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02-06-2013, 01:40 PM
suicidesspyder

New rig specs to much or perfect

Just asking around before i buy this since it will cost about 2700 dollars making sure its good for the money. Here are the specs.

Motherboard- MSI Big Bang II
Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011
Corsair Cooling Hydro-Series All-in-One High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
G.SKILL Trident X Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400
OCZ Fatal1ty 1000W Individually-Sleeved Modular Gaming 80Plus Gold Power Supply
Azza 9000 genesis black computer full tower case
2 graphics cards EVGA 02G-P4-3660-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Intel 335 Series 2.5-Inch 240GB SATA3 Solid State Drive
WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA III
Windows 8
Two 23" ACER LCD Monitors
Blue Led gaming Keyboard
RipTide gaming mouse
RipTide speakers
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D THX PCIE Fatal1ty Champion Sound Card
Samsung Blu-Ray Combo Internal 12XReadable and DVD-Writable Drive with Lightscribe
LG Electronics 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Internal Drive

Plus im buying a 32 inch monitor for the main toon for another 250. So for a lil less then 3k i will be getting all this.
02-06-2013, 02:32 PM
Chivalrous

Nvm--didn't read it properly.
02-06-2013, 03:40 PM
MiRai

This is very interesting build...

Is someone building this for you or did you pick this stuff out yourself? I am curious as to what the motivation was behind some of the choices and what were the alternatives that didn't get chosen?

1) Motherboard/CPU - The only reason to go with a 2011 chipset is so that you can gain access to a 6-core CPU. The i7-3820 is only a quad-core and it's completely locked out of any type of overclocking. The 3770K is arguably faster than the 3820 at stock speeds and is unlocked which means you can probably push it to 4.4GHz or more depending on your cooling.

To add to the choice of motherboard, that thing is built specifically for overclocking and someone who wants to utilize a 3-way+ SLI setup (hence all of the PCIe slots). There's no way you're even going to remotely use anything on that board to its full potential (especially with 2x 660Ti's, which I get to further down the list). Socket 2011 boards are expensive no matter how you swing it because it's an "extreme" platform and socket 1155 boards (for a 3770K) can be had at almost half the price.

2) PSU - Personally, I would not recommend OCZ for anything that they sell and SeaSonic probably makes the best and most reliable power supplies that money can buy. There are other resellers such as Corsair (who uses SeaSonic to build some of their PSUs) who are leaps and bounds ahead of OCZ in terms of quality and reputation. Also, 1KW is complete overkill unless you're looking to run 3-way SLI with a super overclocked CPU.

3) Video Card(s) - Why two lower-end video cards? SLI? Why not just choose a single powerhouse GPU? A single GTX 680 with 4GB doubles your memory capacity and will run you less than two of those 660's.

4) Sound Card - Do you really require a $200 sound card setup? If you're not going to be using high-end audio equipment hooked up via SPDIF/Optical, then that's kind of a waste.

5) RAM - Again, is 64GB of the fastest possible memory available necessary? You're running a locked quad-core machine with not top-end video cards.

6) SSD - I like Intel and they make good products, but for a little bit more money you can buy a Samsung 840 Pro that tops the SSD charts and comes with 2 more years on the warranty.

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Originally Posted by suicidesspyder

Plus im buying a 32 inch monitor for the main toon for another 250. So for a lil less then 3k i will be getting all this.

I'm assuming you mean a 32" television (not monitor) for $250. If so, be careful when buying a television to use as a monitor because some of them look like complete garbage when hooked up to a computer (shitty DPI, stretched resolutions, failed chroma subsampling tests, etc), and you won't know this until after you hook it up.
02-06-2013, 05:43 PM
suicidesspyder

So i have a budget of 3k includes everything tower components 3 monitors mouse keyboard and speakers. What would be the best way to go.

i tried this one not sure if its ne better i went with your two ideas. Changed to one video car 4gb and the 3770 motherboard.

Intel i3/i5/i7 CPUs:
Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Quad Core 8000K

Intel i5 / i7 CPU Fans:
Corsair H60 Cooling Hydro, extra quiet Liquid Cooling System

Intel i3/i5/i7 Motherboards:
ASUS P8H77-M/CSM, Onboard Video, DVI & HDMI, X-Fire, SATA3, USB3.0, GB LAN

DDR3 Dual Channel memory:
32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Dual Channel (high performance memory)

PCI-Express Video cards:
GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI

Hard Drives:
256.0 GB SSD Crucial M4 Series Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs

Hard Drive Fans:
Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal

Hard Drives:
3000.0 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA3, 6.0Gb/s, 64mb cache

Hard Drive Fans:
Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal

DVD Recorders:
LG Blu-ray 14X Recorder w/ 3D Feature,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive

Media Card Readers:
All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black

Sound Cards:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI express

Network Cards:
Wireless 802.11 N 300MBs Network Card PCI Express

Cases:
Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA

Case Fans:
Case Fan 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan

Power Supply:
Antec Hgh Current Gamer Series 900W Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready

Speakers:
Logitech S-120 2.0 2-PC Stereo speakers system Black

Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD

Monitors:
Acer 23" Black Full HD 1080P Wide Screen Flat Panel LED Monitor

Warranty:
3 Year Limited with Lifetime toll free Technical support.

After looking over it if something like this is good i am not ordering from this company again. Last time i did they couldnt figure out about the memory card issue and it involved my motherboard frying on the memory card slot.

02-06-2013, 06:08 PM
Ticks

This is what I would like to build (if I can somehow convince the wife)

Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - (Big enough for upgrades)
EVGA 04G-P4-3687-KR GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ w/Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (I'm an EVGA fan)
Seasonic SS-760XP ATX 12V/EPS 12V, 760W, 80 plus PLATINUM certified PFC Power Supply (I agree with Mirai - Seasonic PSUs are great, never had a problem with them)
CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMD32GX3M4A1866C9 (Low cas and 32gb for four channel)
ASUS Rampage IV Formula LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (Good overall MB with some OC options though I don't OC much)
Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K (six core for multiboxing)
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (pretty quiet and keeps things cool)
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (System drive)
SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Game drive)

Total from NewEgg: ^$2,900
02-06-2013, 09:29 PM
Kimchee

Only input i have is upgrade to these monitors :D. i had the more expensive Dell 2711 ultras, but i prefer these over the Dells.

http://microcenter.com/product/38478...PS_LED_Monitor

good luck with your purchase!
02-06-2013, 10:03 PM
MiRai

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidesspyder

i tried this one not sure if its ne better i went with your two ideas. Changed to one video car 4gb and the 3770 motherboard.

It looks good, but let me make some clarifications from what I said earlier:

CPU: I only recommended the 3770K over the 3820 to save money on the motherboard/RAM. Assuming you were just looking at quad-core CPUs, I would say the 3770K is the better of the two. However, if in the foreseeable future you think you'll want to grab a 6-core processor, then you can stick with a 2011 chipset and buy a 3930K 6 months down the line; or, if possible, save up for another paycheck or two and just grab the 6-core CPU right off the bat as part of the whole package. There are no 6-core processors slated for release on the 1155 chipset ever (looking at Intel's current roadmap). If you expect to be boxing over 5 characters on a regular basis in large-scale combat situations, then a 6-core will benefit you much more than a quad-core, but I don't know what this rig is supposed to be doing.

RAM: If you were going to 10-box and wanting to use a RAM drive to do so, then 64GB of RAM would probably be necessary because 32GB of RAM in that situation is cutting it close. Unless you're looking to utilize a RAM drive for more than 5 characters, 30-boxing on a single machine, or doing some sort of video editing... then 32GB will be just fine. In fact, the more DIMM slots you fill up the more time it takes the CPU to access that memory. I mean... it's nanoseconds, but still... it takes more time (and is just more to troubleshoot if something goes wrong).

PSU: I stand firm on being anti-OCZ, but as for the Antec unit you've chosen, here's a review of it: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...Story&reid=211. JonnyGuru is, hands down, the best place to get any PSU review.

SSD: An SSD is pretty much an SSD in terms that it will be light years faster than any HDD that has moving parts. This means that it's highly unlikely that you'd be able to recognize the difference between a 220MB/sec read speed and a 380MB/sec read speed. I didn't know whether you were piecing this machine together yourself or if a computer building place was doing it for you. Seeing as they offer a 3 year warranty, it probably doesn't matter which drive you choose either way, but I might go back to the Intel driver over the Crucial drive (Intel has a pretty damn good track record and I've known some people who have had issues with the M4).

Video Card(s): Usually, the only reason that anyone chooses multiple video cards is for either SLI/CF or, in the rare case, to split the load of their game clients across multiple monitors. There have only been a small handful of people around here that claim SLI boosted their performance while multboxing, but usually it ends up hindering performance (I saw no difference in performance when I randomly tested it last year). One single powerhouse video card with a single GPU is always my recommendation.

Sound Card: Again, I have no idea what your setup is like. If you have a super high-end set of speakers or a headset, then by all means spend all you want on a sound card, but a lot of people buy these things thinking they're going to be able to hear
after personally owning a Creative Soundcard after ignoring all the people that say their drivers are shit, I won't be buying another. :) I'll most likely be looking at an OmegaHT card next time around.

That's all I can think of at the moment...

If any part of this post is incoherent it is because I am slightly intoxicated at this very moment in time.
02-07-2013, 12:01 AM
suicidesspyder

yea i would rather have the 6 core now this way no worries in the future. I have the money now to throw down on a good system now. The memory is just that its fine for what ill be doing just gaming and mostly wow for now. So if everything else you think is good and no one else is disputing this then im pretty happy ill drop the sound card to a lower one and reading the PSU it looks like this will be a good one for just one video card as his review stated. Actually the 900w PSU looks like a great choice after further reading 9.5 overall. So if everything else loks fine ill stick with this set up just a tad cheaper sound card dont need a booming one for video games lol. ANd the upgrade to a 6-core.

Only other one i just figured out was an 8 core but not sure if its going to overboard or not or should i just drop down to the 6 core.

AMD 64 CPU AM3/AM3+:
AMD FX-8350 Piledriver (Vishera) 4.0GHz (Eight Core) 32nm, AM3+ 8MB Cache

AMD 64 CPU Fans:
Corsair H80 Cooling Hydro, extra quiet Liquid Cooling System

AMD 64 AM3/ AM3+ Motherboards:
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+, AMD 990, SLI & Cross Fire, SATA3, USB3.0, IEEE

DDR3 Dual Channel memory:
32GB (4x8GB) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel

PCI-Express Video cards:
GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI

TV Tuner & Capture cards:
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850 HDTV TV Tuner/ Video Recorder PCI Exp w/ Remote

Hard Drives:
3000.0 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA3, 6.0Gb/s, 64mb cache

Hard Drive Fans:
Fan-Less Aluminum Silent Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes

Hard Drives:
240.0 GB SSD Intel 330 Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 550MBs

Media Card Readers:
All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black

DVD Recorders:
LG 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW

Sound Cards:
ASUS Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI express sound card

Network Cards:
Ethernet network adapter (onboard)

Cases:
Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA

Power Supply:
Antec Hgh Current Gamer Series 900W Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready

Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD

This also would only cost me 2,666.00 so not sure if thats a good deal. Remeber no monitors mouse or keyboard but just the system itself.

02-07-2013, 12:25 AM
suicidesspyder

Reviews do point out to say with windows 7 for gaming is this true or can windows 8 work fine with it.
02-07-2013, 07:52 AM
MiRai

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Originally Posted by suicidesspyder

Only other one i just figured out was an 8 core but not sure if its going to overboard or not or should i just drop down to the 6 core.

Comparing the 6-core i7-3930K to any 8-core AMD processor at the moment is like comparing a 6 cylinder Toyota Supra pumping out 1,000 horsepower at the rear wheels to a stock 1995 8 cylinder Camaro with 275 horsepower. The Camaro has two extra cylinders, but which car is going to go faster?

There's a reason why the 3930K costs almost $600 and the FX-8350 costs less than $200.

Attachment 849

Attachment 850

When looking at those numbers take into consideration that the 2500K processor in those benchmarks was released to the market two years ago,is expected to be discontinued in Intel's lineup this quarter, and is only a quad-core processor. In fact, the 920 listed in the WoW benchmark hit the market over four years ago and has already been discontinued. Also note, that the 6-core 3930K isn't even listed in those benchmarks, but for a single client, it's probably on par or slightly better than the 3770K at the top (I'm too lazy to look for other WoW benchmarks at the moment).

AMD's new Vishera (Piledriver) processor is much better than their last generation Bulldozer offering (8150 in the benchmarks), but it's still far from competitive.

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Originally Posted by suicidesspyder

reading the PSU it looks like this will be a good one for just one video card as his review stated.

GTX 680's in 3-way SLI don't even consume 800W of power, so you'll be more than okay with a 900W PSU for a single video card no matter how much you overclock anything on your system. Although I would personally recommend at least a 900W PSU if you were going to attempt to do 3-way SLI/CF (as this review suggests).

choice one

Intel I7 Sandy Bridge-E CPUs:
Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) Quad Core Processor

Intel i7 LGA 2011 CPU Fans:
Coolermaster Hyper 212, 4 Copper Heat Pipes, Dual Cooler CPU fan

Intel i7 X79 ATX Motherboards:
ASUS Rampage IV Formula, SLI & X-Fire, SATA3, USB 3.0, GB LAN, HD Audio

DDR3 Quad Channel memory:
32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Quad Channel (high performance memory)

PCI-Express Video cards:
GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI

TV Tuner & Capture cards:
Hauppauge ColossusHD PVR HDMI High Definition video recorder w/remote

Hard Drives:
2000.0 GB Western Digital Green SATA 3 6GB/s 64m cache

Hard Drive Fans:
Fan-Less Aluminum Silent Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes

Hard Drives:
120.0 GB SSD Intel 330Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs

DVD Recorders:
LG Blu-ray 12X Recorder,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive

Media Card Readers:
All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black

Sound Cards:
ASUS Xonar DSX 7.1 PCI express sound card

Network Cards:
Wireless 802.11 N 300MBs Network Card PCI Express

Controller Cards:
USB 3.0 Adapter Card 2 port PCI express

Cases:
Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA

Power Supply:
Thermaltake TRX 1200W ultra quiet ATX Power Supply, SLI & X-fire ready

Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD

2951.00

Option 2

Intel I7 Sandy Bridge-E CPUs:
Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Six-Core Processor

Intel i7 LGA 2011 CPU Fans:
Coolermaster Hyper 212, 4 Copper Heat Pipes, Dual Cooler CPU fan

Intel i7 X79 ATX Motherboards:
ASUS Rampage IV Formula, SLI & X-Fire, SATA3, USB 3.0, GB LAN, HD Audio

DDR3 Quad Channel memory:
32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Quad Channel (high performance memory)

PCI-Express Video cards:
GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI

TV Tuner & Capture cards:
Hauppauge ColossusHD PVR HDMI High Definition video recorder w/remote

Hard Drives:
2000.0 GB Western Digital Green SATA 3 6GB/s 64m cache

Hard Drive Fans:
Fan-Less Aluminum Silent Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes

Hard Drives:
120.0 GB SSD Intel 330Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs

DVD Recorders:
LG Blu-ray 12X Recorder,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive

Media Card Readers:
All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black

Sound Cards:
ASUS Xonar DSX 7.1 PCI express sound card

Network Cards:
Wireless 802.11 N 300MBs Network Card PCI Express

Controller Cards:
USB 3.0 Adapter Card 2 port PCI express

Cases:
Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA

Power Supply:
Thermaltake TRX 1200W ultra quiet ATX Power Supply, SLI & X-fire ready

Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD

3271.00

02-12-2013, 03:14 PM
suicidesspyder

Well after lots of looking around and digging i found a company that looks pretty decent. They have built computers with inventory in their warehouse thats overages. Like most companies to get rid of it they offer great discounts the system alone goes for 5370 but selling it for 2500 dollars. This is the specs let me know if its worth it.

Intel core i7 3930k extreme edition 3.5 ghz ( 4.0 ghz turbo) six core cpu (12 logical cores)
64gb ddr3 2400 mhz extreme performance quad channel ram G.SKill Ripjaws z series pc3 19200
2 512 gb sata 3 ssds in raid o samsung
8tb sata 3 7200 rpm western digital 64 mb cache sata 6.0gb/s 3.5"
geforce gtx 690 4gb 512 bit gddr5 pcie 3.0 x16 card
corsair professional series gold ax1200 1200w psu
windows 7 pro 64 bit
corsair hydro series h100 extreme performance liquid cooling maint free

Please let me know what you think need to know asap so i can purchase it and get to boxing again. Thanks.
02-12-2013, 04:51 PM
MiRai

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Originally Posted by suicidesspyder

geforce gtx 690 4gb 512 bit gddr5 pcie 3.0 x16 card

The general consensus is that you shouldn't use dual-GPU cards to multibox with. If you do, you're most likely only going to be using only one of the GPUs at any given point in time. Also, the card is marketed as 4GB, but it's only 2GB because 2GB + 2GB unfortunately does not equal 4GB on dual-GPU video cards.

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidesspyder

corsair professional series gold ax1200 1200w psu

Do they not offer anything besides a 1200W PSU which retails for almost $300? I guess if it comes in a pre-packaged deal you can't turn it down, but if you have options, that PSU is will only be used to its potential with a tri or quad-SLI/CF setup.
02-12-2013, 06:16 PM
Invisahealz

Quote:

Originally Posted by MiRai

The general consensus is that you shouldn't use dual-GPU cards to multibox with. If you do, you're most likely only going to be using only one of the GPUs at any given point in time. Also, the card is marketed as 4GB, but it's only 2GB because 2GB + 2GB unfortunately does not equal 4GB on dual-GPU video cards.

Agreed, In my second pc i have the GTX690 and only 2gb outta the 4gb total is being utilized. My main computer now has the GTX680 4gb single gpu card and the difference is pretty big, at least while playing wow. I can run 15 box on the gtx 690 and it just about reaches maximum memory usage. With the gtx 680 the extra memory allows so much more potential. Wish SLI would work toward WoW since my 690 is being basically half waisted
02-12-2013, 06:32 PM
Invisahealz

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidesspyder

Well after lots of looking around and digging i found a company that looks pretty decent. They have built computers with inventory in their warehouse thats overages. Like most companies to get rid of it they offer great discounts the system alone goes for 5370 but selling it for 2500 dollars. This is the specs let me know if its worth it.

Intel core i7 3930k extreme edition 3.5 ghz ( 4.0 ghz turbo) six core cpu (12 logical cores)
64gb ddr3 2400 mhz extreme performance quad channel ram G.SKill Ripjaws z series pc3 19200
2 512 gb sata 3 ssds in raid o samsung
8tb sata 3 7200 rpm western digital 64 mb cache sata 6.0gb/s 3.5"
geforce gtx 690 4gb 512 bit gddr5 pcie 3.0 x16 card
corsair professional series gold ax1200 1200w psu
windows 7 pro 64 bit
corsair hydro series h100 extreme performance liquid cooling maint free

Please let me know what you think need to know asap so i can purchase it and get to boxing again. Thanks.

Looks good. exactly my newest computer build, just downgrade the gtx690 to a gtx680 (4gb model). Also look at the h100i gives you better control over cooling for like 10$ more. I overclocked my i7 3930k to 4.7ghz. that is the gaming mode that came on the new asus rampage IV motherboard. Runs very stable sitting around 50c with the h100i
02-12-2013, 09:18 PM
Chivalrous

I have the H100 also for my FX-8350 and its overclocked slightly 4.2ghz, but it stays at about 35c under full load.
02-12-2013, 09:24 PM
suicidesspyder

So all in all good for the price of 2500 or no. Your guys feedback is what is going to determine what i do. I dont want to half ass a system and be like man wtff.
02-12-2013, 10:07 PM
Chivalrous

I built a system similar to yours, but I went amd because it was slightly cheaper and I only 5 box. My system was 1800 so an equivalent intel would be about 2500 so sounds right. My system is 2 months old and I love it.
02-12-2013, 11:16 PM
highliner420

This is what I just put together last weekend. This thing is a beast, 4-boxing SWTOR with full eye candy and this setup breezes right through it. Running a triple monitor setup with the new 7970 running the 27" and a 22" mon and a 6850 from the old comp running the other 22" mon.

1 x ($649.99) Dell UltraSharp U2713HM Black & Silver 27" 8ms (GTG) IPS-Panel HDMI Widescreen LED Monitor 350 cd/m2 DCR 2,000,000:1 (1000:1) $649.99
1 x ($569.99) Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K $569.99
1 x ($399.99) SAPPHIRE 100351SR Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC with Boost $399.99
1 x ($299.99) MSI Big Bang-XPower II LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 XL ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $299.99
1 x ($259.99) Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW240A3K5 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $259.99
1 x ($249.99) SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply $249.99
1 x ($229.99) Mushkin Enhanced Redline 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 994102 $229.99
1 x ($109.99) CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler $109.99

Price would be about $2120 without the monitor.
02-13-2013, 09:07 AM
MiRai

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Originally Posted by highliner420

1 x ($249.99) SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply $249.99

Overkill. You're could have saved ~$100 by purchasing a less excessive PSU.
02-14-2013, 10:29 PM
heyaz

What's about the recommended power for that kind of setup (3930K + GTX 680, etc.)? I'm setting up a very similar build right now and am down to the last part - the PSU. There are several good options having around 850w, or if you go up to $200 it's about 1050w. I just don't know if you're cutting it close with 850w.
02-14-2013, 11:00 PM
MiRai
Quote:

Originally Posted by heyaz

What's about the recommended power for that kind of setup (3930K + GTX 680, etc.)? I'm setting up a very similar build right now and am down to the last part - the PSU. There are several good options having around 850w, or if you go up to $200 it's about 1050w. I just don't know if you're cutting it close with 850w.

One of my links from the page 2 states this:
Quote:
Here is Guru3D's power supply recommendation:

GeForce GTX 680 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 550 Watt power supply unit.
GeForce GTX 680 2x SLI - On your average system the cards require you to have a 750 Watt power supply unit as minimum.
GeForce GTX 680 3x SLI - On your average system the cards require you to have a 900 Watt power supply unit as minimum.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages..._review,4.html

Intel i3/i5/i7 CPUs:	Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Quad Core 8000K
Intel i5 / i7 CPU Fans:	Corsair H60 Cooling Hydro, extra quiet Liquid Cooling System
Intel i3/i5/i7 Motherboards:	ASUS P8H77-M/CSM, Onboard Video, DVI & HDMI, X-Fire, SATA3, USB3.0, GB LAN
DDR3 Dual Channel memory:	32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Dual Channel (high performance memory)
PCI-Express Video cards:	GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI
Hard Drives:	256.0 GB SSD Crucial M4 Series Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs
Hard Drive Fans:	Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal
Hard Drives:	3000.0 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA3, 6.0Gb/s, 64mb cache
Hard Drive Fans:	Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal
DVD Recorders:	LG Blu-ray 14X Recorder w/ 3D Feature,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive
Media Card Readers:	All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards:	Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI express
Network Cards:	Wireless 802.11 N 300MBs Network Card PCI Express
Cases:	Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA
Case Fans:	Case Fan 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan
Power Supply:	Antec Hgh Current Gamer Series 900W Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready
Speakers:	Logitech S-120 2.0 2-PC Stereo speakers system Black
Operating Systems:	Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD
Monitors:	Acer 23" Black Full HD 1080P Wide Screen Flat Panel LED Monitor

AMD 64 CPU AM3/AM3+:	AMD FX-8350 Piledriver (Vishera) 4.0GHz (Eight Core) 32nm, AM3+ 8MB Cache
AMD 64 CPU Fans:	Corsair H80 Cooling Hydro, extra quiet Liquid Cooling System
AMD 64 AM3/ AM3+ Motherboards:	GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD7 AM3+, AMD 990, SLI & Cross Fire, SATA3, USB3.0, IEEE
DDR3 Dual Channel memory:	32GB (4x8GB) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel
PCI-Express Video cards:	GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI
TV Tuner & Capture cards:	Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850 HDTV TV Tuner/ Video Recorder PCI Exp w/ Remote
Hard Drives:	3000.0 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA3, 6.0Gb/s, 64mb cache
Hard Drive Fans:	Fan-Less Aluminum Silent Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes
Hard Drives:	240.0 GB SSD Intel 330 Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 550MBs
Media Card Readers:	All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black
DVD Recorders:	LG 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
Sound Cards:	ASUS Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI express sound card
Network Cards:	Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Cases:	Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA
Power Supply:	Antec Hgh Current Gamer Series 900W Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready
Operating Systems:	Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD

Intel I7 Sandy Bridge-E CPUs:	Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) Quad Core Processor
Intel i7 LGA 2011 CPU Fans:	Coolermaster Hyper 212, 4 Copper Heat Pipes, Dual Cooler CPU fan
Intel i7 X79 ATX Motherboards:	ASUS Rampage IV Formula, SLI & X-Fire, SATA3, USB 3.0, GB LAN, HD Audio
DDR3 Quad Channel memory:	32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Quad Channel (high performance memory)
PCI-Express Video cards:	GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI
TV Tuner & Capture cards:	Hauppauge ColossusHD PVR HDMI High Definition video recorder w/remote
Hard Drives:	2000.0 GB Western Digital Green SATA 3 6GB/s 64m cache
Hard Drive Fans:	Fan-Less Aluminum Silent Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes
Hard Drives:	120.0 GB SSD Intel 330Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs
DVD Recorders:	LG Blu-ray 12X Recorder,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive
Media Card Readers:	All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards:	ASUS Xonar DSX 7.1 PCI express sound card
Network Cards:	Wireless 802.11 N 300MBs Network Card PCI Express
Controller Cards:	USB 3.0 Adapter Card 2 port PCI express
Cases:	Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA
Power Supply:	Thermaltake TRX 1200W ultra quiet ATX Power Supply, SLI & X-fire ready
Operating Systems:	Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD

Intel I7 Sandy Bridge-E CPUs:	Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Six-Core Processor
Intel i7 LGA 2011 CPU Fans:	Coolermaster Hyper 212, 4 Copper Heat Pipes, Dual Cooler CPU fan
Intel i7 X79 ATX Motherboards:	ASUS Rampage IV Formula, SLI & X-Fire, SATA3, USB 3.0, GB LAN, HD Audio
DDR3 Quad Channel memory:	32GB (4x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Quad Channel (high performance memory)
PCI-Express Video cards:	GeForce GTX 680 4GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI
TV Tuner & Capture cards:	Hauppauge ColossusHD PVR HDMI High Definition video recorder w/remote
Hard Drives:	2000.0 GB Western Digital Green SATA 3 6GB/s 64m cache
Hard Drive Fans:	Fan-Less Aluminum Silent Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes
Hard Drives:	120.0 GB SSD Intel 330Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 500MBs
DVD Recorders:	LG Blu-ray 12X Recorder,16x DVD Recorder SATA combo drive
Media Card Readers:	All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards:	ASUS Xonar DSX 7.1 PCI express sound card
Network Cards:	Wireless 802.11 N 300MBs Network Card PCI Express
Controller Cards:	USB 3.0 Adapter Card 2 port PCI express
Cases:	Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition,front USB3.0 & 2.0, HDD docking, eSATA
Power Supply:	Thermaltake TRX 1200W ultra quiet ATX Power Supply, SLI & X-fire ready
Operating Systems:	Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64-Bit DVD