest, its pretty much bang on. Personally i wouldn't go for a sound dampened case with 2 780ti's in it. It'll damage your airflow and raise the temps.

I'd look a just a standard case, may be like the 450D or 540 Air.

Is this just a pure gaming rig?
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Thank your for the very fast reply.... I have tried to use the configurator but I was going for a white theme, so the memory, case and psu needed to match. The only reason for the sound proofing is my Mrs will kick right off if it's noisy, we have a Dell XPS 420 at the moment and it sounds like my car ticking over!!

I would be very gratefull for any advise, amendments, as I said I'm very new to all of this and would like to make sure my final system is the best it can be. I had considered a couple of inno3d ichill dhs 780ti's, read a couple of reviews and they seem to be very nice. Not sure if 2 would fit on my motherboard though?

The pc will be used for gaming, for the most part but also for photo editing and a movie edit or two. The only reason I went for the i7 and not the i5.

Thanks again
 
Doomedspeed said:
Welcome,

You can ask in CS or give them a call, im sure they can sort you out a quote. Even though some of them parts are out of stock.

If you don't need them specific parts you can always use the online configurator.

Is this you're fully finished list, do you want any advice on amendments?

Going to be honest, its pretty much bang on. Personally i wouldn't go for a sound dampened case with 2 780ti's in it. It'll damage your airflow and raise the temps.

I'd look a just a standard case, may be like the 450D or 540 Air.

Is this just a pure gaming rig?

EDIT:

this is my idea of a beautiful gaming rig.

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £479.99 (£959.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £131.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
2 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £22 (£44.00)
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
Total : £1,951.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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That does look good, the case is great, they do a white one so that would keep the Mrs happy. What do you think about the 2x inno3d 780ti's?
 
do eeet properly! ;p
YOUR BASKET
2 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Crucial M500 480GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT480M500SSD1) £164.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 630 High Performance Modular Ultra Tower Case - Black £145.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £131.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x XSPC RX360 Triple Fan Radiator V3 £84.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD20EFRX - OEM HDD £74.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 PWM X-RES (incl. pump) £74.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £73.99 (£147.98)
1 x XSPC RX240 Dual Fan Radiator V3 £64.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
2 x Monsoon 16/11mm (ID 7/16 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - Matte Black £27.95 (£55.90)
3 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22 (£66.00)
2 x Mayhems X1 Clear Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/11 - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £2,225.86 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
tamzzy said:
do eeet properly! ;p
YOUR BASKET
2 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Crucial M500 480GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT480M500SSD1) £164.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 630 High Performance Modular Ultra Tower Case - Black £145.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £131.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x XSPC RX360 Triple Fan Radiator V3 £84.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD20EFRX - OEM HDD £74.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 PWM X-RES (incl. pump) £74.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £73.99 (£147.98)
1 x XSPC RX240 Dual Fan Radiator V3 £64.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
2 x Monsoon 16/11mm (ID 7/16 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - Matte Black £27.95 (£55.90)
3 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22 (£66.00)
2 x Mayhems X1 Clear Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/11 - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £2,225.86 (includes shipping : £16.85).

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Thanks for the help mate but I wanted to use nvidia cards, the rest of looks bloody amazing though!!
 
tamzzy said:
t'was a quick punt ;p
just showing what you can do with watercooling ;p
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I'd love a rig the is water-cooled, and thanks again. I know so little about this stuff I'm grateful for your advise. I have been reading up on the AMD cards and I'm just a little worried about driver problems and the like, it seems nvidia have a bit of an edge where that stuff is concerned. Because of my noobness, I want a system that is kind of easy to use, just to give me time to get my head around the other tech stuff, I'm confident that once I do have a bit of an idea i'll love the tweaking side of things.
 
tamzzy said:
amd's drivers have improved vastly over the years. im using a amd card and i've had no problems with it whatsoever
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I have just had a quick price up of a AMD 290 x 2 system. Would save me a nice few quid......... Just not sure, maybe I'll have a read up and see. This isn't being put together until the end of June so I have time, Intel have some new processors coming out soon I believe and price dependent I may go for one of those.

I should imagine a lot may change with my suggested system, and that was the point of me joining this forum. I used to have an AMD card, can't remember what it was called but it was the dog's back in the day lol. I managed with that so i'm open to AMD suggestions now. :)
 
I have a 280x and I have never had driver problems. Older card was AMD too, no problems either.

AMD generally have better bang for buck cards, but at 2K, I don;t think that's the main problem :p
 
The__Malteser said:
I have a 280x and I have never had driver problems. Older card was AMD too, no problems either.

AMD generally have better bang for buck cards, but at 2K, I don;t think that's the main problem :p
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I've always had nvidia cards other than one so I guess I am a little swayed in that direction, but it's just a case of that's what I know. I agree the bang for the buck definitely sway's toward AMD. The 2k is a problem lol......... It's a lot of money and I would be happy to make a saving and get a decent rig.

I have time and I just want to get this right and to be honest I hadn't really considered AMD but now I am so all is cool............
 
tamzzy said:
sli 780ti vs xfire 290x
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1073?vs=1075

not much between them
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No their isn't...... Got me thinking now lol :confused:

I need to look at this again, I thought I had it sussed, well nearly sussed. I'm going to look into this a bit more. What's that 295 x2 card like, I see it seems to wipe the board with pretty much everything when I've been looking for 780ti benchmarks ??
 
tamzzy said:
yes, and more overclocking headroom
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Please don't think me cheeky. Would you be as kind as to get a system together with a top price of 2500 and post it for me?? I don't know if this is possible for that money but that is my limit, unless it only goes a little over lol
 
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