Project DTTW (Don't tell the wife)

srobrien · 28 Mar 2013 at 14:24

Just placed my first order with OC, hopefully get the parts in a few days. I don't get home from work for another 2 weeks so there should be a large pile of boxes waiting for me on my return.

So far I have ordered:

- Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

- MSI X79 Big Bang X Power 2 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard

- Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail with Dead Space 3 PC Game

- Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M4A1866C9)

- Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply

- NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black

- Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s

- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

- NZXT KRAKEN X40 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 140mm

- LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - OEM

- TP-Link AV 500 Gigabit PowerLine HomePlug Adapter Kit

- NZXT HUE RGB LED Controller - Black

- BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller (Black)

- Razer Black Widow Ultimate 2013 Elite

- Razer Lachesis Mouse

- Razer Scarab Mousepad

Will update with some unboxing pics as soon as I get back!!

Cheers

R

JonJ678 · 28 Mar 2013 at 14:31

Your graphics card cost £870. Yeah, my missus wouldn't be thrilled either. Nice specification aside from the price

weirdGuy · 28 Mar 2013 at 15:06

Nice to see a Switch build! Should be a nice clean build, look forward to seeing how this turns out.

mrsnooch · 28 Mar 2013 at 16:07

Considering the amount of PCI-E slots you have, you have 2 issues - 1) You're going to have to fork out for another Titan should you ever wish to SLI (Prob cheaper going for some 690s), and 2) You will need a new PSU should you ever go SLI as the minimum for a Titan is 600w and you're not too far over it.

Great build, must have cost a small fortune! DTTW indeed!! And never have I seen so many PCI slots...

stuie · 28 Mar 2013 at 16:14

those seasonic 860s could power a small town they are increadbly effeciant and the 12v rail is huge 3 titans would be fine on it let alone 2

hakank68 · 28 Mar 2013 at 16:47

whats your budget ?

hakank68 · 28 Mar 2013 at 16:48

ive always loved the look of that motherboard

srobrien · 28 Mar 2013 at 19:12

JonJ678 said:
Your graphics card cost £870. Yeah, my missus wouldn't be thrilled either. Nice specification aside from the price

Thanks, missus is ok about it, mainly because she doesn't know the price of a titan though

weirdGuy said:
Nice to see a Switch build! Should be a nice clean build, look forward to seeing how this turns out.

Thanks! I'm looking forward to building it.

mrsnooch said:
Considering the amount of PCI-E slots you have, you have 2 issues - 1) You're going to have to fork out for another Titan should you ever wish to SLI (Prob cheaper going for some 690s), and 2) You will need a new PSU should you ever go SLI as the minimum for a Titan is 600w and you're not too far over it.

Great build, must have cost a small fortune! DTTW indeed!! And never have I seen so many PCI slots...

Cheers, no plans to SLI in the near future, if the day ever comes when I can afford to drop another grand on a titan i'm sure i'll probably invest in a slightly bigger PSU. I am planning on getting a sound card and capture card at some point so the PCI slots will come in handy. Plus the 810 is so big a normal atx kind of looks small in it.

srobrien · 28 Mar 2013 at 19:17

hakank68 said:
whats your budget ?

ive always loved the look of that motherboard

Thanks, I love the look of the MB, I think its a bit marmite with the stick on bullets but since it will be a FPS machine I think it looks awesome.
Don't really have a budget as I'm doing it in stages, watercooling next. Think I have spent £2700 so far and I still need to get monitors and watercooling.

R

GoogalyMoogaly · 28 Mar 2013 at 19:47

mrsnooch said:
a Titan is 600w

What?
Kaap is running 4 (so you're saying 2400W?) of them off a 1500W PSU.
I believe a Titan is closer to 300W than 600W...

hakank68 · 28 Mar 2013 at 20:17

srobrien said:
Thanks, I love the look of the MB, I think its a bit marmite with the stick on bullets but since it will be a FPS machine I think it looks awesome.
Don't really have a budget as I'm doing it in stages, watercooling next. Think I have spent £2700 so far and I still need to get monitors and watercooling.

R

how many monitors are you planning to have ?

srobrien · 28 Mar 2013 at 20:20

Not sure, im undecided if I want to run 3 x 24" or just 1 really good quality 27", I think the latter would be more practical, maybe add a 24" at the side at some point for multi-tasking.

PhysicsMan94 · 28 Mar 2013 at 20:26

Nice spec, should be a great build.

hakank68 · 28 Mar 2013 at 20:29

srobrien said:
Not sure, im undecided if I want to run 3 x 24" or just 1 really good quality 27", I think the latter would be more practical, maybe add a 24" at the side at some point for multi-tasking.

i think 3x 24" will be better than a 27, i think it looks better for gaming

dacads · 28 Mar 2013 at 21:58

..or there might be a "big bang"

srobrien · 29 Mar 2013 at 13:21

PhysicsMan94 said:
Nice spec, should be a great build.

Thanks

hakank68 said:
i think 3x 24" will be better than a 27, i think it looks better for gaming

Yeah im not sure, It would be good for flying jets/heli's in bf3 but I don't know if the bezels down the middle would impede your view too much.

Hyburnate · 29 Mar 2013 at 14:18

Get some 24's with slim bezels, although a 27" + 24" does sound nice, then again a 24" is fine for me

However personally I'd go for 27 + 24 but for what you need 24's all the way.

hakank68 · 29 Mar 2013 at 18:29

srobrien said:
Thanks

Yeah im not sure, It would be good for flying jets/heli's in bf3 but I don't know if the bezels down the middle would impede your view too much.

try and get a monitor with minimal sized frame

Tattysnuc · 30 Mar 2013 at 11:17

I officially have hardware envy...

I have to ask, with the recent rumours surrounding the LACK of future upgrades to S2011, and your lack of wanting to go SLI, why are you going for that platform rather than going down the 1155 route? There are some VERY good 1155 boards out there, and for gaming the 3770k performs better than than the 3820 - albeit marginally.

You could very easily find yourself with kit that you can;t upgrade IF the rumours about what comes next are true. A 3820 will be worth next to nothing second hand as it's the chip to get you into the platform, not one to upgrade to. Personally I'd only choose 2011 over 1155 for the multicore capability and SLI scalability - neither of which you are considering.

Cool looking board though. I do LOVE the look of them - bullets pending...

Diagro · 30 Mar 2013 at 11:29

Tattysnuc said:
I officially have hardware envy...

I have to ask, with the recent rumours surrounding the LACK of future upgrades to S2011, and your lack of wanting to go SLI, why are you going for that platform rather than going down the 1155 route? There are some VERY good 1155 boards out there, and for gaming the 3770k performs better than than the 3820 - albeit marginally.

You could very easily find yourself with kit that you can;t upgrade IF the rumours about what comes next are true. A 3820 will be worth next to nothing second hand as it's the chip to get you into the platform, not one to upgrade to. Personally I'd only choose 2011 over 1155 for the multicore capability and SLI scalability - neither of which you are considering.

Cool looking board though. I do LOVE the look of them - bullets pending...

+1 to what that chappy said