£5k Budget, help please.

Rooster212 said:
I think 3D would work fine (well better than fine, work beautifully)in this setup, I believe a SLI setup for 690s minimum required is 850w. But overclockers would know that and would upgrade the PSU for you, you can ask. You would also have to buy a 3D kit.
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I was under the impression that you only had the front monitor as 3D and the 120Hz monitors were beyond the capability of GFX cards at the moment in triple set ups?

Though like i say I don;t know much about it, but had ruled both things out due to those reasons.

Also i wear glasses, not sure how well those 3D glasses work when you have normal glasses on as well.
 
CocaCola said:
32GB Is overkill
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I've heard all this before. Thats what they said about 4, 8, 12 and 16. Besides, if it's so overkill, then why are boards available made for 32GB? for all you know he could branch out into multimedia stuff that'll eat up 16GB in no time. There's nothing worse than having a computer only wishing you got more of because at that time one didn't think they needed it.

Buy cheap, buy twice?
 
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Rooster212 said:
I think 3D would work fine (well better than fine, work beautifully)in this setup, I believe a SLI setup for 690s minimum required is 850w. But overclockers would know that and would upgrade the PSU for you, you can ask. You would also have to buy a 3D kit.
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3D active glasses are included with the monitor.
 
Jokester said:
Yes you have, you said he is a troll for offering his opinion which he is quite within his right to do so. I don't want to hear anymore of it.
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Saying a 512gb SSD isn't enough for a gaming drive is an opinion all be it a false one.
 
Wow! 5K will get you an absolute beast of a machine... I'm getting a little green :D. I'll try and help you out with a build, but i've always been a bit more value minded so i'll probably throw together a waste of money :p.

Here's an attempt (bear in mind it's a gaming rig, so no i7 nonsense here :p):

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3688-KR) £503.99 (£1,007.98)
1 x Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black £469.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Formula Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £204.00
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M2A1866C9) £179.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-S07XLT 12x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD FM1/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+) £62.99
Total : £2,820.52 (includes shipping : £22.20).




You can get better quality 27" screens if you're not bothered about 3D, and i'm not sure if you wanted water cooling? Anyway this is the kind of rig i'd buy if i had the cash... I've no idea what SLI scaling would be like with a pair of 690's as they're both dual GPU. Maybe a pair of 680's would be safer? :cool:
 
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PowerPie5000 said:
Wow! 5K will get you an absolute beast of a machine... I'm getting a little green :D. I'll try and help you out with a build, but i've always been a bit more value minded so i'll probably throw together a waste of money :p.

Here's an attempt (bear in mind it's a gaming rig, so no i7 nonsense here :p):

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3688-KR) £503.99 (£1,007.98)
1 x Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black £469.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Formula Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £204.00
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M2A1866C9) £179.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-S07XLT 12x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD FM1/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+) £62.99
Total : £2,820.52 (includes shipping : £22.20).




You can get better quality 27" screens if you're not bothered about 3D, and i'm not sure if you wanted water cooling? Anyway this is the kind of rig i'd buy if i had the cash... I've no idea what SLI scaling would be like with a pair of 690's as they're both dual GPU. Maybe a pair of 680's would be safer? :cool:
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Two small things,

Nice RAM and nice cooler, but the RAM is tall in height so the coolers fan that hangs over the DIMM slots may be a problem.

XFX 1050W PSU (its a Seasonic) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497
 
PowerPie5000 said:
Wow! 5K will get you an absolute beast of a machine... I'm getting a little green :D. I'll try and help you out with a build, but i've always been a bit more value minded so i'll probably throw together a waste of money :p.

Here's an attempt (bear in mind it's a gaming rig, so no i7 nonsense here :p):

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3688-KR) £503.99 (£1,007.98)
1 x Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black £469.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Formula Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £204.00
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M2A1866C9) £179.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-S07XLT 12x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD FM1/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+) £62.99
Total : £2,820.52 (includes shipping : £22.20).




You can get better quality 27" screens if you're not bothered about 3D, and i'm not sure if you wanted water cooling? Anyway this is the kind of rig i'd buy if i had the cash... I've no idea what SLI scaling would be like with a pair of 690's as they're both dual GPU. Maybe a pair of 680's would be safer? :cool:
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Now that looks more like it! ;)
 
Just wanted to throw this out there, i am posting on another forum as well and this was one of the responses from a tech guy,

7970 Crossfire consistently out performs dual GTX 680 or single GTX 690 on 3x1080p displays. This generations GTX are totally out classed by the 7970 for triple screen gaming. In Bf3 dual 7970 can hold playable minimum frame rates where the GTX 690 sits in the high teens o, Ultra settings.

Is this what everyone else finds? I was put off the 7970 due to the screen tearing on one of the monitors? but are they really the best option for three monitor set ups?
 
R088ieS86 said:
nVidia 3D and AMD 3D are different, the Samung S23A750D only supports AMD 3D as far as I'm aware.

BenQ & ASUS do some nVidia 3D (possible on 3 monitors) certified monitors: here
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The Sammy monitor would work if you bought the Nvidia kit on top.
Nvidia would work with the Sammy using Tridef for SBS, but Nvidia don't allow Frame Sequential via Tridef which is what you'd use on that monitor (Unless you opted for the Nvidia emitter and used their 3D)

Idleman said:
The Samung S23A750D is not a proper 3D monitor. It just has 2D-3D conversion technology.
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You're incorrect.
It's an active 3D Monitor.
 
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stulid said:
Two small things,

Nice RAM and nice cooler, but the RAM is tall in height so the coolers fan that hangs over the DIMM slots may be a problem.
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Nicely spotted, i should have seen that :rolleyes:. Shouldn't be an issue if the OP opts for water cooling instead ;).

stulid said:
XFX 1050W PSU (its a Seasonic) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-010-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497
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I avoided XFX as it's only 50W more (1000W is plenty imo) and their warranty/customer service is terrible should anything go wrong :(. I did recommend a cheap XFX PSU in another thread, but only because the OP is on a very tight budget and still needed a quality 'budget' PSU :).
 
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Diwrnach said:
Is this what everyone else finds? I was put off the 7970 due to the screen tearing on one of the monitors?
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What issue is this? the only one I've heard of from some here was coil whine. And that was a few members.
 
V F said:
What issue is this? the only one I've heard of from some here was coil whine. And that was a few members.
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I just RMA'ed a 'HIS 7950 Boost' due to terrible coil whine (amongst a couple of other slightly worrying issues)... From what i've read, it seems Gigabyte cards are the ones to go for at the moment when it comes to Radeons.
 
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