Hi everyone. I apologise in advance for a little backstory, but I feel it is somewhat justified - and don't want to be ripped to shreds for people thinking that I'm visiting the bank of mum and dad.
My name is James and I'm a 22 year old medical student currently studying in London. Sadly, my mum was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer 2 years ago and she and I were informed that she had a maximum of 3 years to live. As time has gone on her mobility is now non-existent, and she cannot leave the house. She needs help with shopping and almost all of the activities of daily living that we all take for granted. Sadly, I am an only child and my mum left my father when I was ~1 year old - Let me tell you, it's bloody hectic to balance a challenging degree with having to commute back home almost every day to take care of your ailing mother. Anyway, thankfully, I find a solace in gaming (as I'm sure many of you do).
My mum, Debbie, has always been very kind and compassionate, and we're coming up to the point where she won't be with us for much longer. To say thank you, she's gifted me some of her last remaining capital (£1000) to combine with my £1000-£1500, to build a gaming PC. I'm very fortunate to have had such an empathic and lovely woman to call my mum, and I know that she just wants me to be left with a gift to really remember her by.
Approximate Purchase Date: Between now and the release of the GTX 980Ti
Budget Range: £2000-£2500 all-in
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, media, general tasks.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Entire system build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Open to suggestion
Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, Nvidia graphics cards
Overclocking: Yes (watched alot of tutorials, although no practical experience - I apologise)
SLI: Yes
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, ?4K at a latter date
Additional Comments:
I've never built a PC before, but I've installed graphics cards, fans and RAM. I'm a pretty quick learner (possibly due to the tribulations of medicine!), and am very keen to build the PC, and perhaps incorporate water cooling.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
I'm currently running a rig with dual 680s, a core i7 3770k with 16gb RAM. That said, the old girl is really starting to struggle gaming at 60fps on max settings (GTA V, Atilla:Total War).
I've gotten very used to gaming at 60fps solid, on max settings, and so the PC I want to invest in needs to cream games for now, and the next few years. I'm very keen for GTX 980s, but unsure whether or not to wait for the Ti's coming out, and I'm pretty set on the i7 5930k. I've heard that DX12 will allow SLI VRAM sharing, so perhaps the Ti's would be unnecessary?
Thank you for any help that you guys can give. I'm a total novice in the 'build-it-yourself' camp, but I'm very, very keen to learn.
My name is James and I'm a 22 year old medical student currently studying in London. Sadly, my mum was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer 2 years ago and she and I were informed that she had a maximum of 3 years to live. As time has gone on her mobility is now non-existent, and she cannot leave the house. She needs help with shopping and almost all of the activities of daily living that we all take for granted. Sadly, I am an only child and my mum left my father when I was ~1 year old - Let me tell you, it's bloody hectic to balance a challenging degree with having to commute back home almost every day to take care of your ailing mother. Anyway, thankfully, I find a solace in gaming (as I'm sure many of you do).
My mum, Debbie, has always been very kind and compassionate, and we're coming up to the point where she won't be with us for much longer. To say thank you, she's gifted me some of her last remaining capital (£1000) to combine with my £1000-£1500, to build a gaming PC. I'm very fortunate to have had such an empathic and lovely woman to call my mum, and I know that she just wants me to be left with a gift to really remember her by.
Approximate Purchase Date: Between now and the release of the GTX 980Ti
Budget Range: £2000-£2500 all-in
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, media, general tasks.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Entire system build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Open to suggestion
Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, Nvidia graphics cards
Overclocking: Yes (watched alot of tutorials, although no practical experience - I apologise)
SLI: Yes
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, ?4K at a latter date
Additional Comments:
I've never built a PC before, but I've installed graphics cards, fans and RAM. I'm a pretty quick learner (possibly due to the tribulations of medicine!), and am very keen to build the PC, and perhaps incorporate water cooling.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
I'm currently running a rig with dual 680s, a core i7 3770k with 16gb RAM. That said, the old girl is really starting to struggle gaming at 60fps on max settings (GTA V, Atilla:Total War).
I've gotten very used to gaming at 60fps solid, on max settings, and so the PC I want to invest in needs to cream games for now, and the next few years. I'm very keen for GTX 980s, but unsure whether or not to wait for the Ti's coming out, and I'm pretty set on the i7 5930k. I've heard that DX12 will allow SLI VRAM sharing, so perhaps the Ti's would be unnecessary?
Thank you for any help that you guys can give. I'm a total novice in the 'build-it-yourself' camp, but I'm very, very keen to learn.
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