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Afro_Lamb
By Afro_Lamb
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Looks fine. Unless you plan to SLI, I would get a different PSU as you won't need near that many watts.

 

I would also suggest spending a little more and getting an IPS display.

 

EDIT: I would also like to add that, me personally, I don't think 120mm rads are worth it. I would get an air cooler first and if I need a liquid cooler, I would get a 240mm one or higher. I just don't think the performance/dollar is there with 120mm AIO's.

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Looks pretty nice but if you need a little more GPU grunt then look into a 980 or AMD equivilent

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I'd recommend a 1440p monitor

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Looks fine but I thought if you were going balls to the wall for the CPU you'd do the same for the graphics card.

 
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CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  (£314.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  (£183.27 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£62.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£264.97 @ Aria PC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£74.94 @ Aria PC) 
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1306.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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if you're going to do content creation, you def want a second hdd for raid 1, unless you got a nas to backup files to.

and please get a barracuda 2tb, not a hybrid drive. they are kinda shit

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I'd drop the water cooling, find a cheaper case, slightly cheaper PSU, and use the saved money to get a better GPU.

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I'd recommend investing in a better monitor, and depending on the size of the content you're working, more RAM. I edit 1080p videos and each time I render or export I always end up nearly using all 32gigs of my RAM. What's your budget target by the way?

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at this time I would strongly advise you to go DDR4 just for going forward 

 

it seems silly to save maybe £70 and not get a pc that will be so upgradable in 2 years

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