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how cheap a cpu can i use.

freemason

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Dear all

I'm building soon , with a budget of circa £1200 ill be purchasing a GeForce GTX 770

Possibly if i can save enough money i can buy 2 of them. But of course I'm stuck in a catch 22 situation

If i can save money buying an i5 and not i7 and buy 2 gpus will a Intel CPU i5-4670K 3.4GHz Socket 1150 be able to keep with the demand of 2 high end gpus?

Failing that will i be better off just running a GTX780. Would this get me better results
 
I would go for two 7950s in Crossfire. It'll net you just below 770 SLI performance but you will have more VRAM and more memory bandwidth. It's also £200 or more cheaper.

The AMD 8320 and a decent board work out to around £200. Give the CPU a shove and it will make for a fine gaming PC IMO. If you're dead set on Intel I would go I7 only as I don't think (personally) that the I5s are either worth it, nor will hold up to the next gen of console ports wanting 8 cores.

Again, just an opinion but trying to be open minded here. You could go 4770k/780 but wait for the 780ti to launch as I suspect the 290x will make Nvidia drop prices on the 780
 
Definitely agree with going 7950s Crossfire. The way i see it, future games will likely hit the cap of 2gb Vram before you run out of GPU power juice (depending on the resolution). The 7950s are much cheaper. The cost for the higher Vram version of the 770 is enough to buy two 7950s.

If i were you i would get a build with just a single 7950 and a i7 4770k with a power supply that could handle another card. Then at a later date, you can cash in for another 7950 or just jump onto the next generation GPU. This way you can take full advantage of the 7950 having the best price/performance in that price bracket AND get an i7!
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Definitely agree with going 7950s Crossfire. The way i see it, future games will likely hit the cap of 2gb Vram before you run out of GPU power juice (depending on the resolution). The 7950s are much cheaper. The cost for the higher Vram version of the 770 is enough to buy two 7950s.

If i were you i would get a build with just a single 7950 and a i7 4770k with a power supply that could handle another card. Then at a later date, you can cash in for another 7950 or just jump onto the next generation GPU. This way you can take full advantage of the 7950 having the best price/performance in that price bracket AND get an i7!
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Thank you to you both.

Avenged7fold

Do you think the 7950 is able to play bf3/4 on high settings I'm not looking for super ultra but i would like to be able to play fairly high settings.

Admittedly I've been away from proper gaming and enthusiast components for about 2 years. I do apologise for the probably to you are simple questions
 
Here is a 3570k and a single 7950 on maximum settings on BF3. Easier to show you rather than to describe it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW4eYb4lu6M


With this video in mind, pair a 7950 with a 4770k and give a small overclock to the 7950 and it will handle most settings easily. pair it with another 7950 and your performance would be well above a single gtx 770, for essentially the same price as the 4gb 770.
 
Thank you for all your help sir i shall get my pen and paper out and re-write my specs list and see what price i get with 2 7950's

I already have a hard drive and a few other small bits and bobs so its not like the 1200 pound is for everything which is a bonus
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99
2 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £191.99 (£383.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Corsair Force GS 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F128GBGS-BK) £99.98
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CM) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020015-UK) £73.99
Total : £1,212.41 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Something like this!

This motherboard is cheaper and comes with a free cooler, but the OC is orange and awesome and i cant stop myself from speccing it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574
 
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7950's in crossfire with a good overclocked will actually bash over a pair of overclocked 770's in SLI.

i7 is a must when going multi GPU, I noticed a difference going from an i5 2500k to an i7 2600k with my crossfire 7950's
 
Avenged7Fold said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99
2 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £191.99 (£383.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Corsair Force GS 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F128GBGS-BK) £99.98
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CM) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020015-UK) £73.99
Total : £1,212.41 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Something like this!

This motherboard is cheaper and comes with a free cooler, but the OC is orange and awesome and i cant stop myself from speccing it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574
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Only 128Gb storage for the WHOLE system?
 
2x7950s if it was my money, you get enough left over for a 4770k that way, much better all round performance.
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £254.99
2 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £197.99 (£395.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal £84.95
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020038-UK) £78.98
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £41.39
Total : £1,195.24 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
almighty15 said:
Only 128Gb storage for the WHOLE system?
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A previous thread i said i already had a HDD from my old pc. 2TB WD

The ssd is just a bonus

Thank you for speccing Avenged7Fold

It would be a very good start. I would add water cooling later on and a few other bits when more money was free. But as a start it would be nice

The case i actually had in mind was the thermaltake level10 GT. but its expensive and eats into money i could use for core components
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99
2 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £197.99 (£395.98)
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST75F-G) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £41.39
Total : £1,173.22 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Avenged7Fold said:
Here is a 3570k and a single 7950 on maximum settings on BF3. Easier to show you rather than to describe it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW4eYb4lu6M


With this video in mind, pair a 7950 with a 4770k and give a small overclock to the 7950 and it will handle most settings easily. pair it with another 7950 and your performance would be well above a single gtx 770, for essentially the same price as the 4gb 770.
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Haha nice video
 
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