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M3T4Lghost

M3T4Lghost

M3T4Lghost

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After tonnes of advice from this forum i have come up with a final full pc new build spec. .. Any advice on how to improve this for around the same budget? :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £115.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020064-UK) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1KBL) £69.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £25.99
Total : £908.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
 
Id get the 620W if you going for the matrix..

It does actually suggest a 600W PSU..

Scratch that, mixed wires. :)
 
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Doomedspeed said:
Id get the 620W if you going for the matrix..

It does actually suggest a 600W PSU..
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Doh, can`t believe I forgot that. :o

Nice spot mate. :D

You need to feed tons of power to a beast of a video card like this,
so ASUS equipped the card with two 8-pin PCIe power connectors. Assuming
the card can pull the proper 150W from the PCI Express 3.0 slot and
each of the 8-pin power connectors it means that this card has 450W of
power going to it. Due to this ASUS suggests a 650W power supply with a
+12V current rating of 42A for proper operation of the entire PC. ASUS has a pair of LED lights under each PCIe power connector.
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http://www.legitreviews.com/asus-matrix-hd-7970-platinum-video-card-review_2068
 
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M3T4Lghost said:
looks like the Matrix just shot up in price too :/ !!
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Just notice noticed when I was re-doing the spec, to allow for a bigger Psu. :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1KBL) £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £69.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £55.99
Total : £887.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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decided to go with a more expensive motherboard that would be more future proof in that i could add another R9 280X at a later date should i need more power. Also went with the corsair psu for the same reason.I already own a good SSD so will just use that,saves re installing windows etc..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020064-UK) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1KBL) £69.95
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
1 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99
Total : £915.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Needs a bigger PSU ideally.

I seen some rather large wattage use with a pair of 280's with a overclocked i7 socket2011 especially in Crysis3.

Go for a 850W PSU:)
 
Just wanted to say thanks for everyone's advice on both this and various threads on this forum... New PC was ordered yesterday and posted out to me today so should have everything on Monday.
Been ages since i last built a PC so going to read all the manuals and promise to post photos if it looks any good when i'm finished lol !!
 
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