Gaming rig spec check

StonedPenguin

StonedPenguin

StonedPenguin

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Hi,

I'll be building a new gaming rig next week and looking to see if anyone would change anything, Looking towards red/black theme but not too fussed on aesthetics.

I will likely watercool and add a 3rd 970 in a few months, I'd like to keep it under 3k. I already have Keyboard/mouse and an Asus STX.

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Personally id go for reference cooled 970's. I know you say you will be watercooling eventually, but on air cooling the wf cards aren't ideal in sli.
 
With a little bit of tweaking look what is possible..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £669.95
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £439.99
2 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98NQH6DHXXXX) £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (F4-2400C15Q-16GRR) £249.95
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £76.99
1 x Silverstone Tundra Series TD03 Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £2,981.82 (includes shipping : ).



I see it pointless spending that much money on a 6TB hard drive, whereas sacrificing it can enable you to go 980SLI. :)

I changed the case too, It just as good, just a little smaller/smaller rads. Still enough for that setup though.

Really you have no REAL need for the 5930k as 980Tri-SLI is just crazy, but the option is there..

Is 400mhz of RAM speed worth sacrificing 980SLI? I think not. :)

For the money that cooler is great..Toss it out when WC comes.. :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £669.95
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2980-KR) £443.99 (£887.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming GT Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £213.95
1 x Antec High Current Pro 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £76.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £24.97
Total : £2,650.79 (includes shipping : ).



You can also get £35 cashback from the link below

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/gigabyte-cashback-promo.php
 
setter said:
Personally id go for reference cooled 970's. I know you say you will be watercooling eventually, but on air cooling the wf cards aren't ideal in sli.
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Good point buddy, I'm not keen on those plastic reference blower's, It's a shame the 970 doesn't come with the titan cooler.

Doomedspeed said:
With a little bit of tweaking look what is possible..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £669.95
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £439.99
2 x GALAX GeForce GTX 980 "Reference Design" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (98NQH6DHXXXX) £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (F4-2400C15Q-16GRR) £249.95
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £76.99
1 x Silverstone Tundra Series TD03 Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £2,981.82 (includes shipping : ).



I see it pointless spending that much money on a 6TB hard drive, whereas sacrificing it can enable you to go 980SLI. :)

I changed the case too, It just as good, just a little smaller/smaller rads. Still enough for that setup though.

Really you have no REAL need for the 5930k as 980Tri-SLI is just crazy, but the option is there..

Is 400mhz of RAM speed worth sacrificing 980SLI? I think not. :)

For the money that cooler is great..Toss it out when WC comes.. :)
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Well that's got me thinking! Thanks for the spec.

I do prefer the bigger case and a Samsung SSD & WD HDD, Here's where I'm at now: (I'll be buying Mass storage HDD in a few weeks)

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Is 1KW enough for a clocked 5930k and 3 980's?
 
Iirc Gibbo stated that ocuk are getting 970's with their branding and titan style coolers soon. As your going to wc, even a ref model would do till you get the blocks. Case wise the enthoo primo is a stunner and has better radiator options than the luxe. It is a very large heavy case though.
 
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