£5K budget for desktop PC

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tonvit

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I have a £5K budget for a desktop PC. Here is my suggested build spec. Can anyone comment on this and offer me guidance as I am a bit of a novice.

Case COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 - 8 Core Processor Extreme i7-5960X (3.0GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® X99-S: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM) 32GB CRUCIAL DDR4 2133MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 6TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD60EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
3rd Hard Disk 6TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD60EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
4th Hard Disk 6TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD60EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster ZxR 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8.1 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Professional DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software Microsoft® Office Professional 2013 (1 License & Disc)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY V2014 - 1 Year + 5GB Online Backup
Monitor BENQ XL2720Z 27" W, 3D LED GAMING MONITOR
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables 1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE
Keyboard & Mouse Corsair Raptor K30 Performance Gaming Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft Sculpt Touch Bluetooth Wireless Mouse
Speakers Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 2.0 High End Speakers
Headsets CM Storm Pulse R Gaming Headset
Warranty 3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time FAST TRACK 3 WORKING DAY DISPATCH
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
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Could you let us know what you will be using the PC for - you seem to have an awful lot of RAM and hard drive space.
 
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SlimCini

KC and the Sunshine BANNED
I bet a £2.5k desktop would do the same job as a £5k desktop for your needs... unless you have some very niche power-sapping needs that you're about to enlighten us with ;)
 
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AAHALL

Enthusiast
the following specification may be worth considering

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 - 8 Core Processor Extreme i7-5960X (3.0GHz) 20MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® X99 DELUXE: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s

Memory (RAM)
32GB CRUCIAL DDR4 2133MHz (4 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
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2nd Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
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1st Hard Disk
1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
6TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD60EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

3rd Hard Disk
6TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD60EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

4th Hard Disk
6TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD60EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£99)

Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£89)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster ZxR 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard (£182)

Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)

Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Monitor
BENQ XL2720Z 27" W, 3D LED GAMING MONITOR (£358)

Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair Raptor K30 Performance Gaming Keyboard (£45)

Mouse
Microsoft Sculpt Touch Bluetooth Wireless Mouse (£34)

Speakers
Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 2.0 High End Speakers (£85)

Headsets
CM Storm Pulse R Gaming Headset (£65)

Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
FAST TRACK 3 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£69)
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Price £4,855.00 including VAT and delivery


the motherboard has built in Wi Fi and bluetooth with a very good audio setup, further information can be found on the following link

http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/X99DELUXE/

due to the good on built sound system i would drop the sound card and buy a TV card instead
 
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LFFPicard

Godlike
If your after storage of that amount you might be worth cutting your budget in half for the Desktop and getting a NAS for the storage. With the lef tover budget you can easily get a NAS capable of transcoding 1080p if that's the assumed function of the storage. And this will put less need on the PC to multi task and transcode.
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
I'm intrigued as to what this would be for, I can't see any real benefit to it except for very niche uses...
 
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tonvit

New member
The PC will be shared with my partner who plays a lot of games online and my main line of work is video editing hence the need for large amounts of storage.
 
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LFFPicard

Godlike
Green drives will not be ideal for video editing, yes they are storage eco drives but if you will be accessing the files often they wont be ideal.
I still think your best bet would be to halve the budget, get a gaming PC and invest in a NAS, not only for the storage requirements but for ease of access, security and backup reasons.
 
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