Build Compatibility/Do I Have Everything I Need

Guest · Feb 23, 2014

Hey all!
I have a favor to ask of you, if you would be so kind as to oblige. Please look over my computer build and see if everything is compatible. Also, I need to know if I have everything in my build that I need. In my build I have the following parts:

Case:
NZXT Phantom 820

Power Supply:
Cooler Master V1000 - 1000W Power Supply with Fully Modular Cables and 80 PLUS Gold Certification

Motherboard:
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition

CPU:
Intel i7-4960X

Heatsink Fan:
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan

Memory:
CORSAIR Vengeance LP 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CML32GX3M4A1866C10

Video Card:
3x EVGA 03G-P4-2881-KR GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card (GET GSYNC MONITORS)

Storage (HDD/SSD):
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE1T0BW 2.5" 1TB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $599.99

Optical Drive:
LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blu-ray Burner, Bare Drive, 3D Play Back (WH14NS40) - OEM

Sound Card:
ASUS Xonar Essence STX

Operating System:
Windows 8.1 Pro

Mouse:
Anker 8200 DPI High Precision Laser Gaming Mouse

Mouse Pad:
Razer Goliathus Omega Mouse Mat - Speed Surface

Keyboard:
SteelSeries Apex

Headset:
Astro A50 Wireless Gaming Headset

Speakers:
Cyber Acoustics Subwoofer Satellite System (CA-3602a)

Monitor:
3x Asus PB287Q (I know it isn't released yet but it sounds amazing)

Thank you so much for looking over my build. Please tell me whether you think it is good or not and why as well if you have the time.

Thanks in advance,
leonardude

skyscraper7 · Feb 23, 2014

Hello,
Yes, everything is compatible and it should run games like butter!

One change I would make is to have either 1 or 3 monitors but not two. This is because there will be a bezel right where the crosshair should be.

Also if you want to, downgrade the processor to 4930k (practically the same) and get a custom water-cooling loop in there. Not too hard to do and it drops temps a ton. Also it can cool the GPUs, so you can overclock them more.

Finally I would get DDR3 1833 mhz (PC3 14900) speed RAM or above, though that's not too important.

Other than that it's an amazing build and I hope you have fun building it!

Guest · Feb 23, 2014

skyscraper7 :

Thanks! I'm a little nooby right now so I won't be doing the watercooling or the downgrading of the CPU, but the good thing is that if I ever want to I can because of how modular computer building is. I'll get 3 monitors instead of 2 (and 3 video cards to back that up as well) as per your suggestion. Also I changed the RAM. I found an 1866 mhz Corsair Vengence that is even cheaper and better performing than the previously suggested RAM

skyscraper7 · Feb 23, 2014

Great, I'm glad I could help and I hope you have fun building your new PC

EDIT: Just realised something, 3GB of Vram may be a bit low for triple 4k monitors. VRAM is split in SLI so that only leaves 1gb per card! It would be better to get double or even triple titans (if you can afford that).
Read this: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1727773/vram-displays-max-settings.html

I have a feeling that even 4x titans wouldn't be enough to get over 30fps max settings. You may want to wait until more powerful hardware and make do with 3 1440p monitors or just 1 4k monitor. Otherwise keep the 780 tis but drop the settings a bit

Guest · Feb 23, 2014

skyscraper7 :

Great, I'm glad I could help and I hope you have fun building your new PC

EDIT: Just realised something, 3GB of Vram may be a bit low for triple 4k monitors. VRAM is split in SLI so that only leaves 1gb per card! It would be better to get double or even triple titans (if you can afford that).
Read this: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1727773/vram-displays-max-settings.html

I have a feeling that even 4x titans wouldn't be enough to get over 30fps max settings. You may want to wait until more powerful hardware and make do with 3 1440p monitors or just 1 4k monitor. Otherwise keep the 780 tis but drop the settings a bit

It would be 3 NVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti's, each with 3GB of VRAM so with SLI it would end up being 3GB per card and 3GB per monitor if each monitor had the same need for RAM. Please tell me again if I am missing something. I'm pretty sure that I am correct on this but I'm a computer building noob so I might not know what I am talking about. I do know though that I would get 3 NVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti's and each one of them has 3GB of VRAM. Thanks again!

skyscraper7 · Feb 23, 2014

skyscraper7 :

It would be 3 NVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti's, each with 3GB of VRAM so with SLI it would end up being 3GB per card and 3GB per monitor if each monitor had the same need for RAM. Please tell me again if I am missing something. I'm pretty sure that I am correct on this but I'm a computer building noob so I might not know what I am talking about. I do know though that I would get 3 NVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti's and each one of them has 3GB of VRAM. Thanks again!

You don't get 3gb per card of VRAM unfortunately

VRAM doesn't scale in SLI so only the first cards VRAM is used. Therefore it would be only 1GB per monitor rather than 3GB.

Guest · Feb 23, 2014

Each card has 3GB of VRAM so why don't I get 3GB of VRAM per card?

Guest · Feb 23, 2014

skyscraper7 :

You don't get 3gb per card of VRAM unfortunately

VRAM doesn't scale in SLI so only the first cards VRAM is used. Therefore it would be only 1GB per monitor rather than 3GB.

Oh wait now I get it. Is there any way to utilize all 3GB per card (9GB) and have the cards work together? Otherwise I don't understand why SLI would be useful if you can combine the capabilities of the cards but not the actual process of the cards. If not then I'll just go with 2 GTX 780 Tis and 2 4K monitor. I would only use one monitor intensively (for gaming and such, taking up the RAM), but the other monitor I like having as a reference window for when I code.

skyscraper7 · Feb 24, 2014

skyscraper7 :

Oh wait now I get it. Is there any way to utilize all 3GB per card (9GB) and have the cards work together? Otherwise I don't understand why SLI would be useful if you can combine the capabilities of the cards but not the actual process of the cards. If not then I'll just go with 2 GTX 780 Tis and 2 4K monitor. I would only use one monitor intensively (for gaming and such, taking up the RAM), but the other monitor I like having as a reference window for when I code.

No, unfortunately you can't utilise all RAM right now. Using 1 monitor for gaming and 1 for coding is a good idea, you probably couldn't see to edge of 3 4k monitors anyway

. If you really wanted to go eyefinity then 3 r9 290x might be able to do it with an extra 1gb but there are no promises and you won't get above 30fps anyway (even a trio of the best GPUs can't pump out 24 million pixels 60x every second!). The best thing to do is wait until the high end maxwells come out and see if they have lots of graphical power and VRAM.

Hope I helped you, be sure to pick a best answer

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