Spec Check - complete rebuilt

McDaniel

McDaniel

McDaniel

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Hello,

I've not upgraded my machine in coming up for 3 years, and want a complete rebuild (bar a few peripherals!)

I was thinking of this - but I am a bit out of date with tech, spec should gaming orientated - want to be able to run things at high>ultra on the 144hz mon.

Cheers,

KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 SOC Gamer 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98NQH6DNC7VZ) £419.99

BenQ XL2720Z 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £349.99

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £269.99

Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99

Asus TUF Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £182.99

WWestern Digital Caviar Black 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD3003FZEX) HDD £134.99

Corsair RM Series RM 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Power Supply (CP-9020056-UK) £124.99

Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX321C11T3K2/16) £106.99

Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00

Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM


total - £2,006.53
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £400.98
1 x Acer Predator XB270HA 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £389.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £99.95
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
Total : £1,811.88 (includes shipping : £20.10).




• GFX card comes with a free £40 keyboard
• Motherboard has a 5yr warranty and an exchange/upgrade within 3 yrs - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

What is your current spec?
 
Wow that's some serious money getting thrown around.

How desperate are you to spend your money. I have been reading about the new socket LGA 1151 and the new chipset Z170. Meant to be out some time this year, not sure on exactly when.

Me personally, I would wait a bit and see how much the new stuff will cost.
 
Any reason for the Acer over the BenQ?

I currently have:

i5-3570
8GB Ram
670GTX


For the life of me can't remember all the brands etc...
 
The Acer is Gsync, so no tearing and no stutter when the frame rate dips (if it does using a GTX980)


But then there is your existing spec and what I think is a better option is to get the new GFX card and case/SSD and fit to your existing setup, see how it copes then look at a CPU/board/RAM upgrade later.

Is that a 3570K that you have? is it overclocked?
 
with the current spec just get a new GPU. the rest is fine for gaming.

as stulid said get a ssd as well and monitor but processor, memory and ram are ok.

may as well wait for the next gen cpus to come out from intel
 
Yes it is a 3570k but no not overclocked (i always get confused doing it).

I also already have an SSD (128gb crucial m4) but was going big bang for a new build and "gifting" the current machine elsewhere in the family.
 
stulid said:
Well if you are giving the current PC away then thats not so bad.
Click to expand...

Indeed, but it's a bit OP for what they need - so i could harvest parts and reduce my costs.

Problem I find with "waiting" for tech, is you always end up waiting for the next things and never actually buy!
 
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