Gaming + Development Build around £1600

vguzzi

vguzzi

vguzzi

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Hey Guys,

Could you please have a look at a potential build I'm going to order? If I've listed some things that are not compatible etc then let me know :) I've only built one PC before and that was 4 years ago.

I am pretty stuck to the 760t case, I know it's expensive but I'm willing to pay more for it. I also want a more expensive motherboard with a decent sound card on it I've done quite a bit of research on that too.

I have no idea what to do with the RAM. I read some reviews about the g.skills ram and everyone is raving about how good they are, I also like the design of them (I'm going for a red and black theme). But does dual channel and higher clocks justify the price difference?

I've already got windows 8 professional ready to install and a couple of monitors.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £373.98
1 x G.Skill TridentX Fan 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-2666C11D-16GTXD) £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £156.95
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011044-WW) £144.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Demciflex Dust filter kit for Corsair 760T - Black / Black £47.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00
Total : £1,606.48 (includes shipping : £14.75).




 
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It would need to run suites like 3DS max, Unity and Photoshop quite well. Although I'm sure the above build would support this so I probably shouldn't have mentioned it :) .

I'm gonna shove another 1tb SSD in it when I have the money
 
personally, I'd go (and did go) x99 with a 5820k for the 6-core CPU

I use 3Ds Max, UE4 and Photoshop and its great :)

I also have a 980 paired with it for gaming/hardware rendering which eats up anything I throw at it, except Arma 3 :(
 
cliffo88 said:
personally, I'd go (and did go) x99 with a 5820k for the 6-core CPU

I use 3Ds Max, UE4 and Photoshop and its great :)

I also have a 980 paired with it for gaming/hardware rendering which eats up anything I throw at it, except Arma 3 :(
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Yeah I've done a lot of pondering over whether to go with the new chip set and adding up the costs it seems just a little too expensive. I came to the conclusion that I'd rather have an expensive x97 build than a cheap x99 build. I still think an i7-4790k would hold up pretty well in most situations. But if someone can make me an x99 build for around the same price and with mostly the same peripherals and it turns out to be better I'd consider going down that route!
 
unless I missed something that's a £77 difference....

will £77 break the bank? considering you are spending £48 on a set of dust filters...


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x MSI X99S Gaming 7 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Crucial 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C16 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (CT4K4G4DFS8213) £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £156.95
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011044-WW) £144.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £85.99
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Demciflex Dust filter kit for Corsair 760T - Black / Black £47.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00
Total : £1,683.48 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
cliffo88 said:
unless I missed something that's a £77 difference....

will £77 break the bank? considering you are spending £48 on a set of dust filters...


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x MSI X99S Gaming 7 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Crucial 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C16 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (CT4K4G4DFS8213) £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £156.95
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011044-WW) £144.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £85.99
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Demciflex Dust filter kit for Corsair 760T - Black / Black £47.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00
Total : £1,683.48 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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Wow.. When I looked there was more than a £300 price increase. The only problem is that the RAM is ugly as hell and will spoil the design, I also wanted a bigger PSU encase I wanted to put another GPU in, I've also got my heart quite set on a 105 cpu cooler, I like that I don't have to maintain it.
 
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vguzzi said:
Wow.. When I looked there was more than a £300 price increase. The only problem is that the RAM is ugly as hell and will spoil the design, I also wanted a bigger PSU encase I wanted to put another GPU in, I've also got my heart quite set on a 105 cpu cooler, I like that I don't have to maintain it.
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Fair enough, either way they will be powerful systems.

Options are options though!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 980 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (F4-2400C15Q-16GRR) £215.99
1 x MSI X99S Gaming 7 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £156.95
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011044-WW) £144.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Demciflex Dust filter kit for Corsair 760T - Black / Black £47.99
Total : £1,756.48 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Hmm so it seems to only be about £150 more... Is it worth it to future proof it? Will the 5820k perform as good as the 4790k on games, with an overclock maybe? What would be the benefit of choosing one or the other.
 
After doing some more research people are really saying that the i7-4790k is better than the 5820k..

I could get the 4790k and upgrade my motherboard, cpu and ram in a few years when DDR4 gets cheaper and the CPU is a big improvement (or cheaper for the mid tier one).
 
vguzzi said:
After doing some more research people are really saying that the i7-4790k is better than the 5820k..

I could get the 4790k and upgrade my motherboard, cpu and ram in a few years when DDR4 gets cheaper and the CPU is a big improvement (or cheaper for the mid tier one).
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If the core for core clock is what is important to you then go for it.

But for me, weighing it all up, I went for the 6 core for my development work, and I'm yet to encounter a game where I don't get over 60fps at 1080p at max settings (Arma 3 aside).

I'm not planning on over-clocking as I really don't see a need to at this point.
 
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I have a 4790 in my second PC and for my dev work the x99 is better. For games, they perform about the same unless i have other things running in the background, the x99 wins then.
 
FredFlint said:
I have a 4790 in my second PC and for my dev work the x99 is better. For games, they perform about the same unless i have other things running in the background, the x99 wins then.
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Maybe this is the answer, build both!

I agree with Fred though...people get so hung up on benchmarks and numbers.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super JetStream 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X980H14G2-2042J) £409.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x GeIL EVO Potenza 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (GPR416GB2400C15QC) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £156.95
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011044-WW) £144.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Demciflex Dust filter kit for Corsair 760T - Black / Black £47.99
Total : £1,662.53 (includes shipping : £14.75).




http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/palit-gtx980-super-jetstream-oc-review/
 
stulid said:
Th Gskill is.

But unless you are a overclocker you can save money with,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001008G-2BZ1) £139.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD316G2666HC11CDC01) £107.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £106.99
Total : £364.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Thanks :)

Whats the process like for overclocking RAM to their advertised speeds? Is it quite difficult? Recommended?.. Or will it even make much of a noticeable difference anyways? :))

EDIT: I just realized that the £107 ram is 2666 speed too, why are the G.skills so much more expensive?

I think I am going to go for my original build, the motherboard supports next gen CPU's aswell (i think) so when I did want to upgrade would just need a new CPU and DDR4 ram
 
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