Need some suggestions for a £1500 build

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Finished a budget build for my cousin after introducing him to PC Gaming :). Now I've decided to treat myself to a decent gaming build.

Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks

P.S Should include a GTX 980 (looks like a great GPU indeed)
 
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It depends - I have one in my rig and it works really well but it was quite complicated to set up. I ended up spilling water over one of my GPUs, reducing me to 2 way SLI :(.

Here's a beginners tutorial as to how to go about setting up a custom loop: http://lifehacker.com/5940236/a-beginners-guide-to-water-cooling-your-computer
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Here's one with two 980s in SLI:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£180.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£102.27 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.85 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£479.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£479.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.38 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1605.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It's a little bit more but you get a LOT better performance.

Otherwise, how about this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£263.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£205.09 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.85 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (£479.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£118.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.38 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1383.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-07 14:39 GMT+0000
 
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The 1st build is with two 980's for SLI, and the price, as PizzaTheHut stated, is a bit high, but you get a hell lot better build.
Build 1:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£263.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£84.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97 PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£99.99 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£41.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£419.68 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£419.68 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£118.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1605.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-07 14:54 GMT+0000

The next build is single GTX 980.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£263.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£84.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£139.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£41.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (£419.68 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£118.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.83 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£128.98 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.84 @ CCL Computers)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset (£58.95 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Logitech Z130 5W 2ch Speakers (£27.69 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1501.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-07 15:10 GMT+0000


I suggest the H100i as the cooler, because 4790K can overclock. So, a water cooler can really do the job.
The 980 is a 241 mm card, which is really big, so a mid tour case wont fit it. The corsair 750D can fit it just fine.
The 2nd build I made keeping in mind that you want mouse, keyboard, monitor and other accessories. The 1st build doesn't have those. So I think you have to spend another 250 pounds for those, taking the cost of the build to 1850.

 
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The builds look good but I wouldn't go for the H100i as the flowrate is awful. The swiftech H220 X is a good alternative.
 
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I've been using the H100 for last one year, and it runs pretty flawless. I've used the H220 too, but that's almost the same, for a greater amount of money.
I'm not saying you're wrong, maybe I'm wrong here, I'm just saying what I feel.
 
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I guess it depends on how you've set up the system. As always, a custom loop will triumph but IMO the Swiftech is the closest equivalent as it has a GREAT pump and lets you expand the loop later on too if you want to.
 
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Or should I make a custom cooling loop? I might as well make it look good as I'm spending quite a bit of money on it.
BTW, I have all the peripherals, like a mechanical keyboard, 1440p monitor, optical drive, speakers etc.
 
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It depends - I have one in my rig and it works really well but it was quite complicated to set up. I ended up spilling water over one of my GPUs, reducing me to 2 way SLI :(.

Here's a beginners tutorial as to how to go about setting up a custom loop: http://lifehacker.com/5940236/a-beginners-guide-to-water-cooling-your-computer
 
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^^Yeah, I've been using it for the last one year, and it runs perfect.
Come on, for a hundred bucks you can't get that performance from other cards I can say that. The swiftech is also good, maybe even better than the H100i, but it'll run another 30-35, which, if saved can add to the amount to get you a nice sound system.
 
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