Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene C/F + soundcard

[Nickolp1974]

would i be able to fit a soundcard with 2x7970 lightnings installed????
and what power rated psu would you go for with a oc'ed 3770k and watercooling(just cpu for now)

 

[hyperst]

No, not unless you was to watercool the 7970's, but the onboard sound is fine for the most part, power supply, maybe 850w at a minimum, maybe better to go bigger though

 

[8 Pack]

2 x Lightnings are no problem I ran 2 7970 heavily overclocked on this board. The sound card may well reduce the bandwidth to the 7970´s though.

The onboard sound solution is quite a good one unless your using specialist applications.

PSU is a difficult one because you need overhead for stability. I personally RAN 1200w antec HCP with mine. This is overkill but I only own 1200w units.

I would suggest a branded 850 watt would be fine while not hammering the system.

 

[Nickolp1974]

No, not unless you was to watercool the 7970's, but the onboard sound is fine for the most part, power supply, maybe 850w at a minimum, maybe better to go bigger though

would love to watercool them but budget wont allow at the moment, looking at this for now

MSI HD 7970 Lightn... 1
Intel Core i7-3770... 1
XSPC RayStorm D5 E... 1
XFX 1050W Black Ed... 1
Asus Z77 Maximus V... 1
Corsair Graphite 6... 1
G.Skill TridentX 8... 1
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1... 1
AeroCool Touch 100... 1
Sony Optiarc AD-72... 1
Subtotal £1,667.27
£1,389.39 ex VAT
oh and 2x vertex 4's 128gb on top of that
then 4-6 weeks later dell 27". Then that will probably it for a while

 

[Nickolp1974]

2 x Lightnings are no problem I ran 2 7970 heavily overclocked on this board. The sound card may well reduce the bandwidth to the 7970´s though.

The onboard sound solution is quite a good one unless your using specialist applications.

PSU is a difficult one because you need overhead for stability. I personally RAN 1200w antec HCP with mine. This is overkill but I only own 1200w units.

I would suggest a branded 850 watt would be fine while not hammering the system.

I love my audio though and it will be hooked up to a £1k onkyo receiver so onboard audio although ok will not be good enough.

 

[hyperst]

I love my audio though and it will be hooked up to a £1k onkyo receiver so onboard audio although ok will not be good enough.

Well with the 7970's being 2 slot it will cover the remaining slot for the soundcard, you may be better off with a different board that fits your needs better.

 

[Nickolp1974]

was thinking as much, oh well back to the drawing board, thx