South Africa's ultimate gaming PC
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DieGrootHammer
Daddy TK
Queue the Joker coming and posting a PC that's better at a lower price...
A while ago he had a thread where he gave us the option of dreaming up a monster like this. I wonder how those will compare.
A while ago he had a thread where he gave us the option of dreaming up a monster like this. I wonder how those will compare.
PsychoFish
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But will it run Watch Dogs?
Ike_009
Assassin of Accountants
Gouko_Tenrou
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Dragonic
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Its decent but very wasteful.
And yes I'll post my own list
daasit nou! tsalangs!
The Joker
Thread Killer MKII
K well 1st things 1st...
The rig in the OP is not well thought out at all...Using non reference cards in Tri Sli is a poor choice, those cards unfortunately blow heat into the case, so with 3 cards running at fill tilt the middle card will most likely throttle and run poorly or make the whole machine unstable.
Also opting for a 4960X is silly, there is almost no difference in performance between a 4930K and a 4960X...Just clever Intel marketing.
The motherboard they used for the build is also sub par..I've owned 3 of them and all 3 had to be rma'd at some stage of their lives...one is in for rma right now....funny enough. There are much better motherboards out there for the money.
Also 4x4TB? Really...What gamer needs 16TB worth of storage...
This is what I would opt for.
Intel core I7 4930K @5Ghz
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
G.Skill Trident X DDRIII 2400 8x8GB
3x Gigabyte GTX780 Ti Reference cards @ 1200 Core (Very easy clock)
2x Samsung 840 EVO 1TB (1 OS and 1 Storage)
1x Western Digital Black 4TB
Corsair Obsidian 750D
ASUS Xonar Essence STX 7.1
Antec HCP (High Current Pro) 1300w Platinum
LG 14X BLU-RAY Writer
XSPC RayStorm Extreme Watercooling kit
Kit Contents:
RayStorm Copper CPU Waterblock (Intel only)
Twin D5 Dual Bay Reservoir
D5 Vario Pump x 2
2x AX360 Triple Radiator
G1/4″ to 7/16″ Compression Fittings (Black Chrome) 24
XSPC 1650rpm 120mm Fan 12
120mm Fan Grill (Black) 12
Intel RayStorm Brackets
Socket 775, 1366 and 1155/1154 Backplates
80mm to 120mm Radiator bracket
5mm Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
6 Meters of Clear 7/16″ Hose
24pin ATX Bridge Tool
K2 Thermal Paste
GPU WaterBlocks
3x EK-FC780-GTX-TI-NA
3x EK-FC780GTX-TI-BP
4930K clocked to 5Ghz will run circles around a 4.5Ghz 4960X.
Fully water cooled gpu's and cpu. Temps and Noise kept to a minimum while providing the best overclocking.
Oh and final total with water cooling included R92 000
That's including the shipping of the watercooling bits as well.
Oh and I used retail Pricing from Rebeltech for all the goodies. Watercooling was sourced from Performance PC.
The rig in the OP is not well thought out at all...Using non reference cards in Tri Sli is a poor choice, those cards unfortunately blow heat into the case, so with 3 cards running at fill tilt the middle card will most likely throttle and run poorly or make the whole machine unstable.
Also opting for a 4960X is silly, there is almost no difference in performance between a 4930K and a 4960X...Just clever Intel marketing.
The motherboard they used for the build is also sub par..I've owned 3 of them and all 3 had to be rma'd at some stage of their lives...one is in for rma right now....funny enough. There are much better motherboards out there for the money.
Also 4x4TB? Really...What gamer needs 16TB worth of storage...
This is what I would opt for.
Intel core I7 4930K @5Ghz
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
G.Skill Trident X DDRIII 2400 8x8GB
3x Gigabyte GTX780 Ti Reference cards @ 1200 Core (Very easy clock)
2x Samsung 840 EVO 1TB (1 OS and 1 Storage)
1x Western Digital Black 4TB
Corsair Obsidian 750D
ASUS Xonar Essence STX 7.1
Antec HCP (High Current Pro) 1300w Platinum
LG 14X BLU-RAY Writer
XSPC RayStorm Extreme Watercooling kit
Kit Contents:
RayStorm Copper CPU Waterblock (Intel only)
Twin D5 Dual Bay Reservoir
D5 Vario Pump x 2
2x AX360 Triple Radiator
G1/4″ to 7/16″ Compression Fittings (Black Chrome) 24
XSPC 1650rpm 120mm Fan 12
120mm Fan Grill (Black) 12
Intel RayStorm Brackets
Socket 775, 1366 and 1155/1154 Backplates
80mm to 120mm Radiator bracket
5mm Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
6 Meters of Clear 7/16″ Hose
24pin ATX Bridge Tool
K2 Thermal Paste
GPU WaterBlocks
3x EK-FC780-GTX-TI-NA
3x EK-FC780GTX-TI-BP
4930K clocked to 5Ghz will run circles around a 4.5Ghz 4960X.
Fully water cooled gpu's and cpu. Temps and Noise kept to a minimum while providing the best overclocking.
Oh and final total with water cooling included R92 000
That's including the shipping of the watercooling bits as well.
Oh and I used retail Pricing from Rebeltech for all the goodies. Watercooling was sourced from Performance PC.
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The Joker
Thread Killer MKII
2 Weeks from now bud.
All the parts are available, only the Water cooling will take about 7 days to ship here and another 3-4 days to clear customs.
Snare
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2 Weeks from now bud.
All the parts are available, only the Water cooling will take about 7 days to ship here and another 3-4 days to clear customs.
Expect my order within the next few days
Gouko_Tenrou
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DieGrootHammer
Daddy TK
Ah Joker, you never dissapoint do you. Now the way I see it, I don't stay too far away from my work place, and the Western Cape has actually decent public transport, so maybe I should sell my car, get a bicycle and this master...
poizyn
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Are the 3 cards on one loop?