Gaming build £2kish limit, triple monitor.

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Hi all,

Built a few machines in the past and am looking at building a new machine in the next few months. Always think it's best to sense check these things with a community first and you can't beat THW forum.

Build will primarily be a gaming machine, with triple monitor gaming in mind. I also encode videos so some CPU grunt will be welcome. I'd like a SSD boot drive with room for some games and a data drive.

Also looking to pickup monitors in the budget.

Been looking around at graphics cards for triple monitor setup and it's likely to be a SLI/Xfire solution. Taking the microstutter I've read about into account, I've went with Nvidia, but that is not solid. I'm not a fanboy either way, current card is ATI, previous was Nvidia etc.

So, here is my proposed build, a shade over budget, but I don't build new PCs very often.

Mobo: GA-Z77X-D3H (capable mobo with SLI support, if I go ATI, I can downgrade I guess)
CPU: I7 2700K overclocked to 4.5 by online retailer
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E (comes with the bundle from retailer)
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengence LP Black 1600Mhz C9 (comes with bundle from retailer)
Bundle: £530

GPU: 2x MSI GTX 670 Overclocked to 965Mhz
£580

Hard disks:
500GB Samsung 840 Basic
£260
3TG Seagate SATA drive
£94

Case:
Silverstone Raven: RV03
£95

PSU: 850W XFX Pro
£82

DVD Writer: £14

3x 23" AOC I2353FH IPS panel 1920x1080
£382

All ordered from Scan.co.uk
I need to purchase all from one retailer as I plan to take a credit plan to finance the PC.

Any idea on more potent ways to spend the money or any feedback in general would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Ben
 
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Rugnir_Viking

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can't find too much fault if you are gonna spend that much. my opinion is its overkill to have 3tb hd and 500gb ssd and i never need anything close to sli for my 2 monitor setup. but if your set on 16x aa then go for it. i guess you'll get what you pay for.
the components are fine. from that exact site i cant see better
 
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IMHO you should go with i7-3770K with HD graphics 4000 which will help out a lot in video encoding tasks through Quick Sync, i7-2600K comes with HD graphics 3000 and im not sure if it will be fully ultilise in a Z77 board.
i5-3570K is good for video encoding tasks too but it does not have the HT ability which will help out a lot in video rendering tasks.
 
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I had considered both the i5 3570k and the i7 3770k. The i5 is around £30 cheaper in the bundle but according to the research I had done, the 2700k was faster than the i5 for very similar money. The 3770k was out of my price range unless I dropped the SLI config and went for a single 680 GTX, which was another consideration.

My main aim is to play Battlefield 4 on top settings across 3 screens when it comes out as a benchmark. I'm not too fussed for 16xAA but the rest of the settings must be ultra. Would a single 680 manage that? I had considered getting 2x 280GTX, dropping to a smaller SSD and going to an i5 or even going 2x 7970 but I'm not really sure. What I had picked out seemed optimal for me but my knowledge is out of date I guess.

Thanks very much for the answers so far guys.
 
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Just to confirm, a single GTX 670 will handle Battlefield 4 on ultra settings across 3x 1080p monitors at 60fps?

The machine is built to last 3-4 years and I store a ton of media, also a lot of fraps footage. Storage is cheap so it's only extrra £20 between 2TB and 3TB. The big SSD is just so I dont' have to keep downloading and installing games via steam as my internet connection isnt' that quick.
 
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Ok, Thanks for replies everyone. Look like I should update the i7 to 3770k and downgrade another component. Looks like maybe a 250gb ssd then. Thanks for all your help everyone.
 
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