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Hello everyone,
I'm at final stages of building my rig, I want to OC it up to the highest known stable frequency.
Your help is very much appreciated, here are the things I'm looking for.
1. All the cons you can point out about this rig.
2. Better alternatives and if there is a place to buy the parts cheaper.
3. Max stable OC value possible for the CPU, GPU and RAM.
4. My first time trying out a water cooling solution, XSPC was recommended to me, what are you thoughts on this one? Is this any good? Anything better you can suggest?
5. At some points in the future I will add SLI, hence the reason I chose a good PSU.
6. Ram is too much, I know but it's a personal choice and I really like it. I Thought about corsair but the issue is the colour RED, which goes with my rig.
7. Motherboard: I really like the look and the features of this one + water cooling for the board itself. Please let me know if you have something better in mind.
8. I'm not happy with the SSD and HDD just chose and put it there as reference. Do you guys think choosing 128GB SSD + 2x 1TB + 1X 2TB is a better choice? Let me know what other combination you think is better? I'd would use SSD primarily for Windows 8 + 10-12 programs. There is 480GB OCZ Vertex 2 3.5" SATA 3GB/s for £155.99, which is not fast but how much of a compromise are we talking about when it comes to cold boot?
9. How is thill build looking in terms of Hackintosh?
10. Not too sure if I need the ODD, was looking for a 50 in 1 reader.
11. Is there still problem with COSMOS 2 fan controller?
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this, your help is much appreciated.
Rig info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K Quad Core Retail £259.30
GPU:EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX780 Superclocked ACX Cooler 3GB GDDR5 Graphics Card £554.84
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Formula Motherboard £259.55
Ram: G Skill 4x 8GB PC3-19200 DDR3 2400MHz Gaming Memory Kit £317.39
PSU: Corsair HX1050 Professional Series HX 1050W ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Gold PSU £158.99
Watercooling Kit: XSPC RayStorm 750 EX420 Universal CPU Watercooling Kit £186.95
SSD: Samsung 840 Series Pro 256GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive £176.99
HDD: Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB 3.5 inch Desktop HDD £125.00
ODD: Pioneer BDR-208DBK 15x SATA 3D Capable Dual Layer BD/DVD/CD Internal Burner - Bare £64.04
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 2 USB 3.0 XL ATX Case £289.98
This rig will be used for intense gaming, extensive and heavy video editing.
Total: £2,487.80
I'm at final stages of building my rig, I want to OC it up to the highest known stable frequency.
Your help is very much appreciated, here are the things I'm looking for.
1. All the cons you can point out about this rig.
2. Better alternatives and if there is a place to buy the parts cheaper.
3. Max stable OC value possible for the CPU, GPU and RAM.
4. My first time trying out a water cooling solution, XSPC was recommended to me, what are you thoughts on this one? Is this any good? Anything better you can suggest?
5. At some points in the future I will add SLI, hence the reason I chose a good PSU.
6. Ram is too much, I know but it's a personal choice and I really like it. I Thought about corsair but the issue is the colour RED, which goes with my rig.
7. Motherboard: I really like the look and the features of this one + water cooling for the board itself. Please let me know if you have something better in mind.
8. I'm not happy with the SSD and HDD just chose and put it there as reference. Do you guys think choosing 128GB SSD + 2x 1TB + 1X 2TB is a better choice? Let me know what other combination you think is better? I'd would use SSD primarily for Windows 8 + 10-12 programs. There is 480GB OCZ Vertex 2 3.5" SATA 3GB/s for £155.99, which is not fast but how much of a compromise are we talking about when it comes to cold boot?
9. How is thill build looking in terms of Hackintosh?
10. Not too sure if I need the ODD, was looking for a 50 in 1 reader.
11. Is there still problem with COSMOS 2 fan controller?
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this, your help is much appreciated.
Rig info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K Quad Core Retail £259.30
GPU:EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX780 Superclocked ACX Cooler 3GB GDDR5 Graphics Card £554.84
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Formula Motherboard £259.55
Ram: G Skill 4x 8GB PC3-19200 DDR3 2400MHz Gaming Memory Kit £317.39
PSU: Corsair HX1050 Professional Series HX 1050W ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Gold PSU £158.99
Watercooling Kit: XSPC RayStorm 750 EX420 Universal CPU Watercooling Kit £186.95
SSD: Samsung 840 Series Pro 256GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive £176.99
HDD: Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB 3.5 inch Desktop HDD £125.00
ODD: Pioneer BDR-208DBK 15x SATA 3D Capable Dual Layer BD/DVD/CD Internal Burner - Bare £64.04
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 2 USB 3.0 XL ATX Case £289.98
This rig will be used for intense gaming, extensive and heavy video editing.
Total: £2,487.80
. I spent a lot fo time trying to find one, but there is none.
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