Asus Ares II Winner Build

Fotek · 8 Jul 2013 at 12:34

Doco said:
Fair enough, to be honest I'd do the exact same thing - after you get your psu sorted what sort of monitor (or with that gpu - multiple monitors) do you think you will go for to bring out the best of the card

Been eyeing up the huge 29" LG 29EA93 (21:9) for the price it seems decent, not really into the whole multi-monitor thing.

ShaolinDreams · 9 Jul 2013 at 05:53

I swear i aint jelly much, that was meant to be my card but i forgive you

Sweet rig mate .. i wouldnt have sold it either... It's a beast of a card .. like you say dont have to worry about settings again

Diagro · 9 Jul 2013 at 10:43

How's that card performing?

Fotek · 10 Jul 2013 at 13:44

Diagro said:
How's that card performing?

It's amazing, every game I just put settings to max without worrying or thinking and it just works flawlessly. Have started overclocking my cpu and the card and it's even better whilst still being stable. Temps are great too!

Need to get a nice new monitor to make the most of it though, VGA does provide nice colours and tones but really doesn't do the card justice of course. Thinking maybe a higher refresh monitor to go with the high frame rate for super smoothness.

BaDBoY_uK · 10 Jul 2013 at 15:02

Lovely rig. Is it just me or do your other parts seem slightly... errrr... underwhelming compared to the AREA??

Doomedspeed · 10 Jul 2013 at 15:06

BaDBoY_uK said:
Lovely rig. Is it just me or do your other parts seem slightly... errrr... underwhelming compared to the AREA??

AREA? Fitting name considering its presence.

Unless you had £1000-£2000 to spend it was always going to be.

Fotek · 10 Jul 2013 at 15:30

BaDBoY_uK said:
Lovely rig. Is it just me or do your other parts seem slightly... errrr... underwhelming compared to the AREA??

Underwhelming? Because it's an AMD system!?

Martini1991 · 10 Jul 2013 at 15:45

Phot3k said:
Underwhelming? Because it's an AMD system!?

Well, because it's not an extreme rig (Which you can't exactly get with AMD), but then again, you won this card, so it doesn't need to be.

Shame about the bottleneck, but it's a lovely system and a brilliant card, Steamroller will help stretch its legs, so it's like a double upgrade come 2014 (Assuming you upgrade)

Fotek · 10 Jul 2013 at 16:03

Martini1991 said:
Well, because it's not an extreme rig (Which you can't exactly get with AMD), but then again, you won this card, so it doesn't need to be.

Shame about the bottleneck, but it's a lovely system and a brilliant card, Steamroller will help stretch its legs, so it's like a double upgrade come 2014 (Assuming you upgrade)

I don't see how my system is not adequate for the card? Understandably it's not an over priced i7 but in my eyes and my use the FX8320 is the most powerful I have ever had the opportunity to use. I didn't get the FX8350 because it was around £50 more and only gives a higher base clock.

The Sabertooth was a stretch after Yodel lost my initial Gigabyte UD3 which glad they did as turns out that's not such a great board after all. Didn't get the updated Sabertooth with the PCI-E 3.0 because I read there have been a lot of problems with it and the R2.0 is actually a better board and no way was I buying a Crosshair V Formula at that price.

The only issues I see with my system is the PSU and monitor.

Martini1991 · 10 Jul 2013 at 16:13

Because a FX83 even at 4.2GHZ doesn't have the power to take that card to its limits.
But it's fairly irrelevant given your resolution, I mean the bottlenecking must be huge.

Even at 1080p you'll be able to bottleneck that card.

But I'm not trying to take anything away, I never said it's not adequate, but simply put, your GPU is getting bottlenecked by your CPU.
That's the only part I find a little under par for the rig, is the CPU, but it's not like there's another option for AMD, SR will rectify that somewhat (Maybe entirely? Who knows) So like I say, it'll be like a double upgrade.

Idleman · 10 Jul 2013 at 16:26

Martini1991 said:
Well, because it's not an extreme rig (Which you can't exactly get with AMD), but then again, you won this card, so it doesn't need to be.

Shame about the bottleneck, but it's a lovely system and a brilliant card, Steamroller will help stretch its legs, so it's like a double upgrade come 2014 (Assuming you upgrade)

Take my hat off to you kid, you certainly know how to rub people up the wrong way.
I take it "subtlety" is not in your vocabulary.

Martini1991 · 10 Jul 2013 at 16:28

Idleman said:
Take my hat off to you kid, you certainly know how to rub people up the wrong way.
I take it "subtlety" is not in your vocabulary.

I wasn't trying to nor intending to.
I was just shedding light onto why some people were posting with the comments they were.
And then I gave positive information about his future upgrades?
Also, 19", you're always going to have a bottleneck limiting the GPU.

Seems people just love to get offended, or get offended on anothers behalf.

Fotek · 10 Jul 2013 at 16:39

Martini1991 said:
Because a FX83 even at 4.2GHZ doesn't have the power to take that card to its limits.
But it's fairly irrelevant given your resolution, I mean the bottlenecking must be huge.

Even at 1080p you'll be able to bottleneck that card.

But I'm not trying to take anything away, I never said it's not adequate, but simply put, your GPU is getting bottlenecked by your CPU.
That's the only part I find a little under par for the rig, is the CPU, but it's not like there's another option for AMD, SR will rectify that somewhat (Maybe entirely? Who knows) So like I say, it'll be like a double upgrade.

See what you are saying yes, my resolution is 1366x768 but at least the card is not being pushed too hard hence giving me plenty of room for upgrade like you say.

I am keen to see the new batch of AMD chips when released.

Martini1991 · 10 Jul 2013 at 16:43

Phot3k said:
See what you are saying yes, my resolution is 1366x768 but at least the card is not being pushed too hard hence giving me plenty of room for upgrade like you say.

I am keen to see the new batch of AMD chips when released.

Indeed.
I don't mean to come across as condescending or anything.
So sorry if I did.

Just trying to give you advice for the future, SR and a new monitor, it'll certainly be quite nice, especially in the newer engines.

Keep an eye out for Kaveri, it'll showcase (albeit limited) Steamroller cores.

psychas · 10 Jul 2013 at 17:59

did you overclock the card yet? clock cpu bit higher to

Fotek · 10 Jul 2013 at 19:18

psychas said:
did you overclock the card yet? clock cpu bit higher to

Yes, got FX8320 @ 4.2GHz, temps around 40c on high demand.

Ares II, temps around 45-50c at load:

GPU: 1200MHz / 1100MHz
Memory: 1750MHz / 1650MHz

EDIT: CPU @ 4.5GHz now with same temps, been playing BF3 and Borderlands 2 maxed out for around 3 hours and no trouble!

ShaolinDreams · 11 Jul 2013 at 05:19

You need that 21:9 monitor mate

BaDBoY_uK · 11 Jul 2013 at 08:36

Doomedspeed said:
AREA? Fitting name considering its presence.

Unless you had £1000-£2000 to spend it was always going to be.

I was typing quickly on the train

Phot3k said:
Underwhelming? Because it's an AMD system!?

Not at all... just the other items - including a 860W PSU for example - just don't really shout extreme performance.

Just my opinion of course. It is a lovely build. Clean

Antowns · 11 Jul 2013 at 11:59

What's that keyboard? (The non-musical one

)

Doomedspeed · 11 Jul 2013 at 12:41

Antowns said:
What's that keyboard? (The non-musical one )

Full Specs:

AMD FX8320 Black Edition (@4.2GHz)
8GB G-Skill Ripjaws X 2133MHZ
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Asus Ares II
Corsair H100i
Crucial M4 128GB SSD
Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
In-Win GreenMe 750W PSU
Fractal Design Define R4 - Arctic White
Gigabyte Aivia Krypton Mouse
CM Storm Quickfire TK Mechanical Keyboard
Logitech C920 HD Cam
Akai MPK Mini