What can you spec for £3k?

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My friend is going all out and is ordering a new pc worth £3000. This will be used for gaming.

EVERYTHING is needed including:
OS
Mouse,Keyboard,Headset,Mousemat
Monitor
Accessories for cable management.

so heres what I've got so far, can you suggest anything better?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £505.98
2 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 SOC Gamer 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98NQH6DNC7VZ) £419.99 (£839.98)
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £185.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1200W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £169.99
1 x Roccat - Value Gamer Bundle £118.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £101.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2003FZEX) HDD £99.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £77.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x No Second VGA Cable Required £0
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
Total : £2,942.21 (includes shipping : ).

 
would spec a system but dont have time this morning, something like this though. swap out for a pair of 980's though and add £30/40 for the same monitor but with gsync.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Battlebox Zodiac" Intel i7 5820K @ 3.8GHz Overclocked Titan Z Gaming PC £1468.1
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548435) £295.99
1 x Crucial 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C16 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (CT4K4G4DFS8213) £155.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £60.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0
1 x Acer XB270H 27" 144hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £281.99
1 x AK Racing Gaming Chair Black £179.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK95 RGB Backlight Keyboard Black Cherry MX Blue Switches (CH-9000061-UK) £159.95
1 x Corsair Gaming CG-H2100 Dolby 7.1 Wireless Headset (CA-9011127-EU) £99.95
1 x Corsair M65 RGB Black Gaming Mouse - Limited Edition 'Sails' Logo (CH-9000053-NA) £59.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGMM200 Extended Gaming Surface (CH-9000086-WW) £24.98
Total : £3,006.84 (includes shipping : ).

 
would spec a system but dont have time this morning, something like this though. swap out for a pair of 980's though and add £30/40 for the same monitor but with gsync.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Battlebox Zodiac" Intel i7 5820K @ 3.8GHz Overclocked Titan Z Gaming PC £1468.1
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548435) £295.99
1 x Crucial 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C16 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (CT4K4G4DFS8213) £155.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £60.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0
1 x Acer XB270H 27" 144hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £281.99
1 x AK Racing Gaming Chair Black £179.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK95 RGB Backlight Keyboard Black Cherry MX Blue Switches (CH-9000061-UK) £159.95
1 x Corsair Gaming CG-H2100 Dolby 7.1 Wireless Headset (CA-9011127-EU) £99.95
1 x Corsair M65 RGB Black Gaming Mouse - Limited Edition 'Sails' Logo (CH-9000053-NA) £59.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGMM200 Extended Gaming Surface (CH-9000086-WW) £24.98
Total : £3,006.84 (includes shipping : ).


Why a chair? :D
 
would spec a system but dont have time this morning, something like this though. swap out for a pair of 980's though and add £30/40 for the same monitor but with gsync.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Battlebox Zodiac" Intel i7 5820K @ 3.8GHz Overclocked Titan Z Gaming PC £1468.1
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548435) £295.99
1 x Crucial 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C16 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (CT4K4G4DFS8213) £155.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £60.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0
1 x Acer XB270H 27" 144hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £281.99
1 x AK Racing Gaming Chair Black £179.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK95 RGB Backlight Keyboard Black Cherry MX Blue Switches (CH-9000061-UK) £159.95
1 x Corsair Gaming CG-H2100 Dolby 7.1 Wireless Headset (CA-9011127-EU) £99.95
1 x Corsair M65 RGB Black Gaming Mouse - Limited Edition 'Sails' Logo (CH-9000053-NA) £59.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGMM200 Extended Gaming Surface (CH-9000086-WW) £24.98
Total : £3,006.84 (includes shipping : ).


This is really nice, better peripherals for certain. Loosing quite a lot of HDD space tho tbh, and that is a vital factor in this build as the computer will be shared between 2 people and therefore, needs a big storage drive.

Would the Titan Z be a BIG improvement over GTX980 SLI?
 

Thats another really good option, least you've offered a chair or better HDD space, I'll let my friend know and then see what he wants.

Thank-you.
 
Here's something i randomly dreamed up

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving** £394.98
1 x Corsair RGB Pro Gamer Bundle £274.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99 (£149.98)
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
2 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24 (£8.48)
Total : £3,019.96 (includes shipping : ).



Reference coolers to blow air out the back
Awesome case w/ LEDs and the correct amount of PCIE cables
Awesome peripheral bundle etc
RAID 256GB SSD setup (512gb fast storage, 3TB of HDD storage)
1440p G-sync 144Hz monitor - best of both worlds
Best 1000W PSU there is, Corsair stuff isn't very good any more
Z97 is faster for gaming, clock speed higher and it'll be faster in most ways, more upgradeable too

Cashback - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856&highlight=black+edition
Free motherboard of the same value within 3 years - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511&highlight=black+edition
Quite hard to spend this amount of money on a gaming PC though
but wait for bling king to come, i've messaged him so he might come here soon-ish :D
 
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Here's something i randomly dreamed up

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving** £394.98
1 x Corsair RGB Pro Gamer Bundle £274.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99 (£149.98)
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
2 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24 (£8.48)
Total : £3,019.96 (includes shipping : ).



Reference coolers to blow air out the back
Awesome case w/ LEDs and the correct amount of PCIE cables
Awesome peripheral bundle etc
RAID 256GB SSD setup (512gb fast storage, 3TB of HDD storage)
1440p G-sync 144Hz monitor - best of both worlds
Best 1000W PSU there is, Corsair stuff isn't very good any more
Z97 is faster for gaming, clock speed higher and it'll be faster in most ways, more upgradeable too


Quite hard to spend this amount of money on a gaming PC though
but wait for bling king to come, i've messaged him so he might come here soon-ish :D

Thank you.
 
Thank you.

Actually on second thoughts white + black scheme would be better with those components

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving** £394.98
1 x Corsair RGB Pro Gamer Bundle £274.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99 (£149.98)
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
2 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29 (£6.58)
Total : £3,013.80 (includes shipping : ).



Cashback - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856&highlight=black+edition
Free motherboard of the same value within 3 years - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511&highlight=black+editionn
 
I'll be now out for the rest of the day and will check these when im back.

Could I also ask for the systems spec'd to be nomore then £2,950 as I've to leave money left over for the system to be built and overclocked from OcUK. £3,000 is the absoloute MAXIMUM that can be spent.

Thankyou for all the feedback so far its apreciated.
 
I'll be now out for the rest of the day and will check these when im back.

Could I also ask for the systems spec'd to be nomore then £2,950 as I've to leave money left over for the system to be built and overclocked from OcUK. £3,000 is the absoloute MAXIMUM that can be spent.

Thankyou for all the feedback so far its apreciated.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving** £394.98
1 x Corsair RGB Pro Gamer Bundle £274.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £139.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99 (£149.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
2 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29 (£6.58)
Total : £2,950.80 (includes shipping : ).



How's that?

Just changed to a 2TB HDD and 750W PSU which is still more than enough for SLI 980s

Hopefully ethermaster will have his input when you are back :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £629.99
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £449.99
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99 (£563.98)
1 x Samsung 512GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-7KE512BW) £274.99
1 x GeIL EVO Potenza 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (GPR416GB2666C15QC) £209.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Corsair K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black – Red Switch (CH-9000011-UK) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset for PC/PS4/Mac/Mobile - Black - £49.99 with promo code: HYPERDEAL £64.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x Corsair Raptor M30 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000042-EU) £32.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGMM600 Standard Gaming Surface (CH-9000084-WW) £29.99
1 x SilverStone ATX 24-pin cable, 30 cm - Black / Red £8.93
1 x Silverstone 4-pin Molex to 4x SATA cable 30 cm - Black / Red £6.77
1 x Silverstone EPS 8-pin to EPS / ATX 4 +4 pin cable 30 cm - Black / Red £4.24
2 x Silverstone 6-pin PCIe to 6-pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24 (£8.48)
2 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24 (£8.48)
Total : £3,059.70 (includes shipping : ).



£50 cashback.
 
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