New PC Gaming Build, £2000 (Includes Monitor & Keyboard/Mouse)

JayHopkins

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Am looking to build a Gaming rig for around £2000.
This would include the monitor, keyboard and mouse.

I love the idea of having a 4k display, or even 2560x1440 but I really think I'm swaying towards a 144hz 27" 1080p monitor...

I'm looking forward to GTA 5 coming out this year and I really want a system thats going to run that game specifically on max settings

Any help would be greatly appreciated... :)
 
do you want to built it yourself? in which case you should probably ask for this to be moved to general hardware, i'll go make something and post it here for you
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Labs KRAKEN Custom Geforce GTX 780Ti Watercooled Graphics Card £569.95
- 1 x No Additional Fans £0.01
- 1 x NZXT KRAKEN X40 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 140mm £78.98
- 1 x NZXT KRAKEN G10 GPU Cooling Adapter - Black £24.95
1 x AOC Q2770PQU 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X60 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm £119.99
1 x Ducky DK-9087 Shine 3 TKL Mechanical Keyboard Blue Cherry MX Switch - Blue LED BackLight £109.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - White £94.99
1 x Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9W) £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Blue £21.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect Blue 30cm £16.79
Total : £2,040.95 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
it's sorta a bling Rig (you could get the same performance for cheaper, no watercooling on GPU, no lights or cable extensions, etc) 1440p monitor, and nice gaming mouse + mechanical keyboard (if you don't care at all about bling, i could also get you more for your money) 780ti can definitley max out GTA on 1440p, although you could have 2*290's for the price of this watercooled 780Ti but then youd want a better PSU
 
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This is what I have in my cart so far, around £1800 i think.
Without mouse and keyboard...

Anything bad here?


Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive
Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive
Corsair Professional Series AX860i 860W ATX/EPS Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum Power Supply Unit
Corsair CW-9060014-WW Hydro Series H110 280mm Rad Extreme Performance All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler
Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW)
Kingston Technology XMP Beast Series 16GB 2400MHz DDR3 CL11 DIMM Desktop Memory Module (Kit of 2)
Asus VG278HE 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black
 
the psu is overkill unless you plan to add a second gpu later, but none of the components are intrinsically 'bad', did you check if the case could house 280mm rads?
 
then yeah the build looks perfectly good, if youd like i can design you another spec that's less flashy and more value for money? also will stick to black's and keep futureproofing in mind
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £509.99
1 x AOC Q2770PQU 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus Z97-Pro Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £142.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £129.95
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black – Brown Switch (CH-9000067-UK) £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £52.99
Total : £1,965.92 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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switched nzxt cpu cooler for a corsair one (cheaper, more or less as good), 16 gb ram instead of 8gb, motherboard and psu both support SLI 780ti, changed mouse and keyboard to a black/red feel and finally also switched the case from h440 to a corsair 540 (a really good case for first time builders, lots of space)
 
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no, there is not currently a single card solution that can really render games in 4k at max reliably, crossfire 290x is your best bet currently (and even then you wont be maintaining 60 FPS @ Ultra in graphically demanding games)
 
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I've had another go at speccing this morning...

I've managed to spec this for £2033

Asus VG278HE 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black
Corsair CH-9000007-UK Raptor K50 Performance Customizable Color Backlit Gaming Keyboard
Corsair CH-9000022-EU Vengeance M65 Performance FPS 8200 DPI Laser Gaming Mouse - Black
MSI GTX 780Ti GAMING Twin Frozr IV 3GB PCI Expess Nvidia Graphics Card (Free Watch Dogs)
Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£34 Saving**
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD
Corsair CP-9020056-UK RM Series RM850 80 Plus Gold 850W ATX/EPS Fully Modular Power Supply Unit
Corsair Hydro Series H100i All-In-One 240mm Digital High Performance Rad Liquid Cooler for CPU
NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - White
Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M2A1600C9)
Samsung Slim Retail External DVD Writer - White
Microsoft Windows 8.1

What you think?
 
yeah looks alright to me, although dominator platinum ram is not really necessary? i've never tried 144hz but i just got my 27" 1440p glass AH-IPS monitor and it is SO FREAKING SEXY, like i cant stop staring at it, i got very lucky and there's not a single dead pixel and only one tiny spot of backlight bleed
 
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