Gaming PC Build - Advice Needed!

[DarkSacred]

I'm looking to build a new gaming PC to replace my current one. My new proposed build looks as follows:


Case/Modding:

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case

Phobya LED-Flexlight RGB controller with IR-Remote controller

Phobya LED-Flexlight HighDensity (72x SMD LED's) 120cm RGB

Corsair Individually Sleeved PSU DC Cable Kit,Type 3 (Gen 2), for AXi, AX, HX, RM, TXM - WHITE


Interior Components:

PSU: 860W Corsair AX860i Digital, Full Modular, 80PLUS Platinum, 1x120mm Fan, ATX v2.31, PSU

MOBO: Asus Maximus VII Hero Intel Z97, S1150, DDR3, PCIe 3.0 (x16), Quad SLi / CrossFireX, D-Sub (VGA)/ DVI-D/ HDMI, ATX

RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Dominator Platinum, PC3-19200 (2400), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 10-12-12-31, DHX, XMP, 1.65V

CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K, S1150, Haswell, 4 Core 4.4GHz Turbo, 5 GT/s DMI, 1.2GHz GPU, 40x Ratio, 84W, Retail *C0 Stepping*

GPU: 4GB Asus Matrix GTX980 Platinum, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 7010MHz GDDR5, GPU 1241MHz, Boost 1342MHz, Cores 2048, HDMI/3x DP

COOLING: Corsair Hydro Series H110i GT High Performance CPU Cooler with 280mm Radiator for Intel/AMD CPU's Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit Single DSP OEM English International DVD

HDD: 500GB Samsung 850 EVO, 2.5" SSD, 3D V-NAND, SATA 6Gbps, Read 540MB/s, Write 520MB/s, 512MB Cache, 97000K IOPS

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit Single DSP OEM English International DVD



I've priced this at around the £2000 mark with an upper budget of no more than £2400. Anyone care to offer any advice on this build? Am I missing anything important? Could something be swapped out for something better/more suitable or thats going to offer greater performance increases?


Thanks,
Sacred

 

[Bossyfins]

Your spending a lot of money....

 

[RCFProd]

I would say you are picking the most expensive components of each.

 

[Bossyfins]

That what was going through my mind. You don't need the BEST Of the best for the ultimate performance. I'll make a build later, once I get out of school

 

[DarkSacred]

Its an investment my current machine is almost 10 years old and I intend to get as many years out of my next build.

 

[Bossyfins]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£263.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£99.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£326.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£104.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£172.62 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£134.92 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£640.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (£101.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£151.80 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.09 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2070.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-05 01:06 GMT+0000

If I had 2k pounds to build, this is what I would do. Mind you, I would actually go 2 way 970, but the king pin is arguably the best 980 on the market..

 

[DarkSacred]

I think with that build I would be throwing money away with things like a 3TB HDD or the KINGPIN GPU, all of my music, movies and documents are stored on my NAS. That GPU is for extreme overclockers looking to take advantage of its multi BIOS features, again additional cost for very very little performance increase.

 

[DarkSacred]

No further advice on this build?

 

[Bossyfins]

You could also just go with an Asus 980 Strix