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20-08-2012 09:19AM#1
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Are you absolutely going down the xfire route? If not you could scale back the motherboard. I don't know about that PSU - I assume you've read Monotypes guide?
Cooling you really need to look at spending a decent amount of money for the 3570K. A H80/Noctua (around €80) would be my recommendation.
EDIT: On cooling - you're going for a very similar build to my own - I would be very dubious about ever going xfire in my build (which was my intention when I bought a €200+ motherboard
). I have a 600T and a H100 cooling a 3570K @ 4.6Ghz - I'm at the limit of my cooling. I see temps spike at 80C which for me is the max I'm willing to go. I'm also at 1.368-1.376v which is getting dangerously close to the red line.
As for the GPU - 4 hour stress test on Heaven is seeing my GPU spike at 76C thats 1125 core 1600Mhz memory. That wouldnt have been a big deal on older cards but I'm very dubious about pushing a 28nm GPU higher than 80C. If I was to put another GPU in the machine I would have to run stock negating the reason to buy that card in the first place. YMMV
GPU is awesome but they've snook up the price from when I bought mine. I'd still buy it at €345 but there is a 7970 at €395 - how good it is I don't know.
(I'm getting everything stable but Tomshardware has 680's at around 9318 P-Score. I know P-Score isn't very scientific but that's about where I am)
Grab yourself some faster RAM (around a tenner more expensive) if you're over-clocking. Price to performance its worth doing.0 -
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The only thing dual monitor might (but shouldn't) do is stop the machine from dropping the GPU into low power mode. It wont stress the system in anyway. Dual monitor set-ups aren't great of gaming as the bezels are right in the middle of the screen - for productivity its grand.
You might also want to look at the H100 - fits into the 600T but the design is sub-optimal as you have to set it up to pull warm air out of the case and though the Radaitor. If you buy either the H80 or H100 you will probably need to replace the fans.
Extreme4 is only worth it if you're going xfire - although the board does look smexy which is as good a reason as any tbh.
RAM is probably a bit too far 0 -
Hi
Sorry if this is not in the right place for this, it's my first post and I just want some advice on a pc build from hardareversand. I've put together the spec below based on some research. The computer will be used mostly for gaming (All the Total Wars) and a bit of internet and email. Really decent graphics is the main need:
No.: HV20G325DE 8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9
No.: HV1132RQDE ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP, Sockel 1155, ATX
No.: HVR530L7DE be quiet! Pure Power 530 Watt / BQT L7
No.: HV203I18DE BitFenix Shinobi Midi-Tower USB 3.0 black, ohne Netzteil
No.: HV20Y35KDE Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155
No.: HV207GB4DE LG GH24NS bare schwarz
No.: HV33E7H6DE MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SB-Version Englisch
No.: HVZPCDE Rechner - Zusammenbau
No.: HV0477993501DE Special item: Samsung SyncMaster S24A300BL
No.: HV1031SCDE Sapphire HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express
No.: HV13WG26DE WD Caviar Green 2TB Sata 6Gb/s
The price came out at ~1,100 for a pre-build which is fine for me. Is there anything in there that I should take out? Any advice is really appreciated! Thanks
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Procrastastudy wrote: »The only thing dual monitor might (but shouldn't) do is stop the machine from dropping the GPU into low power mode. It wont stress the system in anyway. Dual monitor set-ups aren't great of gaming as the bezels are right in the middle of the screen - for productivity its grand.
Yes, gaming will be one screen only.Procrastastudy wrote: »You might also want to look at the H100 - fits into the 600T but the design is sub-optimal as you have to set it up to pull warm air out of the case and though the Radaitor. If you buy either the H80 or H100 you will probably need to replace the fans.
Put in a H100 instead (out of stock there but same price on amazon), so would you put fans on the other side of the radiator to blow the hot air through it or what?Procrastastudy wrote: »Extreme4 is only worth it if you're going xfire - although the board does look smexy which is as good a reason as any tbh.
I've rolled back the motherboard to the Z77 Pro 3 which should be fine?Procrastastudy wrote: »RAM is probably a bit too far
I've rolled back the RAM as well and have changed the PSU.
Updated basket below:
Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€217.93
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC 950M, 3GB GDDR5, full retail|€345.00
Samsung SSD 830 128GB SATA 6GB's Paper Box|€100.80
Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€149.00
WD Caviar Green 2TB Sata 6Gb/s|€101.84
Corsair Enthusiast Series Modular TX550M, 550Watt|€79.38
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€91.34
Corsair Hydro Series H100 (Sockel 775/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)|€104.45
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile schwarz PC3-12800U CL9|€44.00
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1252.730 -
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MrsDoyle28 wrote: »The price came out at ~1,100 for a pre-build which is fine for me. Is there anything in there that I should take out? Any advice is really appreciated! Thanks
Hi MrsDoyle28, I'd say if you create a new thread for your build you'll get a better response as questions can get lost in all of the replies.
If you start by answering the questions in the thread linked below there are plenty of people here to help
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=745423740 -
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I was thinking that myself so I've upgraded mobo again and have settled on the following build. Getting it through work so it'll work out less than €1200.
Item|Price
Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€149.00
ASRock Z77 Extreme4, Sockel 1155, ATX|€135.44
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€217.93
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile blau PC3-12800U CL9|€45.68
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC, 3GB GDDR5|€422.09
Samsung SSD 830 128GB SATA 6GB's Paper Box|€100.80
WD Caviar Green 2TB Sata 6Gb/s|€101.84
Corsair Enthusiast Series Modular TX650M, 650Watt|€96.45
Corsair Hydro Series H100 (Sockel 775/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)|€104.45
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1392.67
Don't make my mistake haha. Bought the asrock pro 3 mobo, fitted it in the case but for some reason didn't realise the lack of pci slots. I guess it's a good thing otherwise I probably would have bought another 670
EDIT: That case is so good to look at.0 -
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Procrastastudy wrote: »Go careful on the cooling in the 600T ref xfire - I know I;m repeating myself
Great case but only above average cooling.
Just out of curiosity. How much did you pay for your 600t Pro? Where did you get it? Not like I'm going to buy one or anything 0 -
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Don't make my mistake haha. Bought the asrock pro 3 mobo, fitted it in the case but for some reason didn't realise the lack of pci slots. I guess it's a good thing otherwise I probably would have bought another 670
EDIT: That case is so good to look at.
Yeah for the sake of a few quid extra I may as well go Extreme!!Procrastastudy wrote: »Go careful on the cooling in the 600T ref xfire - I know I;m repeating myself
Great case but only above average cooling.
Yes thanks for that, if I do go down the Xfire route in the future it may need a case upgrade. No immediate plans anyway.
@Procrastastudy, what did you mean earlier about the fans sucking air through the rad on the H100 and that they may need replacing? Would you put new fans in in a different orientation?0 -
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