System Upgrade Assistance!

[Devboy]

So I'm now running with an Eyefinity setup. and I've found that my FPS is lower than what I was getting before (understandable)

So I'm intending to upgrade, and given that my current PC is about 3 years old I feel its time anyway.

Budget - Haven't set this yet, as I want to sell my current PC first anyway, but likely between £1000-£1500
Resolution - 3x 1920 x 1080p 24" displays, so 5760 x 1080 reso (about 5970 with custom setup)
Games / Settings Desired - A lot of WoW, 25 man, ideally on high / ultra settings, as well as all the new games coming out (Titanfall / WatchDogs etc etc)
Any other intensive software or special things you do - not really. I intend to do some streaming / recording and editing of game footage.
Parts that can be reused - 2 x HDD's (storage purposes 1 2TB and 1 500gb)
Do you need an OS? - Yes, Windows 7 is prefered.
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc) No.

Thanks for the help guys

P.S I'm looking to buy prebuilt, as I fear if I build it myself, that I will **** something up and damage a component and have to buy a new one. (unless im being overly cautious and it really isn't that difficult to do it myself?)

 

[snips86x]

I would highly recommend building yourself as you get better value for money allowing more powerful parts:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £107.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £61.99
Total : £1,559.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).



If you really want a pre-built, this would be my recommendation:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Sabre" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.3GHz Overclocked AMD Radeon Crossfire Gaming PC £343.08
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
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £104.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £68.99
1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
Total : £1,555.38 (includes shipping : £19.50).



I've added Windows 8.1 as there is a performance improvement in games with AMD cards over Windows 7.

 

[Devboy]

Ah... I think ideally I'd rather stick with 1 GPU (unless there is a reason you've put two?) Additionally, I'd prefer to avoid AMD cards, I've used several before, and always ended up having problems, yet never had a single issue with any Nvidia card that I've purchased.

 

[snips86x]

Ah... I think ideally I'd rather stick with 1 GPU (unless there is a reason you've put two?) Additionally, I'd prefer to avoid AMD cards, I've used several before, and always ended up having problems, yet never had a single issue with any Nvidia card that I've purchased.

Ahh ok.

I only included the AMD cards as you said you wanted eyefinity, which is an AMD feature and is commonly ran accross multiple GPUs.

?

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Scythe" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.3GHz Overclocked Nvidia GeForce SLI Quad Core Gaming PC £397.03
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £104.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £129.95
1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 EX OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (78XNH5DN8MSU) £379.99
1 x No Graphics Card Upgrade £0
Total : £1,483.06 (includes shipping : £13.50).

 

[Devboy]

Ah yea, I say Eyefinity, Just using an Nvidia card currently. I'm not sure what to call it when its used on nvidia, would it still be better to run on 2 GPUs?

 

[snips86x]

Ah yea, I say Eyefinity, Just using an Nvidia card currently. I'm not sure what to call it when its used on nvidia, would it still be better to run on 2 GPUs?

It depends on the size of the screens, resolution & how many you are playing games over.

If you are gaming over multiple, you'd benefit, performance wise, from multiple cards.

 

[Danny75]

Nvidia Surround, is what it's called.

 

[snips86x]

Nvidia Surround, is what it's called.

ahhh yes, then nVidia cards will be what you'll need

 

[Devboy]

What cards would you recommend then if I was going to go with a dual gpu setup, and would I still be able to keep it under 1.5k?

and its 3 of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-050-AS running as a single display so the games are played on all 3. Resolution is 5970 x 1080 (custom configured within the Nvidia control panel)