Gaming rig setup

[siodemka]

Hey guys, im planning to build a rig for games, games and more games.. and some different stuff you can do with it. Would any of you please help me with the parts i have chosen, and if there could be anything to change? im planning to spend around 1300 pounds which is around 2000 usd. I took just one drive as i have a second identical one already. 

 

Thanks for your help

 

 

[dizmo]

I'd get an MX100 SSD instead. 256gb if you can muster it.

[siodemka]

fixed

[MasonIsPurple]

If you're just gamming, you could drop down to a cheaper mother board, and maybe a tower cooler and get a 980

EDIT: Maybe to an i5 and keep the blingy stuff. 

[mosin40]

I've made some changes:

1. Dropped the i7 to an i5
2. Changed the AIO to a tower cooler
3. 16GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM (16 is useless for gaming unless you are going to do video editing)
4. The Kingston SSD was changed to a Crucial MX100 128 GB
5. The Corsair 750D was changed to a 450D (It's the same, but the 450D is a mid-tower and cheaper, while the 750D is a full-tower and is kinda expensive)
6. With that money saved, the 970 was upgraded to a 980
7. The ROG Maximus VII Ranger was changed to an MSI Gaming 5 mobo
8. The Acer monitor was changed to a BenQ 144Hz monitor

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.86 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£106.00 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£58.72 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.38 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card  (£434.74 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  (£90.00 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: BenQ XL2420Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£279.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Total: £1316.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-27 23:10 GMT+0000

[Demons Wrath]

Bollocks to the overpriced shit, here's where it's at:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BL 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£37.34 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£61.66 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.39 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£275.96 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Corsair 230T Windowed-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.70 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.83 @ Aria PC) 

Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.83 @ Aria PC) 

Other: AOC G2460PG (£349.00)

Total: £1243.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-28 00:40 GMT+0000

 

G-Sync monitor! I could stop there, but I won't. Blue and Black theme. PSU with enough juice to power SLI in the future. 256GB Crucial MX100. Nice air cooler. Nice case. Couple of extra fans for top exhaust.