Final Build Advice.

Jayke said:
Well when it comes to hardware I am not to clever, what's pushing me towards RJC's is the 290, is there much difference between the 290 and the 280X?
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So sorry about that..

I missed the 290.. Sneaky RJC..

Personally i'd steer clear of the 290 (with the reference cooler) as they are hot and loud..

Though they do perform very well in games..

I think 280X is the best compromise.. I'd wait to see if others agree with me though. :D
 
I have a ref 290 and i while i would recommend the performance, i cant justify the noise they create keeping them cool unless you a) game with headset on b) dont mind the noise of the cooler and c) intend to aftermarket cool it later on.

280X is a beast of a card and you can xfire them down the road for incredible performance.
 
Or a 780 - cool, quiet, and powerful:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,097.41 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Well I can only imagine the noise of my current computer is a lot louder than my potential new one so I don't think that's a problem.

I did change my post;

"I think I am going to go with RJC's build, is there any changes you guys would make to it before I buy it?"

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Fulax said:
Or a 780 - cool, quiet, and powerful:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,097.41 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Mipressed you managed to get a 780 in..

Personally i'd go for the windforce over the phantom:

Same price, better cooling, better cooler, better RMA:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £399.95
Total : £409.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
I guess it's between;

Fulax said:
Or a 780 - cool, quiet, and powerful:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,097.41 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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RJC said:
Motherboard can take SLI & Crossfire:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £71.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,084.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Decisions, decisions :D

I went with a larger PSU so you won't need to worry about adding a second GPU and wonder if your on the limit.
 
RJC said:
Decisions, decisions :D

I went with a larger PSU so you won't need to worry about adding a second GPU and wonder if your on the limit.
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I am telling myself to go with the 290, I saw a benchmark test and it said the 290 outperforms the 780 by 1%, not a lot but it's cheaper, and I get a copy of BF4 for free.

Help me RJC, I am spending a lot of money and I really have no idea on which one to take!
 
Jayke said:
I am telling myself to go with the 290, I saw a benchmark test and it said the 290 outperforms the 780 by 1%, not a lot but it's cheaper, and I get a copy of BF4 for free.

Help me RJC, I am spending a lot of money and I really have no idea on which one to take!
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But the 780 comes with The new Batman, AC and Splinter Cell..

Personally, i'd go 780 for the peace and quiet... I understand how tough a decision it is though.
 
The 290 kicks out a ton of heat, the card is optimal around 90c or something, thats a small case which will heat up fast, Haswell is a hot chip. That CPU cooler is great but its not a real Haswell killer of a cooler, not sure how well that case air cools either, its a Corsair case so im guessing its going to be fairly decent.

I have a Phantek Enthoo Primo, its a big case, it has 5 x 140mm fans, my 290 is stock, since installing the 290 my temps have risen on average by 4c at ambient levels, i have an Antec Kuhler 920 with 2 Enermax PWM fans cooling it. When i was running my 7870 in the case my i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz was idling around 28c and hitting 58c or so gaming, since adding the 290 my 2500 at the same clocks idles around 34c and hits close to 70c gaming.

I am waiting for my z87 RMA before i put my 4770k into action, at this point i am going to watercool my GPU and cpu with a full custom loop because in all honesty i just dont think my Kuhler 920 will cope on a quiet profile and i just dont want the noise.

So if your happy to have a loud, hot noisy PC then go for the 290, if however you dont want as much heat and a fairly quieter rig, go with the Nvidia option.

Simples
 
SiDeards73 said:
The 290 kicks out a ton of heat, the card is optimal around 90c or something, thats a small case which will heat up fast, Haswell is a hot chip. That CPU cooler is great but its not a real Haswell killer of a cooler, not sure how well that case air cools either, its a Corsair case so im guessing its going to be fairly decent.

I have a Phantek Enthoo Primo, its a big case, it has 5 x 140mm fans, my 290 is stock, since installing the 290 my temps have risen on average by 4c at ambient levels, i have an Antec Kuhler 920 with 2 Enermax PWM fans cooling it. When i was running my 7870 in the case my i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz was idling around 28c and hitting 58c or so gaming, since adding the 290 my 2500 at the same clocks idles around 34c and hits close to 70c gaming.

I am waiting for my z87 RMA before i put my 4770k into action, at this point i am going to watercool my GPU and cpu with a full custom loop because in all honesty i just dont think my Kuhler 920 will cope on a quiet profile and i just dont want the noise.

So if your happy to have a loud, hot noisy PC then go for the 290, if however you dont want as much heat and a fairly quieter rig, go with the Nvidia option.

Simples
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That has totally put me of the 290, is there much of a performance difference between the 780 and 290?
 
dont get me wrong, 290 performance is crazy good, but i bought mine knowing full well the noise and heat issue and because i knew i was going to put a custom water loop into the build to tame it and keep noise at a minimum.

If you can wait a few weeks, then the better 290s will be in stock with the better clocks and superb cooling solutions on them. They are cheaper than the 780 also, i would personally hang tight til then and get one of those, especially with Mantle around the corner.
 
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