Super build (£2000+) recommendations/changes?

bajansam

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Hello guys!

Im just looking into this, and it isnt set in stone yet, but this has a 90% chance of happening, and since its so much money, i wanted to see what you guys think?

Im mainly doing this for gaming, but also video editing. And yes, im fully aware this is massive overkill! xD

Do you approve? Would you make any changes?


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£250.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£109.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£283.55 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial M500 960GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£360.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£259.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£259.00 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N53 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£31.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£119.82 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.93 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 23EA63V-P 23.0" Monitor (£136.86 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: LG 23EA63V-P 23.0" Monitor (£136.86 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: LG 23EA63V-P 23.0" Monitor (£136.86 @ PC World Business)
Total: £2259.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-17 20:34 GMT+0000)
 

socialassassin

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Overkill is right :)
I'd reduce the RAM to 16GB and change the storage to say, a 500 GB SSD and a 2TB HDD. This would save some money to change the GPUs to the 4GB versions (better for that high resolution) and I'd switch the PSU for the Corsair RM850.
 

bajansam

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No matter what im going to keep the 32GG RAM, simply so when people hear it, theyre like damnn haha

Wouldnt mind swapping out the SSD's though. Can you like the GPU's? Would you upgrade the GPU to a different model or just get the 4GB ones?
 

Rammy

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If I were spending that much money on a system like that, I'd want a lot more than two GTX770s.
I'd agree that the SSDs and the RAM is pretty pointless for anything really.
I'd focus the money much more on performance parts, putting some more money into the motherboard and the CPU cooler, and upgrading the graphics to probably GTX780s (though R9 290s are potential options too).
I'd change the PSU, probably to the XFX Pro series.

Probably something like this - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2lTE9
 

socialassassin

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Here. You didnt have a case so I added a good one. had to go for the 16GB RAM to keep the price in check.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2lTn4
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2lTn4/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2lTn4/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£250.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£32.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£109.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£117.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£239.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£77.48 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£313.45 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£313.45 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N53 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£31.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£141.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£116.98 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.93 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 23EA63V-P 23.0" Monitor (£136.86 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: LG 23EA63V-P 23.0" Monitor (£136.86 @ PC World Business)
Monitor: LG 23EA63V-P 23.0" Monitor (£136.86 @ PC World Business)
Total: £2235.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-17 21:12 GMT+0000)
 

Marcopolo123

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£250.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Be Quiet DARK ROCK PRO 2 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£59.24 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£120.19 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£69.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£61.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£259.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Arctic White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£78.89 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Be Quiet 680W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£95.62 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£80.00 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: LG 29EA93-P 60Hz 29.0" Monitor (£359.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1550.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-17 21:24 GMT+0000)


nice wide display...
 

bajansam

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Hmmmm. Well now you've all given me a few things to think about! I may get the 780's...

I need videos to render FAST, so whats my best option for that?

Thanks
 

PepitoTV

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Here is another approach, if you're more serious about the video rendering part then you should be able to seen performance gains on going to this processor:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£371.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£173.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£131.24 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£160.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£63.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£306.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£306.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced ATX Full Tower Case (£104.86 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£107.82 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.93 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor (£139.44 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor (£139.44 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor (£139.44 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £2249.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-17 22:40 GMT+0000)

While going to a Sandy Bridge-E is more expensive, you can somewhat make it for by choosing the R9 290 instead of the GTX 780.
 

bajansam

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I already have the 4770K :/ but thanks for the suggestion, i probably would have done it!