New gaming rig for £1100-1300

[patagoniant]

Hi there.

I'm looking to get a full new system including monitor (but excluding mouse/keyboard/speakers) for somewhere in this price bracket. Primarily for gaming, but also for a spot of video editing / processing here and there. It's not out yet, but I'd be looking to run Fallout 4 with the fanciest graphics I can.

Looking through some of the threads on here, it seems like X99 will give better bang for my buck than Skylake, but would that be at the expense of less upgrade potential in a year or two?

I'm also wondering if I'll get 1440p performance in my price range, or if I should look at 1080p for now and add a second monitor and GPU in a year or so when I've had a chance to save up some more? I was thinking of just one of each for the time being.

I'm not averse to water cooling if that'll allow a bit more overclock or quietness.

Thanks for any help with this!

 

[patagoniant]

Thanks for getting back to me.

Assuming I went for a 980ti as the GPU, where do you think the bottleneck would be in terms of gaming performance?

Would stretching the budget by an extra £100-150 to go X99, i7 and DDR4 have a significant impact?

And finally, if I was to go SLI in a year or two, would I need much more wattage from the PSU?

 

[patagoniant]

Hi again

One reason I suggest getting a 980Ti now is the fact in two-or-so years time when a 980Ti is no longer extremely good, you can just pop another one in as it should have dropped a significant amount in price. However, if you choose to go SLI 970s straight off the bat, this is no longer an option as 3 way SLI does not scale as well as 2 way.

Thanks again! That sounds like an excellent suggestion as far as the 980Ti goes.

How does this combination look?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti Herculez OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98TV-1SDN-N5HNX) £515.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2515H 25" QHD IPS Professional Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £257.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £79.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Black Window £79.99
1 x Seagate 2TB SATA-6Gb 7200rpm 64MB (1 Year Warranty) £53.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
Total : £1,453.13 (includes shipping : £16.85 Ex.VAT).



The PSU is almost certainly overkill for that setup, but should allow for plenty of future upgrades. The heatsink you suggested is unfortunately out of stock - any good alternatives you'd recommend for the 4690K?

 

[patagoniant]

Thanks for the other suggestions lee and t-rex.

With budget-bloat striking for the 980ti, I can't push it any further for the Skylake CPU/Mobo combination (even though it's not much extra). I've also had a bad experience with Acer in the past, which puts me off that monitor even though it's 27" rather than 25".

I've taken the plunge now based on what Rowlii suggested - can't wait to get gaming in 1440p!