Sooo...yeah. This list doesn't include everything that has to go with it, but the total cost is right around 1800 bucks. Overkill? Maybe. But I have good reasons. For the time being, I'm going to go with fan cooling until I start poking around with OCing. I will have enough airflow to handle a generous amount of OCing. No plans on going overboard with it...no reason to.
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Last edited by GateCrusher420; December 7th, 2012 at 06:13 PM.
Whats with the 1050w psu? Those gpu's put together will draw MAYBE 200w if fully overclocked. You could get away with a 500w psu.
I really don't get the $229 motherboard with a $100 cpu either. Also, those GPU's wont run anything more than crossfire so there is no reason to get three of them. I would also get cheaper ram since the IMC on the bulldozer processors isn't going to take much advantage of that tridentX stuff. Take a look at the 2x8gb of Crucial ballistix
Honestly I think the money on that build is in all the wrong places. An $1800 computer with $100 CPU and $100 GPUs? Then $150 just on RAM? And $230 on a mobo?
Ditch the crossfire, it's not worth it with such low-end GPUs. Get a single 7870 or something around there. You don't need 2400Mhz RAM either, stick with 1600Mhz or maybe 1866MHz with tighter timing. You don't need 1050W on the PSU either, even 800W would be very generous. Anything around 600W should be plenty. The mobo is probably overkill too, but the motherboard is a good place to spend money on, being the backbone of the system and all. This one should be plenty for your needs: Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard I have one and it's the best I've owned so far. Now, take that money and spend it on a faster CPU, maybe a better graphics card. Only look at crossfire if you're spending at least $200 per card, imo. I'd focus more on high-end quad-core than low-mid-range six-core processors, especially if you plan on gaming.
I'm assuming you can find parts fitting the above points, but if you need help I've got parts in mind.
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Last edited by D3matt; December 7th, 2012 at 10:16 PM.
If you are dropping $230 on a motherboard and $220 on a processor, why not get an i5? Same goes for the 7870's. A pair of 7950s would be $80 more, but they can be OC'ed to run faster than 680s and 7970s at stock clocks.
I will most like grab a cheaper set of 32GB of RAM.
What I need help with, is finding a MoBo that will support basic RAID for the two 160GB drives, dual x16 PCIe, and of course, be able to take the pounding that I will be dishing out at it. Once the MoBo is picked out, and all is good, I'm going to start grabbing parts. \o/
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Last edited by GateCrusher420; December 8th, 2012 at 09:42 AM.
Unless you are rendering or running a server you don't need 32gb of ram. A 16gb kit will be more than you need for a long time.
The case you picked out is fine, but you can get better fans for it than the ones you chose. These Siltenx fans are cheaper, move more air, and are quieter. I got 2 for intakes and they work better than the antec SP120s I had.
Unless you are rendering or running a server you don't need 32gb of ram. A 16gb kit will be more than you need for a long time.
The case you picked out is fine, but you can get better fans for it than the ones you chose. These Siltenx fans are cheaper, move more air, and are quieter. I got 2 for intakes and they work better than the antec SP120s I had.
For motherboard, I can't really help, I don't have enough experience with Intel. Pretty much anything should support a simple raid 0 or 1 setup, though.
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