New build - Full system - 2k(ish)

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Good morning all,

I’d like some help on speccing a new computer after being away from desktops for 4 years, due to other commitments! I’ve still played a lot of games and use CAD a lot, but on my laptop. So I’d like to get a new PC that will play Star Citizen well (If it ever gets released! :D). So would like a powerful system, but I don’t know what’s good these days, been a while since I built one and there’s a lot of new technology out there! Though putting it together seems the same!

I’d like it to be fairly futureproof and quiet, though these are backseat requirements.

My budget is really 2k, though with a bit of flex if it would make worlds of difference.

This budget has to be a “from scratch” deal, as I own nothing. So would like this to include OS, peripherals and two decent 1080p monitors. I prefer having two monitors when I’m doing CAD as one for the modelling/simulation and one for “work”. I’d take 3 monitors, ideally, but I think it might be overkill!

Thank you all, look forward to your views!

Alex
 
I got the peripherals in too, as well as 2x 970s as a pose to 1x 980 from the other guys specs - The 750W will be ample I believe due to the lower power required for the new cards
Should give really quite a lot better performance than 2x 980's for slightly more
From the one German review I read the Triton seems to be a decent cooler but I'd wait for a couple more reviews, I suppose you could swap it out for a H105 or something should it not be that great :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £567.97
2 x Palit GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99 (£503.98)
2 x Dell UltraSharp U2414H 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99 (£399.98)
1 x SteelSeries Ultimate Gamer Bundle £159.92
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £2,059.38 (includes shipping : £22.20).






Does only have a 256GB SSD though, the other two specs have 512GB SSDs which might sway it for you? Also ~£60 over budget unfortunately
You should be able to use the external ODD for windows installation and the case would look better without it :)
 
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Thanks for that guys, excellent info. Would I really get an advantage with 2 cards rather than one? The builds listed look great, do you think they're sufficient for top end games settings?

Thank you!
 
A single 980 is more than enough.

The monitors are only 1080P and you will only be using one for gaming.

Also the 750W PSU in my spec allows you to add a 2nd GTX980 later on for epic performance;)
 
Yeah, was about to say the 2 970s would be OTT for that but should you get a 1440p or something you'd be set. Not sure the 980 is worth the £200 over the 980. The 970 is very near the performance of the 980 and given the choice for the slight bit more I'd take SLI 970 over a single 980, but yeah agree with stulid, bit OTT
 
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