guru's spec me pls

ikilby

ikilby

ikilby

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Hi gurus,

I am looking to build a beast system round the Corsair 540 case.
Will be over clocking as hard as she can go.

I want to water cool everything, and the internal colour scheme will be red inc LED on fans and fluid.

I only want two way SLI.

Can you spec me best CPU / MB / RAM & water-cooling radiators / fans / connectors and dyes please.

As for budget i will be buying bits here and there so i reckon around 2K.

cheers
Ian
 
i've not done many watercooling specs, so have someone else check it over first - having said that, i'll happily vouch for the rest of the components, left out fittings/tubing/coolant/fans as; disclaimer *im not 100% sure on the compatibility* and it comes down to personal taste :p, but someone will be along any minute who is more familiar with custom wc, should end up at around £2100~ish i think

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95 (£799.90)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black (NESF-010) £161.99
1 x MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
2 x XSPC Razor GTX 780 & Titan GPU Waterblock **GTX 780 COMPATIBLE** £69.95 (£139.90)
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £59.99
1 x EK-D5 X-RES 100 CSQ - Acetal £49.99
1 x Aqua Computer Cuplex Kryos Delrin for 775 / 1155 / 1150 / 1156 / 1366 - G1/4" £39.98
1 x NZXT HUE RGB LED Controller - Black £39.98
2 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTS-Lite 240 £37.99 (£75.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Red £28.45
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £2,008.56 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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Here is my attempt.

Went for 1 single card...

Enough space and power to add a second.

Components are better quality (WC wise)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N78T-1DDN-L5HS) £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £157.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & EK-D5 X-RES 100 CSQ Value Combo £104.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Acetal+Nickel £89.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal + Nickel £52.99
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £37.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
6 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Red Clover Edition £12.95 (£77.70)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/11 - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.95
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved red/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Black £4.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Black £3.95 (£7.90)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95 (£7.90)
10 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.19 (£31.90)
Total : £1,981.57 (includes shipping : £13.75).



EDIT: you do get a free cooler with the motherboard that you can sell/put in another build/throw at a passer by.. :)

EDIT2: You may want to add some rotaries in to the spec too, though thats upto you, maybe 4 or 6 45 degree fittings will suffice.
 
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i actually prefer doomed's build, id get a single GPU now with the option of upgrading personally, i included 2 way SLI purely since you requested it :p, £2000 is pretty touch and go (read: possible but with compromises) for a fully custom watercooled build with dual GPU set up, the only 'good' reason to start with SLI is if you're gaming at very high resolution, at 1080p for example a single 760 even just ***** on everything more or less maxed out right now, let alone SLI 780's
 
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Thanks.

So worthwhile going single graphics and can add second one later ?

2k Was only a lower bench I can go above if needed. I was not including case or Hard drives at that price either so 2.5K is better.
 
ikilby said:
Thanks.

So worthwhile going single graphics and can add second one later ?

2k Was only a lower bench I can go above if needed. I was not including case or Hard drives at that price either so 2.5K is better.
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Well you can, but considering you're budget change you can go for 2 to start with.. Ill re-do my spec in a bit. :)

ikilby said:
Also on doom I am guessing the fans would only be push. Will that be enough or should I go Pull & push?
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I'd go push in on the front and push out on the top. I don't feel push/pull is worth the money with that much rad space.. Though there is room to add push/pull.

stulid said:
Someone called?
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No? :p
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292702) £413.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £339.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-4CIR) - Red LED Light £179.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black (NESF-010) £161.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
2 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,934.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).




£2K and no socket2011 is a fail TBH.

Fast 2400MHz CAS10 RAM, 1600MHz RAM is also a fail.

8Pack has won many world OC records with this board, he will be able to guide you through getting the most out of the chip etc;)
 
Doom i did indeed say everything - you are right.

However am i limiting myself with the RAM, surely I can order 2400MHz ram ?

OK guys whats the benefit of 1150 vs 2011?

Is it just 2011 is a newer chip and socket and hence should be lower power consumption?

Sorry for educating me - i have not kept up to speed on this stuff.
 
Sorry but socket2011 4930K is so much better.

• 6 cores plus hyperthreading = 12 threads vs 4cores plus hyperthreading = 8 threads of the 4770K.

This makes it faster in rendering, encoding and multithreaded games such as BF4.

X79 boards gives 16X bandwidth in 2way SLI/Crossfire as there are many more PCI-E lanes coming from the CPU to communicate with everything, the Z87 only do 8X/8X unless they have one of the PLX chips such as the Z87X-OC Force or Sniper 5 (both around £400)
 
stulid said:
Sorry but socket2011 4930K is so much better.

• 6 cores plus hyperthreading = 12 threads vs 4cores plus hyperthreading = 8 threads of the 4770K.

This makes it faster in rendering, encoding and multithreaded games such as BF4.

X79 boards give 16X bandwidth per GFX card as there are many more PCI-E lanes coming from the CPU to communicate with everything, the Z87 only do 8X/8X unless they have one of the PLX chips such as athe Z87X-OC Force or Sniper 5 (both around £400)
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True but for purely gaming, its a bit too much.

You say BF4 will utlise it, that is true but the difference is minimal, compared to the 4770k, with a 780ti, itll be unnoticable.

x16/x16 isn't a massive amount better than x8/x8 IIRC, only when you come to add a third card does it start to matter. (the OP only wants two GPU's).

In my eyes (not saying that stulid is wrong, because he isnt, he just has a different opinion) the 4770k is a better option.

Maybe add 2400mhz memory to my build (to help with overclocking) and you'll be laughing.

Yes stulids build is better for overclocking (due to the motherboard mainly) but the 1150 spec (mine) is no slouch either
 
Sorry but when I use my two 280X in my Socket2011 system compared to my 4770K Z87 setup the difference in smoothness in BF 4 is noticeable.

@OP if you want overclocking as much as she will go, then for Z87 this board is the superior choice,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
Total : £168.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



This is another world record holding board, may not be red, but it is the best.
 
stulid said:
Sorry but when I use my two 280X in my Socket2011 system compared to my 4770K Z87 setup the difference in smoothness in BF 4 is noticeable.

@OP if you want overclocking as much as she will go, then for Z87 this board is the superior choice,
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Sorry Stu, Can't beat first hand advice.. For reference is that at 1080p or above?

The Z87X-OC is an insane board.
 
stulid said:
1440P+1080P (depends which monitor I want to use), max settings in all games, the socket2011 is just a faster setup.
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Wheres the rest of my post gone? Haha!

True, 2011 does make a big difference when going above 1080p.. So does VRAM (both 290 and 780/780ti have 3gb+ VRAM).
 
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