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Axioz · ‎12-12-2014

Hello guys, im planning on building a pc, need some pros to look over it, here's the specs;

- ASUS GeForce ROG Poseidon GTX 980 4GB PCI-Express 3.0, "Poseidon Platinum", DL-DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort

- ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VII FORMULA, S-1150 ATX, Z97, 4xDDR3, 3xPCIe-x16, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, w/WATCH DOGS

- BenQ 27" 3D LED XL2720Z 1920x1080, 144Hz, 1ms, 12m:1, VGA/DVI/2xHDMI/DP

- Corsair H110 Hydro Series CPU Kjøler 115x/2011/2011-3/1366, AM2(+)/AM3(+)/FM1/FM2, 1700 RPM, 94 CFM, 35 dBA

- Corsair Obsidian 750D Big Tower

- Corsair Professional Sleeved Cable Red AXI/AX/HX/TXM/CXM/RM, 2x 4+4 pin ATX/EPS, 6x 6+2 pin PCIe, 4x SATA, 3x Molex

- Corsair RM1000, 1000W PSU ATX 12V V2.4, 80 Plus Gold, Modular, 8x 6+2-pin PCIe, 12x SATA, 11x Molex, 2x FD

- Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9 Kit w/2x 4GB, CL9-9-9-24, 1.5V, Vengeance Red Heatspreader, 240 pin

- Intel Core i5-4690K Socket-LGA1150,Quad Core,3.5GHz,6MB,88W,22nm,HD4600,Boxed w/fan, Devil's Canyon

- Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB BK OEM Basic KIT, 540/520MB/s read/write, Samsung MEX controller

- Seagate Barracuda® 2TB SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3.5"

What do you guys think? need approval before purchasing, ty!:cool:

MeanMachine · ‎12-12-2014

Hi Axioz and Welcome to ROG.
Looks like a top build you got going there, As this is for gaming, the only consideration I would recommend is to consider 16GB @1866MHz. Some games are memory intensive ie: (Assassin Creed Unity) and other intensive applications like Video editing,you will run out. Just a consideration as you should not mix DIMM kits, even of the same spec. Better and cheaper to get them now than later.
Good choices with Corsair. Love that case.

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Axioz · ‎12-13-2014

Thank you kind stranger, a pleasure being here lol. So the only thing you would recommend upgrading is the ram, what about the cpu? Should i go for this i5 processor what? I think it will definitely run smoothly, but if lets say i would go for the same exact cpu only the i7 processor. Would the difference be easily noticable, and whatis the average FPS difference between these do devils? Mehe:rolleyes:

Xenocrates · ‎12-13-2014

the CPU won't make a real difference in FPS. the i5 will easily feed the GPU, so unless you are doing compute heavy games like heavily modded minecraft, or non-gaming stuff such as Folding@home, you'll be fine. I personally use an i5 in my tower, although my brother has an i7 in his. you should have no issues at all. Also, i second the ram issue mentioned earlier. I've a mixed kit in my case, and while i'm not screwed there, it's not nearly as nice as a proper kit, both aesthetically, and in performance. Get 16 GB, or if you've money to burn, 32 and set up a ramdisk for your favorite games on it.

Axioz · ‎12-13-2014

Hahah if my pc wont run some minecradt modded ****z i dont know what will. But i just found a typo in my build, i meant to say 2x 8gb so total 116gb. Is the 1600mhz that much of a problem tho? I

01_Wolverine · ‎12-18-2014

Axioz wrote:
Hahah if my pc wont run some minecradt modded ****z i dont know what will. But i just found a typo in my build, i meant to say 2x 8gb so total 116gb. Is the 1600mhz that much of a problem tho? I

Higher ram speeds do not increase the FPS max, or average but it increases the minimum FPS by almost 10%

Link http://www.overclock.net/t/1487162/an-independent-study-does-the-speed-of-ram-directly-affect-fps-du...

jab383 · ‎12-13-2014

Hi Axioz,

I think you would see a significant difference between 1600 and 2133. There will be a difference in gaming between 1600 and 1866, but not as much. I don't think 2400 or 2666 are worth the money for gaming, but the difference is there that shows up in benchmarks. Over 2666 isn't worth it in DDR3 even for serious OC benchmarking.

Jeff

Squall_Rinoa89 · ‎12-13-2014

jab383 wrote:
Hi Axioz,

I think you would see a significant difference between 1600 and 2133. There will be a difference in gaming between 1600 and 1866, but not as much. I don't think 2400 or 2666 are worth the money for gaming, but the difference is there that shows up in benchmarks. Over 2666 isn't worth it in DDR3 even for serious OC benchmarking.

Jeff

If he's using it primarily for games there is very limited amount of games that actually utilize the faster speed in RAM.

For gaming 1600 and up do little to no differences and it's been proven in benchmarks time and time again. there is a select few games such as Battlefield 4, that actually take and utilize faster RAM speeds. Only other I can think of would be Dirt 3.

Higher the MHz the more expensive it is in reality 1866 or 2133 should be the highest you can go. 1866 if you don't want to break the bank while still staying in control. Here's a review for you to look at and decide for yourself.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/haswell-ddr3.html

Me on the other hand tho, I went with 8GB DDR3 1866MHz and then easily overclocked it to 2133. I'll most likely get another set later for a max of 16GB but sense all I do is game I have yet to run out of memory with Windows 7 x64 and I don't do any video editing or anything.

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Antronman · ‎12-13-2014

It really depends on what you want. In games, 1600MHz or 2666MHz the only difference you will see is the cost.

But if you want that extra RoG factor? :cool:

Go for a higher clocked kit. G.Skill Trident X or Corsair Vengeance Pro.

As far as the graphics go, I would honestly hold off in the 980.

In January, the R9 300 series should be released and those cards will supposedly have HBM memory. If this is a "building it tomorrow" build, then unless you plan on adding in an extra GPU later on, I would buy two R9 290s and a GT 640 as a PhysX processor if you play any games with PhysX (hybrid PhysX is possible). You'll get a lot more performance for the same cost, and you'll still end up getting Direct X/Direct3D 11.3 and 12.0 when they are released.

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Squall_Rinoa89 · ‎12-13-2014

Antronman wrote:
It really depends on what you want. In games, 1600MHz or 2666MHz the only difference you will see is the cost.

But if you want that extra RoG factor? :cool:

Go for a higher clocked kit. G.Skill Trident X or Corsair Vengeance Pro.

As far as the graphics go, I would honestly hold off in the 980.

In January, the R9 300 series should be released and those cards will supposedly have HBM memory. If this is a "building it tomorrow" build, then unless you plan on adding in an extra GPU later on, I would buy two R9 290s and a GT 640 as a PhysX processor if you play any games with PhysX (hybrid PhysX is possible). You'll get a lot more performance for the same cost, and you'll still end up getting Direct X/Direct3D 11.3 and 12.0 when they are released.

Dual R9 290's would be kind of pointless because of the fact the 980 is better.. and you can actually overclock the 980 GTX to get 30% more boost in performance. 980 GTX would be worth it and as far as the R9 300 series being better I dont how with the leaks saying its still under the 980.

not to mention the power draw of 2 R9 290's with there heat as well. Far not worth it. 980 uses a max of 294W at full load.

1 R9 290X uses 397W on "uber" mode.

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