Spec me an ultimate gaming system (£2700 budget)

no game this year would benefit from 6 core, any game that users 4 core doesn't use them fully as yet as most programmers are too lazy to do it correctly, any game which even says it supports four core when tested don't do it justice i found as yet, so for me for this year any maybe even next unless things change with the newer xbox getting more core support 4 faster cores for now would be better than 6 slower ones for most games made and even those being made, i'm waiting for rome2 later this year, i'll be happy if it even supports 4 cores at all, yes it will work with 4, but fully support 4 cores and hyperthreading as well, well that's a totally different kettle of fish.
 
Did you take a look at our build here. We added an additional third 3TB drive. This would fit within your budget. The totall came in at around £2,200 which would leave you some cash for mouse keyboard speakers and monitor. There are some pictures there to give you an idea how it looks. Outstanding performance and eats through any game aswell as video editing and anything else that has been thrown at it.

Hope it is a little help.

Alan / Gixer1970
 
Alan / Gixer1970, users wants more ram to start off with, some versions of home won't do it, needs to be pro at least.

Asus Geforce GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5, good card but way over priced and customer want's sli / crossfire which could do with your card in budget, and nobody here would as there cheaper options that are just as good and specced

you'res is pre built and pre OC, this is a custom build for diy, better storage and faster sdd, better board, more ram, a good spec monitor with liquid cooling for most spec's

once built this would be faster and run cooler if setup right hopefully, but your's is a good build as well saying that, but you get more when you diy and can alter the parts to suit, going either way wouldn't be a bad move tbh, it's just about choice for diy
 
The "Ultima ROG Infernus" features an Intel Core i7 3820 overclocked and guaranteed to a stable 4.60GHz. With four processing cores and quad channel DDR3 memory the "Ultima ROG Infernus" powers through applications and games with equal ease. A titanic 16GB of DDR3 RAM is featured, overclocked to 2133MHz, you have never seen speeds like these before! The superb Asus Xonar D2X sound card provides precise and crisp sound quality allowing for a truly immersive experience. And Samsung 840 120GB delivers excellent load times and a 2TB HDD allows for ample storage. Last but not least is the brutal Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum graphics card, a true fire breathing beast with 3GB of VRAM and a GPU core speed of 1100MHz! Hammering out fantastic DX11 graphics with ease. If one is just simply not enough, you can double up and go Crossfire and really have a weapon on your hands.

Why Should You Buy This System?
- A guaranteed 4.60GHz performance for the price of 3.60GHz
- Quad Core processing and DX11 performance.
- Quad Channel DDR3 overclocked to 2000MHz
- USB 3.0 compatible system
- 8 Hours stressed tested and quality controlled
- Precision built and cabled by Overclockers UK expert technicians
- All systems with an Windows 7 selected ship out with a pre-installed 180 day trial of Panda Antivirus 2012. Not compatible with Windows 8.

System Specification
- Case: NZXT Phantom USB 3.0 Enthusiast Full Tower Case - Red (default choice, options available)
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 850w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i7 3820 3.60GHz @ 4.60GHz CPU
- Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Black Megahalem CPU Cooler w/ x2 BitFenix Pro Red LED Fans
- RAM: Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 16GB (4x4GB) 2000MHz C11 Quad Channel
- Hard Drive: Samsung 840 120GB SSD & 2TB HDD
- Graphics Card: Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum Edition 3072MB (Crossfire option available)
- Sound: Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 Channel Sound Card
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

change the cooler for this one then Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler and add another vga card and ready built you go, if you don't want the fun of diy that is
 
As most of the forum will agree; £2700 is overkill for single screen 1080p gaming even for new titles with 'Ultra' settings. If you're dead set on spending the full amount, however, you could look into investing in a high quality chair. Serious suggestion. With a killer rig I'm sure you'll be spending countless hours on end sat in it so you better get comfortable
 
Certainly I will wait until the new 'stuff' arrives, think Haswell and Titan. Since I am spending an absurd amount of money I want to be sure that I blow it on worth while upgrades. I don't want to spend it only to realise I should have waited another month for the new stuff?

What do you guys think?
 
i would wait, it's too close tbh, and you may kick yourself if you don't, wait and see and if new socket & chips is or isn't all it's cracked up to be, then you can always have another build speced for you.

good luck in what ever you decide
 
Hope you make the right choice because that is one hell of a lot of money to spend! Wish I could have a PC budget like that!! Good luck!
 
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