High end build prices?

CosminGCole

CosminGCole

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Hello guys, I was looking around here for a while, thinking of building a good gaming pc/work station but I haven't done it yet since I still need to save money for it so here's the latest build I made. If I can go any cheaper than that with no performance drops it would be great (also I want it to be good looking hehe, with some black and red theme).

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £449.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/16-OC) £137.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK65 RGB Cherry MX Red Tenkeyless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000072-UK) £109.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x AOC E2470SWDA 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £104.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £101.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £62.99
Total : £1,618.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Would go with something like this, moved some parts around and included a better cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £557.98
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC Gamer 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98NQH6DNC7VZ) £429.95
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK65 RGB Cherry MX Red Tenkeyless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000072-UK) £109.99
1 x AOC E2470SWDA 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £62.99
Total : £1,544.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
The EVO is a stunning drive but the MX100 is better value and still a solid unit.

If your gaming at just 1080p the 980 is massive overkill, drop to the 970 ( Still a bit overkill)

The spec above is very nice. It best to cone back when you have the money saved..
 
Thanks for the build Fallen god :) a nice little save there hehe.

Also, as Doomedspeed said, this might be a bit of a overkill but, I'm having some problems understanding the meaning of it (technical meaning). What I mean is; What's overkill, in what cases and why gaming at 1080p is overkill for this build. Of what I've seen, this GPU can play all the recent games at 60fps or higher depending on the game (crysis 3 is still a pain for gpus)

Maybe you guys could explain this to me since you are the pros. Should I go for a 1440p screen or maybe 144hz one. If I need more power I could pull off something and get two 970's in SLi but who knows i need them :D.

All answers are appreciated :)
 
CosminGCole said:
Thanks for the build Fallen god :) a nice little save there hehe.

Also, as Doomedspeed said, this might be a bit of a overkill but, I'm having some problems understanding the meaning of it (technical meaning). What I mean is; What's overkill, in what cases and why gaming at 1080p is overkill for this build. Of what I've seen, this GPU can play all the recent games at 60fps or higher depending on the game (crysis 3 is still a pain for gpus)

Maybe you guys could explain this to me since you are the pros. Should I go for a 1440p screen or maybe 144hz one. If I need more power I could pull off something and get two 970's in SLi but who knows i need them :D.

All answers are appreciated :)
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970 is pretty solid at 1440p aswell.

http://anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/9

Pretty much any highend card right now wrecks 1080p, so going for the 980 over the 970 at 1080p is not worth it. I think a better better is to get 1 970 now and get a 2nd when you need it.
 
Shivy011 said:
What does the "workstation" include? CAD? Rendering videos?
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Sorry about the lack of information.
By workstation I mean editing videos and photos, programming and website developing. So there will be plenty image processing action going on. The main uses for this PC will be :

(Most important at the top)
-Gaming
-Programming
-Video rendering
-Image editing/vector graphics
-Casual use (£2000 facebook machine lol)
 
Yeah, the GPU is overkill for that monitor. Vice versa, the monitor will hold back the full power of the 980.

I'd start off with a 970 and a better monitor. Can add 2 x 970s later.
 
CosminGCole said:
Sorry about the lack of information.
By workstation I mean editing videos and photos, programming and website developing. So there will be plenty image processing action going on. The main uses for this PC will be :

(Most important at the top)
-Gaming
-Programming
-Video rendering
-Image editing/vector graphics
-Casual use (£2000 facebook machine lol)
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970 with a 1440p screen is the best use of your money
 
Yeah, the GPU is overkill for that monitor. Vice versa, the monitor will hold back the full power of the 980.

I'd start off with a 970 and a better monitor. Can add 2 x 970s later.
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970 with a 1440p screen is the best use of your money
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Ok, I understand now :) So could you give me a recommendation for a good monitor I could use ? Heard the G-sync ones are pretty goddam awesome but the price is awesome too haha.
 
It depends , have a read up on 1440p be 144hz (120hz)..

Basically 144hz is smoother and 1440p is clearer both will run easily on a 970/980..

Its a personal thing..
 
Ok so after a little more looking around and fiddling with the parts I've came to the conclusion that this is pretty much what I want to get or similar.

I am willing to make changes if you guys can find any imbalances or if you can get this perform better.

I know it's a total overkill for a 1080p screen but I will upgrade to 4k next year (maybe summer). Also if I could get this at a cheaper price would be wonderful haha.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £555.97
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x BenQ GW2760HM 27" Widescreen LED Professional Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £155.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK65 RGB Cherry MX Red Tenkeyless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000072-UK) £109.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £101.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
Total : £1,903.55 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Let me know what you guys think about the build and if I need to think twice about some things. :)
 
Looks really good to me. You could save some money by going for the Inno3D 970s but the Reference one's are also great. However I'd definitely swap the SSD out for an MX100 256gb as it's still a very good SSD and also saves some wonga. In the real world you won't be able to tell the difference, but your wallet will :)

EDIT: Go for a 1080p 24" monitor, not 27". It's a bit too stretched at 27", 24" is the biggest I would go at a 1080p resolution.
 
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Shivy011 said:
Looks really good to me. You could save some money by going for the Inno3D 970s but the Reference one's are also great. However I'd definitely swap the SSD out for an MX100 256gb as it's still a very good SSD and also saves some wonga. In the real world you won't be able to tell the difference, but your wallet will :)

EDIT: Go for a 1080p 24" monitor, not 27". It's a bit too stretched at 27", 24" is the biggest I would go at a 1080p resolution.
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Yep I also realised that just now. I was thinking about this monitor :) fair price for performance?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-011-AO
 
Shivy011 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-023-AO&groupid=17&catid=510

Better response time :)

Are you sure you want to go SLI 970's from now? I think go for a single 980 which will eat that monitor for breakfast, then when you upgrade to 4K grab another 980 and whack it in
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Thanks for the monitor suggestion :) Didn't even see it in the shop to be honest.

Now, your question. If I am 100% honest I would go with a single 970 now and get the 2nd one when I will manage to buy a 4k monitor.

I really don't know which way is better to go really. Trying to save some cash and get beastly performance at the same time isn't really going well together heh.
 
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