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Which of these two do you think would be better for gaming?

I've only listed the main features if you want more quote please.

-CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Six Core 3.20 GHz 12MB Intel Smart Cache
-HD 1TB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache WD1000dhtz (2TB
-MEMORY: 32GB (8x4GB) PC17000 DDR3/2133mhz Quad Channel Memory [+304] (Kingston HyperX Predator
-MOTHERBOAR Asus P9X79 Deluxe Intel X79 Chipset, 3-Way SLI / Crossfire, 4 Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard 8 RAM slots, UEFI Bios, BT GO, SSD Caching, 7.1 HD Audio, Dual GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID,

-SOUN Asus Xonar Xense 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCIe Sound Card w/ Sennheiser Headset [+172]
-VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
-Total - £4,654.00

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache
-HD 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive (2TB)
-MEMORY: 32GB (8x4GB) PC17000 DDR3/2133mhz Quad Channel Memory Kingston X
-MOTHERBOAR Asus P9X79 Pro Intel X79 Chipset, 3-Way SLI / Crossfire supported, 4 Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 8 RAM slots, UEFI Bios, BT GO, SSD Caching, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, PCIe x1

-SOUN Asus Xonar Essence STX PCI-E Audiophile Sound Card, Optical/Dolby Pro Logic II [+136]
-VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+748] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
-Total - £5,135.00

Thanks NGU

Definitely the 3930k; it's a great processor and everything looks the same pretty much as the other build.

Oh and you don't need a sound card either, the onboard sound on motherboards is really good in today's current gen motherboards..

Neither. You should not use LGA 2011 platforms for gaming. With the new Intel Haswell chips out, it would be stupid not to go with one of those instead. The Titan is also not a good card for the money anymore now that the 780 is out. Here would be a much better build for what you want, for much less.

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The 1st choice, the i7-3930K Six Core 3.20 GHz performs better than the 2nd choice CPU. You do not really need a soundcard unless your serious about creating and recording music using a computer. And as said the GTX 780 is close to the performance of a GTX titan and better value for money.

I agree with all but Haswell. Minimal performance improvements (especially while gaming) and minimal power consumption improvements aren't worth the increased price over Ivy Bridge. Until Haswell cheapens I'd suggest the Ivy Bridge equivalents.

Don't agree with getting a Titan at this point. If you have the money, get a 780. It's cheaper and similar to the Titan. As new technology arrives, GPU prices will go down and probably by next year (when Nvidia/AMD release their next series of GPUs in 2014). What I'm trying to say is, it's overkill.

Same with the CPU. If you're not doing crazy rendering and video editing you might as well get a new i5 Haswell chip.