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Ok, advise appreciated. £800 Budget. I require a setup comprising of cpu & Cooling, motherboard, memory & power supply with 2x 5770 in xfire. Good overclock potential. Including a case, which will be the Fractal Design black pearl Midi.
I've looked at the overclocked bundles, but the Radons seem to use mini-ITX motherboards, and tbh I have no idea whether I can put 2 GPUs in them. I'm a little out of my game, as I haven't upgraded for a while.
CPU preference is none in particular, you guys know better than me which CPUs overclock well, and which don't. So I put my faith in you :D.
Peace.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £126.99
(£108.08) £253.98
(£216.16)
Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £105.99
(£90.20) £105.99
(£90.20)
OCZ Gold Low Voltage 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1600LV4GK) £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
Fractal Design Define R2 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Antec TruePower New Modular 550W Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £679.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £121.25
Total : £814.08

add a performance heatsink and your done, a Titan Fenrir?
 
To note, i don't need the HDD or optical drive. That Titan looks mean. How well will the CPU Overclock and will the Antec modular be enough for overlcocking and 2 gpus?
 
thought i would get creative.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £163.99
(£139.57) £327.98
(£279.14)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
OCZ Gold Low Voltage 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1600LV4GK) £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Fractal Design Define R2 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Antec TruePower New Modular 550W Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Sub Total : £682.51
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £121.85
Total : £818.11
 
*cough* lacking power connectors for the 2x 5830s with that PSU. you'd have to upgrade to the 650W version at least.

Also you'd be pushing a 550W PSU nearly to the limit with CF 5830:

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Middle ground, change the Antex for a Corsair HX 650/750?.. Whats the upshot of the 5830 toward the 5770s, bang per buck wise?
 
simple fix.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £163.99
(£139.57) £327.98
(£279.14)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
OCZ Gold Low Voltage 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1600LV4GK) £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Fractal Design Define R2 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Sub Total : £695.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £123.86
Total : £831.63


and with free delivery, you can take £13 off
 
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5830 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card x2 £327.98
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) £135.99
OCZ Gold Low Voltage 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1600LV4GK) £92.99
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
Fractal Design Define R2 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.99
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £84.99
Titan TTC-NK85TZ/V2 Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £32.99
£849.94

Not a bad upgrade for £50 more than I asked for, I'll go for that :D. So what kind of overclock can I expect? Ofc, it's been a few years. So i'll be asking for advice on clocking it as well.. But it'd be nice to know how much I'll be pushing :D Thanks.
 
The Nero S is slightly better than the Venom, from what i've seen. And that can keep up with the big players air cooling wise quite nicely. The Freedom Tower may be worse, but is still a solid cooler and is within a couple of 'unnoticeable' degrees. I'd assume this would be a better option since there's been quite a few complaints about the reliability of the Fenir.
 
Superewza said:
The Nero S is slightly better than the Venom, from what i've seen. And that can keep up with the big players air cooling wise quite nicely. The Freedom Tower may be worse, but is still a solid cooler and is within a couple of 'unnoticeable' degrees. I'd assume this would be a better option since there's been quite a few complaints about the reliability of the Fenir.
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thats why i put the "closer" comment, i was expecting it to be worse, being an Akasa. :p
 
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