GTX 980 Build

waylander789 · 19 Apr 2015 at 10:05

Is it possible to have a GTX 980 build for £1000-£1200? I have mouse keyboard monitor etc just need the the desktop, i would like mini ITX/ATX but also would not mind mid tower size.

Whats the cheapest 980 build I can get without compromising too much on other components?

Or would you recommend spending more on everything else and going down to GTX970?

Thanks everyone!

snips86x · 19 Apr 2015 at 10:14

You'd need to be building your own for that kind of budget!

PurplePhoenix · 19 Apr 2015 at 10:24

Easy to do

May be best to have a better psu tho.

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 Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£10 Saving** £301.94
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro ATX Case - Black £89.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/120G) £52.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £1,022.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

stulid · 19 Apr 2015 at 10:36

With a bigger SSD (and maybe the PSU/cooler blah blah balh) the above would be nice

gerico · 19 Apr 2015 at 11:29

can you fit a more meaty cpu cooler in that case?

stulid · 19 Apr 2015 at 11:35

Yeah, big ones.

gerico · 19 Apr 2015 at 11:37

stulid said:
Yeah, big ones.

I like a big one — a giant noctua or bequiet perhaps. I'd definitely sort get a bigger SSD or chuck in a large standard HDD because I can tell you from experience 120GB won't get you far! That case those is lovely and I think the suggested build is good.

waylander789 · 19 Apr 2015 at 12:23

thanks! would that build fit in:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-364-SV
or
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-160-BX&groupid=2362&catid=2279

stulid · 19 Apr 2015 at 12:28

No.

As you need itx sized boards and in the case of the Silverstone a SFX sized PSU, the cooler is too big, the gfx card is probably too big to.

Bitfenix do mATX versions of that case.

PurplePhoenix · 19 Apr 2015 at 12:56

Here is a ITX build. I am not sure if the cooler can fit but you can use a close loop in the case as it has a rad mount you can take out to install it.

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 MSI Z97I Gaming ACK - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£12 Saving** £297.98
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 Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £85.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £84.98
1 x Noctua NH-U9S PU Cooler - 92mm £47.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Mini-ITX Chassis with Window £47.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
Total : £1,162.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

stulid · 19 Apr 2015 at 13:05

You can fit coolers upto 200mm tall, so you can get a biiger one in there and perhaps in a nice black cooler such as BeQuiet.

The PSU, there are better ones for less, Superflower HX750 is on offer.

a66as · 19 Apr 2015 at 17:54

if you were spending £1200 max i would get this depending on what gpu you want

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 Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £289.99
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming ACK Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £109.99
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 TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Mini-ITX Chassis with Window £47.99
Total : £1,234.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Just use the stock cooler which comes with the cpu, should keep temps below 60 degrees. its a bit above your budget but in return you get an I7, 16GB of ram, SSD and a 980. if you want to remain below your budget with a cpu cooler then i'd go for something like this (below)

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 MSI Z97I Gaming ACK - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£12 Saving** £297.98
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 TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Mini-ITX Chassis with Window £47.99
1 x ACX EVGA CPU cooler, Black - 120 mm £33.60
Total : £1,170.01 (includes shipping : £11.25).

This one has an i5 instead of an i7, and uses a cpu cooler and remains below your budget, if you were to get a 290x instead of a 980 then you can minus £200 of the above builds to bring costs down more, and even add a cooler to the first build

*added the cpu and mobo bundle in*

stulid · 19 Apr 2015 at 17:57

i5+MSI bundle - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-007-MS&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=2858

b0rn2sk8 · 19 Apr 2015 at 18:14

The case is pretty tight inside, I would look at the OcUK reference 980 at the same price as the EVGA.