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Magazorb

Magazorb

Magazorb

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Originally assembled my system back almost 5 years ago, it's served me well but as time has passed it doesn't do as well as i'd like, thus upgrade time :D

Now to be honest i'd rather hold out to see how next "gen" hardware is, but it's come to a point where my hobby's demand more of my computer and i'm just feed up with the waiting around.

Current specs:
FX4100
Asus M5A78L-MUSB3
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB 1600MHz
HD6870 1GB
Lepa B-series 750W
Cooler Master Elite 334 Midi Case
840Pro 256GB
Samsung SpinPoint F1 250GB

As now days i do more then just play games it seems that a simple processor won't cut it much (or so i speculate) and most the software i plan to use (both games and otherwise) favour N-vidia.

So essentially i'm asking for a workstation with gaming capability XD
I've been thinking for a few days now as to how to go about this and have questioned to do things from a i5-4440 and GTX970 to a 5960x GTX980/2x970

Also i pretty much maxed my HDD within a month of making the system, and then filled the SSD within only a week of getting that, so would quite like a 3/4 TB HDD for storage purposes.

Monitor is also a concern, but i know very little about them and don't really know what i'm looking for, all i can say is currently i have a 1080p TN panel @60Hz, i do notice a lot of color shifts and poor blending of color (i mean to say that if i had a gradient of white on 1 side and black on the other, i'd have a bunch of distinct blocks of grey between them, no idea on the technical term as i'm sure you've noticed)

As much as i'd like to say I'm reluctant to spent any money, what person doesn't love having the greatest tech? i'd rather only spend money if it justifies the price though, and i'm not one to upgrade often (made my phone last over 3 years, was devastated to see that die)

so what do you guys think of:?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £307.99
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £299.99
1 x Avexir Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD4U24001604G-4M) £209.99
1 x MSI X99S SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £159.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD40EFRX - OEM HDD £134.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - White Window £54.95
Total : £1,337.83 (includes shipping : ).





I've spoken quite enough as it is, I'd appreciate any help what so ever and thanks in advance :)
 
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Haha, thanks, wasn't aware of such promotions.

in all honesty black wasn't a color theme, just happened to be, rather i believe the beauty of a PC is what turns up on the monitor :P
 
Very nice spec indeed. Do you have anything left for a new monitor, though? Sounds like you might prefer an IPS and with higher resolution.
 
I personally do not really want to focus on how much i can spend, rather on what i can get for the money, as long as i can justify it's cost i can afford it.

Only downside is i can't buy everything at once, so their's the initial buy i'm going to do tomorrow (hopefully) and the rest in a few weeks, the plan to get the GPU, PSU and HDD this time round, because those are what i more immediately require.

In terms of monitors i don't really know much but did just read up about some of it, IPS for sure, as the monitor is something to keep for many years (at least in my option) and i was expecting it to cost a lot for a color accurate one, UHD would be a plus too... but what would you guys recommend?
 
I've done some more reading up on the things i'll be doing and the kind of performance i can get, it seems i'd get more performance per cost going with Dual GTX 980s (whole system cost) even if i was to put a 5960X in there.
I also forgot to add a wireless card, unfortunately i don't all ways have the luxury of a wired connection :(

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X) £761.99
2 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £399.95 (£799.90)
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £359.99
1 x Asus X99-A Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £193.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD40EFRX - OEM HDD £134.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Asus PCE-AC68 802.11ac Dual-band Wireless AC1900 PCI-E Adaptor £69.98
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - White Window £54.95
Total : £2,565.77 (includes shipping : ).



made a few changes to include these few things, did the graphics as they legit seem worth it, the CPU pretty much because i'd like one, it will help me out a little but i'm aware it's less of a gain per performance, swapped the motherboard for another with more optimal spacing for 2way-SLI (no plans of going higher) and upped the PSU a little.
added wireless card, added extra memory mainly to see how things would price out, i don't see anything that i do requiring just that much memory for now, so i'm fine with dropping that.

Also monitor doesn't have to be included in this pricing, got that sorted pretty much.

so may i have some thoughts please, like would people recommend against this for any reason, notice issues, will the PSU be enough? etc... much thanks for your help guys :)
 
Thanks, so no compatibility issues, concerns or different component advice/recommendations?

Also would i be correct in thinking that i can put that wireless card in either slot 3 or slot 6 and the two graphic cards shouldn't lose any bandwidth?
 
quick note, swapped the wireless card and MB for a Asus X99-Deluxe

I assume this thing is fully safe to OC to 1.3v on CPU? sorry little rusty on the new stuff

Thanks a lot for your help, much appreciated and merry christmas.
 
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