New build around £3000ish...

[Conor Royston]

Okay, so my old pc is just about to give up so I think it's time for a new one.

I have roughly £3500 at max to spend however, around 2500 - 3000 would be preferred for obvious money reasons.

As I'm a streamer I'll be using it for mass gaming, but I'll also be doing a good chunk of 3D modelling and animation on it (work + for some youtubers etc)

So judging by that and what I had before
A i7 is almost a must.

I've also seen amazing things from 5960X's so maybe an i7 version of that !

Also if possible two GTX 980ti's though if you think one would be enough for two 1440p monitors then that's fine (I do have a 4K monitor but that's another project)

I don't need a keyboard or mouse. I shall be needing a IOS however.

Any help would be lovely.

PS - It would be my second self build (if air) I've never done watercooling other than stock fan and CPU coolers though I know of many helpful posts and people on here! Cheers !

 

[TechMinerUK]

This is by no means a completed or recommended build but it should offer you a starting point for what hardware you may need for your workload.
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti Xtreme Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £569.99
• 1 x EVGA SuperNova P2 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (220-P2-1000-XR)= £159.95
• 1 x Samsung 950 Pro 512GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £259.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Titanium= £82.99
• 1 x DEFCON 1x - Asus Rampage V Extreme - Intel Core i7 5960X @ 4.25GHz Overclocked Haswell-E Bundle = £1,480.76
  • CPU Cooler:Asetek 591LX 360mm High Performance CPU Cooler - 2011
  • Memory:Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD4U26661504G-4CIR)
• 1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD20EFRX= £74.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99

Total: £2,733.96
(includes shipping: £15.30)
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I doubt you would need two 980TI GPUs to power two 1440P monitors but the powersupply would accomodate this if necesary as well as your budget. I've also added an SSD for a fast boot up and for loading applications/games to and a 2TB WD RED drive for storing any models you will be working on.

Hope I could help

 

[Conor Royston]

Cheers, a start is always a lovely help :3

 

[lee32uk]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black= £119.99
• 1 x MSI X99A SLI Plus - Crucial Ballistix 16GB Memory Discount Bundle **£45 OFF**= £217.98
• 1 x Intel i7-5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801547964)= £799.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti Armor 2X 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £509.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RMi 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020084-UK)= £144.95
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £139.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001)= £59.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)= £91.99

Total: £2,189.56
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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[hp7909]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x DEFCON 1x - Asus Rampage V Extreme - Intel Core i7 5960X @ 4.25GHz Overclocked Haswell-E Bundle = £1,683.88
  • CPU Cooler:XSPC RayStorm D5 AX360 WaterCooling Kit
  • Memory:Avexir Core Red Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD4U26661508G-4CIR)
• 1 x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £149.99
• 1 x Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E1T0B/EU)= £269.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £122.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-FQC-08929)= £116.99
• 1 x LG WH14NS40 Blu-ray Writer Optical Drive 14X BDR= £48.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case - Black= £79.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti X3 Ultra 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C98T3-1SDN-N5HNX)= £529.99

Total: £3,002.77
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Conor Royston]

I've done a bit of mis matching and I've come up with this.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM= £44.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99
• 1 x Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DX001) SSHD Hybrid Drive= £59.99
• 1 x Samsung 512GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE512BW)= £179.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (CMK32GX4M4A2400C14R= £169.99
• 1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme USB 3.1 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard= £369.95
• 1 x NZXT Phantom 820 Enthusiast Ultra Tower Case - White= £189.95
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Extreme Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90505-10P)= £589.99
• 1 x Intel i7-5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X)= £829.99
• 1 x NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit= £119.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White= £165.95

Total: £2,816.63
(includes shipping: £15.90)
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[lee32uk]

The LG Blu-Ray drive for £37.99 is cheaper if you don't need the write feature.

A SSHD is not needed as you already have an SSD. I would just go with a WD Blue.

I think you are overspending on the Motherboard. Do you need all those features ?

The NZXT case is nice, but I think you can do better for that sort of money.

Corsair 760T, 780T, Phanteks Enthoo Primo for example are all good alternatives. The Phanteks Luxe in my spec is also a great case which is available in White.

I personally don't think that the NZXT X61 is worth an extra £28 over the Corsair H110i GT.

Same goes for the PSU. A Platinum unit isn't really worth the extra over a Gold rated unit.

 

[Conor Royston]

The LG Blu-Ray drive for £37.99 is cheaper if you don't need the write feature.

A SSHD is not needed as you already have an SSD. I would just go with a WD Blue.

I think you are overspending on the Motherboard. Do you need all those features ?

The NZXT case is nice, but I think you can do better for that sort of money.

Corsair 760T, 780T, Phanteks Enthoo Primo for example are all good alternatives. The Phanteks Luxe in my spec is also a great case which is available in White.

I personally don't think that the NZXT X61 is worth an extra £28 over the Corsair H110i GT.

Same goes for the PSU. A Platinum unit isn't really worth the extra over a Gold rated unit.

Shall take a look at a few edits Cheers
EDIT - The NZXT is cheaper on my screen that the H110i GT :S

 

[lee32uk]

Shall take a look at a few edits Cheers
EDIT - The NZXT is cheaper on my screen that the H110i GT :S

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit= £119.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)= £91.99

Total: £221.88
(includes shipping: £9.90)
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If you want a Red/Black Motherboard with built in wifi then the MSI Gaming 9 ACK is £50 cheaper than the Asus Rampage.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI X99A Gaming 9 ACK Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard= £319.99

Total: £330.49
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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[Conor Royston]

And the main reason I'm not going with the MSI motherboard is because I've had 10 over my life and every single one has broken or I've had to RMA due to some manor along with a massive amount of people are saying they're having problems with the 99x versions.