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grimed

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Used for Gaming and Photos
$1700 max looking for lower
USA, Will get parts fro newegg
Intel based pc
Using old powers supply seasonic X750, Dell U2411, old logetec keyboard and mouse.
Plan to build it after the release of the new 290X, not saying I want that card need to see how it benchmarks on certain games after it comes out.
Thinking I will need to go sli or cross fire to get the frame rate I want:thumbsup:

I plan to overclock but I no it is not guarantee what you get for a OC.

This is what I picked out so far I should be short a Case and a GPU

http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?submit=ChangeItem


I am hopping for some good feed back and Suggestions for a case that assist me in overclocking iE good air flow but not be to loud.
Like I said the GPU will be decided after the 290X is released hopefully next week
 
You can't link to your card directly, that just comes back with the clicker's cart. Try creating a public wish list on Newegg or PCPartpicker or just list out the parts in the thread.
 
 
I'm not going to give specific deal selections because your buy date is still a ways away.

- Case: Either the Air 540 if you want a cube or the Arc Midi if you want a tower, the 902 is outclassed by the 540
- CPU: Good
- Mobo: Too expensive for what it is. You can get a good dual-GPU capable board like the ASRock Z87 Extreme4 for less.
- RAM: RAM is RAM as long as you get it from a good vendor. Get the least expensive DDR3 1600 1.5V kit. Right now that's this Team kit.
- HSF: Good
- SSD: The 840 Pro is generally overpriced for the performance you get. The 840 Evo 120GB is usually around $100 AP.
- HDD: The WD Red is closer to a 5400 RPM drive than a 7200 RPM one. You can get a full 7200 RPM Seagate 2TB for around the same price.
 
ok thanks I just thought the 902 would be better for cooling with the fans so close to the vid card and the cpu if i but 140 mm fans in front and the fan on top it would help on OC the cpu and the vid card
 
also it seems they are trying to make something like case labs case.
I would like to do some water cooling next year after I can afford the items for it so that would kill the 902 really.
I also like how you wont have to worry about the video card bending your Mother board
 
An also it is a shame that it seems from what i have seen that you need to sli or crosforce to get over 50 or 60 fps in the game I like game if you use a 2560 X 1400 monitor.

You would think they would make a card that could do it by it self.
 
grimed said:
An also it is a shame that it seems from what i have seen that you need to sli or crosforce to get over 50 or 60 fps in the game I like game if you use a 2560 X 1400 monitor.

You would think they would make a card that could do it by it self.
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The Titan often can, and the upcoming R9-290X might. The problem is that they only have 300W to do it with, for the entire card, at stock speeds. That's a pretty hard thermal limit, and it's what they've been up against for several years.

Up until the mid/late 00s, the troubles they had were of fitting enough xtors on a chip, without most of them coming out non-functional, and then feeding it data to work on. Now, thermal density (caused by shrinking xtors not reducing in power consumption by the same amount as their reduction in size), and total power consumption (PCI-e spec, but also just needing to keep from melting things), are genuinely difficult problems to work with, for high-end video cards. 2560x1440 is 80% bigger than 1080P, so all else being equal, you should get about 55% of the performance out of the same hardware.

IMO, wait until the R9-290X is out, decide what you intend to do as far as the video card and monitor go, then come back, with a fresh budget, and fill out the sticky. In your case, it's a very important 2-3 weeks.

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SSD: if budget permits, take advantage of price scaling with capacity, and get a Samsung 840 Evo 250GB or Toshiba Q 256GB for $170-180, or even less with sales. Keeping more space on it free with do more for long-term performance than buying a fancier SSD will, the 840 Evo often equals or bests the 840 Pro, and the differences just aren't worth worrying over on a gaming box anyway.
 
I was waiting for the launch of the R9-290 I thought I made that clear if not I am soory.
I was also under the impression that the R9-290x will be out Oct 3rd, I could be wrong about that.
In any case I was just wanting to get some ideas on the othere hardware.

MFenn offered some good info on that.

I also have a monitor already that has 2560X 1440 display.

I also thank you for the info you provided Cerb
 
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