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I am getting £5k to spend on only computer hardware. This included items like monitors, keyboard, mouse etc. etc. Here is the part list I got. I have done A LOT of research into the parts and I can't get any better in my opinion, but feel free to put suggestions and anything which you think might be better. I am also getting all my parts from Amazon.co.uk.

CPU: Intel i7 4930k OC'd to 4GHz. (Planning on getting higher, 4.5GHz maybe)
CPU cooler: Corsair H80i with Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Paste
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
RAM: G-Skill Ripjaws X Quad Channel 32GB memory. (Getting 2 of these for 64GB RAM)
GPU: 2x EVGA GTX 780ti SC W/ ACX cooling in SLI configuration
SSD: 2x Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB
HDD: 2x Seagate 3TB 3.5inch 7200RPM
Network Card: TP-Link TL-WN951N
Optical Drive 1: LG BH16NS40.AURA10B 16x Internal BD-RW
Optical Drive 2: LG GH24NS95 24x DVD-RW SuperMulti
Case: NZXT Phantom Big Tower Chassis - Black
OS: Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 Pro. (Reason I'm getting 2 is because my fiancée hates W8)
Monitor: 3x BenQ XL2720T 27inch 1080p, 1ms, 3D-Ready 120Hz
Headset: Audio-Technica ATH-AD700x
Speaker Set: Logitech Z323
Webcam: Logitech C920
Keyboard: Logitech G19s
Mouse: Perixx MX-2000IIB

Please would you rate this build and tell me what you think? I have spent a lot of work on this and I wanna know your opinion on it.
 
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Purpose: Gaming, recording, editing, rendering and just simple browsing and maybe playing games on Google Chrome; and all parts are being bought from Amazon.co.uk
 
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With an unlimited budget, why go cheap on the monitors?
Buy 3 1440P 27" 2560 x 1440 ips monitors.
Here is one example: http://www.amazon.co.uk/PB278Q-Widescreen-Multimedia-2560x1440-DisplayPort/dp/B009668YPM/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1391368977&sr=1-1&keywords=2560+x+1440+monitor

Personally, I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler can do the job.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"

I would use a noctua or phanteks cooler with 140mm fans.
 
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Yes, would be a nice upgrade but I have worked everything to £5000 and I have it standing as £4985, so I don't really have the money for a £60 upgrade. I will look into it though.
 
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First things first, that monitor is £450, and the one I'm getting is £320. And is it really that bad of a monitor? Really?
Secondly, how I'm going to have my case set up is all the cool air comes in from the back and the warm air get ventilated out the front. And this is the most affective cooler for decent money I could find and all the reviews are really good. And I was thinking on using a fan and heat sink, but if I'm overclocking... I need something which can remove a lot of heat fast and a fan and heat sink can't really do that so well. If you look at the case, i'm having the water radiator with 2 fans pushing air in to the case with a massive 200mm fan right above it pushing air down onto it also and then all the heated air being pushed out but the 200mm fan at the front which I am going to be over clocking to it spins faster than the rest. And anyway, I've got a AC unit back there so it will be constantly being fed cool air.
 
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I'm planning on recording gameplay of games such as PlanetSide 2, Battlefield 4, Team Fortress 2 and games like that. Most likely be doing little edits such as sound affects, drop-ins and it will be fairly often.
 
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Nothing wrong with the monitors you picked.
But, they are only 1920 x 1080 resolution.
They have a 170/160 viewing angle.
With 3 of them side by side, the outside monitors will look washed out.
The 1440P monitors will have better quality IPS panels and a wider 178/178 viewing angle.
See if you can't fit one in your budget.
Many have been happy with less expensive QNIX monitors on ebay, shipped directly from Korea.

I would not want hot air blowing in my face if it exits from the front.
And, I would be wary about condensation directing cold ac air into your case.

For cooling, what you want is to get hot air OUT of your case asap.
If you can implement a positive pressure situation where the intake is filtered and uses two 120mm intake fans or better you will have a decent cooling case. The positive pressure will draw in cooling air through the filters and keep your case cleaner.
Looking at the phantom, I think it is more of a looker than a performer.
If you love it, by all means buy it.
For performance, I think you can do better.
 
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With the monitors, if you could try and find a 1440p monitor on amazon.co.uk for around £320 i would be more than happy to include them. And as for the case, if you could suggest one, i will have a look but the reason I'm choosing the Phantom is because it has a space for upgrading. That is what I'm looking for, and one which I can have the air go though the case, or as you put it, hot air out ASAP.
 
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It sounds like you're not doing anything too intense in the editing and rendering field. You should drop down to a socket LGA 1150 Haswell set-up. Grab the i7-4770k with the Asus Maximus VI Hero board. That should save you A LOT of money and you won't lose too much performance.

You can drop the aftermarket thermal paste, good cpu coolers come with good thermal paste.

As Geofelt stated, an air-cooler would be more than adequate and they are usually the better option over CLC.

No need for 64gb of ram considering what you are doing. You can save a lot of money by just going with 2x8gb of ram, for a total of 16gb. That should be plenty for what you're doing. Even more intense workstations only use 16gb, so you should be fine.

Do you really need two optical drives? You don't need a Blu-ray drive for games either.

No need for two OS. Just get Windows 8.1, and then get Start8 for free, which is a program that allows you to change the 8.1 interface to look like Windows 7 except you'll have the benefits of 8.1. That should please both of you.

And then you just saved A LOT of money. You can easily add in the three 1440p monitors that Geofelt posted above and you should get really good image quality in games and with SLI 780tis, you should get a really good gaming experience.
 
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Lian li makes some of the best quality cases.
Here is a large LIAN LI PC-A75 that is available on amazon.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Tower-PC-A75X-microATX-3-5-Inch-2-5-Inch/dp/B009TNJA5U/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1391376347&sr=1-1&keywords=LIAN+LI+PC-A75
The micro-ATX designation must be a typo.
You can get a better description on newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112387

I can find only one monitor at 300#, but the support reviews are bad and I would not buy it.
See if you can't re-juggle your budget to buy dell.

Any motherboard will include a network adapter.

That motherboard is expensive.
Is there any particular feature that you need?

Are you budgeting for fast ram?
Past 1600 speed will not buy you much.


 
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