Looking for advice on my build...

[Sevon]

Hey all...its been a really long time coming, but my old RoG computer just isn't cutting it anymore...oh Striker Extreme how I shall miss you as my primary rig, but you aren't as good as you once were...

In any event, since i just said Striker Extreme, that might give you an idea of how long its been since i've built a system....I have a setup in mind and I'm just looking for any advice, the idea is to be a primary gaming computer and next to nothing else...I'll be switching to liquid cooling soon as I'm brave enough (I.E. soon as I have enough money saved up to replace things i screw up) with a custom loop, i intend on using two loops, one for the graphics cards and memory and one for the processor and the bridge. I also plan on going to 3 graphics cards and a PCI-e SSD should the new broadwells give me that option..but for now, here is my build along with what i've already ordered and any advice would be welcomed...

btw....the games the PC is being designed to play are Elder Scrolls Online, Battlefield 3/4 and Sim City 5

My build thus far
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Case: Cooler Master HAF X Full ATX (ordered)
MB: Maximus VI Formula (ordered)
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k (ordering friday night)
Hetsink: Need advice on a cheap but good air cooled one until i start liquid cooling, then itll be an EK Supremacy
RAM: 32GB G.SKILL Trident X Series DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) (ordered)
GPUs: 2x Asus GTX 770 graphics cards
SSD: 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD run in RAID 0
PSU: Corsair AX1200i 1200w power supply
OS: Windows 8.1
Optical: Something? Havent gotten to the cheap stuff yet...
Monitor: ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz 1ms

[Sevon]

yeah, I was just reading up on it and on the geforce website they sell a kit (sold out right now, but i can wait) that installs right into the monitor i picked already...so thats a plus...ill end up doing that in the future as well

[ned08]

Nate152 wrote:
G-sync is a monitor feature that allows you to get frames per second above your monitors refresh rate without screen tear. Some newer monitors have it already. You can buy the G-sync module and install it yourself if you are tech savy.

I did so
Thanks

[ned08]

Nate152 wrote:
G-sync is a monitor feature that allows you to get frames per second above your monitors refresh rate without screen tear. Some newer monitors have it already. You can buy the G-sync module and install it yourself if you are tech savy.

I did so
Thanks

[PowerOver9K]

Formula runs like crap with 3x ATI 290x's in it from my own experience. I think it may be due to the amount of PCIE lanes and/or the lane speed being 4X.

You don't need SSDS in RAID, you won't see a real world performance gain. Also if you run *anything* ever in RAID 0 you should have a backup program such as Acronis that dumps the partitions to backup media.

[ned08]

Hi Guys i have a related question.
I just finished building my computer with the following components.

ASUS RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION
Intel Core i7 4820K 3.7 GHz (Ivy Bridge-E)
Corsair 8GB (2x8GB) CL9 1866Mhz DOMINATOR
Corsair Hydro H100i 999 kr
Corsair AX760i
GK ASUS PCIe GTX760 DC2
Samsung evo 840 256gb
Phanteks Enthoo Primo BigTower


I want to add one more gtx760 to the system and run it in SLI.
Do i need to replace my psu or can the ax760i handel the workload and overclocking?

Kind regards

[PowerOver9K]

ned08 wrote:
Hi Guys i have a related question.
I just finished building my computer with the following components.

ASUS RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION
Intel Core i7 4820K 3.7 GHz (Ivy Bridge-E)
Corsair 8GB (2x8GB) CL9 1866Mhz DOMINATOR
Corsair Hydro H100i 999 kr
Corsair AX760i
GK ASUS PCIe GTX760 DC2
Samsung evo 840 256gb
Phanteks Enthoo Primo BigTower


I want to add one more gtx760 to the system and run it in SLI.
Do i need to replace my psu or can the ax760i handel the workload and overclocking?

Kind regards

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