Custom built PC for gaming

bruceg87 · 20 Apr 2015 at 23:25

I have built my last 2 computers, but due to an unfortunate circumstance I don't have my PC anymore, so in need of a gaming PC.

Just need an opinion on what I have picked so far. I would like to have a big case and the last PC I had was the 900d and loved it. Not sure if I should keep the 980 or go 2x970 Sli, I will SLI the 980 once the prices comes down. Bear in mind, I dont want to change a part for the next 2 years, 3 if I am lucky. Also 3 drives, one for windows, games and documents/programs that are not games. Budget similar to the total below.

1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980 £469.99

1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard £359.99

1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) £335.99

1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D £299.99

1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 £179.99

1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD £174.95

1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD £92.99

1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £92.99

1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £89.99 inc VAT

1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB £67.99 inc VAT

1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter £67.99 inc VAT

Total : £2,220.58 with Shipping

stulid · 20 Apr 2015 at 23:27

Hi and welcome.

Are you set on X99 then? many will tell you all you need for gaming is Z97+4790K, but if its what you want I can do a spec.

The 900D maybe large and all that but so are some of the Phantek cases.

And lastly can you build this PC?

I can do you some sort of white+black thing,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £525.94
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2981-KR) £449.99
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C13 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX426C13PB2K4/16) £215.99
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 Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - White £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £92.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / White £69.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,996.44 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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Orange+black,

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2981-KR) £449.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £335.99
1 x Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £218.99
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C13 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX426C13PB2K4/16) £215.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/Orange £199.99
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 Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £92.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Orange £69.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £2,113.04 (includes shipping : £16.85).

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Small and powerful with a TitanX,

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (12G-P4-2990) £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 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 Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £92.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro ATX Case - Black £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
Total : £2,178.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

No optical drive is possible on this last one unless its a USB external one, also it seems a shame to ruin some of these cases good looks with an internal DVD drive. So instead go external?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x Samsung SE-S208GB/TSWS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - White £21.98
Total : £48.96 (includes shipping : £4.16).

lee32uk · 21 Apr 2015 at 17:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (12G-P4-2990) £899.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving** £410.94
1 x SK Hynix 512GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (HFS512G32MNB-2202A) £152.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2BZ1) £129.95
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 SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
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
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
Total : £2,202.38 (includes shipping : £14.75).

bruceg87 · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:53

Building the computer shouldn't be a problem, last two were pretty simple and the second was much easier (both were gaming computers)...
I don't mind paying a lot for the 900D, lets just say I still want to make it difficult for someone to walk out my front door with my desktop...
Thanks to both of you in taking the time in picking the pieces both look good I would rather purchase DDR4 Mobo and RAM should have mentioned that to.

Out of the mobos which is most likely to replaced in the future? Also I would rather not spend so much on the graphics card its quite a hefty price, unless I would not have to replace it for 10 years.

stulid · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:57

Z97 has twoor three months left in it before Z170 and socket 1151 comes out with a new range of CPUS called skylake to replace Haswell/devils canyon.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18666652

X99 is the newest platform and the one with 6 or eight (or if you use XEONS even more) core CPUs, while Skylake is still four core or four core with Hyperthreading etc.

The Phanteks Enthoo Primo is a large case and can swallow lots of water cooling parts.

bruceg87 · 21 Apr 2015 at 19:15

Correct would rather get the X99, which combo with CPU out of the two should last a bit then?

stulid · 21 Apr 2015 at 19:17

Im biased to the one in the middle (SOC Champion) as it is what I currently use.

bruceg87 · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:13

Thanks Stulid, I am going to fork out on the top graphics card actually, as I just remembered I have the Asus PG278Q ROG Swift monitor. I am a bit of a nooby when it comes to difference in mobos but what is the difference between the one I picked and your champion?

Josh · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:16

bruceg87 said:
Thanks Stulid, I am going to fork out on the top graphics card actually, as I just remembered I have the Asus PG278Q ROG Swift monitor. I am a bit of a nooby when it comes to difference in mobos but what is the difference between the one I picked and your champion?

I love that "I just remembered I have a £500+ Monitor"

Dude how could you forget having that beast!

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:18

Hi,

Obviously there is a £150 difference in price between the two board.

The SOC Champion has just four RAM slots moved closer to the cpu socket to reduce signal latency and overall the board is aimed squarely at performance+overclocking.

Gigabyte have a UK base RMA center and excellent support.

And if thats not enough to convince you, this board is continually breaking world records.

All these are world records set by 8pack over the weekend using the SOC Champion,

http://hwbot.org/submission/2834952...rformance_4x_geforce_gtx_titan_x_117376_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834948_8_pack_3dmark___fire_strike_4x_geforce_gtx_titan_x_43380_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834969_8_pack_3dmark___fire_strike_geforce_gtx_titan_x_24092_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834972_8_pack_3dmark11___performance_geforce_gtx_titan_x_32581_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834982_8_pack_catzilla___720p_geforce_gtx_titan_x_53969_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834967...trike_extreme_geforce_gtx_titan_x_11670_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834975...__performance_geforce_gtx_titan_x_88374_marks

modd1uk · 24 Apr 2015 at 14:38

stulid said:
Hi,

Obviously there is a £150 difference in price between the two board.

The SOC Champion has just four RAM slots moved closer to the cpu socket to reduce signal latency and overall the board is aimed squarely at performance+overclocking.

Gigabyte have a UK base RMA center and excellent support.

And if thats not enough to convince you, this board is continually breaking world records.

All these are world records set by 8pack over the weekend using the SOC Champion,

http://hwbot.org/submission/2834952...rformance_4x_geforce_gtx_titan_x_117376_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834948_8_pack_3dmark___fire_strike_4x_geforce_gtx_titan_x_43380_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834969_8_pack_3dmark___fire_strike_geforce_gtx_titan_x_24092_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834972_8_pack_3dmark11___performance_geforce_gtx_titan_x_32581_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834982_8_pack_catzilla___720p_geforce_gtx_titan_x_53969_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834967...trike_extreme_geforce_gtx_titan_x_11670_marks
http://hwbot.org/submission/2834975...__performance_geforce_gtx_titan_x_88374_marks

Surely that has more to do with the 4 Titan X cards rather than the mobo?

stulid · 24 Apr 2015 at 14:47

But why is he using a SOC champion and not the more expensive board

modd1uk · 24 Apr 2015 at 14:53

I misinterpreted your post, I thought the SOC was the more expensive board. Hell if its £150 cheaper and gets good results then it has to be worth a shot !