Spec me a PC!!!

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I have roughly £1600 to spend on a gaming rig, I do not need a monitor, mouse+keyboard and case, I have looked at both Ivy-E and Haswell setups, but I've come across a few threads taking about the right CPU for the job, specifically in regards to having 2+ gpu's it is better going down the S2011? but if i stick with 1 gpu then Haswell is the way to go??

Any ideas and advice would be greatly appreciated. :D
 
Both will support dual GPU's but I think Ivy-E motherboards can provide more lands on the PCI-E bus.

I.e. 2 or 3x16 lanes where as Haswell will be 1x16 or 2x8 Lanes unless its a very high end motherboard.
 
OracIe said:
Both will support dual GPU's but I think Ivy-E motherboards can provide more lands on the PCI-E bus.

I.e. 2 or 3x16 lanes where as Haswell will be 1x16 or 2x8 Lanes unless its a very high end motherboard.
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So it wouldn't affect me if I had one gpu to start but if I later decided to add another I would see a drop in performance going with haswell? or are the drops not too noticeable
 
Technically you would see a drop in performance, in reality you wouldn't notice the difference unless you were doing something extremely intensive.

That said, some of the more pricey Haswell boards will support dual 16x lane PCI-E lanes.
 
Hello...... what do we have here then? :D

Haswell will do but do you but will not support 3 card's at 16x speed and honestly unless your going to be doing some massive benchmark runs tri SLI or Crossfire isn't really the best way to go as very very few actually scale that well once you get past the dual card route.

I will be very happy to spec you tho :D what case do you currently have?
 
Ethermaster said:
Hello...... what do we have here then? :D

Haswell will do but do you but will not support 3 card's at 16x speed and honestly unless your going to be doing some massive benchmark runs tri SLI or Crossfire isn't really the best way to go as very very few actually scale that well once you get past the dual card route.

I will be very happy to spec you tho :D what case do you currently have?
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800D............................ think of the watercooling possibilities :D
 
OracIe said:
Technically you would see a drop in performance, in reality you wouldn't notice the difference unless you were doing something extremely intensive.

That said, some of the more pricey Haswell boards will support dual 16x lane PCI-E lanes.
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So its no real issue to me then as im not going down that route! adding another card in the future would be mainly for future proofing
 
Ivy-E


Asus Rampage IV Formula Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard

Intel 4820K 3.70GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74820K)

Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Corsair Professional Series HX+ 1050W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020033-UK)

Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K4/16X)

Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW)

Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW)

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Total : £1,301.84



Haswell


Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI EXTREME Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail

Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Corsair Professional Series HX+ 1050W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020033-UK)

Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X)

Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW)

Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW)

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Total : £1,335.89

These are the two spec's I quickly mocked up the PSU is overkill but I thought if I add another card at a later date its there if I need it. Any critique??
 
I'm quite liking the orange themes at the moment and with the motherboard on special this week makes it more tempting.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 850W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06225-1) £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC10TDC01) £79.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
Total : £1,012.92 (includes shipping : FREE).




With room for another gfx card down the line or more ram etc :cool:
 
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