Building my own future proof Gaming/Video editing computer.

Guest · May 15, 2014

The title pretty much describes what i will be doing in around the end of June this year. I was wondering if anyone could give me advice as to what hardware i could/should change.
Below is a link to what i intend to build:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/henry07th/saved/4GTU
If anyone has advice it would be greatly appreciated.
PLEASE BARE IN MIND-
-That i would rather spend less than £1500 however am willing to push it to £1700.
-This is mainly due to wanting to buy a nice monitor to accompany the computer, any advice on this would also be greatly appreciated.
THANKS IN ADVANCE!

>I do intend on overclocking.

Parthu Revanth · May 15, 2014

Get a Single GPU GTX 780. It will be good for gaming at 1080p and video editing.
Do you overclock you CPU?

Guest · May 15, 2014

I do intend on overclocking, any 780's you would recommend?

lowriderflow · May 15, 2014

Is there a reason you need a bunch of really expensive fans?

760 4gb is pointless. even in SLI, they'd run out of horsepower before you ever used over 2gb of VRAM.

(Also what is your monitor setup? for a single 1080p, you'd never use over 2gb regardless of what GPU you had.)

it's a pretty good build tho... 760 2gb SLI will outperform a 780 for less money, so there's value in that setup.

Guest · May 15, 2014

Any 760 2gb's that you would recommend; it will be my first build and though i have done research, i haven't done enough and so was unsure. Thanks.

Parthu Revanth · May 15, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£227.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£139.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£98.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£365.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£122.39 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£122.10 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£15.85 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£15.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£15.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£15.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£15.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140mm Fan (£17.80 @ Ebuyer)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140mm Fan (£17.80 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1490.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 16:13 BST+0100)

Guest · May 15, 2014

The fans are simply for aesthetics of the build, i particularly like these. I know nothing about monitors but was intending on using only one. That is why i was going to build the PC first, have it working, and worry about the monitor when I have saved up enough for a good one.

Derza10 · May 15, 2014

Not sure why the keyboard you have listed costs so much... its $50 in the US... (Same keyboard I have) Surly you can get a better keyboard for cheaper... I'll take a look and see what i can find. Yea i just did a fast search you can get a better keyboard for half that price... Not sure why the one you have listed is so overpriced there.

Here is a nice one that is about 30 cheaper and its mechanical.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Razer-Blackwidow-Mechanical-Keyboard-version/dp/B00A0H9BY4/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1400168049&sr=1-1&keywords=Razer+BlackWidow+Tournament+Edition

Guest · May 15, 2014

I wasn't really that concerned about that, was concentrating more on the computer build; To be fair though, nice keyboards do appear to cost more in the UK for some reason. I have changed the link to:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/henry07th/saved/4GTU

Derza10 · May 15, 2014

I'd switch out your CPU cooler to this as well. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14
It's cheaper - will match your case fans - it cools pretty much the same and is quieter...

Guest · May 15, 2014

So if i choose to use the Noctua CPU Cooler (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14) Will i still be able to overclock to the same extent?

Derza10 · May 15, 2014

Yes... I have the noctua and i have my CPU OC'd to 4.4Ghz and it caps out on benchmarks @ 70c.... So i could go even higher... Normal gaming it stays under 60c.

Guest · May 15, 2014

Thanks, think i will go for the Noctua then, probably could of researched this myself but its nicer to get some first hand knowledge.

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