Upgrade suggestions

Resa69 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:20

will13 said:
Hmm maybe I should ask on here before I place order for new build, see if you guys can make anything better?

Ask stulid to spec you a build

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:20

will13 said:
Hmm maybe I should ask on here before I place order for new build, see if you guys can make anything better?

Always, get as much input as you can

will13 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:24

Resa69 said:
Ask stulid to spec you a build

Maybe been gone too long from these forums but what are you implying?

humbug said:
Always, get as much input as you can

I'll put it in general hardware I guess?

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:26

will13 said:
I'll put it in general hardware I guess?

Yeah, that might be a good idea but i can't see it getting any more attention in there than here. its gaming related, you find most gamers in this very room.

thefogo · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:30

I personally wouldn't recommend two PCS cards unless you can get a really big gap between them.

will13 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:32

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1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£34 Saving** £375.94
2 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE AMD 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit £305.99 (£611.98)
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
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1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Red £21.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.49
Total : £1,677.24 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Well thats the build if you guys wanna pick over it

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:40

See below. ^^^

thefogo said:
I personally wouldn't recommend two PCS cards unless you can get a really big gap between them.

+1 on their own they are great cards, but side by side in the same case? no, they are too fat, something a bit slimier, like the Tri-X?

will13 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:44

Hmm I can get Tri-x's for £550, shame I'd lose the free ram

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:46

will13 said:
Hmm I can get Tri-x's for £550, shame I'd lose the free ram

Its a big case so plenty of room in it, its just a shame the motherboard is not that long, one with 4 16x PCIe slots so you could put one in slot 1 and the other in slot 4... i think they would have enough room to breath.

will13 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:49

humbug said:
Its a big case so plenty of room in it, its just a shame the motherboard is not that long, one with 4 16x PCIe slots so you could put one in slot 1 and the other in slot 4... i think they would have enough room to breath.

That'd be x79 though right?

Is the MSI 290 decent? just thinking it'd fit the colour scheme

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:53

The MSI's are fine ^^^ they had fan troble in the past but i think that has now been sorted.

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X97 here with 4. though while its states x16 it says its running at x4? i don't get that, its either 16x or its not?

Also has free RAM...

We need Matt to see how Slot 4 works with the 290's

will13 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:57

humbug said:
The MSI's are fine ^^^ they had fan troble in the past but i think that has now been sorted.

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X97 here with 4. though while its states x16 it says its running at x4? i don't get that, its either 16x or its not?

Also has free RAM...

We need Matt to see how Slot 4 works with the 290's

Yeah I don't get that myself, but still nice its a Gigabyte board never had 1 fail me.

Good to know about MSI cards, might pick 2 of them up if its better then going 2 PCS+

Tonester0011 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:57

humbug said:
Its a big case so plenty of room in it, its just a shame the motherboard is not that long, one with 4 16x PCIe slots so you could put one in slot 1 and the other in slot 4... i think they would have enough room to breath.

Doesn't XDMA suffer performance loss when running through lower end PCI-E lanes? Pairing 16x with a 4x lane for CF.

will13 said:
That'd be x79 though right?

Is the MSI 290 decent? just thinking it'd fit the colour scheme

You can get 4 16x lanes on Z97, just make sure you're paying for a PLX enabled board. Otherwise ^^ as above, bottom lanes will be running 4x and possibly 2.0.

Though, to be fair...not really looked into the benefits of running decent lane sizes for CF.

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:58

I don't know, ^^^^^ i have Emailed Matt with this, he should know

Tonester0011 · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:58

humbug said:
The MSI's are fine ^^^ they had fan troble in the past but i think that has now been sorted.

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X97 here with 4. though while its states x16 it says its running at x4? i don't get that, its either 16x or its not?

Also has free RAM...

We need Matt to see how Slot 4 works with the 290's

Wired for 4x.
16x is the size, and required for a GPU. Only has connections for 4x, so limited to 4x bandwidth.

That board is also decent for CF as it's 1st and 3rd 16x slots for optimum CF/SLI.

LtMatt · 9 Aug 2014 at 15:59

humbug said:
The MSI's are fine ^^^ they had fan troble in the past but i think that has now been sorted.

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X97 here with 4. though while its states x16 it says its running at x4? i don't get that, its either 16x or its not?

Also has free RAM...

We need Matt to see how Slot 4 works with the 290's

My lanes are all X16 or X8 bug. I wouldn't recommend x4 pci-e2.0 on XDMA, but x4 pci-e 3 will be fine.

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 16:02

Thanks Matt, so the third PCIe on that MOBO should be ok?

@ Thefogo, is the third PCIe enough room for the PCS+ do you think?

Tonester0011 · 9 Aug 2014 at 16:05

humbug said:
Thanks Matt, so the third PCIe on that MOBO should be ok?

@ Thefogo, is the third PCIe enough room for the PCS+ do you think?

The 3rd 16x slot on that board is wired for 8x, so CF will run 8x/8x in 3.0...so yes, would be fine.

As for spacing, how much does he need? He'd have 1 slots gap between the bottom of the first card to the top of his second card (if running 3 slot cooler, the PCS) He's also running it in a decent case for air cooling. Should be good to go.

Now it's whether orange will work in his colour scheme

humbug · 9 Aug 2014 at 16:06

Tonester0011 said:
The 3rd 16x slot on that board is wired for 8x, so CF will run 8x/8x in 3.0...so yes, would be fine.

As for spacing, how much does he need? He'd have 1 slots gap between the bottom of the first card to the top of his second card (if running 3 slot cooler, the PCS) He's also running it in a decent case for air cooling. Should be good to go.

Now it's whether orange will work in his colour scheme

Ok, some options for you

will13 · 9 Aug 2014 at 16:09

Orange should work, I think Bitfenix sells orange alchemy cables.

Also thanks for the help up to now guys, so glad I never just put a order in otherwise would've probably been returning stuff ha