My rig, What would you upgrade ?

Dicehunter · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:47

Got the upgrade itch again and I don't know what to get next, Ideas appreciated

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Main Rig

Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.60 GHZ
Asus Sabertooth Z87
Corsair H80i With 2 x Corsair 120mm SP Performance Fans
Corsair Dominator GT 2133 MHZ 16 GB With Airflow Fan And Airflow Pro
EVGA GTX 780 SC 3 GB With Backplate @ 1202/3202
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB
X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro
Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 850w
Silverstone Raven RV-01B-W
Asus MX279H 27" IPS-AH Monitor

Peripherals

Razer Tiamat 7.1 Headset
Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Elite Keyboard
Razer Ouroboros Mouse
XFX Warpad Mouse Mat

On Holiday · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:50

Perhaps go full water-cooling?

RJC · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:51

Another monitor?

setter · 11 Jun 2013 at 22:51

Id reccomend some ointment to cure that itch mate.

But seriously, that looks like a fantastic setup. Cant see what needs changing/upgrading.

Dicehunter · 11 Jun 2013 at 23:09

YarwoodUK said:
Perhaps go full water-cooling?

I don't trust myself with the tubing and the draining and the refilling etc...

RJC said:
Another monitor?

1 x 27" monitor makes me square eyed enough, 2 and I would be doing an exorcist trick

setter said:
Id reccomend some ointment to cure that itch mate.
But seriously, that looks like a fantastic setup. Cant see what needs changing/upgrading.

Thanks bud and if such an ointment existed I'd buy the hell out of it

setter · 11 Jun 2013 at 23:21

I could do with some of it as well tbh, recently changed cpu and added another gpu. Now looking at a monitor upgrade.

Dicehunter · 11 Jun 2013 at 23:24

setter said:
I could do with some of it as well tbh, recently changed cpu and added another gpu. Now looking at a monitor upgrade.

Go the 27" route, It's sex for the eyes

setter · 11 Jun 2013 at 23:29

Was considering either a 24" 120Hz, or a 27", now that i have the gpu horsepower to run either.

si_mats · 12 Jun 2013 at 06:45

Nice rig. Perhaps go X79?

OliverDavis · 12 Jun 2013 at 09:32

A Portrait monitor for web browsing, monitoring and chatting?

Something like this but your main will be bigger!

Dicehunter · 12 Jun 2013 at 12:20

si_mats said:
Nice rig. Perhaps go X79?

A complete platform change is too much of a pain in the anus

OliverDavis said:
A Portrait monitor for web browsing, monitoring and chatting?

Something like this but your main will be bigger!

I think that will be my next purchase along with the OCZ RevoDrive3 X2 240GB PCI-E SSD, 1500MB/s read and 1300MB/s Write, 230,000 IOPS 4k Random Write.

New toy incoming

Swizz · 12 Jun 2013 at 12:37

Hmm what do you get a person that has everything? lol Very nice rig by the way, very nice

I'm all about to make a jump from a Q9550 Yorkfield to Haswell, really soon. How about a new chair Or desk even? I was giving some thought towards the 780 last night, how are you finding it so far?

Have you considered an, AV receiver? Maybe a Denon AVRX2000? Acoustic/ JBL and Tannoy, make some of the best speakers out there. 7.1 does sound pretty sweet I have to admit

Dicehunter · 12 Jun 2013 at 12:53

Swizz said:
Hmm what do you get a person that has everything? lol Very nice rig by the way, very nice I'm all about to make a jump from a Q9550 Yorkfield to Haswell, really soon. How about a new chair Or desk even? I was giving some thought towards the 780 last night, how are you finding it so far?

Have you considered an, AV receiver? Maybe a Denon AVRX2000? Acoustic/ JBL and Tannoy, make some of the best speakers out there. 7.1 does sound pretty sweet I have to admit

New chair I bought a few weeks ago and the desk will have to wait until I find one I really like, I'm looking for a sort of black glass one but quite big so I can put my rig on it aswell as my keyboard, Monitor etc...

Not really into external sound solutions i.e recievers etc... so I'll give that a miss.

The 780 is freakin awesome, It's honestly the first card I'm satisfied with since I bought my 2900XT 1GB way back when

Phage · 12 Jun 2013 at 13:04

Do you use external speakers ?
What settings are you using to get to 4.6 ?

OLDPHART · 12 Jun 2013 at 13:08

setter said:
Id reccomend some ointment to cure that itch mate.

But seriously, that looks like a fantastic setup. Cant see what needs changing/upgrading.

+1 or a blow up Suzee, Custom H2o Cooling if it was me, l went H2o did my first one at 54 year's old if l can anyone can, read up take, your time + plenty help on the forum.

Oldphart.

Roverno · 12 Jun 2013 at 14:01

In my opinion, throwing money at it is not necessarily the best or most rewarding upgrade for your pc.

You didnt mention what your pc looked like so i guess you don't admire in that way so much? Perhaps paracord your PSU cables or tidy up cables, try under case lighting. get a little create. it will give you excuses to buy rnadom little things to try out. control a load of stuff on a raspberry pi if you fancy it?

goodl · 12 Jun 2013 at 16:51

SLI 780s and triple monitor?

Personally I think you should have gone x79 and hexacore rather than Haswell, but thats just me.

goodl · 12 Jun 2013 at 16:53

1440p monitor to give the 780 a run out?

Dicehunter · 12 Jun 2013 at 22:25

Phage said:
Do you use external speakers ?
What settings are you using to get to 4.6 ?

I either use the speakers built into the Asus SonicMaster MX279H 27", Which are fantastic for monitor speakers might I add OR I use my Razer Tiamat 7.1's.
For the 4.60GHZ overclock I simply upped the multi to 46 and put the vcore up to 1.28v, Any lower and it wasn't stable, Passed all stability tests with those settings and the temps aren't any different compared to Ivy that I can see, Then again my house is an icebox

OLDPHART said:
+1 or a blow up Suzee, Custom H2o Cooling if it was me, l went H2o did my first one at 54 year's old if l can anyone can, read up take, your time + plenty help on the forum.
Oldphart.

I'm really not in to WC, Don't like the idea of something leaking and going pop, That and I really like the look of the Corsair H80i

Roverno said:
In my opinion, throwing money at it is not necessarily the best or most rewarding upgrade for your pc.
You didnt mention what your pc looked like so i guess you don't admire in that way so much? Perhaps paracord your PSU cables or tidy up cables, try under case lighting. get a little create. it will give you excuses to buy rnadom little things to try out. control a load of stuff on a raspberry pi if you fancy it?

My pc looks awesome, Got all the cables braided, Changed out any mesh on the case for mesh with wider holes for better airflow, Put green LED's into all the case fans, Might give the underglow idea a go

goodl said:
SLI 780s and triple monitor?
Personally I think you should have gone x79 and hexacore rather than Haswell, but thats just me.

1 monitor is enough for me, Never been into multi GPU setups and I could never bring myself to spend near £500 on a CPU.

goodl · 13 Jun 2013 at 00:00

Mine cost less than 270 and still has two years warranty from mm, but then I've always had my heart set on hexa cos I can use the power.