Building new rig and Raid 0

Doomedspeed said:
Yeah 750W will handle Xfire easy, you may struggle with Tri-Fire but you can always give it a go. :)

Where are these pictures? :p
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Ah damn should have probably went with a higher PSU rating. What would be one to go for? I guess for now I can roll with this 750W.

Pictures coming later this afternoon!
 
I know I know, but I had a thumping headache yesterday and was not in the best of moods so if anything bad happened Im sure it wouldve wound me up even further!

Anyway hopefully today :)
 
Hehe. Well the Haribo has long been eaten Im afraid.
Guess Im a little more patient these days, as I certainly would have done what you said in earlier years!

Incidentally, I purchased the R9 280, but I didnt do any indepth research.
Whats this card equivalent to in the 79XX series exactly?
 
Hohum. I see.
I wonder how these crossfired fair against a 7950?
E: Ds - another question, my 850W PSU came with module cables.

1. One cable is a single piece that has an 8 pin (that goes into the PSU) and the other end is also an 8 pin that says CPU on it. But the PSU already has the big chunky 24pin mobo connector and the secondary 8 pin (which also splits into a 4 or 6 pin I think)? So what is this single piece of cable that is 8pin to 8pin?

2. There were 2 cables for the graphics card, but not a third one, (thinking about a third GFX card for crossfire), how do I go about getting one?
 
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Doomedspeed said:
280X Xfire vs a single 7950.. Double to 2.5x FPS i'd say..

Scaling on Xfire is pretty good on the new drivers, so performance (in some things) are almost 100%.
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Nice nice nice, thats what I like to hear.
So hopefully if I go Eyefinity, performance should be similar to what Im gaming at on a single monitor?

(Asked some Qs above Ds btw :))
 
Doomedspeed said:
1) Are the cables labelled atall, The 8pin you're talking about will be the EPS connector. This provides some powerto the motherboard CPU socket. The connector is located top left (looking at the board) of the CPU socket.
The 24pin is another motherboard power connector (should be very easy to work out where that goes :)). The other cable you talk about is a 6+2 pin (8 pin) PCI-E cable.
Your cards take a 6 pin and a 8 power connector each..
2). You'll need 3 x 6 pin PCI-E cables and 3 x 8 pin PCI-E cables, six cables in all..
I'd say so.. :)
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Hmm maybe I didnt explain well.

1) The PSU already has two fixed cables coming out of it, 1 x 24pin and 1 x 8pin. But the box included another cable which has an 8pin on one end and another 8 pin on the other end (labelled "CPU").
So I am just wondering why are there effectively TWO 8 pin "CPU" cables and does the modular cable need to be plugged in?

2. You said I need 3 x 6 pin and 3 x pin for PCI. I.e. each card takes 6 and 8 pin?
(I couldve swore there were both 8 pin).

But how do I get a third PCI cable (the box only included two cables with 2 x 8 pin connectors on each).
 
Yes, see at the bottom there is a cable for the EPS in addition to the 4+4 EPS/ATX cable (which is hard wired into the PSU).

So the PSU already has such a cable coming out of it, why is there another EPS cable?


Any ideas?
 
Heres the rig thusfar!

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Everything is more or less in, just need the HDD/SSDs in there and then I can start installation of Windows 7.

Cant get over how routing all the cables on the other side of the case tidies things up pretty nicely.

I will most likely put in a fan controller on the front since Im almost sure those case fans will be quite loud? (Any recommendations? :))

Also in my mind of minds, Im wondering whether I should change the case fans to something more quieter like Noctuas etc (but to be fair I havent powered this thing on yet - so will at least see how that goes and make a decision then).

Love the fact you can mount the SSDs vertically on the other side of the case (the side furthest away in the pictur eand on the right).
Just leaves my HDD to be mounted in the HDD cage at the bottom right.

Love it so far :) Hope the performance will be good!
 
Doomedspeed said:
I've heard the H100i fans are a bit loud. They (aswell as your case) use SP and AF L series fans which don't come with the rubber gromits and colour riings. (:)) that the stanadard AF's and SP's do..
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Hmm i see. The rubber grommits help with noise supression/vibration i guess?
Incidentally, the radiator is attached to the top of the case which in turn HAS rubber grommits (so effectively the Fan/Radiator combination is attached to these case grommits).

What does AF and SP stand for I wonder? And the differences?

Doomedspeed said:
The Retail SP120's are much quieter and you can apply them with red rings to tie the build together. :)
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You with the red again!
I think the Retail SP120s have a lower max RPM ?

Doomedspeed said:
Oh by the way, those cards will need an Xfire birdge. :D (you should have got one with the motherboard/GPU)
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Ooh, thanks for reminding me, infact I was looking at the crossfire bridge yesterday to install it but I just simply forgot.
 
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