Help to build a £1000-2000 system (Max £3000)

[Centropy]

Hi guys,

Would really appreciate some help here. I'm looking for a new rig running up to £2000 (can push to £2500-3000 if needed).

I was looking at the Battlebox Zodiac from OCUK, as I'm looking to buy or build a system preferably in a cube case.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-064-OG&groupid=43&catid=2475

I was looking at the prices and I'm thinking it may be cheaper to build my own so would be grateful.

Preferred specs and uses for system:

Will be used for gaming and video encoding
Storage 500GB SSD + secondary/tertiary storage
Preferred a Cube based case
Decent graphics card to last me a few years with gaming on max settings

Really appreciate any help you guys are willing to provide - it's been an extremely long time since I've built a PC.

Thanks
Centropy

 

[Centropy]

Hi Stulid,

Either works, I can build it myself.

I have a mouse, monitor, OS etc. And yes, a cube case and the bits inside is what i need help with

 

[Centropy]

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (12G-P4-2990) £899.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £525.94
1 x Intel 750 Series 400GB PCIe 3.0 X4 HHHL Adaptor NVMe Solid State Drive (SSDPEDMW400G4ES) £369.98
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C13 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX426C13PB2K4/16) £215.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £126.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black £44.98
Total : £2,421.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).




TitanX, nothing faster using a single GPU core.

750 SSD, fastest consumer SSD I think it is.

PSU to allow you to add a 2nd TitianX.


Too over the top for you?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X) £869.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2981-KR) £449.99
1 x Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £218.99
1 x Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C13 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX426C13PB2K4/16) £215.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £164.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Orange £69.95
Total : £2,449.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).




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 X99S SLI Plus - TeamGroup 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Intel X99 Motherboard Bundle **£40 OFF** £249.98
- 1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £335.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £164.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £92.99
Total : £1,660.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Looks good. I like the first two, however I have no experience in overclocking, which I'll definitely need. Any ideas as to how to resolve that?

 

[Centropy]

There are guides for X99 overclocking online.

I can also guide you through the SOC Champion myself as it is something I have used.

What sort of clock speed did you want?

I'll be honest with you, I have no idea. It's going to be used heavily for gaming and encoding x265 videos...not sure if that will give you an idea..

 

[Centropy]

Thanks Stulid. Looks good, will have a think on it

 

[Centropy]

Thanks guys.

would someone willing to spec me up £3000 as I may be willing to go up to that. Would prefer the case is black too

 

[Centropy]

Not doing it, you have 4 (is 5 but one is white) excellent suggestions.

But if you were to put a TitanX into that one with the 5960X+SOC champion, thats coming up on £3K roughly.

In fact.

what monitor, keyboard+mouse do you have? spend serious bucks on those things.

Bought all the pieces from the 5960X + SOC Champion and swapped 980 for the Titan X

I have a razer naga wireless and Ultimate blackwidow stealth and 24" monitor