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 !

 

[Conor Royston]

Cheers, a start is always a lovely help :3

 

[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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[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

 

[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.