New build approx £2k all help welcome

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Hi all,

Pc has died a death after 6 years of hard work so I think it's time for an upgrade!

I've been looking around and have seen a lot on new skylakes/X99, 4K monitors, huge GB graphics cards and the like - feel like I've been out of the loop too long to make a decision without your informed help!

PC is mostly used for gaming so was thinking of kitting it out with a 12GB graphics card (recommendations welcome!), 250GB SSD for OS install and a 3TB HDD for storage. I already have mouse/keyboard and a sound card (essence STX 2 I believe) I'll be swapping over to the new machine, but am tempted to upgrade one of my monitors to 4K with the new computer. Would also be handy if it had enough space (room in the case!) to move my old HDD over. I have RAM I can swap to the new machine also (corsair 8GB sticks I think) but additional suggestions are fine on that.

All recommendations and discussions on best options welcome, like I said I'm looking to spend around £2000 without the 4K monitor but suggestions on a decent monitor to get are welcome too.

Appreciate anyone who responds, overclockers forums have always been kind to me in the past!

Thanks all
 
Just to add what I'm currently looking at:

Intel Core i7 5930K (not sure if this is best option)
X99 Motherboard (same as above)
32GB 2400MHz DDR4
250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD
3TB Seagate Barracuda
Nvidia GeForce Titan X 12GB Graphics Card
Unsure what PSU would be needed.
Windows 10 (not sure how reliable this is since recently released? Running 7 at the moment, as not a fan of 8)
Some form of CD/DVD R/W
Corsair Graphite 760T V2 Windowed Full Tower Case - Black

Comes in at a bit above 2k I believe but I'm open to suggestions around the price range not necessarily under it.
 
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If you plan on sli/tri sli then the 5820k has 20 pci lanes and the 5930k has 40pci lanes, Whats your prefrence?

I wasn't planning on running SLI, as I have never done so before so aren't the most clued in as to what the benefits would be. I know it's running two GPUs side by side but would getting two 6GB cards (for example) running SLI have a benefit over getting one 12GB card?

Or if you mean for running SLI in the future (if I stumble across a spare Titan!) then I'm open to suggestions on what the best bet would be.

Thanks
 
I mean sli in the future and acomadating that now with a larger psu , etc.

Dont think it worth going for the 5930k you already have ram but is it ddr4 ? 16gb is enough for gaming unless you need it.

The psu will sli titans with enough power.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £809.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***30 Saving*** £494.98
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T V2 Windowed Full Tower Case - White (CC-9011074-WW) £159.95
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 SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £146.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £79.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA300) £71.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle £57.88
- 1 x Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA115X (35-150-0000014) £4.00
- 1 x No Fan Controller Required £0.00
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVDRW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible £14.99
Total : £2,006.93 (includes shipping : £13.50 Ex.VAT).

 
How about adding some colour?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti G1 Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £575.99
1 x Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £204.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova P2 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (220-P2-1000-XR) £159.95
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 Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M4A2666C15) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £100.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Orange £89.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Orange £69.95
1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001) £54.95
Total : £1,844.42 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



• The GTX980ti is as fast as a TitanX (and sometimes faster if GPUboost auto oc the card based on cool temperatures from custom coolers) and you can select from 6-7 different colours for the logo including orange, the H110i GT has multi colour LED support too.
• PSU has a 10yr warranty and is made by superflower.
 
I mean sli in the future and acomadating that now with a larger psu , etc.

Dont think it worth going for the 5930k you already have ram but is it ddr4 ? 16gb is enough for gaming unless you need it.

The psu will sli titans with enough power.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £809.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***30 Saving*** £494.98
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T V2 Windowed Full Tower Case - White (CC-9011074-WW) £159.95
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 SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £146.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £79.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA300) £71.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle £57.88
- 1 x Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA115X (35-150-0000014) £4.00
- 1 x No Fan Controller Required £0.00
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVDRW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible £14.99
Total : £2,006.93 (includes shipping : £13.50 Ex.VAT).


Save £300 and grab a TI :)
 
Thanks all - excuse my ignorance but how does the 6GB GPU run faster than the 12? Also assuming when you've said grab a Ti Watlinguk you mean the same as Stulid?

Appreciate all your help, I actually think Stulid helped me on my last purchase too!
 
I'd agree with the above - GTX980ti is a beast.

More RAM does not make the GPU faster, just able to handle more / bigger texture maps. 6gb is more than enough
 
The Titan X is really only worth it over the 980 Ti if you're running multiple cards (cough :D) because then you have the GPU horsepower to run most of the highest graphical quality settings. Nvidia's Hairworks still kills performance regardless.
 
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