Help with top spec build

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Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £799.99

EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £529.99

Corsair Obsidian Extreme Professional Gold Bundle £520.97

Crucial RealSSD M4 512GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £341.99

Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £319.99

GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit £249.95

Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 10000RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM £219.98

OcUK Tech Lab - V8 Watercooling Kit 240 £184.98

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM £89.99

Pioneer BDR-207DBK 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM)
 
what help do you want, need help paying for it??

looks fine, could get near identical performance for less than half the price but your cash ;)
 
yes pm me your credit card details.

Well throw me some suggestions for hardware which will be cheaper but as good>?
 
IB i5 3750k is all you need for gaming. The money you save over the 3960X would get you 2x680. Or 2x690 and still have enough money left over to build a decent machine.
 
ok for a start, 3930k is 300 or so cheaper and has almost all of the performance of the top one.

the case, you do not need 1200 watts, so buy an 800d separately, and get a 750w good quality corsair ax model or some such,

the raptor is not needed for data storage because you have the ssd for speed critical things. a high density 7200rpm drive will be pretty fast anyway. and much cheaper.
 
Assuming this is a money no object build in which case


YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £779.99 (£1.00)
1 x Corsair Obsidian Extreme Professional Gold Bundle £520.97
1 x Samsung 512GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC512B/WW) **BTS £50 CASHBACK** £431.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (TXD332G2400HC10QQC-L) £379.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Extreme Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** Free ROG 16GB USB ** £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
Total : £3,463.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).



In practice though Id do


YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £71.99 (£143.98)
Total : £1,688.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Then either a watercooled setup like
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-146-XS

or tbh a decent air cooler like
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-078-TR&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=
 
second build is a good one.

if i was spending 3.5k like the firtst then id want the 3930k at least though :)

imo, second build. would be so close to the performance (in games) of the original build it would be hard to notice. infact with sli it would outperform it.
 
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