New PC gaming Rig £1800-2200

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Hey guys I am in need of a new gaming rig(fan cooled). Was going to do liquid cooled but jeez I did some research and got lost, haha. Noise isn't really a problem for me I don't care if it is that loud. Anyway I need a little bit of help. The price range would be between £1800-2200. I wouldn't mind going a little over. I would like it if you could include everything from extra stock fans I would need to the OS I would need. Some parts I will not budge on and I will list those. Thanks again for your help.

Parts I already own:
Corsair 8Gb Ram x 2 @1600Hz

Parts I would like included:
GTX Titan X - *(Any brand)
Intel i7 Processor
Windows 7 OS

Obviously I am open to discussion/recommendation on any of those parts needing changing. Thanks again in advance I really appreciate it :)
 
Hi

Do you need a Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard ?

I would suggest the 980 ti over the Titan X as it is virtually the same performance for less money.
 
Oh yeah I probably should have been slightly more specific, haha. Sorry. I also have a mouse, keyboard, 2 Asus 144hz monitors.

I'll take your suggesstion halfway; it is cheaper so I wouldn't mind using the 980ti but only if prices start going over £2200 otherwise I'll just stick to the Titan X.
Thank you though.
 
You can get an AIO cooler if you fancy WC, that way you can avoid the headache of a custom loop ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90401-10P) £779.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving** £410.94
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x XFX XTR 850W '80 Plus Gold' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 240mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £96.95
1 x Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Black Window £88.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £79.99
1 x Seagate 1TB SATA-6Gb 7200rpm 64MB (1 Year Warranty) £34.99
Total : £1,907.99 (includes shipping : £13.50 Ex.VAT).




You could easily do better and even go with a X99 setup ;)
 
dacads said:
You could easily do better and even go with a X99 setup ;)
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Okay thank you this all looks amazing. I just have just a couple of possibly stupid questions questions.
What is an x99 setup?
Also I took a look at the motherboard and and case and I was just wondering if the motherboard accepted an input for the usb 3.0 connections on the front of the case. I only ask because I have this problem on my current pc and I didn't notice anything about that in the description. :confused:

Thank you very, very much. :)
 
X99 refers to Intel chipset that supports the high end Haswell E and EP processors i.e 5820k, 5930k and so on.

I don't think it will be necessary in your case though, as for gaming the i7 4790k is more than enough.

And yes of course it has a connector for you to connect the front usb 3.0 :) More info about the motherboard can be found at:

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VII_RANGER/specifications/
 
Is the motherboard still compatible with the higher end chipsets? and is windows 7 able to utilize those higher end chipsets to the fullest? Just asking in case I upgrade in the future. You know so I know if I have to buy a different mother board as well if I upgrade. :) Or if it isn't too much more expensive I could just buy it now if you have a suggestion for which one/bundle(chip and/or motherboard) I should buy in addition to the nice specs you put up above.

P.s. Also would the pc need a sound card or no? Probably not right?
 
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You have the budget to go X99 if you want. The i7 5820K is a 6 core cpu. You need DDR4 Ram though.

I would go with Windows 10 as it will support DX12. It is due out tomorrow.

The Phanteks case is due on Friday.

YOUR BASKET
1 x msi geforce gtx 980ti gaming 6144mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card (gtx 980 ti gaming 6g) £575.99
1 x intel 5820k 3.30ghz (haswell-e) socket lga2011-v3 processor - oem (cm8064801548435) £319.99
1 x gigabyte x99-gaming 5p intel x99 (socket 2011) ddr4 atx motherboard £229.99
1 x samsung 500gb 850 evo ssd 2.5" sata 6gbps 32 layer 3d v-nand solid state drive (mz-75e500b/eu) £149.99
1 x evga supernova g2 1000w '80 plus gold' modular power supply £134.99
1 x phanteks enthoo luxe full tower case - black £119.99
1 x kingston fury black 16gb (4x4gb) ddr4 pc4-19200c15 2400mhz quad channel kit - black (hx424c15fbk4/16) £109.99
1 x corsair hydro h110i gt 280mm extreme performance liquid cpu cooler (cw-9060019-ww) £100.99
1 x microsoft windows 10 64-bit dvd - oem (ms-kw9-00139) £79.99
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) hdd £59.99
total : £1,899.60 (includes shipping : £14.75 ex.vat).




this review of the msi 980 ti shows the performance against a few other cards (titan x included)

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/msi/gtx_980_ti_gaming/1.html
 
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So why do those two solid state drives look so dramatically different, haha. Also I want to try and stay away from Windows 10 as a lot of games would not support it in the beginning and I don't want to have to worry about compatibility you know?

On another note so if I were to go with an x99 build does that mean I absolutely have to replace my ram with ddr4 no matter what. I am guessing because of compatibility with the motherboard right? Anyway both of these builds look good but I am leaning towards the x99 since I do do a lot of rendering, programming, and just in general content creation on my computer so I think that extra processing speed is important. I would love to take parts from both of these two builds. Sorry for asking so many question it's just that you know when you spend this much money and don't want to upgrade for a long time I tend to be cautious.;)

There won't be any problems right? I was thinking this(please let me know if something won't work):

1 x Zotac GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90401-10P) £779.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548435) £319.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £229.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £79.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £100.99
1 x Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 Solid State Drive (MZHPV512HDGL-00000) £299.99
1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK4/16) £109.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99

I assume the windows 7 will still utilize eveerything out of the build I put above right? Besides I don't believe any game supports dx12 yet. However if you come out with an article saying there will be no compatibility issues with Fallout 4 running on Windows 10 AND Fallout 4 will support dx12 you will sell me on Windows 10.
 
The Samsung 850 Evo in my spec is a SATA SSD. The Samsung SM951 is an M.2 pci-e SSD so it uses a different connector. The SM951 is a lot faster so that is why it costs a lot more.

Windows 7 will work fine. Just remember though that Microsoft have stopped support for it. Once Windows 10 settles down you can always do the free upgrade.

Yeah X99 only supports DDR4, so your DDR3 won't be any use.

The i7 5820K makes more sense then if you are also doing rendering and programming.

Your spec looks fine, although I would suggest you take a good look at the 980 ti as the performance is very close. The Titan X isn't worth an extra £200 in my book.
 
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