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I ended up getting the K70 with browns. The keyboard feels very nice but yea those keycaps need to be changed lol. Thanks again for your help, even though I didn't really get anything you recommended, it helped me make my decision. I'll definitely be calling on you soon because I want to make a "gamepad" for when I'm drawing on my PC. Being a lefty makes it difficult hitting shortcuts while I work.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£185.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.31 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£124.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£52.97 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£86.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£101.20 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card  (£262.93 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  (£99.63 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.92 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1077.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-10 22:25 BST+0100
 
If you want a monitor you could find one with the extra £120

for what you do..that is one of the better builds
its not gonna be for gaming...these guys keep giving you gaming cards

Should be fine!

Thanks all. I thought that was the case but I wanted to make sure.

no

Nope, But you can run the 770 as a dedicated PhysX processor though.

Not in SLI no, you'll need 2 of the same card to do that. But you can use the 980 on a Primary monitor, and the 770 for a secondary monitor.
 
Or you could use the 770 purely for PhysX or something (I think, correct me if I'm wrong )

I've got the Logitech G710+ and was considering moving to the corsair K70/K95 rgb. They just seem a bit more "robust". This looks nice but it looks too "gamer-ish" in my opinion whereas the corsair looks a little bit more grown up....if that makes sense.

I don't get the point in doing this campaign. It won't achieve anything. Valve knows exactly how much people want Half-Life 3 but they'll make/release it whenever THEY feel like it, not when we ask/expect it. Valve doesn't do what other devs do and push out game after game because that's what the consumer expects. That's why these AAA titles have become so bad in my opinion, it's not about making a good game, but instead about releasing anything as part of a cycle because that's what the consumer is used to. I'd prefer to wait and get something special that I'll enjoy rather than get some nonsense to tie me over. I hope this campaign fails.

I don't get the point in doing this campaign. It won't achieve anything. Valve knows exactly how much people want Half-Life 3 but they'll make/release it whenever THEY feel like it, not when we ask/expect it. Valve doesn't do what other devs do and push out game after game because that's what the consumer expects. That's why these AAA titles have become so bad in my opinion, it's not about making a good game, but instead about releasing anything as part of a cycle because that's what the consumer is used to. I'd prefer to wait and get something special that I'll enjoy rather than get some nonsense to tie me over. I hope this campaign fails.

Honestly, the degrading you would get from overclocking it wouldn't even be noticed. If you intend on upgrading it 5-6 years after overclocking the degrading wouldn't even have taken place at that point. Besides, you probably wouldn't want to upgrade your CPU, even from Sandybridge, Haswell has not been a upgrade.

If you need help overclocking we can help! (depending on your cooling solution)
Also, you probably wont need to upgrade at least until we see a real change to how games are being built, as apposed to being a console port.
P.S : I got 2 780s because I can :]

What are the current specs of your rig right now?

What are you running right now?

The 780 does have more horsepower than a 680, Its cut down GK110 vs GK104. Personally, I dont think you will be able to re-coupe 400 pounds for a 4GB 680, considering there are 4B 770 that outperform it and cost less or around the same. Also, There is no way to "future proof" a system. Because, who knows that the future holds? DUN DUN DUN!

everything except the RAM size is better of course but you're 680 is still doing well I would wait a few generations before upgrading a 680 at the moment is still very future proof.

Depends, Are you satisfied with what that GPU is giving you right now? If not, How much can you re-coupe from selling it and put in towards a 780.

If you strictly gaming, you wont see any or very little performance increase in terms of FPS with the setup you have currently. If you would like to overclock, your board is very good at doing so. I would recommend improving your cooling solution if you would like to overclock past 4.0GHz, even with the stock heatsink you can get around 3.8-3.9 without going past 80. Also, take note, you never want to go near TJ Max on a CPU, thats were degrading of the CPU will occur. If you would like help with voltages,memory clocks, and frequencies, just post it in forum and someone will guide you through it.

My current specs are as follows:
 
i7 3770k (not overclocked(a waste I know))
4gb 680
16GB 2100mhz Ram
Asus sabertooth z77

HA. Don't scare me with text music! I do understand that future proofing is impossible but for me when I built my system I didn't want to have to touch it for at least 5 years or so. Maybe that's a little unrealistic but I am fairly new to this PC building thing. I wish I could just upgrade the motherboard, graphics, processor, ram and hard drive on my xbox...then the world would be a happier place.

p.s. Im obsessed with "future proofing" my PC