First time build budget £2800

nadesicod25

nadesicod25

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Looking to build my first computer specially for gaming my old computer is about 7 years old and looking for a big performance jump or improvement over the old that will last me another 5-6 years.


Old specs is i7 920 and GTX 680 no SSD and 12gb ddr3 ram.
 
That's quite a budget.

That said I couldn't spend much more than I have in good conscience as the extra spent really wouldn't offer much performance gain. Haswell-E is nice and all, but other than extra PCI-E lanes, doesn't really offer anything over Haswell for gamers. You could spend on extra GPUs and monitors I suppose. If that floats your boat say so and I can revise the spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £599.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti Superclocked ACX 2.0+ 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-4993-KR) **OcUK Exclusive** £589.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £373.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit £119.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £109.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova B2 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Hybrid Modular Power Supply (110-B2-0850-V3) £75.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £58.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua White 30cm £20.95
1 x Corsair SP140 Twin Pack Red LED Fans (CO-9050034-WW) £19.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.95
Total : £2,315.22 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
Maybe wait for star citizen to actually be somewhere closer to being completed.

Skylake is out in August/September.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £599.99
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £549.95
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548338) £449.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
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 Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Titanium Green £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle £59.83
- 1 x No Fan Controller Required £0.00
- 1 x Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA2011 (35-150-0000015) £4.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £58.99
Total : £2,483.68 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
Hold on to your budget and get something closer to release. By then you may be able to chuck in an Oculus Rift.
 
Yes, wait until after release. However, that shouldn't stop you from a partial upgrade now. Get yourself a SSD and a GTX 980 Ti or Titan X now and enjoy a significant speed boost. You'll transfer these to your new PC later.
 
Considering Star Citizen won't be out for another 2 years at least, I'd echo what others are saying and wait (because performance will be all over the place and constantly fluctuating atm). On the other hand, CPU tech has slowed down to a crawl, so a 5820K will last you the time you need it to with no worries. Secondly, besides GPU all the other stuff can easily last you too (e.g. case, fans, coolers, drives etc.) at most you'd gain some $ by waiting. Only the GPU is something I'd say it's worth waiting for as Pascal is supposed to be coming out next year and that is rumoured to signify a big performance improvement.

So instead of just waiting you could upgrade everything BUT the GPU and then splurge on that next year.
 
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