Help me spec a new 2k gaming machine

Here's my suggestion (yellow theme):

YOUR BASKET
2 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-50G) £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £137.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21000C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U26661104G-2CM) £131.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 240 £55.98
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Sunset Yellow Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £76.99
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £49.99
1 x Akasa AK-FN063 140mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £14.99
3 x Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Venom Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £11.99 (£35.97)
Total : £2,042.24 (includes shipping : £13.75).



1 x 140mm fan for rear exhaust
3 x 120mm fan for front intake
240mm radiator mounted in the top of the case
 
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Can i see some Phantek Enthoo Primo suggestions please? i love the Corsair 540 but if your going into a serious waterloop then it can only really be the Phantek right? ;)
 
SiDeards73 said:
Can i see some Phantek Enthoo Primo suggestions please? i love the Corsair 540 but if your going into a serious waterloop then it can only really be the Phantek right? ;)
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Only 1 person (me) has done a watercooled spec so far, and we're not even sure thats what the OP wants.
 
Something that you don't see very often ..... Gold and black :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Dual Classified ACX 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2888-KR) £639.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99
1 x Asus Z87-PRO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £166.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1600C9) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Gold 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1600C9A) £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
5 x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop Fan B12-2 - 120mm £13.99 (£69.95)
1 x BitFenix 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved gold/black £7.99
2 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £6.98 (£13.96)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Black £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Black £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Black £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £2,206.09 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
Wow - thanks for all the suggestions people, lots to look at and read through.

Really awesome complete baskets, really appreciate it.

The orange builds look fantastic but so much to them. As I said in my original post the water cooling is tempting but only it ifs fairly straight forward to put together and the overclocks are easy enough to achieve once set up i.e. I don't want to spend all that cash on the water cooling stuff then not feel confident doing the overclocking part as that would suck ;-)
 
If you going to go with an orange build I think it would have to be one of mine but which one? a single GTX780Ti and Raid 0 SSD's or dual SLI GTX 780's? The spray paint is for the rings that come with the fans so that you can paint them orange as well :)
 
Are all of the above for cooling the CPU only btw?

I see the Ultima 460i has the GPU cooled and all the work done (although I often think the best part is setting it all up) plus a 2 year warranty for £2,700. It is £700 over budget though but it seems close to what is being provided above around the £2,000 mark with the exception of the GPU cooling hence my opening question.
 
I didn't offer watercooling, the fans are to replace the ones that come pre-fitted to the case and the cooler :)

The H100i is as simple to fit as an air cooler, bolt waterblock to the motherboard and the rad to the roof job done no compression fittings or anything else to worry about.
 
Doomedspeed and Havana that have provided the full water cooled rigs, very nice too.

So, you can still get a nice colour themed rig without the water cooling, I love the added orange spray paint lol

So I think I'll leave the full water cooling option, the corsair liquid cooler for the CPU looks more than enough, I assume that'll allow >4 ghz speeds on the 4770
 
Also, that cube case looks massive .... I think the full tower 750d is more up my street but the cube might look great in the flesh as it were
 
If you wait a little till I get in and off this iPad in the curry house I will lob a water cooled build together for you so you have an idea of what's involved. Will have dual rads, res, pump, tubing, blocks for gpu and CPU etc
 
Gboyd said:
Also, that cube case looks massive .... I think the full tower 750d is more up my street but the cube might look great in the flesh as it were
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The 540 isn't all that big, it's actually about 15% smaller than a 750D.
 
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Gboyd said:
Doomedspeed and Havana that have provided the full water cooled rigs, very nice too.

So, you can still get a nice colour themed rig without the water cooling, I love the added orange spray paint lol

So I think I'll leave the full water cooling option, the corsair liquid cooler for the CPU looks more than enough, I assume that'll allow >4 ghz speeds on the 4770
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This cooler would look nice with the Orange Coolant in it. You can still spray paint the fan rings.


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Orange Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 240 £55.98
Total : £193.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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