Let's see what you guys would do.... (spec me thread)

If I was spending that amount of money I would honestly wait a couple of more months (September?) for X99... anything you buy now is going to get old very quickly, X99 will be top dog for the next 2-3 years at least, probably more if recent history is anything to by.
 
Doh, I meant Asus not AMD lol, having too many condos whilst posting on here -. -

Ether us chatting to me on Facebook lol. That's one of the convos =p

September is too late. This build will be at an event in August I will probably build something for April with the latest tech
 
mmj_uk said:
I'd go X79 then, 4930K.

Spending that amount of money and going with LGA1150 is just silly imo.
Click to expand...

No point, No games ultilise the extra cores/threaded, really. It only alleviates some of the bottleneck on the cards.

For gaming 1150 is spot on, even with 780 SLI. :)

So, Davido, post us your spec!! :p
 
mmj_uk said:
I'd go X79 then, 4930K.

Spending that amount of money and going with LGA1150 is just silly imo.
Click to expand...


For the performance difference (for what this build will be doing at least) it makes very little difference. This is just as much as being about looks as it is about being an awesome machine. To the people I'm building for, this is advertising, not a gaming machine. However, it does need to have the backbones of a decent machine! I don't disagree with you particularly, x79 would be my choice, but the lack of boards is what is putting me off slightly.
 
I can't really give the full spec as I wrote it on paper (something I hardly ever do) and that's currently at home whilst I'm at work but iirc the main one was something like the following...

2x 780s (I did want 3 770s but all the boards that I liked didn't really support them)
16gb ram (didn't specify a type as I know it's one of the things that would be got cheaply if not free)
Sabertooth TUF board (spray the armor and it looks a completely different board)
A 4690 iirc
Corsair 540
And waterblock from xspc.
Ssds from crucial (again, they can apparently get them easier)
PSU from Xfx (shudder) but again they can get them cheaper.

I Sent around 5 different builds just swapping a few things around, some going over budget, some using older stuff but imo would look far better.

The colour schemes I said at first were:

White and green (corsair 540)
Black and yellow (corsair 540)
White and orange (YAY!!!) (corsair 540)
Black and pink (bitfenix shinobi xl)
Black and yellow (corsair 800d)


Oh, as for fans I went for corsair sp 120s for most of the specs, bar one where I used eloops
 
Last edited:
Army Camo??

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Asus TUF Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
2 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £109.99 (£219.98)
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140 £99.95
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Military Green £89.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Acetal £79.99 (£159.98)
2 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX18C9T3K2/8X) £67.99 (£135.98)
2 x EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (240) £64.99 (£129.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
7 x Three Fan Bundle - Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition Fan 3 pin £26.99 (£188.93)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79 (£33.58)
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Pure Black Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Parallel 3-Slot CSQ £14.99
2 x Bitspower G 1/4" Matte Black 45 Degree IG 1/4" Adapter - Black Matte Finish £6.98 (£13.96)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Backplate £5.99
6 x Bitspower Dual G1/4" High Flow Fitting - Male to Male Thread - Black Matte Finish £4.99 (£29.94)
2 x XSPC 7/16" ID (16/11mm) High Flex Hose - Clear (1m Length) £2.99 (£5.98)
1 x Sabotaz Spray Paint Pine Green - 400ml £2.95
Total : £2,632.27 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
Last edited:
davido_labido said:
.

The colour schemes I said at first were:

White and green (corsair 540)
Black and yellow (corsair 540)
White and orange (YAY!!!) (corsair 540)
Black and pink (bitfenix shinobi xl)
Black and yellow (corsair 800d)


Oh, as for fans I went for corsair sp 120s for most of the specs, bar one where I used eloops
Click to expand...

Nice selection,

(Not to sound self indulgent but..) I think my Black and white spec could be a good starting point..

Think about it.. If you changed the Loop colour to Green, got some SP120's/Af120(140)'s instead of the Phanteks; spray the Rings Green and Change the Cables to Green, thats a Black/white/Green scheme.

Then its just a matter of changing those to orange for a black/white/orange scheme.

I think the real draw is the white GPU PCB and blocks, you don't see them often atall.

The way i look at colour schemes is the Motherboard is a blank canvas, the RAM and GPU's add the secondary colour and the rest (cables/Fans/Loop ect) can be the same or adding a third colour.

I wish i had the money to build that White Rig. :)
 
Black and red Ether style ???

YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Hero Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX 860W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020044-UK) £149.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011044-WW) £144.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 140 £99.95
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Nickel (Original CSQ) £79.99 (£159.98)
2 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A2400C11R) £79.99 (£159.98)
4 x Corsair Force GS 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F128GBGS-BK) £76.99 (£307.96)
2 x Hardware Labs Black Ice Nemesis Radiator GTX 240 - Black £68.99 (£137.98)
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved Cable Kit (AXi / AX / HX / TXM) - Red £64.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ £49.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX WF3 Backplate - Black £22.99 (£45.98)
2 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00 (£44.00)
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Serial 3-Slot CSQ Plexi £18.98
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79 (£33.58)
2 x Mayhems Aurora - Tharsis Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved 24 Pin Cable (AXi) - Red £14.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Single Pack (CO-9050005-WW) £11.99
4 x EK Water Blocks EK-HD Tube 10/12mm 500mm (2 pcs) £11.99 (£47.96)
8 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Matte Black High Flow 3/8" (1/2" OD) Compression Fitting £6.98 (£55.84)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Backplate £5.99
Total : £2,800.26 (includes shipping : £16.85).



Or you could ask if they wanted to build this ...... here
 
Doomedspeed said:
That is sweet, Overbudget as always. :)

Our joint spec was/is so good. The TITAN's are £50 cheaper now, so WOAHH! :)
Click to expand...

I know I'm over budget but it is purely for looks tho and means Dave wouldn't have to do a lot of modding to get it looking the part ;)

Our joined spec was good maybe this could be time to do it again maybe, just this time your in charge of the budget!

I do wonder if our last joined spec was ever built?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom