Best gaming spec for <£1500?

[clancy2k]

Hello, i'm looking for a second opinion on what the best build for my money would be with £1500? Any advice would be appreciated.

This is what i have come up with:

Case COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4670K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB2.0, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ MODULAR TXM-850 V2-80 PLUS®
Processor Cooling Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable 1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Warranty 3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)


Price (excluding VAT) £1,247.50
Price £1,497.00

 

[keynes]

Are you planning to overclock your cpu? A single stronger gpu would be better than 2 lesser ones, you avoid any possible SLI issues, more heat and noise. Is it just for gaming?

 

[clancy2k]

Yeah just for gaming and yeah i plan on a moderate CPU overclock around 4Gz. I have seen a few benchmark tests where a GTX 760 Sli set up outperforms a single GTX 780 but yeah they also mention the extra power and heat issues but i've never had an Sli rig so i thought it would be cool to have lol

 

[keynes]

An h100i for a moderate overclock seems a bit overkill, for gaming you won't get significant benefits from overclocking your cpu. I would go with a GTX 780 instead for your budget. Higher memory bandwidth won't make a difference for gaming either, 1600mhz will be fine. You could also consider the vanquish enforcer in the review section, offer a discounted price for the spec chosen:
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/reviews/

 

[clancy2k]

Oh, i didn't know they did pre-overclocked CPU's. Although I'd rather go for an i5 as the extra money for an i7 isn't worth the gaming performance gains in my opinion.

would this be a better build than the sli then?

Case COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-4670k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.20GHz)
Motherboard ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB2.0, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ MODULAR TXM-650 V2-80 PLUS®
Processor Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Warranty 3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)


Price (excluding VAT) £1,315.83
Price £1,579.00

 

[keynes]

Oh, i didn't know they did pre-overclocked CPU's. Although I'd rather go for an i5 as the extra money for an i7 isn't worth the gaming performance gains in my opinion.

I didn't mean to say you should get an i7 for gaming, what I am trying to say is that you can get a better spec (including an i7 + GTX 780) for a discounted price, you are not paying extra for an i7 since the review section, assuming you don't make any amendments, includes a discount for the components chosen.

The spec you have chosen looks fine but if you are not planning to SLI you could downgrade the motherboard to the z87-k

 

[clancy2k]

I tired to add gold warranty but it took away the deal discount so if it doesn't let you upgrade the warranty without losing the discount it's not really worth it imo.

 

[keynes]

I tired to add gold warranty but it took away the deal discount so if it doesn't let you upgrade the warranty without losing the discount it's not really worth it imo.

You can upgrade the warranty once you place the order when you contact PCS, to me considering the components you get it is better value for money.
The spec you have chosen is pretty good anyway.

 

[clancy2k]

Alright, i gotta go out. thanks for all the advice. + rep