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So after talking through a few options this order has been placed.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99 (£999.98)
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £499.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £149.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x Aerocool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £49.99
1 x Ozone Neon Laser Gaming Mouse - Red £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £14.99
1 x Belkin 4-Socket SurgeMaster with Telephone Protection - 2 Metres (F9H410UK2M) £11.99
1 x OcUK Value 3m Male - Male Display Port Monitor Cable (CDLDP-003) £6.98
Total : £2,475.74 (includes shipping : ).



Should be fun to build. Already have a 256GB 840 Pro SSD and Windows 8 ready at home for him.

What you guys think?
 
Cheers,

Should be fun. We are away at Sonisphere Festival this weekend so nowt will happen till Monday next week though :(

I have never seen anything in 1440p let alone 4k either so that will certainly be interesting once it is up and running.
 
I think it was one of those, right lets have some fun.

Am hoping it is mostly plug and play for now.

Did discuss custom loop but thought we would get it up and running and go from there and see how much space is left (if any) in the case. The heat from the GPU's are my main worry though.

We are also not 100% sure we have enough clearance for the H105 as yet but we shall see.
 
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Drop the Belkin Surgemaster and get something like the APC Back-UPS 700.

You might want to wait a week or two and get the 6 GB 780 Ti cards. See this thread.

That Displayport cable does not appear to support DP 1.2 but don't worry as the monitor comes with a 2m DP cable. Speaking of the monitor, mine came with an American power cable: be sure to get a UK one.
 
That APC seems excessive and we pretty much hit the max budget at £2.5k

Read through some of the thread about 6GB 780's. Not much on 780Ti's until the bickering started.

I can see it being an issue maybe in a couple of years but games will be limited I feel from console ports more than anything. 3GB seems to be OK. 4GB would be ideal though. It was a toss up between R9 290X Xfire and the 780Ti but he really wants PhysX for some reason.

And oh on the cable. Nothing specifically mentioned in either spec of the cable or the monitor about coming with cable etc. I have a number of UK power cables in the office if needs be so that shouldn't be an issue.
 
Honestly I'd be looking at 2x 780 6GB cards, especially for such a high res as 4K. It has insane VRAM requirements, but otherwise that looks really epic.
 
Why not a 4690k by the way?

In fact why on an i7 for SLI either?

Not saying it's wrong, just interested.
 
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No reason to get an I7. It's for gaming. 2-5fps due to any cpu bottleneck would mean needing to drop £100 from spec.

The overclocking on the 4690k from everything I have seen isn't any better Tbh once it comes to overclocking people seem to be struggling to push it any further so again save the pennies where possible.

As for SSD as mentioned in my post before there is a 256GB 840pro to be used in the build so should be fine.
 
After talking through the spec again with my friend.

He has suggested this. I am still unconvinced on the need for the i7 4770k but thoughts?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £499.99
2 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C78V-1SDN-N5HSX) £419.99 (£839.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £149.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x Western Digital Elements Desktop 3.0TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0030HBK) £79.99
1 x Aerocool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £49.99
1 x Ozone Neon Laser Gaming Mouse - Red £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £23.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £14.99
Total : £2,472.74 (includes shipping : ).

 
Get the i7, possibly the 4790k. You will need it to make use of the graphics cards. Also, change out the psu to an evga/seasonic/superflower unit, the OEM of the axi series aren't great and the internals aren't great. Definitely the i7 though
 
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Get the i7, possibly the 4790k. You will need it to make use of the graphics cards. Also, change out the psu to an evga/seasonic/superflower unit, the OEM of the axi series aren't great and the internals aren't great. Definitely the i7 though
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YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
Total : £209.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
OK i7 ordered with it.

Non of the other PSU with enough wattage will fit unfortunately due to the 160mm space limit which is why I am stuck selecting the 860i. Edit: Oh have found this Seasonic 850w as attached.

As for GPU we have now gone for the EVGA version as it is 2 slot to fit the MATX board/case.

Hopefully this build is the last update. It is slightly over the £2.5k we were aiming nut should be worth it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £499.99
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-3787-KR) £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Elements Desktop 3.0TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0030HBK) £79.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x Aerocool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £49.99
1 x Ozone Neon Laser Gaming Mouse - Red £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £23.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £14.99
Total : £2,518.75 (includes shipping : ).

 
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