£2000 'AWESOME SAUCE' watercooled rig!

hakank68 · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:36

zakblood said:
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £469.99
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £124.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £109.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £77.88
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99 (£143.98)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,943.42 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Gone for a 6 core i7 3930K on a socket 2011 Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 motherboard, board fully supports 16x16 crossfire.

2 X Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card running is 16x16 mode crossfire.

1 Samsung 256gb 840 pro sdd, with 2 X 2tb hard drives, can be raided if needed

BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Case with a 850 psu, silver rated made by one of the best psu makers in my mind....

Gone for a retail cpu with longer warranty but used a liquid cooling solution, the Antec Kúhler H2O 920 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler, also a good one.

link for 8packs X79 overclocking guide,

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18476907

have fun in what ever spec you go for, this is just another option for you to look at, hope you enjoy it.....

will a dual 7950 be better than a single 7970 ?

stulid · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:39

jazzymouse said:
Is there anything here you think i could change or maybe there's something slightly overkill?

The board I would change, if you went for a Gigabyte then you get a better UK based warranty.

UP4 - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18477560

zakblood · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:39

where's your liquid cooling?

as cpu doesn't come with any, oem or retail on socket 2011 cpu's

oem has 1 year warranty, retail has 3 years for a few £ extra

and for a bit of extra advice, i'd listen to above as he knows his stuff, unlike me who's still learning the ropes

hakank68 · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:41

jazzymouse said:
This i7 - is this a decent enough processor?

YES. Titan ftw. I don't know the possibility of this though, sorry

Thanks for all your responses

sorry i meant to add the 3770k, my bad

zakblood · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:42

hakank68 said:
will a dual 7950 be better than a single 7970 ?

short answer,

yes

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/370697-33-dual-7950-single-7970

longer answer,

7950 isn't much slower than 7970 clock for clock and if you pick a model with a good cooler it should oc almost as well as a 7970, so 2 of them will fly, some games work better in crossfire, dual monitors etc etc

eagle2508 · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:44

If your spending that much on a PC don't scrimp on the power source..... Go for Corsair or Seasonic gold or pref platinum.

zakblood · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:49

hakank68 said:
sorry i meant to add the 3770k, my bad

3770k wouldn't fit your motherboard choice either as it's a Socket LGA1155 Processor, your motherboard is socket 2011

hakank68 · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:50

zakblood said:
short answer,

yes

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/370697-33-dual-7950-single-7970

longer answer,

7950 isn't much slower than 7970 clock for clock and if you pick a model with a good cooler it should oc almost as well as a 7970, so 2 of them will fly, some games work better in crossfire, dual monitors etc etc

thanks, what about the 7970 ghz edition, is there s big difference in terms of performance ?

hakank68 · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:51

zakblood said:
3770k wouldn't fit your motherboard choice either as it's a Socket LGA1155 Processor, your motherboard is socket 2011

i guess i just looked at the cpu and went for a mobo for that

zakblood · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:52

eagle2508 said:
If your spending that much on a PC don't scrimp on the power source..... Go for Corsair or Seasonic gold or pref platinum.

some of the high end Seasonic psu have a few problems atm with noise, hgih pitch fan noise, lower one's don't, XFX are as good as they make them also

zakblood · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:53

hakank68 said:
i guess i just looked at the cpu and went for a mobo for that

nice board, but i wouldn't use it, as too many bits i'd never need, and cost's to much for me as well, but nice if you have the money

zakblood · 26 Mar 2013 at 21:54

hakank68 said:
thanks, what about the 7970 ghz edition, is there s big difference in terms of performance ?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6025/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-catching-up-to-gtx-680

hakank68 · 26 Mar 2013 at 22:03

zakblood said:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6025/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-catching-up-to-gtx-680

after reading this my thoughts have changed towards Nvidia, ive always thought they are overpriced but are they really ?

hakank68 · 26 Mar 2013 at 22:04

zakblood said:
nice board, but i wouldn't use it, as too many bits i'd never need, and cost's to much for me as well, but nice if you have the money

the OP had the money so why not

Suarez7 · 26 Mar 2013 at 22:08

The anandtech review above is before the 12.11 drivers as well. The 7970 is faster in most games now.

Deceptor · 26 Mar 2013 at 22:26

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Really? How loud are the normal 670s!?

I have 2 ref EVGA 670s currently (pending blocks). I wouldn't call them noisy but more audible than I'd like (guess it depends on what "loud" is to you).