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kitkat9933

kitkat9933

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Below is my PC build I am going for tomorrow. Spec/computability check please. Also any pointers on changes or advice would be warmly welcomed.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
2 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x ASRock X79 Extreme7 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £214.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £179.99
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £145.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ST Big Tower Case - Black £144.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95 (£139.90)
1 x Silverstone Heligon SST-HE01 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2) £60.59
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
Total : £2,084.05 (includes shipping : £14.75).





Thanks in advanced,

James
 
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Done a slight spec change:


YOUR BASKET
2 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £159.95
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ST Big Tower Case - Black £144.98
1 x Seasonic M12II 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £114.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95 (£139.90)
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Silver (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
Total : £1,752.40 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
Also for crossfire do I just need to plug them in or do I need a crossfire bridge connector or something.


And since my monitor is my 27 inch iMac with MDP can I use a DP->MDP adapter without having issues?
 
kitkat9933 said:
Also for crossfire do I just need to plug them in or do I need a crossfire bridge connector or something.


And since my monitor is my 27 inch iMac with MDP can I use a DP->MDP adapter without having issues?
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You will need to use the Crossfire bridge.

Not sure on the 2nd question.
 
Usually Crossfire bridges come with the GPU and SLI bridges come with the motherboard.
 
RJC said:
Done a slight spec change:


YOUR BASKET
2 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £159.95
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ST Big Tower Case - Black £144.98
1 x Seasonic M12II 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £114.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95 (£139.90)
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Silver (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £39.95
Total : £1,752.40 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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Why'd you pick the Samsung 830 that is £30 more expensive? He wants this one.. :p
 
kitkat9933 said:
apparently the 830 is lower read/write than the ocz agility 3. so why should i get the 830 which costs more for less peformance?
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I linked to the wrong SSD as pointed out by Sparx, the Samsung is cheaper and is classed as more reliable, some OCZ drives had Firmware issues and early failures.

Check the links in later posts for the correct Samsung Drive.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
2 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² Turbo 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QMT3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X ST Big Tower Case - Black £144.98
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £142.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Red(Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
2 x Avexir Core Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £39.95 (£79.90)
Total : £1,887.46 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Case is horrific imo, but hey :D
 
Just to say the reason I choose the 2 7970's in my original post is because they are £200 each in the sale tomorrow so I will be sticking with them lol.
 
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