Best choice for SLI gaming.

[KHAN]

Am currently building a new rig (See below) want to make sure i'm choosing the right graphics options... I'll be playing BF3 and SWTOR and the usual so am looking for top performance primarily. I will be watercooling.

Work in progress but this is what I have so far.



(X2 SLI) EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**


OcUK V12 Watercooled Case - Coolermaster HAF X **2011 Compatible**

Gigabyte Sniper Motherboard (Revised to from Gigabyte Guerilla)

i7 2600k (Revised to from i7980)

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive

Corsair Dominator GT 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Airflow Fan


Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM

Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card

Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST

x2 EK FC580 GTX Full Cover Waterblock


Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard


Creative Fatal1ty HS-980 Professional Gaming Headset MkII


Corsair Vengeance M60 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse

 

[Krony]

Seems ok, have u looked into Sandybridge ? also u will need some fittings for the gpu blocks.

 

[KHAN]

Yeah i'm getting the i7 2600k sandybridge with the Sniper mobo now. x2 EK FC580 GTX Full Cover Waterblock are the connectors I need?

 

[Deluxe1]

Thats tripple channel memory you'll need dual / quad channel kit.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-310-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

 

[Mr. May]

if your water cooling what about 3 off these ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-150-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

there about the same price as 2 3gb 580's and should have a good amount more performance

 

[KHAN]

Sorry forgot to change that.

It's now Corsair Dominator GT 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Airflow Fan

 

[TheRealDeal]

Sorry forgot to change that.

It's now Corsair Dominator GT 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Airflow Fan

I would have went for 8gb of ram. I would say 4gb is the minimum you want these days. Very nice system though.

 

[Deluxe1]

Never seen anyone go with 4gb of memory when opting for sli 580 system.

You need atleast 8gb and as prices are so cheap why not go for 16gb?

 

[KHAN]

16gigs a bit overkill. I intend to grab another 4 gigs of the ram but it can wait a month.

 

[Deluxe1]

Your choice but i dont see the logic in paying £129.99 for 4gb when you could have 16gb for £89.99 or 16gb of the c8 kit for £120.

 

[KHAN]

I assumed the corsair gt's were the better chips, but getting 2 sets would have gone over budget. Didn't want to skimp but if not loosing anything I'll get the 8gig set or 16.

 

[Surveyor]

You just need 1600MHz C9 RAM.

The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

16GB can be yours for less than £100 or 8GB for less than £50.

 

[KHAN]

Many thanks for the info . Been a while since I upgraded.

 

[ThePengu1n]

NVM

 

[Cleeecooo]

Make sure you buy the EN versions of that GTX 580 block

Mobo wise, I suggest the Asrock Extreme 7 Gen3, IIRC, it has better features than th Gigabyte

If you have any cash left over, I would get the Xigmatek Elysium instead of the HAF X