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Hey guys,
I plan on getting a new computer in a year or two in order to satisfy my gaming needs. I have made this thread in order to store my preference and what I plan to save up for - the thread will include peripherals and the actual computer itself. Give me your opinions and so forth!

THE COMPUTER - ALIAS 'THE ASTERION' - TOTAL PRICE (INC. VAT AND SHIPPING) £4055.06
Case:
Corsair 650D ATX Mid-Tower Case - £144.94
CPU: AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz Eight-Core Processor - £240.01
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler - £86.13
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12G Paste - £14.72
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard - £161.98
Memory (RAM): Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3-2400 - £299.99
Storage

Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240GB 2.5" SSD ('PRIMARY PROGRAMS') - £144.48
Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240GB 2.5" SSD ('SECONDARY PROGRAMS') - £144.48
Corsair Neutron Series GTX 480GB 2.5" SSD ('COMPUTER-BASED GAMES') - £280.22
Corsair Neutron Series GTX 480GB 2.5" SSD ('ASSORTED MEDIA FILES') - £280.22
Video Cards: AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB (3-WAY CROSSFIRE) - £1221.45 [IN A 3-WAY CONFIGURATION: PRICE FOR SINGLE CARD IS £407.15]
PSU: Enermax Platimax 1500W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX - £286.98
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer - £69.99
Fan Controller:
Aerocool Touch 2000 Fan Controller - £35.90
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96KHz - £92.38
Wired Network Adapter:
Cisco N2XX-ABPCI03-M3= 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x4 - £317.50
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) - £132.19
Case Fans
Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM 120MM Fan (TIMES FOUR) - £34
Corsair Air Series AF140 Red 66.4 CFM 140MM Fan (TIMES FOUR) - £40
BitFenix BFF-SPRO-20025KK-RP 148.7 CFM 200MM Fan - £13.99
 
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Never go AMD here are the parts I think are bad.

CPU: AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz Eight-Core Processor - £240.01

Motherboard:
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard - £161.98 (AMD mobo)

Memory (RAM):
Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3-2400 - £299.99 (Waste of money 16gb is more then enough)

Who needs 4 SSD's? HDD's are for storage not SSD's. (Waste of money)

Video Cards:
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB (3-WAY CROSSFIRE) - £1221.45 [IN A 3-WAY CONFIGURATION: PRICE FOR SINGLE CARD IS £407.15] (AMD overprice cards due to bitcoin mining, triple SLI/crossfire is pointless your 2nd and 3rd card will only have around 30% usage meaning its pointless. Buy one card not 3)

PSU:
Enermax Platimax 1500W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX - £286.98 (Don't go SLI and you will save money no one needs a £300 PSU)

Optical Drive:
Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer - £69.99 (Who the hell uses CD's/Dvd's?) (Buy a £20 CD drive)

Wired Network Adapter:
Cisco N2XX-ABPCI03-M3= 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x4 - £317.50 (I have seen some shit but this is fucking stupid, £300 on a wifi card that will be no better then a £30 one, or get a cable for £10)

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) - £132.19 (Wasting more money, just buy professional)

Don't be stupid. Save for a car.
 
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CPU Intel Core i7 4770k £235 (You can overclock this to atleast 4.2 Ghz with automatic overclocking) (I managed to get mine to 4.7 Ghz with water cooling)

GPU EVGA Nvidia 780 Ti ACX £529 (This will run bf4 everything ultra with 75 FPS And if that isn't enought buy another one http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ks,3663-5.html) (OR you can buy 2 780 if you think you need that^^)

Motherboard ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO £143 (Choose another one if you want other ports etc, but this will do it as good as a more expensive one.)

RAM Corsair 16 GB Vengeance PRO RED £121(You will not ever use 32 GB)

PSU Corsair AX860i 850W £139 (Enough for 2 780 Ti)

Case 650D £144 (Whatever you want)

Storage Samsung EVO 1TB SSD £357 (I would never buy that thought, I would go for a 256 - 500 GB)
WD 2 TB BLACK £107

Optical Drive ASUS DVD-RW £15

Sound Card ASUS ROG Xonar £92 (I hope you don't have a USB headset if you are going to buy a sound card.) (If you now have a USB headset don't buy a sound card)

Operative System Windows 7 PRO £125

Case Fans
Noctua NF-A14 X2 £40
Noctua NF-S12A £17
(You don't want your system to sound like an airplane...)

CPU COLLING Corsair H100i £80

All prices from Amazon.co.uk
Total:£2072 (I didn't check it exactly, it's something like that just count it yourself if you want to know exaclty)
 
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MRleyer32 said:
That cpu would bottleneck the gpus.
Pretty sure a 4930k would do it lel It's yours for only £422... Maybe not in 1080p but in 2560x1440 it would do it. Btw check below^
 
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MRleyer32 said:
CPU Intel Core i7 4770k £235 (You can overclock this to atleast 4.2 Ghz with automatic overclocking) (I managed to get mine to 4.7 Ghz with water cooling)

GPU EVGA Nvidia 780 Ti ACX £529 (This will run bf4 everything ultra with 75 FPS And if that isn't enought buy another one http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ks,3663-5.html) (OR you can buy 2 780 if you think you need that^^)

Motherboard ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO £143 (Choose another one if you want other ports etc, but this will do it as good as a more expensive one.)

RAM Corsair 16 GB Vengeance PRO RED £121(You will not ever use 32 GB)

PSU Corsair AX860i 850W £139 (Enough for 2 780 Ti)

Case 650D £144 (Whatever you want)

Storage Samsung EVO 1TB SSD £357 (I would never buy that thought, I would go for a 256 - 500 GB)
WD 2 TB BLACK £107

Optical Drive ASUS DVD-RW £15

Sound Card ASUS ROG Xonar £92 (I hope you don't have a USB headset if you are going to buy a sound card.) (If you now have a USB headset don't buy a sound card)

Operative System Windows 7 PRO £125

Case Fans
Noctua NF-A14 X2 £40
Noctua NF-S12A £17
(You don't want your system to sound like an airplane...)

CPU COLLING Corsair H100i £80

All prices from Amazon.co.uk
Total:£2072 (I didn't check it exactly, it's something like that just count it yourself if you want to know exaclty)
Its a sick amount of money for something as simple as a computer...?
 
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Shortyzz said:
wauw xD nice! if you CAN get it you should do it !
yeah.. you kind of have a point, i didn't really look at the prices at first ( it was late and i just checked on new topics and saw this).
However now i look at the prices... its a insane amount of money for something as simple as a computer, of course you can buy it but....meeh... its not necessary unless you want games on ultra hd resolution and 60 + fps in my opinion, also it will cost lots of energy i suppose.
 
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MRleyer32 said:
CPU Intel Core i7 4770k £235 (You can overclock this to atleast 4.2 Ghz with automatic overclocking) (I managed to get mine to 4.7 Ghz with water cooling)

GPU EVGA Nvidia 780 Ti ACX £529 (This will run bf4 everything ultra with 75 FPS And if that isn't enought buy another one http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ks,3663-5.html) (OR you can buy 2 780 if you think you need that^^)

Motherboard ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO £143 (Choose another one if you want other ports etc, but this will do it as good as a more expensive one.)

RAM Corsair 16 GB Vengeance PRO RED £121(You will not ever use 32 GB)

PSU Corsair AX860i 850W £139 (Enough for 2 780 Ti)

Case 650D £144 (Whatever you want)

Storage Samsung EVO 1TB SSD £357 (I would never buy that thought, I would go for a 256 - 500 GB)
WD 2 TB BLACK £107

Optical Drive ASUS DVD-RW £15

Sound Card ASUS ROG Xonar £92 (I hope you don't have a USB headset if you are going to buy a sound card.) (If you now have a USB headset don't buy a sound card)

Operative System Windows 7 PRO £125

Case Fans
Noctua NF-A14 X2 £40
Noctua NF-S12A £17
(You don't want your system to sound like an airplane...)

CPU COLLING Corsair H100i £80

All prices from Amazon.co.uk
Total:£2072 (I didn't check it exactly, it's something like that just count it yourself if you want to know exaclty)
Yes but he was about to buy one with the same performance as what i wrote down here for £4055. So this will give him same performance but half the price.
Some people got jobs and likes computers (aka got it as a hobby), I spent around £1700 on mine some months ago.
 
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Alex_:D said:
Never go AMD here are the parts I think are bad.

CPU: AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz Eight-Core Processor - £240.01

Motherboard:
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard - £161.98 (AMD mobo)

Memory (RAM):
Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3-2400 - £299.99 (Waste of money 16gb is more then enough)

Who needs 4 SSD's? HDD's are for storage not SSD's. (Waste of money)

Video Cards:
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB (3-WAY CROSSFIRE) - £1221.45 [IN A 3-WAY CONFIGURATION: PRICE FOR SINGLE CARD IS £407.15] (AMD overprice cards due to bitcoin mining, triple SLI/crossfire is pointless your 2nd and 3rd card will only have around 30% usage meaning its pointless. Buy one card not 3)

PSU:
Enermax Platimax 1500W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX - £286.98 (Don't go SLI and you will save money no one needs a £300 PSU)

Optical Drive:
Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer - £69.99 (Who the hell uses CD's/Dvd's?) (Buy a £20 CD drive)

Wired Network Adapter:
Cisco N2XX-ABPCI03-M3= 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x4 - £317.50 (I have seen some shit but this is fucking stupid, £300 on a wifi card that will be no better then a £30 one, or get a cable for £10)

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) - £132.19 (Wasting more money, just buy professional)

Don't be stupid. Save for a car.
AMD sucks, agreed. And it's true that having over one SSD is useless and pricey.
 

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And I paid 750€ for my computer 2 years ago, and still. I play new games, maybe not on max, but on high, or normal.
4k is ainsane amount of money. Some people buy cars for this.
 
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