4 The 3rd time

[barney151]

3rd build from pc specailist(others still going great),but now the time has come for a new games machine,
fav game atm lotro(love it)but old system struggles to play(gtx460 + i7 870 2.93Ghz)and it can't even touch
http://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/ It's just not right that the fellowship battles through middle earth
on low/med setting....so...for Frodo
hope to be ordering in about 2 weeks

Case
Send In Your Own Case
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z170-E: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 Ti - DVI, HDMI, 3 DP
Free Item
FREE RAINBOW SIX OR ASSASSINS CREED with select GTX 9 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£69)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler (£29)
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 & 2 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 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,521.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-skylake-pc/H4m7mjvOup/

case http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/obsidian-series-450d-mid-tower-pc-case
checked the spec....think everything fits
monitor https://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG279Q/ ...but will have to wait until the summer

budget...pretty much as is

 

[Tysuro]

I watched a review on youtube on 1440p monitors and 2 970 ti's hammered a single 980 ti and there is only like a 10 fps different between to 970 ti's and 2 980 ti's but a single 980 ti had pretty low fps on ultra settings like 30-40.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX64E1XnzMc

 

[ihavenoideawhatiamdoing]

Its better to get sli 980tis in the futer and just get the one now

 

[steaky360]

I watched a review on youtube on 1440p monitors and 2 970 ti's hammered a single 980 ti and there is only like a 10 fps different between to 970 ti's and 2 980 ti's but a single 980 ti had pretty low fps on ultra settings like 30-40.

That's not really correct for the OP's case.

The review you posted was against a GTX980 (granted they might have talked about the 980Ti but I didn't watch the whole thing as the title indicated it was the GTX980 vs gtx970sli, apologies if they do)

The 970 sli is only marginally better in certain games than a single 980Ti on the same settings. Granted the 980Ti is slightly more expensive than two 970's but the 980Ti will draw less power and produce less heat.

For my money, I'd say the 980Ti was the card to get. PC Gamer have an interesting article about this here: http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-review/

For the OP, I'd opt for a larger secondary HDD, 1Tb won't last long

 

[Tysuro]

That's not really correct for the OP's case.

The review you posted was against a GTX980 (granted they might have talked about the 980Ti but I didn't watch the whole thing as the title indicated it was the GTX980 vs gtx970sli, apologies if they do)

The 970 sli is only marginally better in certain games than a single 980Ti on the same settings. Granted the 980Ti is slightly more expensive than two 970's but the 980Ti will draw less power and produce less heat.

For my money, I'd say the 980Ti was the card to get. PC Gamer have an interesting article about this here: http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-review/

For the OP, I'd opt for a larger secondary HDD, 1Tb won't last long

My bad Steaky sorry and thanks for the review some interesting info.

 

[barney151]

just ordered...changed 2nd drive to a WD....after the credit card was accepted,then took an age to arrange for the case to be picked up(Thursday)
....but all sorted [rollinglaugh]

would also like to say...bought a laptod 1 year ago from PCs....all ok,no probs,windows 10 upgade....sweet :clap: