New gaming PC build - Feedback appreciated!

[kenny90567]

Hi there,

I'm currently looking to buy a new PC mainly for gaming (total war series, skyrim and unfortunately WOW). I am finally fed up with buying a laptop every couple of years so i'm going to take the plunge and move over to a desktop system. I'd like to absolutely hammer Rome total war 2 if possible, i have seen some mental battles on YouTube and being able to play those myself would be really cool. I guess the main thing i get confused with is whats more important; CPU or GPU.

Whilst i'm not completely inexperienced at choosing components, i have never built one before so this is one i knocked up over at PCspecialist this morning:

Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4820K (3.7GHz) 10MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION: INTEL X79, SOCKET 2011, R.O.G

Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk
480GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
3TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW

Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
ASUS PCE-AC68 AC1900 802.11ac Dual-band Wireless PCI-E Adapter

I would really appreciate any advice or feedback you can offer on this system. I will be using a 27" 1920 x 1080 display and my budget is around £2500 - £3000.

Thanks very much for your time.

 

[logainofhades]

That system is total overkill, for what you want. Also the CPU and motherboard platform are old and outdated. A system in the price range you are looking at spending, is way more than necessary. For 1080p gaming, this will max out the games you want and even more demanding titles.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£244.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£115.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£111.01 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£69.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£280.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case (£64.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNova B2 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.32 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 7260HMWDTX1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£40.62 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1262.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 14:30 GMT+0000

 

[logainofhades]

With your budget, you could get dual 1440p monitors. :lol:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£244.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£110.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£115.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£111.01 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£69.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£444.94 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£444.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case (£64.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNova B2 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.32 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor (£294.01 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor (£294.01 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 7260HMWDTX1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£40.62 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £2570.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-21 14:34 GMT+0000

 

[kenny90567]

haha holy shit. thank you ever so much. You can probably tell i'm a bit new to all of this and a sucker for throwing money at things.