New Gaming System (Budget around £2500)

d3moliti0n

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Hi,

I'm looking to build a new PC from scratch, my current one (built in January 2011 just as Sandy Bridge was released) is getting on a bit now, and I have the funds needed so am looking to spend around £2500 or so (give or take) on a complete system. I need the PC itself of course, keyboard, mouse and monitor.

I've come up with the following spec (I'm sort-of going for a black/green themed system as you can probably tell):

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No mouse as the EVGA X10 TorQ Carbon comes free with the GPU. No monitor as I'm still debating what to go with but leaning towards the Acer Predator XB280HK 28" G-Sync (that will push me over my £2500 budget, but apparently that monitor is well worth it).

Any thoughts/tips/changes on this build?
 
The 980 ti isn't that far off a Titan X and is much better value.

Still room in the budget for a Mouse as the 980 ti doesn't come with one :D You get a copy of the Batman game though.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980Ti Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-4995-KR) £599.99
1 x Acer Predator 4k2k XB280HK 28" G-Sync Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £529.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £275.99
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £139.99
1 x SteelSeries Apex M800 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £129.95
1 x Avexir Venom Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIG) - Green Light £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Game-Plus Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Green £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Green £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £62.99
Total : £2,430.30 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).

 
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Thanks for the response. That build looks good and I didn't even know that motherboard existed, was looking at the old Z87 Gigabyte one that used the same colour scheming assuming those were the only ones they made in those colours so cheers for that.

If I was going to add a second 980 Ti in the next few months for 2-Way SLI what wattage of PSU do you think I would need, taking into account potential CPU overclocking as well? Would I be ok with the 850W version of that EVGA PSU or would I be looking at a 1000W PSU?
 
d3moliti0n said:
Thanks for the response. That build looks good and I didn't even know that motherboard existed, was looking at the old Z87 Gigabyte one that used the same colour scheming assuming those were the only ones they made in those colours so cheers for that.

If I was going to add a second 980 Ti in the next few months for 2-Way SLI what wattage of PSU do you think I would need, taking into account potential CPU overclocking as well? Would I be ok with the 850W version of that EVGA PSU or would I be looking at a 1000W PSU?
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Go with 850W if you want a bit of extra headroom for overclocking.
 
Will the extra 100w be enough? I've had a look into the wattage required by the system with a single 980 Ti (not taking into account overclocking) and its around 470w. Adding another 980 Ti for 2-Way SLI pushes that up to 720w (again, excluding any thought of OC'ing anything, that's just the base system). Would 850w be OK taking into account CPU/GPU overclocks for SLI or should I go for 1000w?
 
If you go for the 980 Ti instead of the Titan, you might consider the EVGA Hybrid 980 Ti for £650. Faster, cooler, quieter; what's not to love? I note there's also a version for the Titan X.

I don't see an optical drive mentioned. Get yourself an external USB one for the rare occasion that it's needed.
 
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