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[d1nky]

Looks good!

we are all here to help ya overcook it when ya get it lol

i would of chose a diff psu and SSD tho.

 

[Pipson]

Looks good!

we are all here to help ya overcook it when ya get it lol

i would of chose a diff psu and SSD tho.

What wrong with the PSU ? I currently have GX600 and ive read it somewhere that the GS > GX. Plus the GS comes with white/red/blue led light

And the SSD i currently have is Plextor 128GB - Sequential Read Speed - Up to 520 MB/s
Sequential Write Speed - Up to 200 MB/s the one im getting is Read Speed: 490MB/Sec, Write Speed: 350MB/Sec and cheaper so sort of the same...

To irony which ASrock have you go? the Fatal1ty 990FX Professional ? or ? and where did you get it from? Im also having doubts about Sabertooth and heading towards the Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z especially if im going to have such a huge see through side panel + has more 2 more fans connects

I need to pick out some decent fans soon too prerably blue led, not loud ones

 

[RCoon]

Build looks great, but pick a different 7950. I dont like the heat control on the HIS models.
Also, dont get that SSD, get a samsung 840 basic. My brother had a Sandisk Extreme, the read/write speeds are blatant lies and arent actual real world use figures. The samsung performs far better.
PSU is fine, if you're getting a blue LED light on the PSU, and have blue RAM, and you're getting blue fans, I recommend you buy the MSI GD65 990FX for a blue colour scheme. My GD65 overclocks very well.

Coolermaster Sickleflow Blue LED fans are silent, cheap and rather nice looking.

 

[Pipson]

I might just go for the Crosshair V Formula-Z to be honest and i havent decided on the theme color yet but it will either be red or blue but i doubt i would pick a motherboard based on color.

If i go red: Crosshair V Forumala-z would fit it best
Blue: MSI 990FXA-GD80 AMD 990 FX

Is the MSI anywhere new the Crosshair level probably not? Im trying to build a pc that i wont have to touch the case/motherboard/gpu/psu/cpu for a while, hdd/sdd/ram/fans/cooling system and the rest i can replace for better later

 

[RCoon]

The MSI boards are good. Really good. The components are high quality and the featureset is pretty rich, when it comes to high end boards you pay for tiny extras, like the PLX chip in the Crosshair for Trifire. There are lots of people who bought the new GD65 gaming board for intel because its such a good board, even Dave has one, our motherboard reviewer.
The GD80 supports Trifire, the GD65 is just Crossfire.

When you hit the £150+ market for Mobos, you should start thinking about colour TBH. Especially when 3+ GPU's is out of your requirements.

 

[d1nky]

but i doubt i would pick a motherboard based on color

shame on me

rcoon backed me up with samsung 840. im not a fan of the corsair GS, when i was researching and buying a new psu i was advised against it. non modular, bronze cert. and their lowest range. and 58a on the 12v+ rail

trust me when building a rig, modular is godly!

 

[RCoon]

trust me when building a rig, modular is godly!

At the very least a HX for semi modular!

 

[d1nky]

i got some cash and tempted on buying a 7970 with 8games to sell.

or saving my cash to last a month lol

 

[RCoon]

i got some cash and tempted on buying a 7970 with 8games to sell.

or saving my cash to last a month lol

I'm tempted to buy an 8350 and an ASRock all black MoBo to replace my i5, for the sake of overclocking fun-times.

 

[d1nky]

I'm tempted to buy an 8350 and an ASRock all black MoBo to replace my i5, for the sake of overclocking fun-times.

trades? lol

i just slapped myself for being naughty

 

[RCoon]

trades? lol

i just slapped myself for being naughty

it's a bad overclocker by every 3570k standard on the interwebs, id probably use it for a side build in future anyway on stock settings.

 

[d1nky]

mines pretty good but needs uber volts to go anywhere!

well ya in this thread more than others, so ya might as well get one!

 

[Pipson]

which ASRock mo do you guys recommend?

 

[d1nky]

something cheapish extreme4

but if youre paying extreme9 prices, then id go Asus CHVF

 

[Pipson]

Asus CHVF it is then, tomorow novatech are picking up my gpu vtx3d 7870 but i kept telling them i just want a bloody refund and not return it as faulty cause when i called them up i said it overheating to mad levels on something like wow at 60 to 70C which is silly and ive had one pc crash and im not happy with it. SO they said we will collect it for you and do some testing which can take 5 days ¬¬

 

[cdawall]

No 60-70C under load is normal...

 

[Pipson]

No 60-70C under load is normal...

Under full load yes. Under world of warcraft nope, wow is more cpu than gpu. I cant even have wow + some youtube videos on... just goes slow.. im make sure i write a nice note to them, ive only had it for 1 week i shoul be entitled to a refund regardless if they find a fault or not

my msi 7770 same settings as the vtx3d is at 45-55 tops

 

[d1nky]

and make up something like ''noisy fans, coil whine, constant crashes'' lol

 

[cdawall]

Under full load yes. Under world of warcraft nope, wow is more cpu than gpu. I cant even have wow + some youtube videos on... just goes slow.. im make sure i write a nice note to them, ive only had it for 1 week i shoul be entitled to a refund regardless if they find a fault or not

my msi 7770 same settings as the vtx3d is at 45-55 tops

The 7770 and 7870xt are very different cards. My 7950s run about as hot in various games. This isnt a midrange card anymore...

 

[Pipson]

if i ever decide to get a 2nd 7950 whats the min power supply i need to run 2 ?

 

[RCoon]

if i ever decide to get a 2nd 7950 whats the min power supply i need to run 2 ?

I'd advise 750w minimum.

 

[Pipson]

I'd advise 750w minimum.

i was planning on 1st getting 600w but now went for 700W do u think that would be enough? id never run more than 2 graphics card and to be honest i doubt ill ever get a 2nd, considering the games i play, i just wanna make sure what i would get would be enough if i ever would need a 2nd one.

 

[RCoon]

On an intel system with two cards not overclocked I'd say 650w. With overclocks, I'd recommend 750w. If it's an AMD system, probably 800w. I prefer to keep a fair distance away from fully loading a PSU.

 

[Durvelle27]

On an intel system with two cards not overclocked I'd say 650w. With overclocks, I'd recommend 750w. If it's an AMD system, probably 800w. I prefer to keep a fair distance away from fully loading a PSU.

850w FTW

 

[Pipson]

What do you guys think of http://www.amazon.co_uk/dp/B006E04QU0/?tag=tec053-21 vs http://www.amazon.co_uk/dp/B009VXADYA/?tag=tec053-21