Help me downgrade from 980 SLI to ~£800 PC

[Ninjamilez]

I built my first PC last September with the full intent on becoming a massive PC gamer.

While I do play PC games, I've realized that modern games don't interest me. I mean, I've not played a game released after 2010 for more than half an hour. The last two games that I completed were DOOM 2 and MediEvil, which is not even a PC game!

I dropped over £1,700/$2,640 on this system and haven't even begun to utilize half of it's potential. The most taxing gaming loads on the system actually came from my brother, who was using it to preview Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Borderlands the Pre-Sequel before deciding to purchase them for his Xbox One.

I don't think I will be playing any game released after 2006.

I have the following requirements for the build:

> 4TB to 6TB of hard-disc storage.
> Quad-core CPU
> 8GB Memory
> SSD for Windows and a couple of programs (120GB most likely).
> Black and red colour scheme.
> Minimalistic, windowed case.
> Single fan, all-in-one water-cooler.
> Motherboard must have an optical or coaxial audio output.

Regarding graphics power, I'd like two recommendations. One for a card that could push 144FPS at 1440p, and one for a card that could push 120FPS at 1080p. Keep in mind that the games I would be playing are 2006 and older, maybe even 2004 and older. I've not decided on a monitor yet. You DON'T need to take the price of the monitor into account.

No extra peripherals are needed.

As far as budget, goes I have £800 to play with, but I'd like to keep the price lower.

 

[Eximo]

Take out one GTX980 and sell it, case closed.

Rest of it you can pretty much just go out and buy if you want to make changes. Or are you intending to scrap the whole system and start over?

 

[M0j0jojo]

I built my first PC last September with the full intent on becoming a massive PC gamer.

While I do play PC games, I've realized that modern games don't interest me. I mean, I've not played a game released after 2010 for more than half an hour. The last two games that I completed were DOOM 2 and MediEvil, which is not even a PC game!

I dropped over £1,700/$2,640 on this system and haven't even begun to utilize half of it's potential. The most taxing gaming loads on the system actually came from my brother, who was using it to preview Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Borderlands the Pre-Sequel before deciding to purchase them for his Xbox One.

I don't think I will be playing any game released after 2006.

I have the following requirements for the build:

> 4TB to 6TB of hard-disc storage.
> Quad-core CPU
> 8GB Memory
> SSD for Windows and a couple of programs (120GB most likely).
> Black and red colour scheme.
> Minimalistic, windowed case.
> Single fan, all-in-one water-cooler.
> Motherboard must have an optical or coaxial audio output.

Regarding graphics power, I'd like two recommendations. One for a card that could push 144FPS at 1440p, and one for a card that could push 120FPS at 1080p. Keep in mind that the games I would be playing are 2006 and older, maybe even 2004 and older. I've not decided on a monitor yet. You DON'T need to take the price of the monitor into account.

No extra peripherals are needed.

As far as budget, goes I have £800 to play with, but I'd like to keep the price lower.

What components do you actually have right now?

 

[Ninjamilez]

Take out one GTX980 and sell it, case closed.

Rest of it you can pretty much just go out and buy if you want to make changes. Or are you intending to scrap the whole system and start over?

Yeah, ideally

I don't really need a 980 for my uses. I'd probably use about 50-75% of it's overall power, if that. I tested some of the newer games (2004/6) that I'd be playing an I get about 1.7GB maximum usage. Most games would be pre-2002.

 

[Ninjamilez]

What components do you actually have right now?

> i5-4690K (w/ Corsair H75)
> 8GB 2400MHz Memory
> 2TB hard drive
> 250GB SSD
> Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980s
> EVGA Super Nova 850W G2.

 

[Eximo]

Yep, just add disk space and you basically have your build list.

A single 980 is going to handle older games at pretty extreme frame rates at 2560x1440.

Nothing stopping you from trying to sell both 980s and getting a 960 or something.

 

[Bossyfins]

Sell a single 980. You won't get much back by selling both. A new 980 is about 500$. So anything below 500 would be ideal for the new buyer.

 

[Ninjamilez]

Yep, just add disk space and you basically have your build list.

A single 980 is going to handle older games at pretty extreme frame rates at 2560x1440.

Nothing stopping you from trying to sell both 980s and getting a 960 or something.

I was considering a 960.

My only concern with selling the 980's on their own is that I'd lost quite a bit.

After looking on eBay for similar spec systems I realized I could sell mine for around £1600 and take a £100-£200 hit since the system is still basically new and barely used.

 

[Ninjamilez]

Sell a single 980. You won't get much back by selling both. A new 980 is about 500$. So anything below 500 would be ideal for the new buyer.

I'd lose quite a bit that way. I bought each 980 on launch for £500/$776 and they dropped by £50/$32 after a couple of months. Selling it for £400-£425/$620-$660 is about as low as I could reasonably go.

UK prices.

 

[Bossyfins]

what is a new 980 the same one you have un UK?

 

[Ninjamilez]

what is a new 980 the same one you have un UK?

They've dropped again since I last checked. Probably because of the Ti.

£420 / $650