Do I need a liquid cooler for these specs?

Pavel Soulimov · Apr 5, 2014

Hi there! I have a number of questions to ask, as I am thinking of buying a gaming pc off pcspecialist.co.uk for a budget of £3000. First of all here are the specs of everything I am buying:

Case: CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 600T WHITE MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU) = AMD FX-9590 EIGHT CORE CPU (4.7GHz-5.0GHz/16MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard = ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (DDR3, USB3.0. 6 GB/s, CrossFireX/Sli)
Memory (RAM) = 16GB Kingston Dual – DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
1st Graphics Card = 4GB AMD RADEON R9 290X
2nd Graphics Card = 4GB AMD RADEON R9 290X
3rd Graphics Card = 4GB AMD RADEON R9 290X
1st Hard Drive = 500GB 3.5 SATA- ||| 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
2nd Hard Drive = 2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 GB/s, 64MB CACHE (7200RPM)
NO RAID
1st DVD/BLU-RAY DRIVE = 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER
Power Supply = CORSAIR 750W RM SERIES MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling = Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Sound Card = ASUS Xonar DSX
Wireless/Wired Networking = Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E Card
USB Options: 4 Port USB 2.0 Internal PCI Card + Standard USB Ports
Monitor: ASUS MX279H 27” Full HD AH-IPS LED DISPLAY
Keyboard: Corsair Raptor K70 Fully Backlit Gaming Mechanical Keyboard
Gaming Mouse Pad = Corsair Vengeance MM400 Gaming Mouse Mat
Speakers: Creative GigaWorks T20 Series || 2.0 Multimedia Speakers
Operating System = Windows 8.1 64bit
Total Price = £2999

My main concerns are: Do I need a liquid cooler with the specs I have provided above? (I do not intend to overclock)
Is the power supply I have chosen sufficient enough?
Is it fine to run all these specs on just 1 monitor?

Thank you

Pav

logainofhades · Apr 5, 2014

That is an awful amount of money wasted with such an inferior processor.

CTurbo · Apr 5, 2014

The FX9590 comes with a liquid cooler. 750w is not even close to being enough for a FX9590 + three 290x.

I REALLY REALLY recommend going with Intel at this price range.

Pavel Soulimov · Apr 5, 2014

logainofhades :

CTurbo :

I find intel so much more expensive and it provides less GHz than my choice of specs. With AMD, I can get so much more with my money, what's your opinion?

Dunlop0078 · Apr 5, 2014

why in gods name would you ever need 3 graphics card with a total 16gb of vram? And no u dont need liquid cooling just very good airflow in your case for that ridiculous amount of hardware.

MFBLO96 · Apr 5, 2014

The 9590 comes with a cheap substandard cooler. You would really want an h100i or a custom loop for the 9590.
There is really no reason to go and for the processor. It will bottleneck the three cards. A 4930k will not

Pavel Soulimov · Apr 5, 2014

Dunlop0078 :

I want to buy the ultimate gaming pc which is super powerful, so I just want to fill up my system with 3 graphics cards. What you are saying to do with 16gb ram, is that too little or already too much?

Dunlop0078 · Apr 5, 2014

if im spending 3 grand on a pc im for sure buying an intel processor.

rymu2000 · Apr 5, 2014

For that much get a 4930k and 780tis

Pavel Soulimov · Apr 5, 2014

Dunlop0078 :

What graphics cards would you put in an intel processor for £3k?

rymu2000 · Apr 5, 2014

I would choose a 4770k over a FX-9590 too.

CTurbo · Apr 5, 2014

This would be equal if not better in gaming for 50% of the price

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mtY2
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mtY2/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mtY2/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£97.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£130.30 @ Dabs)
Total: £1523.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:22 BST+0100)

Dunlop0078 · Apr 5, 2014

for gaming no game use's more than 4 gb of vram or man than 8gb or memory your system is overkill by a mile a thousand dollar build will probaly run battlefield 4 just as well or any other game. istead of three graphics cards get 1 titan black gpu with 4gb of vram a intel 4670k and you are golden

CTurbo · Apr 5, 2014

This would be two or three times better for over £600 less

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£413.18 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£140.44 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Total: £2387.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:27 BST+0100)

Dunlop0078 · Apr 5, 2014

if all you are doing is gaming you dont need a xeon or two graphics card 1 titan black will be better than most duel card setups

Dunlop0078 · Apr 5, 2014

And you definatly dont need 16gb or memory

logainofhades · Apr 5, 2014

You forgot the case.

CTurbo · Apr 5, 2014

You forgot the case.

Haha just mount it all of a piece of wood!

OP, what monitor resolution will you be using?

Pavel Soulimov · Apr 5, 2014

CTurbo :

This would be two or three times better for over £600 less

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£413.18 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£140.44 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Total: £2387.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:27 BST+0100)

Thanx so much for the help! I will be using 27inch screen in 1080p

CTurbo · Apr 5, 2014

if all you are doing is gaming you dont need a xeon or two graphics card 1 titan black will be better than most duel card setups

One Titan Black is BARELY better in gaming than one GTX780ti. Two 780tis would be way better than one Titan Black.

Pavel Soulimov · Apr 5, 2014

CTurbo :

This would be two or three times better for over £600 less

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mu51/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£413.18 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus P9X79 LE ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£140.44 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 1300W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Total: £2387.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:27 BST+0100)

How much would all of this cost if I do not want to build it? I want it built for me. Where i the best place to purchase where it gets built for me?

logainofhades · Apr 5, 2014

Pavel Soulimov :

CTurbo :

Thanx so much for the help! I will be using 27inch screen in 1080p

Then you definitely don't need 3 gpu's. :lol:

logainofhades · Apr 5, 2014

CTurbo :

But wouldn't you think 2, 780ti's are a bit overkill for 1080p? :lol:

CTurbo · Apr 5, 2014

Dude you are wanting to spend £3000 on a PC just to game on a single 1080p monitor? Even this £1500 would be serious overkill for that. How about getting this and then getting a REALLY good 1440p or 1600p monitor for around £600-800.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mtY2
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mtY2/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3mtY2/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£97.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£480.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£130.30 @ Dabs)
Total: £1523.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-05 19:52 BST+0100)

CTurbo · Apr 5, 2014

{quote]But wouldn't you think 2, 780ti's are a bit overkill for 1080p? :lol: [/quote]

Absolutely! Even ONE 780ti is overkill for a single 1080p monitor. I was obviously wrong in assuming that somebody wanting to spend £3000 on a PC would be using at least a triple monitor setup or something.

Do I need a liquid cooler for these specs?

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