1440p Gaming Setup

[abaday789]

Right then people it's been a while since I've been active on here and I havent been keeping up too much with hardware of recent. Would like a setup for 1440p gaming (already have PSU, Case, Cooler, Drives etc.)

Only want recommendations for CPU & MOBO and GPU (and RAM depending if you pick a DDR4 Board or not.) please.

Would like to sit at a nice stable 60fps on high/ultra settings for most of the AAA games that will be coming out soon (e.g. BF1)

Budget is not too much of an issue but want reasonable bang for my buck. So am up for XFire/SLI if it works out better that way.

Thanks all

[Edit] forgot to say I'm from the UK and also have an OS

 

[Hlsgsz]

Best bang/buck:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($198.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: *Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING Video Card ($404.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $827.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-20 08:01 EDT-0400

 

[abaday789]

forgot to say I'm from the UK and also have an OS. PSU is 850w

But looks like a good selection of Hardware there

 

[Isokolon]

really depends on your PSU

Hlshsz's build is nice for little cash, if budget ain't an issue:

if money isn't an issue, I suggest going for an i7 as bf1 seemingly can use more than 4 threads:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£293.88 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£81.70 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£389.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £930.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-20 13:08 BST+0100

 

[Hlsgsz]

Ok. This for the best bang/buck or the build by the poster above if you can afford it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£65.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card (£397.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £690.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-20 13:35 BST+0100

 

[abaday789]

thanks you two

 

[Hlsgsz]

You're welcome!

 

[sizzling]

As budget is not an issue Id opt for a i7 6700k and GTX1080, slight overkill but should allow you to run very high or max settings for a few years at least.

 

[abaday789]

Parts are all here ready to be installed when I get home later (joys of amazon prime and next day pick up collection). Went 6700k in the end with a GTX1070 as I can always SLI at a later date if things get too bad. Only thing i don't like too much on the UK version of the Gaming 3 it comes with the world of tanks logo on top one of the heatsyncs so might try and find a way of hiding that somehow.

Quite happy to post some pictures later if I remember

 

[abaday789]

Here's a couple of pictures of it all installed
Need to do some more cable management when I get more time at the weekend. But for now it looks good and is certainly running games like I want.

Thanks all