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r2d2

r2d2

r2d2

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Been planning this rig for a while. Was thinking about trifire but I think it's a bit overkill. I'll be gaming at 2560 by 1600.

Does this look ok?

OcUK ATI Radeon 6970 2048MB x 2 £559.96
Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black£221.99
Corsair Professional Series HX1050 Professional Series £164.98
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) £155.99
Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboar£144.98
OCZ Vertex 2E Bigfoot 120GB 3.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard £137.99
Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £94.99
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 £79.99
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM £46.99
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
 
my 2p :)

YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £191.99 (£383.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £147.98
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition £86.78
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £47.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,159.15 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Those benches are very close. Damn.

I thought there would be slightly more of a difference.

Do any of the 6950 still unlock?
 
Don't worry about not being able to unlock the card, it's a minimal increase in all honesty. You'll get more of an increase through overclocking than unlocking the shaders. Having one of the custom cooler Rev 2 cards will allow you to OC more than the reverence cooler cards that do unlock meaning a better OC and likely better performance.
 
trifire with 6950 is not much more expensive than the two 6970, I was thinking aout going for three of those. Then th motherboard choice and case gets trickier. Need 8 slot case I think.
 
For 2560 x 1600 you may want to stick to the 6950/70 for the 2GB of VRAM.

The Club3D Radeon HD 6870 X2 has has 1GB of VRAM for each GPU which is effectively the same as only having 1GB in total.
 
Surveyor said:
For 2560 x 1600 you may want to stick to the 6950/70 for the 2GB of VRAM.

The Club3D Radeon HD 6870 X2 has has 1GB of VRAM for each GPU which is effectively the same as only having 1GB in total.
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Yeah I just saw that mate. I'm staying away from the green cards, way too expensive this time around.

I want the best spec I can get for around £1500. Build has to last me 3 years, and don't want to upgrade anything within that time. I'm still undecided about the 6950/6970. I do like the 800d case, and figure i can use it for a later build. Nice simple design with plenty of room.
 
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