My New Build - Welcome Alternative Hardware Suggestions

[tplhughes]

Hi Guys,

 

Looking for any advice on these parts - not keen on going up in price much unless decent gaming gains to be had. Play a good mix of RPG, simulation, occasional shooters (nothing competitive).

 

Hoping to add second 980TI in a few years depending on how the market develops.

 

Already have a 850EVO 500gb to put in.

 

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card / Gigabyte alternative

NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

 

Monitor 

Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor / Welcome other suggsetions 

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dZrmZL

 

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Tom

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Overkill mobo.

[Sam Z Man]

Overkill mobo.

Overkill is a under statement.

[Sam Z Man]

My bad

[tplhughes]

Yup - started low and just kept getting better.... so what would you swap out?

[Str_Mape]

I'd drop to an MSI Z97 Gaming 5 and an EVGA G2 850W you don't lose features and still have plenty of headroom for SLI and overclocking.

I'd also upgrade to a Kraken X61.

You end up with better cooling and saving 100

The use of a black and white case with all red and black components seems a little odd to me but everyone has their preferences.

[Guest]

If you are not doing anything else such as video editing/rendering or streaming etc then you can drop down to an i5 4690K and 8GB Ram along with a cheaper cooler.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£259.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£86.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97 PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£87.79 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£589.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.39 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ Dabs) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£25.73 @ Aria PC) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£570.46 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1909.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-04 21:49 BST+0100

 

[Matthew Taylor]

What res do you play at? 

 

Edit: Dont worry, just saw what you are getting. If you are not playing competitively then why are you getting 144Hz may I ask? 

[JoaoPRSousa]

This is enough

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.98 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£99.98 @ Novatech)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£71.00 @ More Computers)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (£589.98 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£85.93 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£165.74 @ Dabs)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£25.73 @ Aria PC)

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor (£570.46 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1887.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-04 21:46 BST+0100

Tho, if you really want to go balls to the walls and use the 2k£, go with this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£259.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 280L 122.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£122.00 @ Aria PC)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£71.00 @ More Computers)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (£589.98 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£85.93 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£165.74 @ Dabs)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£25.73 @ Aria PC)

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor (£570.46 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1990.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-04 21:49 BST+0100

Also, I recommend you to buy a HDD, since 500GB won't cut, especially when GabeN is around. :lol:

[Sam Z Man]

I would go with this and either pick the 144hz 1440p IPS, or 60hz 4K TN for your moniter, both feature g-sync.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£259.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£62.39 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£93.56 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£71.00 @ More Computers)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (£589.98 @ Amazon UK)

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.39 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.99 @ Dabs)

Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link DWA-582 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£28.18 @ Amazon UK)

Monitor: Acer XB280HK 60Hz 28.0" Monitor (£469.98 @ Ebuyer)

Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz 144Hz 27.0" Monitor (£679.52 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £2443.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-04 21:48 BST+0100

[Matthew Taylor]

I am pretty sure 1000W is overkill, even for SLI. This is Intel/Nvidia we are dealing with...

[tplhughes]

Thank you all, Will check those out!

 

I know its a tonne of money, but was hoping it would last a while longer with the better parts as opposed to saving a couple of hundred £ now. also been wanting to do a build for 6+ years now, so might aswell make it a good one!

 

I started looking for whiter/blue parts, but ended up switching parts in and out to this.. Might look at the other 440 colours as i agree on the mismatch now.

 

Keen to look at other monitors if you guys dont think the 144hz is worth it as i'm not competitive - but was still wanting to get g-sync. Not so sold on 4k at this size with having to scale most things and wouldn't the card struggle a bit?

[Sam Z Man]

Thank you all, Will check those out!

 

I know its a tonne of money, but was hoping it would last a while longer with the better parts as opposed to saving a couple of hundred £ now. also been wanting to do a build for 6+ years now, so might aswell make it a good one!

 

I started looking for whiter/blue parts, but ended up switching parts in and out to this.. Might look at the other 440 colours as i agree on the mismatch now.

 

Keen to look at other monitors if you guys dont think the 144hz is worth it as i'm not competitive - but was still wanting to get g-sync. Not so sold on 4k at this size with having to scale most things and wouldn't the card struggle a bit?

A 980ti can get average of 60 fps on most games maxed out near maxed in 4k, and my personal opinion is that 144hz is not worth it.