New High End Gaming PC

[Wolfie1011]

Hi there, I am looking to build a high end gaming pc with a budget of approximately £2,000. Please can you take a look at my spec and give me any suggestions as to what I can do to improve it.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Quad Core i7-4820K (3.7GHz @ upto 4.4GHz)

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

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready

2nd Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
3TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD3003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Total Price
£1,903.00

 

[keynes]

Rampage motherboard is overkill for gaming, are you overclocking your cpu? Just gaming? How many monitors? I would get at least gold warranty

 

[SlimCini]

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 III ADVANCED CASE
Free Item
CM Storm Pitch Gaming Headset
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, XFIRE/SLI
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£139)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£89)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,996.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[Pleb]

I would get 16 GB RAM. I know everyone keeps saying 8 GB is enough but 8 GB is already starting to become a recommended requirement. You could always add more later but better to plan ahead.

 

[jinx3110]

what kind of monitor set up?

 

[Spuff]

I would get 16 GB RAM. I know everyone keeps saying 8 GB is enough but 8 GB is already starting to become a recommended requirement. You could always add more later but better to plan ahead.

You may be right, but the option is really 4 or 8 or 16 GB. 4 is not enough for some games, so they recommend 8, but that doesn't mean they will use all of the 8. A game might need 5.

 

[Pleb]

True but how long before games start asking for more than 8 GB? I got 16 GB with mine just so that I know there's more than enough. Anything more than 16 GB at the moment for gaming is more than overkill even 16 GB is overkill but it'll be fine for the meantime.

 

[jinx3110]

1080p = single 970 for 60fps+ (980 for future proofing)
1440p = sli 970 ( sli 980 for future proofing)
4k or multi monitor = 970sli (cheapest) 980sli (best for the most demanding games) as 3-way sli 9xx is very poor and will save you money on the motherboard

 

[Spuff]

True but how long before games start asking for more than 8 GB?

Yes, they might. But it's a matter of speculation, it will be a bold game to cause the ruffles by recommending 16.
I did used to say you can just get more if you need it, but the thing is that if the RAM line is superseded like the Hyper X Genesis has been (by the Hyper X Fury), you might have a limited time in which to find the older matching RAM.

 

[keynes]

Within a budget I would go with 8gb ram + gtx 980 sli. Don't think 16gb ram would be required anytime soon but just speculating