New Gaming/Productivity Rig

[RainOnTheLens]

Hey all I've been planning and speccing a new rig that I intend to build over the summer, just wanted to see what people thought - any ideas people had

 

1. Budget & Location
I'm gonna be working over the summer, so the budget is fairly flexible but around £2000 including peripherals would be great I'm in the UK if you didn't guess by the £

2. Aim
Mainly going to be a gaming rig, but since I need Video editing capabilities for my Uni course, I'll need the beef to handle Photoshop/After Effects/Vegas etc. It's going to be setup in my room on a desk, so nothing fancy in terms of rig setup - but I would like to use it for movies and popcorn every now and again

3. Monitors
I've been looking into 21:9 monitors and would love something like a 34" 21:9 but they can be on the pricey end, so any suggestions there would be appreciated. I hate Bezels so multi-monitor setup is unlikely, and since it's for gaming AND productivity, I'm looking for a decent GTG/BTB IPS if possible

4. Peripherals
I have a mouse/mech-keyboard already that I use with my laptop that are fine, but as above I'm looking to get a decent monitor - will also need a copy of Windows

5. Why are you upgrading?
Been chugging along with a Medion Akoya Laptop for a year and a bit now - it's not quite strong enough to play the games I want to play even on the lowest settings, so I'm looking to get a decent rig that'll last me a few years

I have a parts list that I've been working on - any suggestions are welcome

 

MSI Z97-GAMING 5 Socket 1150 ATX Motherboard Intel Core i7 i7-4790K CPU (Quad Core 4GHz, Socket H3 LGA-1150) WD 500GB Blue Desktop Drive - OEM Samsung 2.5-Inch 250 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive

 

Rosewill ATX 12V 750-Watt 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Power Supply Hive-750

 

NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case with Side Window and 4 Quiet Fans for PC - White/Black

 

2 X SLI

EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked with ACX 2.0 Cooling 4GB Graphics Card

 

 

 

[Philcat101]

If you end up doing lots of beefy video editing and storing lots of games, you might want a 1 TB hard drive. Otherwise, your build looks great!

[Philcat101]

WHERE is the ram? You need ram! D:

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Hey all I've been planning and speccing a new rig that I intend to build over the summer, just wanted to see what people thought - any ideas people had

1. Budget & LocationI'm gonna be working over the summer, so the budget is fairly flexible but around £2000 including peripherals would be great I'm in the UK if you didn't guess by the £ 2. AimMainly going to be a gaming rig, but since I need Video editing capabilities for my Uni course, I'll need the beef to handle Photoshop/After Effects/Vegas etc. It's going to be setup in my room on a desk, so nothing fancy in terms of rig setup - but I would like to use it for movies and popcorn every now and again 3. MonitorsI've been looking into 21:9 monitors and would love something like a 34" 21:9 but they can be on the pricey end, so any suggestions there would be appreciated. I hate Bezels so multi-monitor setup is unlikely, and since it's for gaming AND productivity, I'm looking for a decent GTG/BTB IPS if possible 4. PeripheralsI have a mouse/mech-keyboard already that I use with my laptop that are fine, but as above I'm looking to get a decent monitor - will also need a copy of Windows 5. Why are you upgrading?Been chugging along with a Medion Akoya Laptop for a year and a bit now - it's not quite strong enough to play the games I want to play even on the lowest settings, so I'm looking to get a decent rig that'll last me a few years I have a parts list that I've been working on - any suggestions are welcome

MSI Z97-GAMING 5 Socket 1150 ATX Motherboard

Intel Core i7 i7-4790K CPU (Quad Core 4GHz, Socket H3 LGA-1150)

WD 500GB Blue Desktop Drive - OEM

Samsung 2.5-Inch 250 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive

Rosewill ATX 12V 750-Watt 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Power Supply Hive-750

NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case with Side Window and 4 Quiet Fans for PC - White/Black

2 X SLI

EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked with ACX 2.0 Cooling 4GB Graphics Card

And a 5.25 DVD drive will be good for watching movies

The power supply is a little overkill, I calculated it here:http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine. You might want more around 600 watts.

[RainOnTheLens]

Haha yeah - I have an external 1TB USB 3.0 for the Productivity stuff - the WB is pretty much just for games (Except BF4/LoL/Crysis/Payday2 which will go on the SSD I think). And I haven't decided on RAM yet - I'll probably just end up getting 8GB of G.Skillz RipJawzX. If I need a bit more heft for AE I'll just get another 8GB down the line :3

[RainOnTheLens]

Also if anyone has any advice (rather than the opinion I see pretty much everywhere else ) on 2 GTX 970s vs 1 GTX 980Ti, that would be much appreciated. At the moment the only major benefit of the 980Ti is I can get another and put it in SLI for upgrading in the future, which gets me far more power than adding a 3rd/4th 970...

[brob]

Some good data at http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-review/. Scroll down a bit to see comparisons with SLI/CF configs.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£239.99 @ Novatech)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£117.40 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£89.15 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5"; Solid State Drive (£266.55 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked Video Card (£582.68 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case (£71.08 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply (£104.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Silverstone SST-SOB02 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£107.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus MX299Q 29.0:; Monitor (£310.37 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2000.50
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£249.98 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£129.70 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£76.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5"; Solid State Drive (£266.55 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (£585.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£94.07 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.95 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus MX299Q 29.0"; Monitor (£310.37 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1994.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-06 19:13 BST+0100