Alright everyone, thanks for all the input -- I decied to run GTX 680's sli. I grabbed 2x EVGA GTX 680's Superclocked Signature editions.
What I went for was a an EVGA with a Red/White/Black theme.
Full build will be as follows:
Switch 810
2x EVGA GTX 680's Signature SuperClocked edition
i7 2700k
EVGA P67 FTW
Corsair AX1200
Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1600mhz
DVD drive of course
A Rosewell tool kit (since i don't have any anymore)
$2200 exactly -- I dropped the price from the motherboard and the ram alone to what I wanted to spend vs the 7970's.
What changed was the 2x 7970's, the Asus Maximus IV and GSkill RipJaws 1866 ram (16gb as well).
What I "lost" I felt is insignificant to the resalebility in the future for the EVGA cards and the a couple other minor reasons
Ultimately my decision came from 2 main areas: How the computer is going to look once built (I'm a sucker for eye candy and aethetics) I'll be watercooling with a red theme and I haven't had Sli for a very long time so I'll test this "Smoothness" and let you all know soon enough vs what it really does against the 7970's I had. If I can tell, I'll rock the Sli for now on. I highly doubt I will though.
Thanks for everyones input!
Edited by Balsagna - 6/1/12 at 11:55am
What I went for was a an EVGA with a Red/White/Black theme.
Full build will be as follows:
Switch 810
2x EVGA GTX 680's Signature SuperClocked edition
i7 2700k
EVGA P67 FTW
Corsair AX1200
Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1600mhz
DVD drive of course
A Rosewell tool kit (since i don't have any anymore)
$2200 exactly -- I dropped the price from the motherboard and the ram alone to what I wanted to spend vs the 7970's.
What changed was the 2x 7970's, the Asus Maximus IV and GSkill RipJaws 1866 ram (16gb as well).
What I "lost" I felt is insignificant to the resalebility in the future for the EVGA cards and the a couple other minor reasons
Ultimately my decision came from 2 main areas: How the computer is going to look once built (I'm a sucker for eye candy and aethetics) I'll be watercooling with a red theme and I haven't had Sli for a very long time so I'll test this "Smoothness" and let you all know soon enough vs what it really does against the 7970's I had. If I can tell, I'll rock the Sli for now on. I highly doubt I will though.
Thanks for everyones input!
Edited by Balsagna - 6/1/12 at 11:55am
The Balsagna Machine V2.0
(18 items) |
The "Balls On Ya" Machine
(16 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7 2600K | Asus Maximus IV Extreme | AMD Radeon 7970 | AMD Radeon 7970 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 16gb Gskill 1866mhz | Vertex 3 240gb. 1TB Seagate 7200. 160gb WD 7200. | LG 24x DVD | XSPC Raystorm, MCP655, Frozen-Q Tvirus, RS360mm... |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 | 24'' 1080p by Asus | Razer Blackwidow Ultimate | Corsair 1000watt HX Modular |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Corsair 800D | Razer Mamba | Razer Ironclad | Razer Megalodon's |
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The Balsagna Machine V2.0
(18 items) |
The "Balls On Ya" Machine
(16 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7 2600K | Asus Maximus IV Extreme | AMD Radeon 7970 | AMD Radeon 7970 |
| RAM | Hard Drive | Optical Drive | Cooling |
| 16gb Gskill 1866mhz | Vertex 3 240gb. 1TB Seagate 7200. 160gb WD 7200. | LG 24x DVD | XSPC Raystorm, MCP655, Frozen-Q Tvirus, RS360mm... |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows 7 | 24'' 1080p by Asus | Razer Blackwidow Ultimate | Corsair 1000watt HX Modular |
| Case | Mouse | Mouse Pad | Audio |
| Corsair 800D | Razer Mamba | Razer Ironclad | Razer Megalodon's |
| View all | |||
