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Looking to build a £3000 rig, need some help choosing the specs!

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October 8, 2013 4:01:41 PM

Hey all, this is my 1st ever post, how exciting! haha
I often find the answer i'm looking for on this website so i thought its about time I made an account and joined in!

Okay, here's the problem..
I'm looking to be building a £3000 rig, here's what i'll be using it for..

1. Playing all the latest games on ultra graphics over 2 1080p monitors
2. Recording game play from 1 monitor with commentary, possibly live streaming in the future
3. Heavy video rendering, my currant rig takes 3 hours for a 15 min clip to render 1080p 60fps which is unacceptable, must be fast at rendering.
4. general internet and regular usage.

Specs i'm thinking about getting..

GPU - GTX TITAN 2 WAY SLI
CPU - I7 3770K (water cooled)
PSU - No idea, help? (1000w?)
RAM - 32GB (That's more than enough)
MOBO - No idea, thoughts?
HDD - I don't know, I need loads of space, i'd like to have a large SSD in there too for faster booting and render times.
CASE - Corsair Obsidian 650D (Thoughts?)
OS - Windows 7
MONITORS X2 - Acer S240HLbid 24'' Full HD widescreen LCD monitor with LED Backlight
(Sorry if I've missed anything out!)

So yeah, there's the rig i'd like, if you think i should change something please reply, oh and i'd like to keep the budget around £3000, if it goes just over that's not a problem.

Thanks for reading, i look forward to seeing what happens now! :D 
Cheers!

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October 8, 2013 4:15:56 PM

Witht he Titans, CPU 4830K, Asus X79 Deluxe, SeaSonic X1250 PSU, DRAM 32GB GSkill Tridents 2133/9, an 840 EVO Samsung SSD, a couple 1TB+ WD hDs, HAF 942 Case, WIN7 PRO and your monitors
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October 8, 2013 4:16:15 PM

The minimum recommended by nVidia for GTX Titan 2-way SLI is 850W.

Look at the i7-3930K/i7-4930K too, it may beat the i7-3770K at rendering. It depends on your software.
Also look at the i7-4770k, it does have some minor advantages over the older i7-3770k.
Pick the MB after you pick a CPU, each one wants a different type of MB.

Get Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. With the cheaper versions you won't be able to use 32GB of RAM.
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