Haswell Gaming Build - £2000 - Help Greatly Appreciated

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 13:27

Gigabit said:
So hold on, with highest anti-aliasing, all textures, graphics, etc. on max, what sort of FPS?

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/05/23/nvidia_geforce_gtx_780_video_card_review/5#.UcrdSD7v9ok

It wont be maximum at 1440p, but high settings it does.

Running Crysis 3 is a very graphically intense process. Even the mighty GTX TITAN cannot run this game at the highest setting of "very high" at 2560x1600 with playable performance. That is a bold thing right there, the TITAN is the fastest single-GPU video card there is, and it cannot run this game at the highest settings at 2560x1600. We had to lower the game to the "high" setting, and SMAA 2X works just fine at this setting.

The new GeForce GTX 780 also matches the GTX TITAN for the same playable setting of "high" and SMAA 2X at 2560x1600. The GTX TITAN is faster in framerate, but it just isn't quite fast enough for "very high," so we are left with a fast "high" experience. The GTX 780 is certainly not near fast enough for "very high," and so "high" is its playable setting as well.

Both the GTX 680 and HD 7970 GE have to be set even lower, down to "medium" settings. Therefore, both the GTX 780 and TITAN allow a higher playable gameplay setting at 2560x1600.

At 1080p it gets even better, we can turn on "very high" quality on the GTX 780 and TITAN. In addition to the highest in-game settings we can also enable the highest SMAA setting of SMAA 4X quality. The GTX 680 and HD 7970 GE cannot do this, while these can play at "very high" at 1080p, both have to use SMAA 2X. SMAA 4X causes a big performance hit, but the GTX 780 and TITAN have the performance to do it just fine at 1080p allowing better image quality.

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 13:29

mickyflinn said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £187.99
1 x XFX Pro 1000W Black Edition '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-4CI) - Blue Light £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
Total : £1,821.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Thats nice too.

Maybe able to get a 3930K in there? (with a lower PSU, Toshiba SSD, single card?)

Silly Goose On The Loose · 26 Jun 2013 at 13:31

Just done a bit of Googling and it seems to me that 2x 770s perform much better than 1x 780?

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 13:33

Gigabit said:
Just done a bit of Googling and it seems to me that 2x 770s perform much better than 1x 780?

Yes, for more money they do.

But does a single GTX780 offer a satisfactory experience at 1080p? I think it does.

Nothing to stop you adding another 780 later on in a years time.

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 13:44

I want to show you something,

I reviewed this card. It's the fastest 7970 you can find available (if you can find them as they are super rare)

I never included any Crysis3 results as it screwed with the graphs, but this is what I got,

Level name: Root of all evil,

2013-04-15 20:14:02 - Crysis3
Frames: 10934 - Time: 182958ms - Avg: 59.762 - Min: 10 - Max: 3119

The AVG fps are playable according to fraps, not sure how accurate it is, but the in-game experience was fine.

Ethermaster · 26 Jun 2013 at 14:34

No nerd p0rn yet!!! With have to fix that as soon as I get home

Silly Goose On The Loose · 26 Jun 2013 at 15:10

Is this one of those cards?

HD 7970 HIS Radeon IceQ X2 GDDR5 3GB PCI-E 3.0 Silent Cooling

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 15:10

You will need to remove that competitor link.

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 15:16

Its not the same card, he has linked to the product at the HIS site, the clocks are way off, the amount of power circuitry on the board is less too. Like i said, the one i had is super rare.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 26 Jun 2013 at 15:27

Okay, going to order one 780.

Which is the best one?

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 15:51

Gigabit said:
Okay, going to order one 780.

Which is the best one?

Thats the best one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-114-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

But you need to wait for it to arrive, instead of that get the MSI one which is the cheapest and still has a 3year warranty.

stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 15:54

But dont disregard what mickyflinn suggested,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 PCI-Express 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £469.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £169.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-4CI) - Blue Light £109.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
Total : £1,797.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Can get a i7 3930K within budget.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 26 Jun 2013 at 16:17

Thanks for all your help guys. I'll think carefully

Thanks mickyflinn and stulid

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stulid · 26 Jun 2013 at 16:19

X79-UP4 review I did.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 27 Jun 2013 at 18:01

Ordered a Corsair AX1200i (I know - overkill - but I want this PC to last forever so one less thing to upgrade) and an EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC with ACX cooler.

stulid · 27 Jun 2013 at 20:35

Gigabit said:
Ordered a Corsair AX1200i (I know - overkill - but I want this PC to last forever so one less thing to upgrade) and an EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC with ACX cooler.

What other bits did you get?

Silly Goose On The Loose · 28 Jun 2013 at 09:32

stulid said:
What other bits did you get?

Just those for now. I am getting the parts in very small groups.

I will update the thread when I order anything else.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 6 Jul 2013 at 11:47

Hey guys,

I have been overclocking my (first) GTX 780 with EVGA's Precision X tool. Voltage is at max (38 mV as recommended by a YouTube video).

How do these settings look? The GPU remains stable when tested with EVGA's OC Scanner, with 8X MSAA and Furry E. No artefacts either:

Thanks!

Edit: Not stable with Heaven Benchmark. Will try much lower settings.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 6 Jul 2013 at 14:39

Hey guys,

What RAM should I be looking at? Would I get any benefit from 2400?

Silly Goose On The Loose · 6 Jul 2013 at 14:52

I'm also looking for a good case, that could potentially support an H100i dual radiator in the front. Any suggestions?

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