£1500 Max Budget 1440p Gaming UK

[ShadowCaptain]

Hey guys, I know I have a thread up about my old rig

 

But here is my planned spec for my new rig - budget is max £1500, If you have any recommendations where I could save money that would be awesome. The theme is black and red so I have tried to run with that theme.

I plan on upgrading my monitors very soon but I need to get a new PC first

 

I want to use this rig to play games at 1440p 60 fps fluidly, games like Metro Last Light, Battlefield 4, Titanfall, Tomb Raider and whatever comes out soon Star Citizen and such

I didn't use PC Part Picker because the components i picked were not available - Also, some of these items are available cheaper from different UK retailers saving the odd £10 here and there so im aware of that

 

What would you add/change/remove with that given budget? I plan to buy next pay day in 4 weeks pending sale of some of my old stuff (please buy it)

 

 

 

 

[DBells94]

the build is solid for 1440p i would change some branding in components like the gpu for an evga but thats personal preference you should be ok with that build

[ViruZ_HUN]

NICE!

[Ex0Thermic]

Look nice BUT your motherboard will not fit in that case!!!

you might want to get a ful size atx case like the 450D or 750D or change the motherboard for a good M-Atx motherboard

[Thibaudv]

the build is solid for 1440p i would change some branding in components like the gpu for an evga but thats personal preference you should be ok with that build

No the gpu is fine, it's ten times more quiet than the evga one

[ShadowCaptain]

Look nice BUT your motherboard will not fit in that case!!!

you might want to get a ful size atx case like the 450D or 750D or change the motherboard for a good M-Atx motherboard

 

OOPS I wasnt meant to put that board in you are right, there was an ATX and m-ATX version and i clicked add to basket on the wrong one, GO ME

[Willson94]

You will need the MSI Z87M for that case!

[ShadowCaptain]

You will need the MSI Z87M for that case!

Yeah im using that in my current server, its a super nice board

[DBells94]

No the gpu is fine, it's ten times more quiet than the evga one

yep thats why i said its personal preference

[CoolBeans]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.99 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Eisberg 240L Prestige 60.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£119.09 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£97.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£71.25 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£127.46 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£319.99 @ Novatech)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£319.99 @ Novatech)

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.65 @ Dabs)

Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.78 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £1473.18

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-25 20:34 GMT+0000)

[wng_kingsley7]

That case is MATX not ATX compatible. Also if you get the i5 4670K there isn't much difference other than the core hyperthread count. Besides that not much to say other than you could save a bit of money. @ShadowCaptain

 

Also the build suggessted by @CoolBeans seems very nice and puts a good fist fight with a single 780ti vs 780 SLI

[ShadowCaptain]

 

That case is MATX not ATX compatible. Also if you get the i5 4670K there isn't much difference other than the core hyperthread count. Besides that not much to say other than you could save a bit of money. @ShadowCaptain

 

Also the build suggessted by @CoolBeans seems very nice and puts a good fist fight with a single 780ti vs 780 SLI

 

 

I know >< I wasn't reading when I picked it, I already have an i5 2500k so it wouldnt be much of an upgrade, i would just keep what I had. I was hoping the i7 would help in video rendering and editing tasks and other general compute performance 

 

 

SPEC

 

That is interesting SLI 580s

 

I still cant decide if I am wasting money selling my z78 V LE and 2500k is worth it. I still want a new PSU, case, SSD GPU etc, I think its worth the £100-200 its going to cost me VS keeping it, does anybody agree? 

I do want to use this rig for video and photo editing too

[Ex0Thermic]

I've just don't some googling and checking with my 350D too.

Looks like if you going to use the MSI Z87M you may fine the H100i a very tight fit if you top mount it.

I used to have mine top at the top off my case and it pushed against my 8pin power connnection on my motherboard/.
so it looks like the heatsinks on the Z78M might be in the way or it will be a very tight fit.

[ShadowCaptain]

I've just don't some googling and checking with my 350D too.

Looks like if you going to use the MSI Z87M you may fine the H100i a very tight fit if you top mount it.

I used to have mine top at the top off my case and it pushed against my 8pin power connnection on my motherboard/.

so it looks like the heatsinks on the Z78M might be in the way or it will be a very tight fit.

 

 

Maybe I should get the 650D instead? or the new 450d and stick with my original mobo choice?

[smpk]

I would get a asus rog motherboard.

[ShadowCaptain]

I would get a asus rog motherboard.

As gorgeous as they are, not sure how it is going add any benefit  to my build

 

Any reason for the recommendation?

[smpk]

As gorgeous as they are, not sure how it is going add any benefit  to my build

 

Any reason for the recommendation?

They are very high quality, and have very many good features. And i would get one if I had the budget.

[ShadowCaptain]

They are very high quality, and have very many good features. And i would get one if I had the budget.

 

Seems OTT for what im doing, i'm not really into crazy overclocking its pretty much just going to be 1 graphics card 1 ssd 1 hard drive. I just find it hard to justify an extra £100/£200 for features i will not use

 

The MSI motherboards are military grade, so should outlast the rig just fine  and do their intended purpose, its still a £100 motherboard so i definately do not want to skimp on that but my budget isnt limitless, id rather put the money into components that will give a performance increase