Spec me - ~£1k Eyefinity Gaming Rig

Matthew.M

Matthew.M

Matthew.M

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This system is for one thing only - playing iRacing and Assetto Corsa and any other racing sims I get into. I have a work laptop for work and an iPad for general browsing. So this is all it needs to do!

I've come up with this:

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Any thoughts? I'm at the upper limit of my budget so anywhere I could save money would be appreciated. Don't care about chasing max graphics either - just want it smooth across the 3 displays at medium or above settings.

I have a 1Tb storage drive and a Win 7 Pro license I can recycle from my old machine.

Many thanks!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
3 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £115.99 (£347.97)
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Desktop Kit - (MZ-7TE120KW) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,234.39 (includes shipping : £25.45).



Just come up with that.

The PSU you selected is a bit mediocre.
 
Ok so a GPU change and PSU change :) Thanks for the input so far.

Not sure on the monitor - I was initially attracted to the "slim bezel". I may have to go find some in a store locally to have a look if that actually makes much of a difference.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £323.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
3 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £115.99 (£347.97)
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,235.92 (includes shipping : £27.55).




That's with a 250GB SSD.

With a 120GB SSD and different monitors (IPS):


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £323.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
3 x iiyama Prolite XU2390 23" Widescreen Slim Bezel LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £125.99 (£377.97)
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,211.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
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Matthew.M said:
Ok so a GPU change and PSU change :) Thanks for the input so far.

Not sure on the monitor - I was initially attracted to the "slim bezel". I may have to go find some in a store locally to have a look if that actually makes much of a difference.
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Slim bezel has gotta be a must with eyefinity. Or it would be for me! You can even de-bezel some screens I believe.
 
Danny75 said:
With a 120GB SSD and different monitors (IPS):


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £323.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
3 x iiyama Prolite XU2390 23" Widescreen Slim Bezel LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £125.99 (£377.97)
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,211.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).

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I'm going to order this but with the Corsair case I originally specced as I prefer the look and the Samsung SSD as I prefer that brand.

Many thanks for all of your help everyone!
 
Sorry last question as I was ordering - I've noticed the motherboard has one PCIE at x16 and one at x4. Would this impede crossfire if I did decide to add another card in the future? I have no plans to at the moment but it would be useful to know.
 
lee32uk said:
You could change the board to one that has X16/X8 such as the one below.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
Total : £107.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).




The only other thing is that if you intend on crossfiring the 290 you will need a bigger psu. I would be looking at an 850W+
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What Lee (and Puppetmaster) said. Besides wattage, the EVGA 600B only has two PCI-E connectors. It's just to meant to run up to one high-end card or two of considerably less power (with single 8 or 6 pin).

I thought you wanted to cut down on costs, now you want SLI-proofing and all :D

Here are two good quality and reasonably priced 850w's:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Series - 850 Watt (SST-ST85F-GS) £99.95
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £95.99




You could get away with a good 750w, but it might limit any CPU/GPU overclocking, be noisier, and it'll probably die faster from being near max load (depending on how much you'll game). So, me, I'd go for 850w too.
 
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No way you can get away with a 750w with Crossfire 290's and a 4770k. 290's under load at stock pull around 300 when they get toasty. Throw CPU and everything else in the mix and you would run into serious problems when you hit high loads.

My fatal1ty PSU which was 750w, new and had 62.5A on the 12v rail was triggering its current protection with just one card clocked moderately and a 8320 at half decent clocks.

I replaced my PSU with a gold Leadex 1000w, as any less made me feel uncomfortable when thinking about Crossfire for the future.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
No way you can get away with a 750w with Crossfire 290's and a 4770k. 290's under load at stock pull around 300 when they get toasty. Throw CPU and everything else in the mix and you would run into serious problems when you hit high loads.

My fatal1ty PSU which was 750w, new and had 62.5A on the 12v rail was triggering its current protection with just one card clocked moderately and a 8320 at half decent clocks.

I replaced my PSU with a gold Leadex 1000w, as any less made me feel uncomfortable when thinking about Crossfire for the future.
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He is going for an i5 4670K not an i7 4770K (See post 13)
 
I was just curious more than anything, I've read lots of issues around crossfire and eyefinity so I'm going to stick to a single card. I also really don't feel the need to chase maximum graphics settings.

Thanks again all :)
 
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