Making this Beast in 1-2 months - any final suggestions? First Build Ever!

[Aleksbgbg]

Hello guys!

 

I am fourteen and only just gotten into computers and computer parts, and this is going to be my first gaming pc and my first custom built pc. You might say I'm spoilt, but 3/4 of this money is mine, I've been saving up since I was 10 for something good, didn't know what it was until I decided to start looking for it. Anyhow, this is going to be built in 1 or 2 months' time, and I am currently looking for final suggestions such as better parts at a similar parts that will improve this PC in many ways such as long term lasting. I am getting this feedback from friends and family at the moment, but some expert or community advice would be very helpful. Thanks a lot! Here is the build:

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£256.75 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£97.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£131.48 @ Dabs) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£183.80 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£108.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£108.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.06 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£577.99 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£577.99 @ CCL Computers) 

Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  (£84.64 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£165.00 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £2333.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Please note that an optical drive will be taken from my current PC for the sake of having one, and that extra fans and fan LEDs will be bought by myself as I get this main build out of the way.

[Swndlr]

i really wish people wouldnt just dump their threads in general discussion...

[Frost Byte]

You know, because every fourteen year old has £2333.70 to spend. #SpoiledRotten 

 

Nice build anyway, good luck mate.

[Dabasepc]

include a 4k monitor in your budget otherwise its not worth having 980ti in SLI.

[swanyman]

Please tell me you will be using a 4k monitor. 

[Dzzope]

 

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Firstly, follow your own threads..

 

Second.. let me re-build that for you..

[Aleksbgbg]

Already have triple 24" 4k monitors ready but thanks for the suggestion anyway.

[Bananasplit_00]

as long as you wait for a posible price drop from NVIDIA id say its fine but just because this is so expensive already i would go for a 2TB hdd instead of the 1TB one just because its not that much more, also are you going to run those ssd's in raid 0 or soemthing fancy? id love to know and why not post a build log if you have time

[Guest]

What's it for.... 

 

No point in blowing all your savings on something totally overkill. 

[Aleksbgbg]

as long as you wait for a posible price drop from NVIDIA id say its fine but just because this is so expensive already i would go for a 2TB hdd instead of the 1TB one just because its not that much more, also are you going to run those ssd's in raid 0 or soemthing fancy? id love to know and why not post a build log if you have time

Should've said, but already have a 2nd 1TB from my current PC. As for the raid configuration, EDIT: yes. Raid 0 it is. Also yes a build log, sure going to do that on weekends then.

[SlientNinja.cmd]

you don't need the i7 unless you plan on steaming and gaming. i5 is fine for just gaming. or save money and get a xeon E3-1231 v3 same as 4790k but can't overclock, doesn't have on-board video and cheaper. and you need a 4k monitor otherwise 2 980ti's are pointless.

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Already have triple 24" 4k monitors ready but thanks for the suggestion anyway.

daaaaaamn. I'm almost 19, studying computer engineering at a university and all I have is a 27 inch 1440p monitor.

looks like a hell of a build.

[GM_Peka]

My suggestions:

Get a single 980 ti + Plus lower wattage PSU

Get a single 512 or 1tb SSD

Get a 2tb HDD

 

Edit: Tripple 4k monitors? Nothing on earth can run that to what I would consider decent. But if you insist, 980ti SLI, sure.

[Bananasplit_00]

Should've said, but already have a 2nd 1TB from my current PC. As for the raid configuration, EDIT: yes. Raid 0 it is. Also yes a build log, sure going to do that on weekends then.

cool well then its no idea to get another harddrive

[Dabasepc]

4k at 24" lol.. good luck with scaling Win.

[Dabasepc]

daaaaaamn. I'm almost 19, studying computer engineering at a university and all I have is a 27 inch 1440p monitor.

looks like a hell of a build.

 you don't need more thn what you got. its fine. i would prefer a 1440p 27" over a 24" 4k js.

[PudgyAstronaut]

you don't need the i7 unless you plan on steaming and gaming. i5 is fine for just gaming. or save money and get a xeon E3-1231 v3 same as 4790k but can't overclock, doesn't have on-board video and cheaper. and you need a 4k monitor otherwise 2 980ti's are pointless.

 

Does the i5 logic still apply when you are running 2 stinking 980TIs? I think when you look at TW3 benchmarks, running a TitanX, the i7 has a 10fps advantage on minimums, even though the averages are similar. I could see new games following that trend but could be wrong...

[Aleksbgbg]

you don't need the i7 unless you plan on steaming and gaming. i5 is fine for just gaming. or save money and get a xeon E3-1231 v3 same as 4790k but can't overclock, doesn't have on-board video and cheaper. and you need a 4k monitor otherwise 2 980ti's are pointless.

Taken into consideration swap with xeon.

 

4k at 24" lol.. good luck with scaling Win.

No idea what you mean, but if i had to guess I would answer with I will be using 3890 or whatever by 1920 as far as I can remember, might be a bit off.

[Dabasepc]

wasting money on triple 4k monitor to downscale to 1080p. wtf. and you fine with only one 980ti if you do this.

[Dzzope]

Soo.. here is what I've come up with... @Aleksbgbg

 

 

First.. Hex core.. cos, why the hell not (also the added pci-e lanes)

Second, 16GB is plenty of ram.. easy to add more later..

great quality PSU (not that the ax860 isn't) but much cheaper

Much cheaper SSD.. but you would need 2 systems side by side to notice the difference... Also you can add another one later if you want very easily (same for ram)

 

Dual, hybrid 980Ti's.. cos.. best cooling means better overclocks and more silent running.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£409.98 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Antec KUHLER H2O 1250 98.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£70.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£164.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£114.29 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£78.40 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£28.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HYBRID Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£659.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HYBRID Video Card (2-Way SLI)  (£659.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  (£84.64 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £2370.64

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-23 18:45 BST+0100

[Dzzope]

BTW.. if you didn't already have the monitors.. I would most certainly be suggesting something like this instead..

 

 

Though if streaming.. it's in the budget to go back to 4790k..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£178.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Antec KUHLER H2O 1250 98.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£70.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£82.87 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£77.27 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£28.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HYBRID Video Card  (£659.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  (£84.64 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£679.52 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £2051.04

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-23 18:48 BST+0100

[Aleksbgbg]

 

BTW.. if you didn't already have the monitors.. I would most certainly be suggesting something like this instead..

 

 

Though if streaming.. it's in the budget to go back to 4790k..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£178.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Antec KUHLER H2O 1250 98.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£70.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£82.87 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£77.27 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£28.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HYBRID Video Card  (£659.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  (£84.64 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£679.52 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £2051.04

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-23 18:48 BST+0100

 

Ok so this is what I've decided to do taking into account your feedback:

 

PSU will change to your recommended, I was originally having that one but I wanted a platinum because I thought I was wasting power but looking at it a bit more, I think I'll keep the EVGA.

 

Big change in monitors, though as of yet undecided just ideas.

 

Changing SSD type but will still keep 2 of.

 

Thanks!

 

EDIT: How will it work if I am running one 980Ti on a 27" 4k and keeping a 2nd monitor as an off-task monitor? So I'm scrapping the second 980Ti as I'm not gonna need SLI to work on one monitor.

 

Big side note: Will a single 980ti, be able to run GTA V on 4k at 60+ FPS on a 27" 4k?

[Dzzope]

Ok so this is what I've decided to do taking into account your feedback:

 

PSU will change to your recommended, I was originally having that one but I wanted a platinum because I thought I was wasting power but looking at it a bit more, I think I'll keep the EVGA.

 

Big change in monitors, though as of yet undecided just ideas.

 

Changing SSD type but will still keep 2 of.

 

Thanks!

 

EDIT: How will it work if I am running one 980Ti on a 27" 4k and keeping a 2nd monitor as an off-task monitor? So I'm scrapping the second 980Ti as I'm not gonna need SLI to work on one monitor.

 

Big side note: Will a single 980ti, be able to run GTA V on 4k at 60+ FPS on a 27" 4k?

Don't go 4k.. go 1440 144hz.. and no not on the High settings.. GTAV has some very high settings (some insane ones with minimal graphical gains and big performance impact) and 4k is hard to drive. It'll still be good.. but your best to check out benches yourself.

[Aleksbgbg]

Don't go 4k.. go 1440 144hz.. and no not on the High settings.. GTAV has some very high settings (some insane ones with minimal graphical gains and big performance impact) and 4k is hard to drive. It'll still be good.. but your best to check out benches yourself.

Ok sure, thanks. I guess I have some decisions to make and evaluate. As said earlier, I'm making a build log where I will discuss these issues. Thanks a lot tho!

[Guest andyysplash]

Depending on what you're doing:

- 16GB RAM may be more than adequate

- A single 980Ti may be enough depending on your monitor config and what you wish to run

- The H110i GT could be replaced by something like a Dark Rock Pro 3 or NH-D15 if you're ok with a little less cooling performance and potentially quieter operation (and £20-30 cost saving)