Any improvement ideas on these builts?

by DrLagAlot • 22 Nov 2014, 01:24 • Journals
So I was writing this topic a couple of days ago in order to get ideas of what is currently nameworthy on the market: http://www.crossfire.nu/threads/47822/2-new-pc-builds

After thinking about it several times and talking to my dad and his mate we decided to go pretty much fully nutts and these are likely going to be the final specs:

Screen: ASUS ROG Swift pg278q

Case: Coolermaster 690 III Advanced
Power Supply: BeQuiet! Dark Power Pro 10 1000W
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Rampage V Extreme
CPU: Intel Core i7 5930K
CPU Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro III
RAM: Corsair 32GB Kit Vengeance LPX DDR4/2666 CL15
Graphics cards: 3x Asus GeForce STRIX GTX970 OC
Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Optical drive: LG BluRay / DVD Writer BH16NS40
SSD-Harddrives: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 512GB
HDD: WD Blue 1 TB, SATA-6Gb, 64MB / 7200rpm
O/S: MS Windows 8.1 Pro, 64-Bit

But I'm quite sure there will be some selected parts you guys are going to criticise, so if you feel like you have got any better ideas, feel free to share them (-:

Thanks in advance!








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BOBiKA 22 Nov 2014, 01:39
O/S: MS Windows 8.1 Pro, 64-Bit


loled hard
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Oxy 22 Nov 2014, 02:00
Does the case even fit 3 GPUs? Seems small, didn't really bother looking into its measurements. Something for you to figure out I guess. Even more so, do you think the airflow will be sufficient enough to keep it all within decent temps? What case fans will you be using?
Why 3 GPUs? ...
32gb ram is overkill, you'll never use that much outside of benchmarks... literally.. never. cut it down to half and invest that money elsewhere, on the CPU for example, you could easily throw a 5960X in there if you went with just SLI instead. Probably the far better choice.
Doubt 1000W is going to cut it. Each of your GPUs uses about 240W on fullload, that's 720W to power the GPUs only. another ~200 (don't have the exact numbers atm, probably a bit less +/- 30W) on your CPU. You're very close to the edge. I'd make sure to have some buffer room.
Also SLI 980 > Tri 970. Tri setups are pointless, not only do they scale very badly but you spend the same for probably less performance than a sli setup of better cards. see http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-980-sli-review,1.html
Also the 980 would give you better single performance for the thousands upon thousands of games that wont support your SLI/TRI setup. :P Alternatively, SLI 970 is a pretty great as well, a lot cheaper even.
Ditch the WD Blue for a WD Black, they're faster.
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DrLagAlot 22 Nov 2014, 09:50
The case is fine, 3 fans delivering air in, 2 flowing it out, also the size fits for long graphics cards :p
I'll use two gtx 980 instead of the tripple 970 then and consider the 5960x then. Thanks for the wd black hint
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The_Emperor 22 Nov 2014, 10:56
Don't really know if its worth the budget going triple SLI. Better get two more powerful cards on SLI, less energy consumption and bigger performance.

for example: 2 x GTX-980 would be fine.

Speaking of RAM, 32 GB is just fine, the need is going to increase on future games anyway, so better be safe than sorry.

For the O/S, get windows 7 x64 Ultimate and wait for windows 10 release, so you can either switch OS up / double boot / stay on 7 (depends on your own personal preference, since u won't feel huge impact in gaming based by OS)

Speaking of PSU, for your build, I would assume you get Corsair ax1200i (1200W), since the gpu setup will take huge toll on your PSU.

For the case. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/Level_10_GT/ This one definitely. Yeah, it might look crappy, but you're not going to regret.

Also, the cooler of CPU is great, but if you're thinking of overclocking (since u got the "K" series CPU, who in his right mind wouldn't OC that monster), you should go for liquid cooling kit.
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