My £1000 980Ti Build

[HappyHambo]

I'm no PC expert (yet 😛) and this is the first time I will be building my own PC. This PC will mainly be used for gaming. I went from a £400 budget with a R9 270 and an I3 to a £1k build with the newest 980Ti and a I5. I've been planning this for ages (at least Summer 2014) and I really don't want to waste money or ruin anything 😛. Here it is > http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Cq6HTW. Basically, any advice, comments or constructive criticism would be great. If any changes are made to the build I am in the UK and would like to keep in budget (£1000 GBP).

Thanks all and once again any advice or comments are appreciated

EDIT - Forgot to mention that I'll probably be playing some pretty taxing games like heavily modded Skyrim and Ark: Survival Evolved at 1440p.

 

[DaronMal]

Looks fine to me.

 

[Gam3r01]

Honestly there were several corners cut to fit the Ti in that budget.
No SSD, no optical drive, low end motherboard etc.

If you HAD to fit the Ti in there, its solid enough, but its not what Id do with with that budget.

 

[Eximo]

I would swap for a cheaper case (can always replace it later)

Drop down to an i5-4440 and spend more on the motherboard.

SSD would be nice, but that is something you can always add later.

 

[HappyHambo]

Honestly there were several corners cut to fit the Ti in that budget.
No SSD, no optical drive, low end motherboard etc.

If you HAD to fit the Ti in there, its solid enough, but its not what Id do with with that budget.

What do you think you would do with a £1k budget?

 

[HappyHambo]

I would swap for a cheaper case (can always replace it later)

Drop down to an i5-4440 and spend more on the motherboard.

SSD would be nice, but that is something you can always add later.

Will there be a noticeable FPS difference between 4440 and 4590?

 

[Gam3r01]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.53 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£113.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£43.82 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£73.80 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (£389.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.96 @ Aria PC)
Other: Windows 7 Professional Product Key Label - Activate 32 or 64bit Program (£19.89)
Total: £989.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-13 22:57 BST+0100

 

[HappyHambo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.53 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£113.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£43.82 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£73.80 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (£389.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£9.96 @ Aria PC)
Other: Windows 7 Professional Product Key Label - Activate 32 or 64bit Program (£19.89)
Total: £989.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-13 22:57 BST+0100

Performance wise, do you think this would be faster?

 

[Gam3r01]

Strictly performance speaking, the Ti is 15-25% ahead of the 980, however, you have not specified a resolution or goals for this system, so its harder to make the call there.
What IS different however is an addition of a higher quality motherboard, as well as a quality SSD. The processor is unlocked as well, but if you wanted to spend a little more, you can invest in an Xeon processor and an H97 board.

 

[HappyHambo]

Strictly performance speaking, the Ti is 15-25% ahead of the 980, however, you have not specified a resolution or goals for this system, so its harder to make the call there.
What IS different however is an addition of a higher quality motherboard, as well as a quality SSD. The processor is unlocked as well, but if you wanted to spend a little more, you can invest in an Xeon processor and an H97 board.

How are Xeon's for gaming? (By the way im planning on playing pretty heavy duty games like BF4, heavily modded Skyrim, and maybe Ark:Survival Evolved at 1440p, 60FPS+ if possible.)

 

[Gam3r01]

Some xeons are good, take the 1231 V3 for example, it is essentially the 4790 without an iGPU. Its only marginally more in cost than an i5, and you get the hyperthreaded cores.

A ref 980 pulls just about 53 FPS on ultra 1440p on BF4.