Gaming pc (£2000) budget - 1st time!

[Giantearlessgnome]

I have always gone with Alienware but have decided to see if I can get more bang for my buck by not going through dell.

My primary use will be gaming, my budget is approx £2000 (with some room for flex +\- 200) but needs to include a new monitor.

Thoughts?

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-5930K (3.5GHz) 15MB Cache
Case
InWIN 703 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (BLACK/RED)
Motherboard
ASUS® X99-S: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£79)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler (£29)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ FX OEM (£28)
Wireless/Wired Networking
DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£28)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 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)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - 3 User, 1 Year + 100MB Online Backup (£12)
Monitor
AOC G2460PQU 24" LED 144Hz Gaming Monitor - HDMI, DVI, DP, VGA (£199)
Keyboard & Mouse
CM Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse (£35)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Thanks

 

[keynes]

Any other uses apart from gaming?

 

[Giantearlessgnome]

Office and emails only outside of gaming.

 

[keynes]

Office and emails only outside of gaming.

Then the cpu is overkill just for gaming as well as overclocking. You could get the i7-4790 (non-k), triple copper heatpipe cpu cooler, 8gb ram, different SSD since the v300 suffers from performance issues, caviar black as the secondary drive since it is faster, homeplugs rather than a wireless card for a more reliable connection and at least silver warranty for £5.

 

[Giantearlessgnome]

That's great, thanks.

 

[SlimCini]

For that budget I'd either get SLI 980s (with the intention of saving up for an uber monitor in the near future) or a single 980 with a much better monitor.

For example :
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 III ADVANCED CASE (GREEN)
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
Free Item
FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/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
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
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)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
ASUS 27" ROG Swift PG278Q (£612)
Keyboard & Mouse
CM Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse (£35)
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: £2,001.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[Giantearlessgnome]

Thanks Slimcini, been away so have only just seen this. How easy is it to run SLI? I.e. How do I know it's working, what speeds it achieves etc?

Can you easily switch to just one GPU as I have heard/read it can have a detrimental effect on some games?

 

[SlimCini]

Yes installing one is quite simple (I'm told... Haven't done it myself but I've seen it done and it looks easy).

And yes, you can choose to use just the one gpu (I'm pretty sure)

 

[Spuff]

Thanks Slimcini, been away so have only just seen this. How easy is it to run SLI? I.e. How do I know it's working, what speeds it achieves etc?

Can you easily switch to just one GPU as I have heard/read it can have a detrimental effect on some games?

As I understand it will have significant benefit in many games but in some it can be detrimental, but you can choose to use just one card. If you look for an SLI review of any GPU they will give you benchmarks.
GTA is the most talked about game at the moment and that apparently does significantly benefit from SLI. I can tell you if my power supply was big enough I would have added another 970. As it is I've spent all my money on upgrading to a 1440p monitor which does make GTA look like I hoped it would (it disappointed me a bit at 1080p).
(I'm hoping come 2016 we can get a wafer thin Pascal for a less than a 970 that will easily feed 4k with room to spare (and if I thought technology was going to stand still I would get a Titan or two right now))