help with First Gaming PC project

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So as the title says this is my first gaming pc and am looking for help in getting this spec right.

Heres the spec

NZXT Phantom 410
Intel Core i7-4790K
Asus TUF Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 Intel Z97
Asetek 570LC High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 1150
Kingston HyperX 16GB
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980
Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD
Western Digital caviar black 1TB
Corsair RM Series RM 750 '80+ Gold' 750W

With watercooling should i cool anything else like the gpu or is that only for overclock specs?
Any help would be much welcomed

Thanks

Relic
 
I'm looking at £1500, i have an Acer monitor already(a gift) the case was reconmended to me for the space to use watercooling but i'm not 100% set on it if theres an better/cheaper model.
 
There is a much better case for watercooling and thats these Phanteks,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £461.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £379.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,486.46 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



The PSU is made by Superflower and has a 10yr warranty, the cables are just extra "bling"


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£20 Saving*** £469.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £461.99
1 x G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (F4-2666C15Q-16GRR) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro ATX Case - Black £79.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,551.36 (includes shipping : £13.75 Ex.VAT).





YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2981-KR) £455.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £385.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £149.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,463.82 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).



This board has a 5yr warranty and a 2for1 upgrade offer.
 
In July AMD should be releasing their 300 series cards and Intel some Broadwell CPUs that will work in Z97 boards, then later in the year Z170 chipset boards and SKylake get released.

Heres a crazy spec,

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £899.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £269.98
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - Red Window £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £1,524.82 (includes shipping : £19.10 Ex.VAT).

 
Those are some nice specs for me to look at, thank you for the quick help. I'm thinking about he Broadwell Cpu, some food for though later on. not to sure about the amd though but thats just me. I think i'm gonnawait until the Z170 and SKylake are review by someone, maybe linus.
 
relic_dreams said:
Those are some nice specs for me to look at, thank you for the quick help. I'm thinking about he Broadwell Cpu, some food for though later on. not to sure about the amd though but thats just me. I think i'm gonnawait until the Z170 and SKylake are review by someone, maybe linus.
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Haha, you'll be waiting a few months for Skylake. Broadwell is supposed to release next month, but the leaks for both are coming out. Check out the respective threads in the CPU section. Broadwell seems to be decent for overclocking. On the otherhand, if 5775C is on par with 4790k, then ya might as well go for the good old i7.

AMD don't seem to have better options against top end Intel 1150 i7s. Though upcoming Zen CPUs might change that. Might I ask about the need for CPU watercooling? If you're fine with air, then I'd recommend the Noctua NH-D15, which can do just as well as water coolers (and a tad cheaper). Then you have other case options, limited by the height of the heatsink.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-026-NC&groupid=701&catid=2330

According to Linus benchmarks, it's up there with the top-end of AIO coolers.
 
Yeah i7 4790k is more an personal choice as i'll be learning to overclock it which is 1 out of 2 reasons for watercooling, the other being my pc room temp runs very high as its an box room with no windows :(
 
Overclocking with these boards is easy, first thing to check is the BIOS on the Z97 chipset boards is on the newest as the first release BIOSes used a bit too much Vcore than is necessary at stock.
 
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