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  1. JTG06

    JTG06 What's a Dremel?

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    Hi all

    Just looking for a little advice/comments/suggestions on the following build. My wife's graphics card has bit the dust so I'm using that excuse to build myself a brand new rig and give her my current one. I have a budget of around £2k to £2.5k, but can go higher.

    The main purpose of the rig is gaming. The Dell 2407WFP in my sig went bang at Christmas, so I'm now using a Dell U2913WM (2560x1080).

    Case: Corsair 750D
    Mobo: Asus Maximus VII Hero (Z97)
    CPU: Intel 4790K
    RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro (2400)
    GFX: EVGA 780Ti SC ACX
    PSU: Corsair AX860i
    Cooler: Corsair H110
    SSD: Samsung 1TB 840 EVO
    HDD: 3TB Seagate Barracuda (ST3000DM001)
    Sound: Creative Soundblaster Z
    Optical: Pioneer BDR209EBK (retail version with software)
    OS: Win 8.1

    The single most expensive item is obviously the graphics card. I've gone for the 780Ti, but I am also considering the 6GB 780 and also the AMD R9 290X.

    The EVGA card is around the £530 mark. Would you go for EVGA or other brands?

    The one game I want to have running at max everything is Eve Online - but 3 clients simultaneously (which uses up video memory). I can run 3 clients happily on my GTX580, but I have to switch off quite a bit of the lovely stuff - HDR, AA, shadow quality etc. I don't know how much VRAM 3 maxed out Eve clients would use up.

    If/when I buy any new games, I'd want to max them out on detail too.

    At some point in the future, I may be tempted to go down the 4K route, in which case I would consider a 2nd card in SLI. So am I better to get the best I can now, or would 2x 780's be ample?

    I do plan to overclock the cpu, but not aggressively. Ambient heat has always been an issue in my room so I don't go crazy.

    Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

    Thanks :)
     
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  2. meandmymouth

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    Nothing wrong with that build at all in my opinion. The 1TB Samsung SSD is fairly cheap now, I think around £340 on Amazon. Not a bad price at all for one of the best SSD's on the market.

    As for EVGA, I've always been happy with them. Had a few cards of theirs and never had an issue. I'd go for the Ti now if you have the money, if you got with Nvidia that is.
     
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  3. JTG06

    JTG06 What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks for the reply meandmymouth.

    One other quick question if I may?

    If I went for the 6GB 780 (I have my eye on the EVGA model), and then a bit further down the line I wanted to get another for SLI, would that 860W psu be sufficient?

    I've had a look at some PSU calculators but all give differing results. Corsair's own calculator didn't even have the 7xx series gpu's, let alone the i7 4790K in the drop down choices.
     
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  4. meandmymouth

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    Looks great but for spending that amout on a computer I'd personally want it watercooled, you mention heat in your room too so...
     
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  6. JTG06

    JTG06 What's a Dremel?

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    I'm well inside my comfort zone when building an air-cooled pc. Real-man's water cooling, not the all in one H110 unit I've plumped for, is something I have no experience in.

    Spending this much on a pc is too much of a risk to try water-cooling for the first time :blush:
     
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