My build please advise me.

haxed

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Hello

I have finally decided on my build, but i aren't sure how to link my basket. So firstly could someone tell me how to do that please?

Thanks
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £323.99 (£647.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
2 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £167.99 (£335.98)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) £59.99 (£119.98)

Thanks for that :)

My main questions about my build are, that i read that if i have two of those graphics cards the heat spreads around the case. Also there might be a better graphics card option for me to go for?

I aren't sure if that is the best ram for my setup. As in speed/amount ect.

Finally i aren't sure if that case is the best either due to me having two cards.

Thanks in advance :)
Stu
 
Oh i haven't seen that video before. Do you think that the Ram is better than what i selected? I chose it because it's blue but i don't mind black either :P
 
haxed said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £323.99 (£647.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
2 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £167.99 (£335.98)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) £59.99 (£119.98)

Thanks for that :)

My main questions about my build are, that i read that if i have two of those graphics cards the heat spreads around the case. Also there might be a better graphics card option for me to go for?

I aren't sure if that is the best ram for my setup. As in speed/amount ect.

Finally i aren't sure if that case is the best either due to me having two cards.

Thanks in advance :)
Stu
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You have a case that specialises in being silent, not one that specialises in cooling performance. I'd get another case if I were you, everything else is fine and GPU's are amazing.

For that price you can get NZXT Phantom 410 which would be perfect, looks wise, space, cable management and airflow, keeping your internals VERY cool as opposed to a case that is noise dampened. Noise dampening = more heat.
 
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it's a very high spec build, just a few question as i'n not too sure i see what your after doing, if you don't mind before you buy,

why 2 X 7970?, the 7950 are a lot cheaper and clock to the same speed?
why not also go to the 2011 socket i7, again same speed for some tests, slightly slower in others and also faster in some so a mixed choice tbh, and again cheaper?

1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £235.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £99.95
Total : £527.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).



reasons for going this way, later socket so can upgrade chip without changing board at a later date, better use of some features, like ram etc, pcie etc, usb and slight boot speed increase

my choice of board supports crossfire 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 with your's 2*PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (1@x16 or dual@x8); 1*PCIe 2.0x16, i'm not knocking asus either as that's a great board and i pick asus over other makes all the time and have them myself many times over in many many builds

why only a smaller sdd?

why 2 X 23.6" screens at £167.99 (£335.98), and not 2 x £179.99 (£359.98) for a few £ more you could have more space, money saved on different choice of cpu and m/b tbh

ram seems to have some issues if i can remember 8packs post on OC them, not knocking your spec either and a good high quality spec and i'm sure build as well if you go ahead with it, just a different opinion that's all

but that's your call, just giving you the options
 
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ussie said:
You have a case that specialises in being silent, not one that specialises in cooling performance. I'd get another case if I were you, everything else is fine and GPU's are amazing.

For that price you can get NZXT Phantom 410 which would be perfect, looks wise, space, cable management and airflow, keeping your internals VERY cool as opposed to a case that is noise dampened. Noise dampening = more heat.
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Thanks, does this case support the CPU cooler that i want?
 
zakblood said:
it's a very high spec build, just a few question as i'n not too sure i see what your after doing, if you don't mind before you buy,

why 2 X 7970?, the 7950 are a lot cheaper and clock to the same speed?
why not also go to the 2011 socket i7, again same speed for some tests, slightly slower in others and also faster in some so a mixed choice tbh, and again cheaper?

1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £235.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £99.95
Total : £527.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).



reasons for going this way, later socket so can upgrade chip without changing board at a later date, better use of some features, like ram etc, pcie etc, usb and slight boot speed increase

my choice of board supports crossfire 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 with your's 2*PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (1@x16 or dual@x8); 1*PCIe 2.0x16, i'm not knocking asus either as that's a great board and i pick asus over other makes all the time and have them myself many times over in many many builds

why only a smaller sdd?

why 2 X 23.6" screens at £167.99 (£335.98), and not 2 x £179.99 (£359.98) for a few £ more you could have more space, money saved on different choice of cpu and m/b tbh

ram seems to have some issues if i can remember 8packs post on OC them, not knocking your spec either and a good high quality spec and i'm sure build as well if you go ahead with it, just a different opinion that's all

but that's your call, just giving you the options
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I chose the cards as I thought they were the best. The sad is small because I already have some 2tb drives.

Your idea behind the mobo and processor is good for the future

Thanks for the advice I am going to buy it today at long last
 
haxed said:
Thanks, does this case support the CPU cooler that i want?
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Yes, you can fit almost any cpu cooler in the phantom 410, its a very popular good quality enthusiast case. Its what I recommend but it May be worth while looking at reviews about it so you get a better idea. You can pretty much fit anything in it.
 
I wanted the case that was recommended above but I wasn't sure if the cpu cooler would fit. I think I'm finally ready to buy it all. Just have to finish work and hope oc is open still.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £235.99
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £232.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £167.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
Total : £1,644.55 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Just posting this so i can load it on my phone and go to the shop.
 
haxed said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £235.99
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £232.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £167.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
Total : £1,644.55 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Just posting this so i can load it on my phone and go to the shop.
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Good to see you went witht he phantom! (my first pc i made last year was the white phantom[sold it] and a few months back I made another one ofthe new phantom 820 in black)

You will not be disappointed I assure you!
 
I didn't take the phantom because the guys in the shop said the cpu radiator wouldnt ft properly. I also didn't go for double 7950 I went for one 680 after the tech guy said they are having a lot of returns of them with the gen 3.0 boards. Cost me just over 1500 quid so I'm quite happy as I wanted to spend under 2000.

I will take a picture once I have completed the build.

Thanks for all the advice.

Stu
 
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