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They also gave the specs, you could simply look up what it'd cost to buy separately and build yourself.

The concerning part to me is the i7-4790 + Gigabyte H81 motherboard combination. At that price, it should be the i7-4790K to allow overclocking and at that point an H81 chipset is awful as you'll want Z97. They went insanely cheap on the motherboard because it's not a specification they can put in the title. The 4790 is a 3.6GHz non-overclockable part, while the 4790K is a 4.0GHz overclockable part.

The hard drive is also completely unbranded, so we should assume the cheapest 1TB drive they could find.

And the RAM is just DDR3-1600 speed. At least it's 1600MHz and not lower, but I'd really expect 1866MHz as a...
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This PC is itself good enough to play at 1440p (2k resolution) and even 4k resolution. Why would you wanna SLI the gtx 980 ??
This PC has a PSU of 650w. A single gtx 980 requires around 600w. So you can not SLI the GPU. If you still want to SLI, you need to buy a new PSU of more capacity
 
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Look at the bottom here: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-980/specifications

A GTX980 requires a 500W PSU when the only card in a system. The PSU powers more than just the card, that's why the recommendation is there. It explicitly states the card itself requires 165W. So a GTX 980 SLI needs at least a 665W PSU, preferably 665W on +12V (ie, +12V@55A). It is not the case that an SLI GTX980 system would need a 1000W PSU.
 
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They also gave the specs, you could simply look up what it'd cost to buy separately and build yourself.

The concerning part to me is the i7-4790 + Gigabyte H81 motherboard combination. At that price, it should be the i7-4790K to allow overclocking and at that point an H81 chipset is awful as you'll want Z97. They went insanely cheap on the motherboard because it's not a specification they can put in the title. The 4790 is a 3.6GHz non-overclockable part, while the 4790K is a 4.0GHz overclockable part.

The hard drive is also completely unbranded, so we should assume the cheapest 1TB drive they could find.

And the RAM is just DDR3-1600 speed. At least it's 1600MHz and not lower, but I'd really expect 1866MHz as a minimum.

And of course it comes without an OS, which may or may not suit your needs.

Below that one I see they're offering a 4790K and Z97 based PC with a GTX 970 for 750GBP. They know what they're doing as that one suddenly has 1866MHz RAM in it.
 
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Per the specs of this system, this is the motherboard it uses. You'll note it only has the one PCI-Ex16 slot so SLI/Crossfire is not an option. I would note, that this system, as is, does not include an OS. That's £65 extra (after purchase).

-Wolf sends

Edit: Here is the build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£237.28 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.84 @ More Computers)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.44 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Armor 2X Video Card (£369.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.45 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£72.88 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £869.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-02 14:38 GMT+0000
 
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