£5k Budget, help please.

V F said:
What issue is this? the only one I've heard of from some here was coil whine. And that was a few members.
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The issue is because on the back of the 7970 it has 2 DVI and 1 HDMI outputs for the monitors the one on the HDMI will get screen tearing, I have found this mentioned and complained about everywhere I research them.

Here is one of a few videos I found showing the issue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbgWPFH1pHM
 
Diwrnach said:
The issue is because on the back of the 7970 it has 2 DVI and 1 HDMI outputs for the monitors the one on the HDMI will get screen tearing, I have found this mentioned and complained about everywhere I research them.

Here is one of a few videos I found showing the issue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbgWPFH1pHM
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Have you tried using a DisplayPort - DVI adapter instead of using the HDMI port? Might be worth a try :)
 
This is just for the lulz really...

However, if you're halfway serious then you'll need a few bits n bobs to finish the watercooling :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung MD230X3 Widescreen LCD Eyefinity Monitor £1499.99
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2680-KR) £379.99 (£759.98)
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 512GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-512G.M) £339.98
1 x Logitech Z906 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System - 500W RMS (980-000469) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £263.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm D5 EX360 WaterCooling Kit £254.99
1 x Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £194.99
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Gun Metal £159.95
1 x GeIL EVO Veloce Frost White 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEW316GB2400C11ADC) £139.99
1 x Qpad MK-85 LED Pro Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout £122.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
2 x EK-FC680 GTX - CSQ Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £39.98
1 x Roccat Kone V2 Max Customisation Gaming Mouse £32.99
10 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.98 (£149.80)
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Parallel CSQ £13.99
2 x Akasa FLEXA FP5S 5 Fan PWM Controller (AK-CBFA07-45) £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £4,848.54 (includes shipping : £27.55).




Ps, they may be 3pin fans on pwm splitters, but the mobo should control them just fine ;)


Don't take this too seriously please guys... Apart from the bit about the fans. That's probably true unless Asus are the only ones :-)
 
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Think this may be better:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - "Ultima 9700i Blade" Intel Core i7 3930K 4.20GHz Six Core System £2800
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Blade WC 7970 option £570
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Opt Out of FREE AV Software £0.01
3 x Samsung S23A750D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor - Glossy Black £259.99 (£779.97)
1 x Edifier DA5000 Pro 5.1 Speakers 108W RMS Sound System £188.99
1 x SteelSeries 6G v2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (64226) £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M90 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse £52.99
Total : £4,716.41 (includes shipping : £32.90).



maybe change the monitors, as they only have Displayport input. Can someone help me out here with inputs/monitors? This spec has crossfire 7970s watercooled.
 
Maybe something like this?
Of course with the 3 monitors and the 256Gb SSD and the Nvidia 3d glasses.

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1 x Intel X79 Sandybridge - E 10300i Configurator - Workstation & Gaming System £3721.74
- Opt Out of FREE AV Software
- Accessories Not Selected (temporarily out of stock)
- Game Controller Not Selected
- SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headset - White (51100)
- Creative Inspire A520 5.1 Speaker System (51MF4110AA008)
- Monitor Not Selected
- Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball fan SI
- Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262)
- Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241)
- Full Cable Management
- Networking Not Selected
- BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm (temporarily out of stock)
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
- OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
- Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM
- No Hard Drive Upgrade
- OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No RAID Option (ZERO Cost)
- No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost)
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001)
- Asus GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Asus GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit (PVI316G213C1QK)
- Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard
- Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+)
- Stage 5: MAX OC OF ENTIRE SYSTEM - (CPU, RAM, Graphics all OC'd to Maximum 24/7 Stability)
- Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail
- BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black
3 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99 (£959.97)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £146.99
1 x NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision 2 New Wireless Glasses & IR Emitter Kit £109.99
Total : £4,975.24 (includes shipping : £30.45).

 
Diwrnach said:
Like the look of that build, but would the GFX cards be able to run 3 of those monitors at 120Hz?

Also 3D on all 3, does that work OK? to be honest not looked at 3D at all.
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yeah they would smash it.
Uncle Petey did you put all the water cooling fittings in?
Go with uncle petey build.
Ive got similar my 2 680's easily hit 120 and above on most games, just looking to pick up 2 more benqs now.
 
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fantasticCG said:
yeah they would smash it.
Uncle Petey did you put all the water cooling fittings in?
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lol, I have no frikkin idea :D
I was just taking the mick really, but replace the silly CPU* (that I added after you replied) and add a few small missing bits for the WC and it's all pretty much there if madness prevails ;)


In all honesty, I'd probably go with 7970's personally (Unless of course, 3D is a must) and lol at the £1500 triple screen - cool as it looks and no doubt functions, I'd buy three seperate monitors and try to find a triple stand.


*I have since changed it again lol
 
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Sane build with lots of room for further upgrades down the line to Haswell/64gb ram etc:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 512GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-512G.M) £339.98
3 x Samsung S23A750D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor - Glossy Black £259.99 (£779.97)
1 x GeIL EVO Veloce Frost White 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (GEW332GB2400C11AQC) £249.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £221.99
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £126.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £124.99
1 x Qpad MK-85 LED Pro Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout £122.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M60 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse £49.99
1 x ModMyMachine SlamePad Aluminium Gaming Surface - Silver Nature £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £3,120.77 (includes shipping : FREE).



Insane:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £899.99 (£1,799.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £799.99
3 x Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black £469.99 (£1,409.97)
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 512GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-512G.M) £339.98
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £334.99
2 x GeIL EVO Veloce Frost White 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (GEW332GB2400C11AQC) £249.95 (£499.90)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black £239.99
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £126.98
1 x Qpad MK-85 LED Pro Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout £122.99
1 x NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision 2 New Wireless Glasses & IR Emitter Kit £109.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance M60 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse £49.99
1 x ModMyMachine SlamePad Aluminium Gaming Surface - Black Angel £39.98
Total : £6,084.71 (includes shipping : FREE).



Just need speakers, headset, £500 worth of water cooling and a £500 water chiller. A bit over budget butif you can afford 5k you can afford 7 :D

You'll want to go into sound central to get proper speaker/headphones advice. I would also recommend a Razer DA if you didn't hate them so much :P
 
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I would get 3 catleap monitors :) 7680x1440 is so much better than 5760x1080 even if it does have 3d.. I have both and always use the high Res more.. :s

Also no matter what triple screen setup you get don't get a 690 as you only have 2gb per GPU.. get 2/3 4gb 680's I run at Max on bfs with no probs on 2 cards but use just over 2gb gpu ram..
 
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YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 £878.98 (£1,757.96)
- 2 x EK 690 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £119.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
3 x Samsung S24A850DW 24" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Professional PLS Monitor - Matte Black £359.99 (£1,079.97)
1 x XSPC RayStorm Twin D5 AX240 WaterCooling Kit £319.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB (8x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Quad Channel Kit (F3-14900CL9Q2-32GBZL) £219.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-120G) £179.99
1 x XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £85.99
1 x Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers - 75W RMS (980-000432) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £66.98
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail £49.99
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
Total : £5,025.67 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Sorry to disagree with a lot of people, but with that budget if your not doing a raid 0 512 Gb Sata III SSD setup, plus a 128 Gb min boot drive, you're doing it wrong.

Id suggest a build but I'm on my smartphone. Id easily skimp on the CPU and get a decent quad core if it means quad SLI + raid 0 SSDs can be fitted into a 5k budget.

FYI I have a 512 Gb SSD for my steam / gaming drive and its almost full. Raid 0 of those = pure win.

Also there's absolutely no need for expensive ram, it wont be any better than the Samsung green stuff, and Corsair are notorious for taking the same ram chips that other manufacturers use on their cheapo budget line, sticking on a fancy cooler and charging 3x as much for it.
 
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passey89 said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 £878.98 (£1,757.96)
- 2 x EK 690 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £119.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
3 x Samsung S24A850DW 24" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Professional PLS Monitor - Matte Black £359.99 (£1,079.97)
1 x XSPC RayStorm Twin D5 AX240 WaterCooling Kit £319.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 32GB (8x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Quad Channel Kit (F3-14900CL9Q2-32GBZL) £219.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-120G) £179.99
1 x XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £85.99
1 x Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers - 75W RMS (980-000432) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £66.98
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail £49.99
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
Total : £5,025.67 (includes shipping : FREE).

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I think you are going to have a problem with your cooling system. :D

No case or tubing.
 
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Idleman said:
I think you are going to have a problem with your cooling system. :D

No case or tubing.
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tubing is there

- XSPC 1650rpm 120mm Fan x2
- 120mm Fan Grill (Black) x2
- Intel RayStorm Brackets
- Socket 775, 1366 and 1155/1154 Backplates
- 80mm to 120mm Radiator bracket
- 5mm Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 2 Meters of Clear 7/16? Hose
- 24pin ATX Bridge Tool
- K2 Thermal Paste

yeh forgot case lol.

rookie mistake.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 680 OC Twin Frozr 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £479.99 (£959.98)
1 x Edifier S550 5.1 Speakers 280 W RMS Sound System £389.99
3 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99 (£959.97)
1 x XFX Triple Display Monitor Stand £287.99
1 x Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus 7.1 PCI-E Soundcard ** Free ROG 16GB USB ** £185.98
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) £138.98
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £129.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1866C10DC) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) (CWCH60) £59.99
1 x Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Analog Gaming Headset £59.99
1 x Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241) £39.98
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £36.98
1 x Boogie Bug AimB.Pad "Extreme" XXL Gaming Mouse Surface £24.98
Total : £4,174.61 (includes shipping : £38.25).

 
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