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Curlyriff

Curlyriff

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So after talking through a few options this order has been placed.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99 (£999.98)
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £499.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £149.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x Aerocool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £49.99
1 x Ozone Neon Laser Gaming Mouse - Red £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £14.99
1 x Belkin 4-Socket SurgeMaster with Telephone Protection - 2 Metres (F9H410UK2M) £11.99
1 x OcUK Value 3m Male - Male Display Port Monitor Cable (CDLDP-003) £6.98
Total : £2,475.74 (includes shipping : ).



Should be fun to build. Already have a 256GB 840 Pro SSD and Windows 8 ready at home for him.

What you guys think?
 
Cheers,

Should be fun. We are away at Sonisphere Festival this weekend so nowt will happen till Monday next week though :(

I have never seen anything in 1440p let alone 4k either so that will certainly be interesting once it is up and running.
 
I think it was one of those, right lets have some fun.

Am hoping it is mostly plug and play for now.

Did discuss custom loop but thought we would get it up and running and go from there and see how much space is left (if any) in the case. The heat from the GPU's are my main worry though.

We are also not 100% sure we have enough clearance for the H105 as yet but we shall see.
 
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That APC seems excessive and we pretty much hit the max budget at £2.5k

Read through some of the thread about 6GB 780's. Not much on 780Ti's until the bickering started.

I can see it being an issue maybe in a couple of years but games will be limited I feel from console ports more than anything. 3GB seems to be OK. 4GB would be ideal though. It was a toss up between R9 290X Xfire and the 780Ti but he really wants PhysX for some reason.

And oh on the cable. Nothing specifically mentioned in either spec of the cable or the monitor about coming with cable etc. I have a number of UK power cables in the office if needs be so that shouldn't be an issue.
 
No reason to get an I7. It's for gaming. 2-5fps due to any cpu bottleneck would mean needing to drop £100 from spec.

The overclocking on the 4690k from everything I have seen isn't any better Tbh once it comes to overclocking people seem to be struggling to push it any further so again save the pennies where possible.

As for SSD as mentioned in my post before there is a 256GB 840pro to be used in the build so should be fine.
 
After talking through the spec again with my friend.

He has suggested this. I am still unconvinced on the need for the i7 4770k but thoughts?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £499.99
2 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C78V-1SDN-N5HSX) £419.99 (£839.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £149.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x Western Digital Elements Desktop 3.0TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0030HBK) £79.99
1 x Aerocool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £49.99
1 x Ozone Neon Laser Gaming Mouse - Red £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £23.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £14.99
Total : £2,472.74 (includes shipping : ).

 
OK i7 ordered with it.

Non of the other PSU with enough wattage will fit unfortunately due to the 160mm space limit which is why I am stuck selecting the 860i. Edit: Oh have found this Seasonic 850w as attached.

As for GPU we have now gone for the EVGA version as it is 2 slot to fit the MATX board/case.

Hopefully this build is the last update. It is slightly over the £2.5k we were aiming nut should be worth it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £499.99
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-3787-KR) £439.99 (£879.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Western Digital Elements Desktop 3.0TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0030HBK) £79.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x Aerocool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £49.99
1 x Ozone Neon Laser Gaming Mouse - Red £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £23.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £14.99
Total : £2,518.75 (includes shipping : ).

 
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RM I have used both DC and standard i7-4790k and I haven't had any more luck with OC on any and from the reviews it doesn't appear to have made any difference either at the end other than temp. We can't justify another £40 really.

We may even de-lid later anyways.
 
So delivery is for today but DPD has been a little special and split my delivery into different vans so it's going to be a long Morning/afternoon now.

Will get final spec and pics up once it's arrived and built.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £449.99
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-3787-KR) £449.99 (£899.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £159.98
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £125.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £80.99
1 x Western Digital Elements Desktop 3.0TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBWLG0030HBK) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £49.99
1 x Ozone Neon Laser Gaming Mouse - Red £44.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £23.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £14.99
Total : £2,722.79 (includes shipping : ).




This is what the final spec ended up being although the total cost was £2413 thanks to some deals at the time of order and already owning the SSD & Windows 8.

I have a load of photos to upload tonight for the build etc.

She is running pretty well at moment. Haven't had chance to really push the overclock yet as need to update the thermal paste from the stuff that comes stock on the H105 to the Arctic Thermal 5 I have.

You can see in my Sig where we are at with the Overclock etc.

Have installed Watchdogs and we are getting 45-50fps at 4K with settings at maximum apart from AA which is set to FXAA. However the drivers do not appear to be stable at least not with this set-up combination.

They crash for no apparent reason and recover back to the desktop.
 
Sorry haven't been on here to update. Photos were lost as I have lost mobile and haven't been back over to get photos again yet.

Couldn't get it past 4.7GHz @ 1.31v

FXAA off didn't make any difference tbh in visuals and installed theworse mod 1.0 which makes it look a hell of a lot better for the same fps.

He has also completed Metro 2034. Still can't run the game at 4k because it is such a resource hungry game. Get only 15fps max but at 1440p it is stunning with all settings at max and around 40-45fps.

I would suggest though really that going for a 1440p 144Hz G-Sync would be better than 4K.

And going for Sli 780Ti 3GB would probably yield better results tbh.

The last comment would be it may well have been easier to go for 2No. 512GB SSD's and not worry about the space on the hard drive but of course it would have pushed the budget to £3k which was just that little too much.
 
It should be pulling around 630w total power with that setup so plenty really.

even crossfire R9 290x would be 740w total power.

This is approximate during gaming @ 4k.
 
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