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March 29, 2014 6:39:36 AM

Hey, I'm looking at completely rebuilding my PC. At the moment I have

gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 mobo
AMD FX - 4170 4.2ghz CPU
AMD Radeon HD 6670 GPU
Corsair GS 600 PSU

Aside from this I have a 1tb seagate for storage and a 250 gb samsung 840 ssd with my OS and games.

1x8gb 1600 mhz of corsair vengeance ram and another cheap crap 4gig stick ram

I am going to buy 4x4gb corsair vengeance RAM though I'm not sure whether the the faster speeds are worth the money.

Aside from this I want to change the entire system buying a part or two at a time.

What are your recommendations as to what order to upgrade and what to actually buy.

At the end of this I'm looking for a rig for movies and music and games, triple screen/headset (currently have Logitech G930) and projector/surround sound or what ever I go for.

Money isn't the biggest issue though I don't want to spend more than £2000 (for PC)
The screens a and projector have a budget of about £1200.
I'll decide on the speaker system later

I need some help here I have noticed that I have some serious gaps in what I know about computers not really looked at them for the last 4-5 years and then before that I was 16 and probably dint understand everything as well as I thought that I did.

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March 29, 2014 8:47:10 AM

this is a killer gaming rig with triple monitors setup (multi-monitor)
see here..
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£143.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£138.08 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Plextor M5P Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£161.32 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (£479.98 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£93.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£115.06 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor (£167.08 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor (£167.08 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor (£167.08 @ Scan.co.uk)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Wired Gaming Keyboard (£116.98 @ Dabs)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse (£60.90 @ Aria PC)
Total: £2052.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-29 15:46 GMT+0000)
March 29, 2014 10:44:21 PM

badboyrog2 said:
this is a killer gaming rig with triple monitors setup (multi-monitor)
see here..
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3iuir/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£143.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£138.08 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Plextor M5P Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£161.32 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (£479.98 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£93.79 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£115.06 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor (£167.08 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor (£167.08 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor (£167.08 @ Scan.co.uk)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Wired Gaming Keyboard (£116.98 @ Dabs)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse (£60.90 @ Aria PC)
Total: £2052.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-29 15:46 GMT+0000)

This is one of my dream builds... Why not SLI the the graphics card later as well?
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March 30, 2014 2:55:20 AM

''Why not SLI the the graphics card later as well?''

of course you can sli it later ... you still having a killer one even with one gpu
its just an idea from me , for the budget you have
March 31, 2014 1:06:52 PM

Thanks for the advice, though I think that you misunderstood my question.

I'm thinking about getting another samsung 840, using them in raid 0.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz16gx3... - this ram though maybe slower/different colour. Any opinions on the faster speeds.
Probably end up with a corsair case and cpu cooler (I have got a thing for corsair)

The main question was what order do I upgrade I'm looking at 500 per month. And where I'm really stuck is what motherboard processor and GPU are really worth the money and not just expensive for that little bit more power.
March 31, 2014 2:05:06 PM

I'd personally go for...

CPU: Intel i7 4770k (3.5GHz, Quad Core CPU)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VI Formula (Socket LGA1150)
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum (1866MHz, 9 CAS Latency, 16GB)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro SSD (256GB), Western Digital Caviar Black (2TB, 7200rpm)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Superclocked
PSU: Corsair AX860i (860w PSU)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
Fans: Corsair SP120 High Performance Editions (x8)
Monitor: ASUS VE247H (23.6" Monitor, 16:9 Aspect Ratio, 1920x1080 Max Resolution.)

Full Details: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3jMSC

Now I know some of my choices may not seem too logical - but there are good reasons why I suggest them!
April 5, 2014 2:19:37 PM

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3myNf

Sam I spent a while longer looking and here is where I'm up to. I'm thinking either a 780 Poseidon for 780ti and custom water-cooling.

Honestly if i could get the 780ti with Poseidon my decision would be made, still I'm not far off your build. Though no body has answered the question of in what order do i upgrade. though i suppose i should really just be building this from the ground up.
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