New PC needed - gaming primarily

medz

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With only 1 pc in the house now after the death of quite an old AMD machine, I basically need a total new build. It will primarily be for gaming but also work related stuff [which isn't anything too heavy - office, browsing etc]. My budget is around the £1500 mark - give or take a bit. Just wondered what people thought of the below build - any input would be appreciated as I've been out the loop for sometime now.

- BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black (temporarily out of stock)
- Stage 1 Intel: Overclock of CPU - 4.2GHz Overclock - Haswell K Edition Processors Only
- Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
- Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
- TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD316G2133HC11ADC01)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD)
- Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
- OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (temporarily out of stock)
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)
- Case Mods Not Selected
- OcUK Value AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 2 Meter Mains Cable
- System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS - 120mm PWM [EXNO-001]
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

£1,515.18
 
Does it have to be pre-built? Or is building it yourself an option? What monitor are you currently using?

EDIT
On your selections: you're overspending a bit on the cooler and the motherboard. You also don't need 16gb RAM for a gaming PC. So you can save a bit of money there, or put it into other areas of the build. The case in particular I would upgrade, as the Shadow does not have great airflow.

Do you plan to add another GPU in the future? If yes, I'd upgrade the CPU to a 4770k. If not, this spec is essentially the same as yours (4670k/780ti) without the SLI capable motherboard or PSU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Tanto" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC £243.00
- 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £164.99
- 1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780Ti Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
Total : £1,279.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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That case doesn't look the best for airflow to be honest. I think the Bitfenix Ronin might be a better option.

You could change a few things in your spec to balance it out more. I would drop down to 8GB Ram, and 550W/650W for the psu, if you are only going for a single card. Also something like the Alpenfohn Matterhorn cooler would do just as well for an i5 at half the price.
 
Thanks for the input, as I said im a bit out of the loop in regards to things these days, so the help is much appreciated.
I chose the case mainly because my last case was the Fractal Design R4 black pearl case - and it looked similar. For some reason I thought I needed a 750 PSU after a chat to somebody. The 780 Ti is because I have always been amd and due to other commitments have never really been able to afford the higher end of graphics cards, but would prefer to spend big on one card.
 
I agree about the Ronin, seems really good from the reviews. It's just the cooler and PSU on the Tanto I'm a bit unsure off. I'll phone the sales team up tomorrow and see what they can do about that [if anything]. Thanks for the input, much appreciated.
 
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