The Big Daddy £2100 Gaming Rig! (Thoughts?)

[Zapiano]

This is it!

All for £2100ish. What do you think? Anything I should change or think about?
Is the case big enough for it all?
Is the cooler gunna do the job?
Anything I could improve on?
Am I stupid spending this much? NEVER!


CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£233.00)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.88)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste (£11.27)

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£78.62)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£141.48)
Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£150.64)

Storage: Seagate 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£92.98)
Video Card: MSI Thunder Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (£510.88)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Gunmetal/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£83.29)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.00)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£54.24)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96)

Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z 30SB150200000 OEM 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£48.40)
Wired Network Adapter: Asus NX1101 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI Network Adapter (£7.49)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£15.98)

Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-LPRO-23030R-RP 156.3 CFM 230mm Fan (£20.90)
Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-LPRO-23030R-RP 156.3 CFM 230mm Fan (£20.90)
Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry Mesh Fan Controller (£22.99)

Total: £1723.90

This setup will also be accompanied by a 29" Asus Ultra Widescreen Monitor ! @ £380

Any Gaming Keyboards you lot want to suggest?

Any Gaming Mouses too?

LET ME KNOW

CHEEEEEERS!

 

[tiny voices]

If this is just for gaming, get an i5 4670k and a z87 motherboard. A previous gen i7 is a waste.

Also get 8gb RAM. 16gb is fine but will give no performance gains at all over 8gb. Most all games barely use more than 3gb still.

You have no need for the sound card at all. Any modern motherboard will have the same or better sound. Drop the card. its pointless.

 

[Zapiano]

Thankyou
Ah yes I'll be doing video editing, photoshopping, illustration, graphic design etc. That's why I have the extra Ram and i7

Thanks for the heads up on the mobo and sound card! Is the mobo your advising more expensive, if I'm keeping to the i7 and extra ram should I keep the mobo I have? Either way I'll probally save money I just need to drop the audio card ? cheers

 

[tiny voices]

No you can pick a z87 board for the same price. Also you need an i7 4770k to go with it.

You motherboard and CPU are 2 years old and last gen. You WANT a new CPU and motherboard. ( 4770k and z87 board)

 

[Zapiano]

So literally all I gotta do is upgrade the motherboard and the CPU! Not bad wonder the price will be like haha!

 

[tiny voices]

Price will be about the same.

I would not go with a closed loop cooler but that is just me.

 

[Zapiano]

Asrock Z87 pro3 £68 that do?

Also what would you suggest I use for the cooler?

 

[tiny voices]

That board is fine. Not the best but it will be alright. If you want to overclock alot I suggest something From ASUS like the ASUS Z87-A

For the Cooler I would get a Noctua NH-D14. IT will cool within 1-3 degree of the h100 and will make WAY WAY WAY less noise.

 

[Zapiano]

All done and added in now anything else to suggest ?

 

[tiny voices]

I would get a 120gb SSD not 240gb but its not a big deal.

Everything else looks fine.

 

[Zapiano]

How come you'd come down in size?

 

[tiny voices]

It just saves money. Unless you have ALOT of applications to put on it, 120gb is fine for most people.

 

[Zapiano]

Will be quite a few applications yeah do you think it would be wise to store the games on the SDD ? Or not really that big of a deal?

 

[AshyCFC]

If you're a serious editor(professional) you could go with this 6core intel i7 extreme build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£741.76 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 CPU Cooler (£67.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£163.55 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: AMD Performance Edition 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£149.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£60.19 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£92.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£360.98 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black/Orange) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.32 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC q2963Pm 60Hz 29.0" Monitor (£296.88 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2087.23
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 08:58 GMT+0000)

Also contains GTX 780,16GB 1886mhz RAM and case you desire(note this isn't a very long case and you'll have to remove drive bays to fit the GTX 780 BUT you can still fit the HDD+SDD in, no problem)

Alternative build if not going i7 extreme:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£231.98 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£65.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£146.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: AMD Performance Edition 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£149.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£60.19 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£92.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£360.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£360.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£94.93 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Monitor: AOC q2963Pm 60Hz 29.0" Monitor (£296.88 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2012.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 09:03 GMT+0000)

Note I'd change the case from the NZXT for both builds but if you care about case looks stick with the NZXT.

Anyway, Your question about games on the SSD it's not a "big deal" but some find it convenient!

CPU benchmarks: http://anandtech.com/bench/product/995?vs=836

GPU benchmarks: http://anandtech.com/bench/product/995?vs=836 - 780 vs 280X
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1063 - 780 SLI vs 280X

 

[sora]

The first build that AshyCFC listed seems pretty solid, especially for the 2087 quids. It is also futureproofed in my opinion.

 

[Zapiano]

Re worked it to this now, thanks for all the recommendations guys


CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk x2
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive x2
Video Card: MSI Radeon Lightning R9 290X 4GB Video Card
Case: NZXT Phantom 630 (Gunmetal) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry LX Fan Controller

 

[AshyCFC]

How much you paying for that build? ^^

 

[Zapiano]

Well there's actually x2 of the SSD and HDD I forgot to mention Haha! It all comes to £1700

 

[AshyCFC]

Fair enough, there's little point shelling out for platinum PSU at 650W though

the PSU you chose is £84 at cheapest retailer and non modular.

This one 750W and modular for less. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750xxxb9

Both good quality units.

 

[Zapiano]

Think I may need to change my case? That phantom 630 one is the newer one it's a full tower still think I need to take drive bays out? Also got that fan controller too think that will fit in along with the 290x?

 

[Zapiano]

Ah yeah good call on the psu I've changed it now I'm still a little woried about the cooling I have and the case? :/ not sure what to go for, I'd like to over lock too

 

[AshyCFC]

630 seems to be a very nice case and no need to adjust drive bays with that GPU.

depending on game you may wish to look at a 780 TI instead of 290X.

Here's a set of benchmarks: http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1059?vs=1072

 

[Zapiano]

Well heres the thing, I'll be playing on a 29" Asus ultra wide screen
2560 x 1080 is the resolution on that screen I would like to be able to play
BF4
ArmaII & III
DayZ
Crisis 3

Those are the type of games I'll be playing, I'd really like them to play in MAX settings and definitely over 40 to 70 fps at 2560 by 1080 which is the best Variation of the GTX 780ti to get... I want this thing to be a monster haha

 

[AshyCFC]

There's a ton of good 780 ti' and the 780ti can get 60-70fps in crysis 3/bf4 high(crysis) and ultra (bf4) 2560x1440 as seen on the benchmarks i posted.

this is one of the best ones on the market.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-03gp42888kr

this one is perfectly great though and £80 less:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-03gp42884kr

 

[Zapiano]

How about Ultra Settings at 1920 x 1080 ? How many FPS

Can't wait till I order all the kit!