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Was originally gonna go eyefinity but now looking at oculus rift. I want to order the following tommorow...
1)Everything look ok?
2)These new gfx cards are updated 7970 right?
3) do i need pci-e on soundcard as pci is half the price?
4) will i be ok to add second gfx later if needed (mb can fit 2 and soundcard?)

please let me know your thoughts! oh yeah this is for playing games on 'did someone spike my drink' graphics quality.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX299Q 29" Ultra Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Boost 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £179.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000019-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020041-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £116.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9R) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Corsair MM200XL Extra-Large Cloth Gaming Mouse Mat (CH-9000014-WW) £14.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
2 x Akasa FLEXA FP5S 5 Fan PWM Controller (AK-CBFA07-45) £5.28 (£10.56)
Total : £2,127.40 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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The H100i comes with its own SP120's i believe, so you can take away the SP's you are after. Also the Carbide will come with a few of its own case fans and considering you have a AIO cooler as well, you wont really benefit from the extra case flow.

If you are gaming, 8gb is more than enough, so i would take the second set of RAM away and put that towards another GPU.

As for a sound card, if you have high quality speakers it would be worth getting, if not, the motherboard sound would suffice.

The PSU is fine considering you are planning on Xfire later.

I will say that considering this is a gaming build and that the current budget is a considerable one, that you have low GPU power. These cards ARE re-branded 7970's and are by no means low power cards but with the super widescreen resolution, it will be worth saving money in the RAM and fans department and throwing it on a second 7970 if you can afford it. If you cant, dropping down to an i5 will give you the money and overall better performance with two GPUs than with an i7 and a single GPU.

Also if you can afford it, i would go for a better motherboard. It is not that the current motherboard wont work but rather, considering the balance of budget, it would be worth going for something like the Gigabyte OC board, just £36 more and it is a higher quality board with a UK RMA.
 
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What's your overall budget?

SSD, PSU, Mobo could be improved on. Go for the EVO SSD, PSU an Antec unit would be nice. And @ 2k a ROG board is a must IMHO
 
Minstadave said:
The Evo is slower than the Pro he's chosen.
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Look at that rapid mode.
 
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Rapid mode is coming to the 840 Pro shortly.

Although it makes benchmarks look very pretty, real world usage is meant to be a different story.
 
Alrighty then...

I'm assuming it is better to buy one of the new gfx cards even though 7970 cost more?

soundcard is for new corsair 7.1 headset when released, does this make any difference.

also watch me try and save a few quid buying 8gb ram now and never be able to find orange ram again lol

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX299Q 29" Ultra Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
2 x HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Boost 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Antec High Current Pro 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000019-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £116.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC10TDC01) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Corsair MM200XL Extra-Large Cloth Gaming Mouse Mat (CH-9000014-WW) £14.99
Total : £2,218.82 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
If you order today you'll also save £20 on the CPU. Score.

With the money, maybe get some AF140s for the front. They'll be quieter than the stock case fans.
 
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