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jellybellyjoe

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So as the title says above, planning on sploshing the dosh this june/july when Devil's canyon Hits with the 4790k.
Current Build as planned:
CPU: Intel I7 4790K (4 cores, 8 threads, 8mb cache etc.)
Cooler: Corsair H100i Liquid CPU Cooler.
MotherBoard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB 1600mhz
Primary Storage: 128GB Samsung Pro Series SSD
Secondary storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200rpm 64mb cache
Third Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200rpm 64mb cache
GPU: AMD R9 290 ASUS DCUII OC edition
GPU2: AMD R9 290 ASUS DCUII OC edition
Case: NZXT Switch Black Edition (love this badboy of a case)
PSU: Corsair RM1000 watt Fully modular
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
extras: 3 x 2 pack of Corsair AF120 fans
Total: £1580 (Without CPU)

any changes that could be made?
planned to use for Heavy Gaming on highest settings, youtube recording + live streaming along with web development (for college) + 3d modelling (for college) and games development (for college) and of course rendering videos in full HD (if not 1440p or higher)
NO FANBOISM FOR CPU AND GPU's PLEASE!
 
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That seems to me like a well rounded build. R9 290s in Crossfire will max out everything. I wouldn't go Seagate, more likely to fail in my personal experience. I've had better luck with Western Digital, and some other people say Hitachi is pretty good also. Its really up to you though.
I recommend->
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd4001faex

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Love the IT crowed picture, anyways good luck on your build!
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CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£124.52 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£97.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£75.94 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£529.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£529.96 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£124.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)
Total: £1858.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 19:39 BST+0100)

If your going to crossfire, then Sli. Also, with it the 780 Ti's will be so much cooler and efficient..
 
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That seems to me like a well rounded build. R9 290s in Crossfire will max out everything. I wouldn't go Seagate, more likely to fail in my personal experience. I've had better luck with Western Digital, and some other people say Hitachi is pretty good also. Its really up to you though.
I recommend->
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd4001faex

--- Edit->
Love the IT crowed picture, anyways good luck on your build!
 
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The 780Ti is also a lot more expensive, but the rest of the changes you made are pretty good IMHO.

I also agree with Cryoburn101 about the HDD.
 
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jellybellyjoe

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Ok so, the 780ti option would leave me with around £150 for the 4790k, which understandably would not be enough, although the thought of having to spend £100 extra and having those mammoths of GPU's is nice. However, saying that, the 4TB hard drive seems like a good option. I will investigate further and make a few changes, currently i have around £2400 and by the end of june i should have around £2700 - £2900 which should enable me to go with the 780ti option...hmmm any praticular reason for the 860w PSU instead from RM1000 (aside from efficiency)
 
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jellybellyjoe

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So, understandably the performance of the setup would be increased via this setup, but the swap from the RM1000 to the AX860 is odd? especially as it costs around £15 more, however, understandable in a way due to the efficiency and generally being renowned for the best PSU's on the market to date. Hmmm, Also the Windows 8.1 option does not seem compelling to me (through experiance with the OS) but i suppose the experiance would be enhanced with the addition of a modern OS.
hmmmmm... the choices and decisions, this is the ah heck about planning such a high value build...
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£124.52 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£97.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£191.28 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (£529.96 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£124.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1503.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 20:53 BST+0100)

I know this doesn't have the Sli, but I don't think it's needed. I was helping out earlier on the forums, and a 780 Ti could push out 4k video, but before you get your hopes up, it wasn't the best but it still was fantastic. I'd say, keep the second 780 Ti out, sli them later on. I put on a 4 TB WD Black drive as recommended by others, and also the PSU. I know it's under what you had, but it's 80+ platinum, so it has the highest rated you go. It should be ultra reliable, and efficient. Pcpartpicker, was estimating the wattage out at around 630w with 2 sli's, and I doubt you'd hit 700 even overclocking and everything. So the 860w should be enough. Also, the 250 gig SSD should be good as a boot drive, and install your editing and recording programs on it as well. Also I switched out the OS to W7.

 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£124.52 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£97.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£191.28 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£529.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£529.96 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£124.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2033.03
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 20:58 BST+0100)

If you wanted the Sli here it is. I imagine the i7 Devil Canyons will be around 300 bucks, so it should total around 2300-2400 quid
 
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jellybellyjoe

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THAT QUOTE SIZE THOUGH!
hmmmm, i suppose paying the extra will all depend on the money available to me at the time, i esitimate the 4790k to be around £250 -300 whcihc should not be too bad, but then again, with the wanted extra's such as fans and mayby some braided cables i would be looking at £2400 at least.
Hmmm, thats roughly £400 over what i wanted to spend, it just hard to justify.
if i did the 250gb hard drive, and the 860W PSU that should with the edition of braided cables and fans come to around £2000 dead on with the Cf 290's...
Then again the 780ti would suffice, hmmm another point, the upgrade from a 3TB drive to a 4TB seems to be a £100 jump up, would it not be better to purtchase 2 x 2TB Western Digital Drives Instead?
MAN, ALL THESE DECISIONS GRRRRRRR :D
 
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Unless you want to raid, then I'd stick with the 4 TB drive. The jump to a 780 will be worth it, so no need to worry about that. I would right now, just buy one 780 Ti. I think 2 will be way overkill, and for 2K video it should be enough. Only taking 1 out will leaving you at 1484 quid, so about 500 more quid to spend, and if the cpu is lets say, 250 then you have 250 extra for whatever you want to add.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£124.52 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£98.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£191.28 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (£509.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£124.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1484.50
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-16 03:03 BST+0100)
 
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+1... One 780Ti can max everything out anyways.
 
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Yeah, I think 2 in sli is going to be overkill, honestly the only reason to do that is for 4k, but even 1 could handle 4k.

 
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