been out too long whats in?

DaMulta · Nov 27, 2014

So I haven't had a PC really in like years...playstation yo

Im thinking I would like too throw together a budget tri or quad sli system. I more or less want a steam box for my living room.

What cards are in and what ones are dated.

Im a noob again hahaha

Solaris17 · Nov 27, 2014

DaMulta said:
budget tri or quad sli system

your funny dude i love it

DaMulta · Nov 27, 2014

What lol I knows it exist.

Devon68 · Nov 27, 2014

budget tri or quad sli system

That sounds like a paradox.
What's your budget anyway?

DaMulta · Nov 27, 2014

Budget is what gets the job done. Just wanna go with the lower quad,tri cards, budget motherboard, mid grade cpu.

Really I don't know whats compatible these days. Does sli run on pci-express, or do they still use the bridges?

Don't know what's the current model numbers and so forth

Ralfies · Nov 27, 2014

Anything greater than dual sli is a bad idea unless you're pushing insane resolutions. You'd also need an extremely high end cpu or a motherboard with a PLX chip to have enough PCI lanes for more than two cards. A single, powerful gpu is always the way to go. It's hard to recommend anything thing other than the GTX 970 right now.

sneekypeet · Nov 27, 2014

For all of you with logic in mind with your advice for a system that Damulta would run, remember back to what started the PC ATM thread....

Pretty sure he will go balls to the wall, or not bother much at all

DaMulta · Nov 27, 2014

Bottle necks are there too be made.

I know there are peeps that know what kind of system I have in mind.

thebluebumblebee · Nov 27, 2014

DaMulta said:
What lol I knows it exist.

I have a couple GTX 460's I'll sell you real cheap.

de.das.dude · Nov 27, 2014

DaMulta said:
So I haven't had a PC really in like years...playstation yo

Im thinking I would like too throw together a budget tri or quad sli system. I more or less want a steam box for my living room.

What cards are in and what ones are dated.

Im a noob again hahaha

welcome back. although i did see you on facebook.

thebluebumblebee · Nov 27, 2014

Isn't there a rumored GTX 990? That would be the way to go for Quad-SLI.

Tatty_Two · Nov 27, 2014

Ohhhhh damn, the place is slipping back into oblivion again......... DaMulta is back! Try three HD6870's supported by a Socket 1155 board and a 2500K, that will be a decent starting point....... Ohhhh and welcome back old friend! :nutkick:

MT Alex · Nov 27, 2014

Pretty sure there are 3 gtx670s in the b/s/t thread right now. What, you and Paulie back in the same week?

Frick · Nov 27, 2014

Shit I thought you had died man.

Devon68 · Nov 27, 2014

Well for the cpu many will tell you the i5 4690k (quad core) is the best bang for buck. But if you can afford a quad sli setup (which makes no sense) you might as well go for a i7 4970k
For the motherboard a z97 board is best because it's best for overclocking and has a lot of features but a z87 would do as well or H97,H87 which are not for overclocking and probably wont support sli (maybe 2 cards is sli at best)
The gpu many say the GTX 970 is great or a R9 290 (for more cards you still need a sli bridge or crossfire depending on the manufacturer). For 1080p you really don't need more than 1 of these cards.
For ram DDR3 is still the best/cheapest and 8 GB is enough
For psu many swear that silverstone and xfx and corsair have the best psu's but there basically the same crap (I just chose the one with the longer warranty)

I just found this page you might get some info what's hot and not from here:
http://www.maximumpc.com/best-of-the-best

TheDarkLord · Nov 28, 2014

Budget and quad SLI mmm, well sure why not, X79 with a 3820 (doesn't overclock though :cry:

) with basically any X79 board as most of them support at least 3 way

DaMulta · Nov 29, 2014

Was looking what about quad Amd R9 270 cards???

PaulieG · Nov 29, 2014

Well, first I show back up, then D. Who else is going to come back from the dead? Good to see ya man. Why do quad 270's? Just to say you're running quad cards? Come on D, you can do better than that.

eidairaman1 · Nov 29, 2014

AMD Platform

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4658#ov
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4455#ov

http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/CROSSHAIR_V_FORMULAZ/
http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_990FX_R20/

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/990FX Extreme9/
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/Fatal1ty 990FX Professional/

http://www.sapphiretech.com/present...d=1089&sgid=1099&pid=0&psn=000101&lid=1&leg=0

DaMulta · Nov 29, 2014

You have been gone forever too???

Like too do a case mod along with it. Figured quad is the way too roll.

Paulieg said:
Well, first I show back up, then D. Who else is going to come back from the dead? Good to see ya man. Why do quad 270's? Just to say you're running quad cards? Come on D, you can do better than that.

manofthem · Nov 29, 2014

DaMulta said:
Was looking what about quad Amd R9 270 cards???

Those cards can only do 2 way crossfire. If you want 4 way, you're going to have to go 280x or higher, or the Nvidia alternative

Additionally if you want 4 way, you ought to consider x79/x99 instead of z87/97

Toothless · Nov 29, 2014

Before I run into the wall with "WAY TOO OVERPRICED OMG WHY"

I don't know what a 4x XFire needs for a CPU but I'm sure it'll soak up that i7.
Fast memory might help..?
SSD for snappiness and HDD for all the pron storage needs.
Big case and big PSU for big bills.
H100i for cooling that i7.

DID I DO GOOD WITH NO CARE FOR THE BANK?

eidairaman1 · Nov 29, 2014

manofthem said:
Those cards can only do 2 way crossfire. If you want 4 way, you're going to have to go 280x or higher, or the Nvidia alternative

Additionally if you want 4 way, you ought to consider x79/x99 instead of z87/97

Hey Bro i posted several 3-4 way mobos on the Red Team lol.

manofthem · Nov 29, 2014

eidairaman1 said:
Hey Bro i posted several 3-4 way mobos on the Red Team lol.

Yeah you're right. I was going off Intel, or readout that, my bad.

No hate for the red team, I'm a fan

eidairaman1 · Nov 29, 2014

manofthem said:
Yeah you're right. I was going off Intel, or readout that, my bad.

No hate for the red team, I'm a fan

Nah youre good. We both game and crunch. Ill be folding real soon too.

Damn Damulta a quad gpu rig be a crunching monster

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