Help with 4k build

[herbinator]

Hi all, I am in the uk and would like to build a fresh gaming P.C for gaming it will initially be used on a 55" Samsung TV and in later years on a 4k projector when the price for those drops into the £2000 or less zone.
I am selling my current P.C which is an I5 intel cpu and 780GTX setup and is absolutely blitzing games at ultra settings at 1080p. im absolutely loving it, andits made me realise its all i need. So I am clearing out my PS3, Wii U and Xbox One also, and just want to build a 4k gamng Rig that will take me through the next couple of years.
Ok my budget is between £1000-1300 and my plan is to go one gtx 980 at the moment and add another in few months so c the experts chime in with he perfect build for me, and anyone gaming at 4k your thoughts and pro's and cons i should be aware of thanks.

 

[Nordein]

In terms of GPU's, to get 4k performance at a good acceptable rate, you will need to dual or tri SLI GTX 980/970s. That will take up most of your budget right there.

 

[logainofhades]

Why build a new PC, when yours is working fine now? I wouldn't bother upgrading till you can do 4k.

 

[herbinator]

In terms of GPU's, to get 4k performance at a good acceptable rate, you will need to dual or tri SLI GTX 980/970s. That will take up most of your budget right there.

 

[herbinator]

I understand what your saying but at this moment in time I am actually being offered a £1000 for my current pc, which as you all will know is a great price.
So I have the majority of the budget for a new build, if I can get that build to game at 50-60 FPS at 4k I'll be a happy camper as I already fortunately have a 4k tv with HDMI 2.0 inputs.

 

[Nordein]

I understand what your saying but at this moment in time I am actually being offered a £1000 for my current pc, which as you all will know is a great price.
So I have the majority of the budget for a new build, if I can get that build to game at 50-60 FPS at 4k I'll be a happy camper as I already fortunately have a 4k tv with HDMI 2.0 inputs.

If you are able to SLI multiple GTX 980/970s, by all means go ahead. You will get FPS you are looking for at 4k resolution.

 

[logainofhades]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£276.71 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.54 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£169.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£437.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 730T Black ATX Full Tower Case (£94.56 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1294.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 18:32 GMT+0000

 

[Littlesackninja]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£276.71 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.54 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£169.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£437.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 730T Black ATX Full Tower Case (£94.56 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1294.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 18:32 GMT+0000

This but witha another 980 (Sell old PC) or even another after that, and then a SSD, and 16Gb of ram.

 

[herbinator]

Thanks guys i have a starting point, its basically my existing system evolved lol. Now to drill down into those components and do my research. I would love a one card solution for 4k but i have the feeling we ar minimum 12months away from that and maybe as much as 24 i can get a lot of gaming done on whats available right now in that time.

 

[Nordein]

Thanks guys i have a starting point, its basically my existing system evolved lol. Now to drill down into those components and do my research. I would love a one card solution for 4k but i have the feeling we ar minimum 12months away from that and maybe as much as 24 i can get a lot of gaming done on whats available right now in that time.

Unless a major breakthrough comes out with architecture and giving it out for a consumer friendly price occurs, we are probably still a few years away to get it with 1 card and give superb performance.

And with that also comes with needing a fast processor to keep from bottlenecking at some point.

 

[Littlesackninja]

Thanks guys i have a starting point, its basically my existing system evolved lol. Now to drill down into those components and do my research. I would love a one card solution for 4k but i have the feeling we ar minimum 12months away from that and maybe as much as 24 i can get a lot of gaming done on whats available right now in that time.

Unless a major breakthrough comes out with architecture and giving it out for a consumer friendly price occurs, we are probably still a few years away to get it with 1 card and give superb performance.

And with that also comes with needing a fast processor to keep from bottlenecking at some point.

That wont happen at games at high resolutions, (in GAMES) because the processor still only has to calculate the same stuff, it doesnt have anything to do with the render, so Cpu's wont be a bottleneck in high res games.

 

[MasterDell]

You wont need to Triple SLI a 980 to get reasonable 4k performance...... SLI 970's would do you pretty good. But Idealy you would want SLI 980's.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.54 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£56.80 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£409.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£409.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1371.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 23:40 GMT+0000

Now thats a 4k beauty

 

[sora]

You wont need to Triple SLI a 980 to get reasonable 4k performance...... SLI 970's would do you pretty good. But Idealy you would want SLI 980's.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.54 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£57.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£56.80 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£409.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£409.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1371.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 23:40 GMT+0000

Now thats a 4k beauty

+1; That is a beast build!

 

[herbinator]

Thanks guys, i really do appreciate you taking the time out to share your expertise. I have made the mistake of looking at whats coming up but the next Amd GPU is slated for february and the timeframe for pascal is way off in the future.
Therefore i may as well jump as a my build is for gaming and anything i build now will run this gen (ps4.xboxone) games at 4k with aplomb.
If any revelatory GPU hardware drops out of the blue I can just upgrade Gpu once the price suits.

 

[herbinator]

Well I've bit the bullet and ordered all the parts for the build by Masterdell, the only thing I changed up was the case I went for the nzxt h440, if I get lucky this may even be built by Sunday night 🙂
Thanks fellas

 

[herbinator]

Hi fellas just a heads up I completed my build using all the parts Madterdell kindly suggested, the only differences being I went for a Zalman 1000w psu added an ssd and used a nzxt ht440 case.
Well I was up and running and had a few niggles mainly longish boot time and it was randomly losing my ssd making booting a bit of a pain.
So I decided to update the mother board bios, I grabbed the latest bios from msi site and completed a successful flash using the m-flash utility in the bios, upon rebooting the system went into an infinite power loop making it so the fans spun up then died over and over in effect rendering the motherboard bricked!!
I tried all the usual shorting the CMOS jumpers, removing the battery then replacing all to no avail, I'm hoping I can get a refund on the board but my advice is avoid like the plague. I have replaced it with an Asus Maximus VII Ranger, and re-completed my build in the process of installing some games I may finally get to put it through its paces tonight 🙂

 

[-Lone-]

I wish I had found this thread back then

 

[MasterDell]

Really weird that motherboard was buggy... It's seemed to be one of the better mid ranged Z97 mobos 😵.. I home you didn't pay too much for the fractal PSU. They really aren't that good and you swapped the most important thing on us 😛 but that's okay

 

[herbinator]

I actually thought I'd ordered the psu you suggested but when my order arrived I realised I'd messed up and not ordered it.
Luckily I have a p.c shop just up the road from me and it seemed like the best bet from there.
I was shocked by the mobo going belly up but the new Asus board hasn't missed a beat and I've successfully updated the bios !!
Thanks again for your help 🙂

 

[MasterDell]

Feel free to come back if you have any more issues

 

[herbinator]

Well I've been enjoying my new build it's an absolutely beastly machine, I've got it paired to a samsung 55" hu7500 4k tv and have been shocked at just how playable games are at 4k with one gtx 980.
Anything above 60fps would be overkill and I can see where a bit more grunt would come in handy but for now framerates are perfectly acceptable.

 

[MasterDell]

Well I've been enjoying my new build it's an absolutely beastly machine, I've got it paired to a samsung 55" hu7500 4k tv and have been shocked at just how playable games are at 4k with one gtx 980.
Anything above 60fps would be overkill and I can see where a bit more grunt would come in handy but for now framerates are perfectly acceptable.

Glad you are enjoying it!