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Post Date: 2014-01-17
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Smaghrouri View Drop Down
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    Posted: 17 Jan 2014 at 5:33pm
HailStorm II
i7 4770K @ 4.5GHz
Asus Maximus VI Extreme
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
2xSLI GTX 780 ti
1200w Corsair Platinum PS
Samsung 840Pro SSD 256GB+512GB
Hydrolux Liquid Cooling CPU+GPU+Chipset

Very close to buying this system. Will be used almost entirely for gaming, and movies on a single 27" 1440p 120hz monitor. Any/all advice welcome.

*Games expected to play*
(I recognize that not all are even close to supporting 1440p)

Warcraft III
WoW
Battlefield 4
Assassins Creed IV
Minecraft
America's Army: Proving Grounds
DayZ Standalone
Arma 2
Arma 3
Skyrim
Rust
Battlestations: Pacific
Company of Heroes 1/2

Thanks guys!


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That info looks a little familiar (although slightly modified)...

Looks good. The motherboard could be downgraded to the Sabertooth unless your considering adding a third GPU. Also the 1200W PSU is slightly overkill, unless again you plan on adding a third GPU. The 1050 Corsair or 1000 SilverStone would suffice for dual GPU's... Also, I ended up down clocking my OC to 4.4 as some games caused system instability and I would get BSOD's. Perhaps could have tweaked the BIOS settings a bit more but don't notice the difference. And the Haswell's are tough to OC over 4.4 anyway - they've come to be known as "Lottery" CPUs as you never know if you'll get one that'll allow a high OC or not...

One last thing - for storage you might want to consider the 1TB Evo drive. I wish that was available when I built my system. I've nearly filled that 512GB with games already and will probably be adding another in the near future...

Edited by fstcvc - 17 Jan 2014 at 7:40pm
HailStorm II
i7 4770K @ 4.5GHz
Asus Maximus VI Extreme
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
3xSLI EVGA SuperClocked GTX TITAN
Samsung 840Pro SSD 256GB+512GB
HydroLux+XSPC CPU/MoBo/GPU Liquid Cooling
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Posts: 667 		  Quote danjw1 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 6:52am
I agree with fstcvc on the drive and power supply. The ROG motherboards do have some nice features, like in BIOS SSD wipe, ROG Sonic Radar ... Another option would be have them special order a Maxiums VI Formula, which is more targeted at gamers than at extreme overclockers.
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Posts: 14 		  Quote Smaghrouri Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 12:42pm
Originally posted by fstcvc

That info looks a little familiar (although slightly modified)...


yes haha, I was looking through the forums before I made this post and I saw your signature and noticed it had almost the exact same specs as mine so, I saved the time :P

As to your recommendations, I will go with a 1050w PS, and im considering downgrading the mobo. Also should I be worried about getting a bad CPU then?

Finally, would 2 480 GB neutron GTX's in RAID 0 work well?

Edited by Smaghrouri - 18 Jan 2014 at 12:45pm
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Posts: 667 		  Quote danjw1 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 3:52pm
Originally posted by Smaghrouri


Also should I be worried about getting a bad CPU then?


They call it the "silicone lottery" for a reason. You get the a CPU that will at least meet the minimum of what it is speced out to. Almost all can be pushed at least somewhat further. You may get lucky and get a really good one that can go further then others or one that can't get much beyond the minimum spec.

Originally posted by Smaghrouri


Finally, would 2 480 GB neutron GTX's in RAID 0 work well?


Someone posted a link to a Tom's Hardware article that showed that RAID0 doesn't do much for the performance of SSDs. You would probably be better off with a Samsung Evo 1TB both for performance and quality. The Corsair SSD are based on older Sandforce controllers that just don't compete with Samsung's.
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Posts: 2551 		  Quote fstcvc Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 10:29pm
I second danjw1's statements...
HailStorm II
i7 4770K @ 4.5GHz
Asus Maximus VI Extreme
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
3xSLI EVGA SuperClocked GTX TITAN
Samsung 840Pro SSD 256GB+512GB
HydroLux+XSPC CPU/MoBo/GPU Liquid Cooling
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