Gaming build

[thefatshizms]

1. Budget & Location
I don't have a 'budget' per se, though I'd like to keep it under around £5k. England for my location. 

2. Aim

A lot of gaming running at 1080p/4k at either very high or highest settings with high FPS (60fps). Also 3D Rendering, Game Engines, processor intensive programs and video rendering etc.

 

3. Monitors
1 Running 1080p and 1 running 4K (I may invest in a 3rd monitor at a later date). If you have any ideas for a good 4k monitor that would also be handy.

4. Peripherals
Good mic, mechanical keyboard (Cherry MX red?), good quality headphones. 

 

I was thinking about getting GTX 980 on a 2 way sli.

 

 

[Demons Wrath]

 

1. Budget & Location

I don't have a 'budget' per se, though I'd like to keep it under around £5k. England for my location. 

2. Aim

A lot of gaming running at 1080p/4k at either very high or highest settings with high FPS (60fps). Also 3D Rendering, Game Engines, processor intensive programs and video rendering etc.

 

3. Monitors

1 Running 1080p and 1 running 4K (I may invest in a 3rd monitor at a later date). If you have any ideas for a good 4k monitor that would also be handy.

4. Peripherals

Good mic, mechanical keyboard (Cherry MX red?), good quality headphones. 

 

I was thinking about getting GTX 980 on a 2 way sli.

 

 

Holy shit, £5k?! Lemmie see what I can do to get nice performance without breaking the bank.

[Tim Drake]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/8rgkyc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/8rgkyc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£78.29 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£154.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£175.35 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£95.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£81.26 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1966.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 14:09 GMT+0000

 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TmcJ23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TmcJ23/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£821.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£78.29 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£154.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£175.35 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£95.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£81.26 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2482.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 14:09 GMT+0000

[Demons Wrath]

@thefatshizms Here's a starting point:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK NEMESIS 70.2 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£63.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-S ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£160.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (£439.99 @ Novatech) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£72.48 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Zalman 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB UK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£149.57 @ Dabs) 

Total: £1710.43

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Mic: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/blue-microphones-2018-yeti-microphone-platinum-edition-usb-stereo-cardioid-omnidirectional-bidirecti

Headphones: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/munitio/pro30-wireless-compact-high-fidelity-on-ear-headphgo with the $199 or $229 pledge.

 

Since you got about £3k to play with, go play. Make adjustments where you will. I presume you know what you need better than me, whether it be more processing power, Cuda, or whatever.

[thefatshizms]

Holy shit, £5k?! Lemmie see what I can do to get nice performance without breaking the bank.

Yeah, though if I can get roughly the same performance (or achieve the same results that I need) I'd rather it be cheaper.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/8rgkyc

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/8rgkyc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£78.29 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£154.79 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£175.35 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£81.26 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.98 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1966.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 14:09 GMT+0000

 

or

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TmcJ23

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TmcJ23/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£821.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£78.29 @ Scan.co.uk)

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£154.79 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£175.35 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£95.94 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£433.37 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£81.26 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£92.98 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £2482.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 14:09 GMT+0000

 

 

 

@thefatshizms Here's a starting point:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK NEMESIS 70.2 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£63.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-S ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£160.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (£439.99 @ Novatech) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£72.48 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Zalman 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB UK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£149.57 @ Dabs) 

Total: £1710.43

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 14:12 GMT+0000

 

Mic: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/blue-microphones-2018-yeti-microphone-platinum-edition-usb-stereo-cardioid-omnidirectional-bidirecti

Headphones: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/munitio/pro30-wireless-compact-high-fidelity-on-ear-headphgo with the $199 or $229 pledge.

 

Since you got about £3k to play with, go play. Make adjustments where you will. I presume you know what you need better than me, whether it be more processing power, Cuda, or whatever.

 

 

Thanks for the replies, I'll take a look now.

[Compgeek]

do you need a studio mic like AT 2035, a desktop mic like blue jeti or a headset mic like a modmic 4.0?

[thefatshizms]

I don't want a mic on my headset. As longs as the mic quality is good and clear then I don't mind which it is. I like the sound of Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card which linus did a video on (which I believe cooled better and had increased performance?) Would one of these be enough for around 50-60fps in the latest games, or would 2 way sli on this be better?

[Tim Drake]

SNIP

lel my build reks yours

[thefatshizms]

How's this? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7MtPLk

(Looks good to me, but I'd like a second opinion).

 

 

[Guest]

How's this? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7MtPLk

(Looks good to me, but I'd like a second opinion).

Don't get the Corsair RM. Swap it for the EVGA Supernova G2 750W.

 

Change the SSD to the 850 Evo. 

 

Do you need that many Cores ?

 

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr

 

[Compgeek]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7jVMK8

Other 1000$ of budget on other peripheral and monitors

[Guest]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7jVMK8

Other 1000$ of budget on other peripheral and monitors

First off, we don't use $$$ in the UK. 

 

Secondly that build comes to £4596 and you didn't include any monitors.

[Demons Wrath]

How's this? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7MtPLk

(Looks good to me, but I'd like a second opinion).

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£821.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£78.29 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: Asus X99-S ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£160.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£469.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£469.98 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£81.26 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: Zalman 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £2618.25

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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RAM is better and cheaper. A pair of HDD's in RAID 0 will increase the speed of any workload tasks you have. The Samsung 840 Evo's still have that issue with degraded performance on rarely used files, so I picked something comparable but much cheaper. Change for a much better mobo. People rail against the RM series of PSU's, so I picked something else instead, £20 cheaper in any case. You can still go with the RM if you want, it's not shit.

[Demons Wrath]

lel my build reks yours

 

You want a cookie? The cheaper one is £200 more.

 

If the budget is that significant, why then did you choose the cheapest mobo?

[Compgeek]

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

What about now? It's in UK and 2k should be enough to get two monitors and needed peripheral

[Compgeek]

Is a 32 inch monitor too big? I guess a 24 inch is too small for 4k.

[Demons Wrath]

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

What about now? It's in UK and 2k should be enough to get two monitors and needed peripheral

 

£5000 - £3963.42 = £1036.58. Not exactly £2k. And the OS and keyboard aren't even part of that price.

 

You chose....poorly.

[Tim Drake]

 

SNIP

All that and yet you have a Zalman PSU..

 

No thnx

[Guest]

I included 2 Monitors. ROG Swift for gaming on and a 4K IPS for working on. Wasn't sure if you already had the 1080p screen or not.

 

I will leave you to select your own Headphones/Mic.

 

With this sort of budget you have lots of options.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£110.38 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-GAMING 5 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£177.59 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£178.61 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£161.80 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£449.99 @ Novatech) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£449.99 @ Novatech) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  (£111.85 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£90.11 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£579.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Monitor: Asus PB279Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£604.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB UK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£148.05 @ Dabs) 

Total: £3425.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[Compgeek]

oh my bad  :unsure:  i wasn't checking. What do you think about Asus PB287Q? I know it's a TN pannel, but it's a 10bit pannel capable of reproducing a lot more colours correctly than most IPS. It's not too expensive and the 1k should do it still.

[Compgeek]

i think 8 cores for rendering helps a lot. I taught he want's to game on 4K too. Thats why i added third 980 (scaling is still ok up to 3-way sli). 

p.s.: how do you get this text outputs from pcpartpicker or do you do it by hand?

[Compgeek]

What about this?

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

It's got everything and is on budget

Mic on cloud is removable so it won't be in the way

[Demons Wrath]

All that and yet you have a Zalman PSU..

 

No thnx

 

That Zalman PSU is an Enhance OEM, which is perfectly acceptable. Basically the difference between the RM and the Zalman is the difference between Enhance and Flextronics (Flextronics on the cheap as well).

[Tim Drake]

That Zalman PSU is an Enhance OEM, which is perfectly acceptable. Basically the difference between the RM and the Zalman is the difference between Enhance and Flextronics (Flextronics on the cheap as well).

Fair enough

[stconquest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK TRITON 100.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing Liquid CPU Cooler  (£79.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£154.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£439.99 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£439.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£87.13 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.34 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VX279Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£216.94 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus PB279Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£604.48 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Das Keyboard Model S Ultimate Silent Wired Standard Keyboard  (£95.78 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  (£47.00 @ Amazon UK)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £3014.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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