4200 dollar 2500 pound gaming pc

tomtomgosatnav1 · Mar 3, 2014

I am building a gaming pc for the first time and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions

Approximate purchase date
Within a month or two

Budget
2500 pounds or dollars

System usage from most to least important
Gaming, movies

Are you buying a monitor
No I already have three and will be using all of them

Do you need to buy OS
No

Preferred website for parts
Amazon

Location
Uk

Parts preferences
Intel CPU nvidia gpu

Oc
No

Sli
Maybe

Screen resolution
1440 p

Why I'm upgrading
I'm using a terrible 2ghz compac pc and it's really bad

Thx

TheUnknownPC · Mar 3, 2014

Here :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£238.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£145.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£171.84 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£109.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£62.15 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£529.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£529.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£104.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£154.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2130.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-03 07:32 GMT+0000)

AMD Radeon · Mar 3, 2014

you can start from here

red-white theme build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£238.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£87.95 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£145.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£144.76 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£151.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£539.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£539.00 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White/Red) ATX Full Tower Case (£103.04 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£154.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2159.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-03 07:33 GMT+0000)

Boss Cat Johnson · Mar 3, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£238.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£124.01 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£145.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£212.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£109.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£112.76 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (£851.75 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£94.16 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£133.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £2022.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-03 07:42 GMT+0000)

TheUnknownPC · Mar 3, 2014

Boss Cat Johnson :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£238.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£124.01 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£145.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£212.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£109.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£112.76 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (£851.75 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£94.16 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£133.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £2022.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-03 07:42 GMT+0000)

Why the Heck Did You Choose A Titan Black Its Overpriced and the 780Ti Performs twice as well And both me and amd radeons build have 2

tomtomgosatnav1 · Mar 3, 2014

TheUnknownPC :

Boss Cat Johnson :

Why the Heck Did You Choose A Titan Black Its Overpriced and the 780Ti Performs twice as well And both me and amd radeons build have 2

I agree that two gtx 780 tis are better for gaming

tcb1005 · Mar 3, 2014

I know that you want NVIDIA but AMD cards are getting larger frame buffers. For example, Sapphire is releasing an 8gb GDDR5 AMD R9 290x.

tomtomgosatnav1 · Mar 3, 2014

tcb1005 :

And how much would that cost exactly

tcb1005 · Mar 3, 2014

tomtomgosatnav1 :

That has not been announced yet, but I would speculate around USD$900.

Boss Cat Johnson · Mar 3, 2014

TheUnknownPC :

I do agree that 2 780ti's in SLI will out perform a Titan Black any day. But he said that he was using 3 1440p monitors and if he is planning on using them in Nvidia Surround then he could use the extra VRAM in some games. I have a 780 and play on 2 1080p montiors and use around 2.7GB+ of VRAM in certain games. With games now using more and more VRAM its good to have more than less. Plus with the Titan black being fully unlocked its just a 780ti with twice the VRAM.

TheUnknownPC · Mar 3, 2014

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

I do agree that 2 780ti's in SLI will out perform a Titan Black any day. But he said that he was using 3 1440p monitors and if he is planning on using them in Nvidia Surround then he could use the extra VRAM in some games. I have a 780 and play on 2 1080p montiors and use around 2.7GB+ of VRAM in certain games. With games now using more and more VRAM its good to have more than less. Plus with the Titan black being fully unlocked its just a 780ti with twice the VRAM.

But 780Ti Is Made For 1440p Monitors

Marcopolo123 · Mar 3, 2014

hey ...

maxwell gpu

Boss Cat Johnson · Mar 3, 2014

TheUnknownPC :

Boss Cat Johnson :

But 780Ti Is Made For 1440p Monitors

Maybe one single 1440p monitor but not 3 in Surround. You might be able to do it but imo you would be pushing it with current games and for future titles you will probably need 4GB minimum. The OP said that it would be about a month or two before they started building so i think he should go with what Marcopolo123 said and wait and see what Maxwell has to offer (if its out by then) and then go from there.

TheUnknownPC · Mar 3, 2014

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Maybe one single 1440p monitor but not 3 in Surround. You might be able to do it but imo you would be pushing it with current games and for future titles you will probably need 4GB minimum. The OP said that it would be about a month or two before they started building so i think he should go with what Marcopolo123 said and wait and see what Maxwell has to offer (if its out by then) and then go from there.

Yeah But Were Talking 2 780Ti Not One

TheUnknownPC · Mar 3, 2014

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Maybe one single 1440p monitor but not 3 in Surround. You might be able to do it but imo you would be pushing it with current games and for future titles you will probably need 4GB minimum. The OP said that it would be about a month or two before they started building so i think he should go with what Marcopolo123 said and wait and see what Maxwell has to offer (if its out by then) and then go from there.

Yeah But Were Talking 2 780Ti Not One

tcb1005 · Mar 3, 2014

It is a well known fact AMD is better for multi monitor setups. Eyefinity is still unmatched today.

Boss Cat Johnson · Mar 3, 2014

TheUnknownPC :

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Maybe one single 1440p monitor but not 3 in Surround. You might be able to do it but imo you would be pushing it with current games and for future titles you will probably need 4GB minimum. The OP said that it would be about a month or two before they started building so i think he should go with what Marcopolo123 said and wait and see what Maxwell has to offer (if its out by then) and then go from there.

Yeah But Were Talking 2 780Ti Not One

Yes but that does not double the VRAM. You could run 4 780ti's in quad SLI and still only have 3GB of VRAM.

tcb1005 · Mar 3, 2014

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Maybe one single 1440p monitor but not 3 in Surround. You might be able to do it but imo you would be pushing it with current games and for future titles you will probably need 4GB minimum. The OP said that it would be about a month or two before they started building so i think he should go with what Marcopolo123 said and wait and see what Maxwell has to offer (if its out by then) and then go from there.

Yeah But Were Talking 2 780Ti Not One

Yes but that does not double the VRAM. You could run 4 780ti's in quad SLI and still only have 3GB of VRAM.

Which is why I suggest waiting 2 months for the 8Gb Sapphire Radeon r9 290x VAPORX!

TheUnknownPC · Mar 3, 2014

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Maybe one single 1440p monitor but not 3 in Surround. You might be able to do it but imo you would be pushing it with current games and for future titles you will probably need 4GB minimum. The OP said that it would be about a month or two before they started building so i think he should go with what Marcopolo123 said and wait and see what Maxwell has to offer (if its out by then) and then go from there.

Yeah But Were Talking 2 780Ti Not One

Yes but that does not double the VRAM. You could run 4 780ti's in quad SLI and still only have 3GB of VRAM.

Yes I Am Aware That It Does Not Double Vram

Check This Out 780 SLI Can Be Capable Of Running 1440p : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY3Kn1fGGTI

Boss Cat Johnson · Mar 3, 2014

tcb1005 :

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Boss Cat Johnson :

Yeah But Were Talking 2 780Ti Not One

Yes but that does not double the VRAM. You could run 4 780ti's in quad SLI and still only have 3GB of VRAM.

Which is why I suggest waiting 2 months for the 8Gb Sapphire Radeon r9 290x VAPORX!

Hmm a 8gb r9 290x does sound like a good choice. Combine that with mantle and you might have a winner. I thought AMD's drivers were still crap though?

tcb1005 · Mar 3, 2014

Boss Cat Johnson :

tcb1005 :

Boss Cat Johnson :

TheUnknownPC :

Yes but that does not double the VRAM. You could run 4 780ti's in quad SLI and still only have 3GB of VRAM.

Which is why I suggest waiting 2 months for the 8Gb Sapphire Radeon r9 290x VAPORX!

Hmm a 8gb r9 290x does sound like a good choice. Combine that with mantle and you might have a winner. I thought AMD's drivers were still crap though?

AMD cards had a few crossfire problems but I believe that was fixed last year. As for single cards their drivers are on par with NVIDIA's.

Boss Cat Johnson · Mar 3, 2014

tcb1005 :

Boss Cat Johnson :

tcb1005 :

Boss Cat Johnson :

Which is why I suggest waiting 2 months for the 8Gb Sapphire Radeon r9 290x VAPORX!

Hmm a 8gb r9 290x does sound like a good choice. Combine that with mantle and you might have a winner. I thought AMD's drivers were still crap though?

AMD cards had a few crossfire problems but I believe that was fixed last year. As for single cards their drivers are on par with NVIDIA's.

Oh well then if the price is right then its really a no brainier.

sora · Mar 4, 2014

The R9 290X is a winner, and AMD's drivers for some laptops are indeed complete crap.

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