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Astic

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Hey,

So Im planning to build a pc in the winter 2 week vacation. After doing some research I ended up with lots of stuff so I decided to limit all the stuff:

CPU: i7 4790k
MOBO: Sabertooth Mark 1 Or Vii Hero
Graphics Card: GTX 780ti or R9 290X2
Ram: Corsair 8 gb
Storage: 840 EVO 120 GB Samsung
Storage: 2TB HDD
PSU: Corsair Platinum 1200W

Please tell me which components u prefer and if u have any suggestions please write them below :)
 
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The performance of the R9 295X2 is yes superior to the GTX780ti as the 295X2 has two GPUs on one card. I recommend two 780ti's since your power consumption and heat will be far less. Not to mention, you don't have a whole lot of head room with the 295X2 if you wanted to overclock. Whereas with the 780ti's I have personally overclocked to 2021Mhz Bclk each in my SLI setup and neither got above 51'C in my cooling loop.
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The performance of the R9 295X2 is yes superior to the GTX780ti as the 295X2 has two GPUs on one card. I recommend two 780ti's since your power consumption and heat will be far less. Not to mention, you don't have a whole lot of head room with the 295X2 if you wanted to overclock. Whereas with the 780ti's I have personally overclocked to 2021Mhz Bclk each in my SLI setup and neither got above 51'C in my cooling loop.
 
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1200W Platinum supply is a tad overkill. You could run 4 GPUs with that. Something like a decent 850W Gold is all you need for a dual GPU or a dual cards. (And not even really for a dual GPU. Max theoretical pull of a 295X2 is 375W (75W slot + 2 150W 8-pin connectors) Haswell CPUs max out around 150W when overclocked on air or all in one coolers.

In this pricey of a build. Go for a Samsung 850 Pro.
 
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Ya, they specify that you have to have two power cables from the PSU (not one with a splitter adapter) that carry up to a max of 28 amps each for a combined of at least 50 amps altogether. You also have to make sure that each power cable is attached to its own 12V rail. Just like hooking up two actual cards if you think about it. Obviously, with pretty high voltage though.
 
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