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apoclyps

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My current rig has seen better days. At 5-6 years old, it has already been upgraded as far as it can go. I have been looking at the following spec for a new build. Any advice or recommendations based upon whats in my basket so far?

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
3 x Acer K272HUL 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Slim Bezel Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £319.99 (£959.97)
1 x Samsung 750GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE750BW) £269.99
1 x "Steamroller MSI X99" - Intel Core i7 Haswell-E DDR4 Configurable Bundle £185.04
- 1 x Phanteks PH-TC14CS CPU Cooler - Black £65.99
- 1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M4A2666C15) £249.95
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £149.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 ATX/EATX Case With Attached Modular 915R M-ITX Case Black £139.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99
Total : £3,093.94 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
Personally I'd go for something other than 3 27" 1080p monitors especially if you want to use it for something other than gaming. If you're using it for coding then a 1440p monitor is going to be better as it will give you more vertical screen estate for scrolling down lines of text. With 34" 21:9 monitors available now I don't really see there being much need for triple monitor surround setups.
 
x3 Screens and x2 GPUs I would go with something around the 1000W+ PSU mark.

Always better to have too much than not enough.
 
silvagti said:
Personally I'd go for something other than 3 27" 1080p monitors especially if you want to use it for something other than gaming. If you're using it for coding then a 1440p monitor is going to be better as it will give you more vertical screen estate for scrolling down lines of text. With 34" 21:9 monitors available now I don't really see there being much need for triple monitor surround setups.
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Those Acer Monitors are 1440p :)
 
Final Build

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 750GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE750BW) £354.95
3 x Acer K272HUL 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Slim Bezel Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £319.99 (£959.97)
1 x Roccat - Ultimate Gamer Bundle £283.86
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99 (£563.98)
1 x "Steamroller MSI X99" - Intel Core i7 Haswell-E DDR4 Configurable Bundle £185.04
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M4A2666C15) £259.99
- 1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548338) £429.95
- 1 x No Upgrade - Intel Stock Cooler (None overclocked systems) £0.00
1 x AK Racing Gaming Chair Black £179.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 ATX/EATX Case With Attached Modular 915R M-ITX Case Black £139.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) £134.99
2 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler £65.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-209EBK 16x BDRW Multilayer 128GB retail £59.99
1 x Prolimatech PK-3 Nano Aluminium Thermal Paste - 30g £26.99
Total : £3,923.12 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 
apoclyps said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 750GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE750BW) £354.95
3 x Acer K272HUL 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Slim Bezel Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £319.99 (£959.97)
1 x Roccat - Ultimate Gamer Bundle £283.86
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99 (£563.98)
1 x "Steamroller MSI X99" - Intel Core i7 Haswell-E DDR4 Configurable Bundle £185.04
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M4A2666C15) £259.99
- 1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548338) £429.95
- 1 x No Upgrade - Intel Stock Cooler (None overclocked systems) £0.00
1 x AK Racing Gaming Chair Black £179.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF Stacker 935 ATX/EATX Case With Attached Modular 915R M-ITX Case Black £139.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) £134.99
2 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU Cooler £65.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-209EBK 16x BDRW Multilayer 128GB retail £59.99
1 x Prolimatech PK-3 Nano Aluminium Thermal Paste - 30g £26.99
Total : £3,923.12 (includes shipping : £32.90).

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The 1TB Samsung SSD is currently cheaper than the 750GB version.

This EVGA psu is way better than the Corsair RM. An 850W is plenty for 2 x GTX 970's.

Also if you are only going to run 2 gpu's then go with the 5820K instead. It has the same amount of Cores/Threads as the 5930K. The main difference is the pci-e lanes and a very slight difference in clock speeds.

If you plan on adding a 3rd gpu then stick with the 5930K. The 850W psu will cope with 3 GTX 970's.

The BeQuiet cooler will have it's own thermal paste pre applied so you don't really need the Prolimatech stuff.



YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £319.48
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
Total : £429.02 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Do you plan on gaming across all 3 monitors ? I don't know what sort of performance you would get with 2 x GTX 970 as that is a pretty hefty resolution.

If you are just using 1 monitor for gaming then obviously you will be fine.
 
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