Custom Computer, ordering in a couple hours. Last minute check

[Funjando]

Hi all
i'm ordering the parts for my custom computer soon and i just wanna double check that everything works and if anyone has any recommendations they would also be welcome.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3DKMz

Thanks in advance!


EDIT: My setup has been updated, this is the new one
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3EZsV

 

[gazn1]

no way do you need a 860w psu

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

It's great. Although you could go with the non-ti version and save a few bucks. Or, go with the 290

 

[siveshen]

Solid build I'm just not sure you need so much psu power.

 

[Funjando]

yeah the psu's a matter of inconvenience, i live in a different country and it's one of the only good ones i can get my hands on, it was either get one with too much power or one with way to much power that could power two GPU's

 

[Funjando]

sorry about that quick answer

to mamamia13
cutting the ti would save me quite a pretty penny indeed, what kind of performance impact would that have? also i'm probably wrong but wouldn't a 290 be like 5 generations old (logically thinking, really no idea though)?

 

[gazn1]

honestly if you were to not get the gtx 780 ti the next best thing would be the r9 290x as that beats the 780 and cheaper

 

[Funjando]

so the ti is better than the r9 290x, do you know by how much, as in is it worth it for the cost difference?

 

[gazn1]

game debate website is pretty good or by looking at benchmarks from around the web or youtube. but yes the 780 ti is around 5-10% better than the r9 290x i would say.

im comparing reference models

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1920&gid2=1858&compare=geforce-gtx-780-ti-vs-radeon-r9-290x

 

[Funjando]

Alright well turns out i can't order tonight anyway so i'm gonna take some time to mull this over but thanks for bringing this to light because if i opt for the 290 i'll be saving a considerate amount of money. So yeah, thanks man

 

[siveshen]

The GTX 780ti is about 5percent faster overall.The 780ti is about 49percent better at anisotropic filtering.The R9 290x is about 22percent better at anti-aliasing.

 

[CTurbo]

The 290/290x perform better at higher resolutions than the 780/780ti and esp in crossfire compared to SLI

The GTXs perform better @1080p

 

[Funjando]

So getting the 290x will save me about 300 dollars and from what i gather it's still a pretty good card (yes?, or am i just deluding myself) so is this a nobrainer? And CTurbo, you said that it performs better in crossfire as opposed to the 780ti in sli, is this significant or just a little plus?

 

[gazn1]

well the r9 290x and gtx 780 ti perform almost the same in a lot of games i've seen all bit around a few fps difference but with mantle the r9 290x crushes the 780 ti in games that suport it like bf4.

but is the gtx 780 ti really worth that extra $300 for like 3% better performance, i'd say nope not in my book i'd get the r9 290x

 

[CTurbo]

well the r9 290x and gtx 780 ti perform almost the same in a lot of games i've seen all bit around a few fps difference but with mantle the r9 290x crushes the 780 ti in games that suport it like bf4.

but is the gtx 780 ti really worth that extra $300 for like 3% better performance, i'd say nope not in my book i'd get the r9 290x

This pretty much sums it up. The GTX780 is faster at 1080p than the 290, but the 290 is faster at 1440p and 1600p. The same can be said about the 290x vs 780ti. The difference in performance is not very much and OVERALL they are about even. The difference comes in the price. The 290 is about $80-90 cheaper than the 780 on average and the 290x is about $120 cheaper than the 780ti. I think the R9s' biggest advantage comes in the extra 1GB of vRAM, and I know for a fact this is case when comparing them in crossfire vs SLI. If you are in a situation that actually NEEDS two of these cards, you pretty much need 4GB of vRAM.

Of course the nvidias have a lot in their favor. They are cooler, quieter, more efficient, and almost always have better drivers.

 

[Funjando]

well the r9 290x and gtx 780 ti perform almost the same in a lot of games i've seen all bit around a few fps difference but with mantle the r9 290x crushes the 780 ti in games that suport it like bf4.

but is the gtx 780 ti really worth that extra $300 for like 3% better performance, i'd say nope not in my book i'd get the r9 290x

This pretty much sums it up. The GTX780 is faster at 1080p than the 290, but the 290 is faster at 1440p and 1600p. The same can be said about the 290x vs 780ti. The difference in performance is not very much and OVERALL they are about even. The difference comes in the price. The 290 is about $80-90 cheaper than the 780 on average and the 290x is about $120 cheaper than the 780ti. I think the R9s' biggest advantage comes in the extra 1GB of vRAM, and I know for a fact this is case when comparing them in crossfire vs SLI. If you are in a situation that actually NEEDS two of these cards, you pretty much need 4GB of vRAM.

Of course the nvidias have a lot in their favor. They are cooler, quieter, more efficient, and almost always have better drivers.

Yeah i'm gonna go for the 290x especially since crossfire/sli is on the horizon and it's cheaper. About mantle though, i looked into it and saw that BF4, Civ: beyond earth and the upcoming Battle Front 3 are/will be optimized for it which is awesome but do you guys know if it's going to be a select thing or more widespread in the future?

Also speaking of nvidia cards being cooler (i assume your talking about temperature), the 290x runs pretty hot (95?), so if i'm getting another one for crossfire (possibly even overclock) i would need to beef up my cooling as well right?

Thanks for the help

 

[andrei65]

well the r9 290x and gtx 780 ti perform almost the same in a lot of games i've seen all bit around a few fps difference but with mantle the r9 290x crushes the 780 ti in games that suport it like bf4.

but is the gtx 780 ti really worth that extra $300 for like 3% better performance, i'd say nope not in my book i'd get the r9 290x

This pretty much sums it up. The GTX780 is faster at 1080p than the 290, but the 290 is faster at 1440p and 1600p. The same can be said about the 290x vs 780ti. The difference in performance is not very much and OVERALL they are about even. The difference comes in the price. The 290 is about $80-90 cheaper than the 780 on average and the 290x is about $120 cheaper than the 780ti. I think the R9s' biggest advantage comes in the extra 1GB of vRAM, and I know for a fact this is case when comparing them in crossfire vs SLI. If you are in a situation that actually NEEDS two of these cards, you pretty much need 4GB of vRAM.

Of course the nvidias have a lot in their favor. They are cooler, quieter, more efficient, and almost always have better drivers.

Yeah i'm gonna go for the 290x especially since crossfire/sli is on the horizon and it's cheaper. About mantle though, i looked into it and saw that BF4, Civ: beyond earth and the upcoming Battle Front 3 are/will be optimized for it which is awesome but do you guys know if it's going to be a select thing or more widespread in the future?

Also speaking of nvidia cards being cooler (i assume your talking about temperature), the 290x runs pretty hot (95?), so if i'm getting another one for crossfire (possibly even overclock) i would need to beef up my cooling as well right?

Thanks for the help

Yup you're gonna have to " beef " up the cooling

 

[Funjando]

well the r9 290x and gtx 780 ti perform almost the same in a lot of games i've seen all bit around a few fps difference but with mantle the r9 290x crushes the 780 ti in games that suport it like bf4.

but is the gtx 780 ti really worth that extra $300 for like 3% better performance, i'd say nope not in my book i'd get the r9 290x

This pretty much sums it up. The GTX780 is faster at 1080p than the 290, but the 290 is faster at 1440p and 1600p. The same can be said about the 290x vs 780ti. The difference in performance is not very much and OVERALL they are about even. The difference comes in the price. The 290 is about $80-90 cheaper than the 780 on average and the 290x is about $120 cheaper than the 780ti. I think the R9s' biggest advantage comes in the extra 1GB of vRAM, and I know for a fact this is case when comparing them in crossfire vs SLI. If you are in a situation that actually NEEDS two of these cards, you pretty much need 4GB of vRAM.

Of course the nvidias have a lot in their favor. They are cooler, quieter, more efficient, and almost always have better drivers.

Yeah i'm gonna go for the 290x especially since crossfire/sli is on the horizon and it's cheaper. About mantle though, i looked into it and saw that BF4, Civ: beyond earth and the upcoming Battle Front 3 are/will be optimized for it which is awesome but do you guys know if it's going to be a select thing or more widespread in the future?

Also speaking of nvidia cards being cooler (i assume your talking about temperature), the 290x runs pretty hot (95?), so if i'm getting another one for crossfire (possibly even overclock) i would need to beef up my cooling as well right?

Thanks for the help

Yup you're gonna have to " beef " up the cooling

We talking throw in some more fans or more toward a water loop?

 

[andrei65]

More towards a water loop

 

[Funjando]

More towards a water loop

So get a larger case and build a water loop?
This is all later, once i add GPUs right, i don't have to fix this right of the bat right?

 

[andrei65]

Yup unless you get a 780 that runs way cooler and quieter .
You will sorta have to fix it right of the bat as it gets REALLY hot

 

[Funjando]

Yup unless you get a 780 that runs way cooler and quieter .
You will sorta have to fix it right of the bat as it gets REALLY hot

Damn, alright. Looks like i have a lot of research to do

 

[andrei65]

Here's a good build if you're gonna do heavy stuff ( like video editing rendering etc) and gaming :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($98.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.98 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Superclocked ACX Video Card ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1393.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-06 15:39 EDT-0400)

Those 4GB of VRAM will come in handy while rendering , that's why I didn't fit a 780 in there
And the Xeon is like a non overclockable i7 but at a cheaper price .
It will perform well in gaming and will allow you to upgrade later to a 3770k if you'd like to .
And 1050W is just overkill ^^

But if you're only gonna do gaming here's a decent build for gaming
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.59 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($98.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.74 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($499.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1402.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-06 15:47 EDT-0400)

 

[Funjando]

Here's a good build if you're gonna do heavy stuff ( like video editing rendering etc) and gaming :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($98.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.98 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Superclocked ACX Video Card ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1393.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-06 15:39 EDT-0400)

Those 4GB of VRAM will come in handy while rendering , that's why I didn't fit a 780 in there
And the Xeon is like a non overclockable i7 but at a cheaper price .
It will perform well in gaming and will allow you to upgrade later to a 3770k if you'd like to .
And 1050W is just overkill ^^

But if you're only gonna do gaming here's a decent build for gaming
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.59 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($98.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.74 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($499.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Titanium Grey) ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1402.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-06 15:47 EDT-0400)

Aight i'll look into these,
Thanks for the guidance!

 

[CTurbo]

andrei65, why are you recommending Ivy Bridge setups? There is absolutely zero advantage to buy Ivy Bridge at this point.


Funjando, Mantle is designed to help AMD's weak cpus perform better. Mantle doesn't help Intel cpus because Intel cpus are much stronger so there would be little to no difference.