Give me some pointers towards my build

Randomface74 · 31 Aug 2010 at 17:14

Reasonable justifications. The other point, which I've already made but will repeat - is that the 460 from Gigabyte is significantly quieter than any of the 470s - unless you're planning on water cooling these. I'll also throw in a standard reminder about SLI being a bit more shakey from a driver point of view than a single card would be.

95thrifles · 31 Aug 2010 at 17:16

yeah tbh if youre going WC straight away, given your budget, Id be tempted to look at the 480 with water block fitted link has advantages of making system quiet and using single card instead of dual

Cycrow · 31 Aug 2010 at 17:33

i wouldn't say the 470/480 are all that loud tbh

for me it really doesn't make a difference, as the only time when the fan speed incrases is when im playing games, and when im playing games, i have sounds on, so u cant hear it anyways

R.C.Anderson · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:10

I'll have a look a some reviews for that mobo, see what I think about spending that little on a mobo for this build.

I will be watercooling the gfx card(s), and I was wanting to SLI/crossfire rather than get a single card at my max budget, as that would mean I get 3 usable DVI connections, so I can use all 3 of my monitors (I currently use a USB->DVI converter, but it's a little flakey)

bifday2k · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:15

http://www.vortez.co.uk/contentteller/articles_pages/asus_p6x58d_e_motherboard_review,1.html

Don't think of it as budget, its far from it, it will clock just as well as its bigger brother the premium. In some cases better.

Iv had mine running 226 bclk comfortably, and that was without much tweaking at all, so as you are planing on water cooling, you could comfortably make the most out of it. It really is a cracking mobo, at a cracking price point.

R.C.Anderson · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:20

95thrifles said:
yeah tbh if youre going WC straight away, given your budget, Id be tempted to look at the 480 with water block fitted link has advantages of making system quiet and using single card instead of dual

I would probably rather put the waterblock on myself, especially with the extra that ocuk seem to charge for it, unlike them :rolleyes:

£355 for card + £65 for the Acetal cover (total £420) verses £478 for pre-applied, I mean £58 for them to put a waterblock onto a gfx card for you? what's that about? I would probably be happy spending £10 for it, but that's about it. And it's not even OCed to hell and back either...

bifday2k · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:24

Think the main point of the OCuk ones that come with a block, is it also comes with a warranty, where as if u do it yourself, as soon as u take the stock cooler off, and fit the block the warranty is gone. So your getting 3 year warranty vs 0. All depends on if that bothers you or not i guess.