Psyside was kind enough to suggest me stuff in another thread, and for this I'm thankful, but it was off topic, so I better make this one here.
I decided to make some sort of a major upgrade, as long as I can, probably wont be able to later this year and the next. The motherboards I suggested cost around or slightly more than 200 Euro for me, so that's the mark. I'd be ready to give 100 for a really good CPU cooler, so take this also as a mark (think Dollar of it, if it's your currency) and feel free to suggest me some more, unless you think the D14 is really all I need.
So an Z77 Asus is the better choice then. What about the Sabertooth Asus 90-MIBI30-G0EAY0KZ?
Maximus V Formula is pushing it a bit to far already (300
), so it's either the "Asus Crosshair V Formula", or that "Asus Sabertooth thing" I mentioned above.
I have the feeling the Sabertooth is more for looks (open case) with this plastic cover. It seems to offer only 2 way SLI/Crossfire while the Crosshair V Formula seems to allow 3 way SLI/Crossfire (or am I seeing it wrong?). I doubt I'd need 3 SLI though, I can imagine 2 being the max in the future, so not that important for me.
Just tell me what's the best from the two I suggest above. I'll give the Maximus V Formula another thought, but I have to stop at some point.
No open case for me, so looks and all this aren't important. I'd prefer a cooler that is as silent and as effective as possible for about 100 Euro/Dollar. That's the cut basically. If D14 is it really it, than I'm glad (as it costs less than 100 for me).
I thought watercooling was the more silent option. I hear people review H100 is silent, but I guess in relation with other watercoolers. If air cooling is more silent, than I think I go for it.
Btw, on Amazon I see various Noctua's, NH-DH14, NH-D14, NH-D14 SE2011 and NH-C14. The NH-D14 SE2011 is described as a special edition for the i7-39xx/38xx series, though I decided on the 37xx series, still applicable, or better the normal NH-D14?
As for overclocking. No idea how to do that lol, but once I have the stuff I'll seriously look into that.
So the state of things is like this:
Things I keep from my current build
- Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced (case)
- G.Skill 1600-999 Sniper LV 2x4GB (RAM)
- Seasonic M12II-850W (PSU)
- Drives and stuff
Things to upgrade to (decided)
- Intel Core i7-3770K (CPU)
- MSI NVIDIA GTX 680 Lightning (GPU)
Things I still think about
- Asus 90-MIBI30-G0EAY0KZ or Asus Crosshair V Formula or Asus Maximus V Formula (motherboards)
- Noctua NH-D14 or something better (cooler) - guess I rule out watercooling yet
- perhaps some other, less expensive GPU's that come close to the GTX 680 Lightning...
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Originally Posted by psyside 
Yes for cheap mobos UD3H - best. For mid end mobos, Maximus V Gene or Maximus V Formula, you said something cheap now your looking at 300$ range i dont get it if you can afford the best balance from the mid end segment atm is Maximus V Formula, and for a bit cheaper Maximus V Gene but its MATX, UD5H is also quite good, but can't compare to Gene or Formula. Maximus IV Extreme is amazing, but its more for 2600/2700K i would not get it if i would buy Ivy Bridge CPU, for that i strongly suggest Z77 based mobo.
H100 is like 10000 times louder then D14 if both on max rpm, but it has fan speed settings so it should be good, if you want your components to be able to being seen , get H100 (case with window that is) otherwise D14, even if it does cover almost the whole mobo :
H100 offer better temps then D14 for like 2-3c as max, and this is on extreme settings, (with both coolers with fans on max) like 4.8GHZ + with medium to high overclocks, they are very close.
P.S. Its getting way offtopic bro, if you want open your thread, and pm with link, i will help you no problem, this is GTX680 Lightning thread
Thanks lets hope
Yes for cheap mobos UD3H - best. For mid end mobos, Maximus V Gene or Maximus V Formula, you said something cheap now your looking at 300$ range i dont get it
if you can afford the best balance from the mid end segment atm is Maximus V Formula, and for a bit cheaper Maximus V Gene but its MATX, UD5H is also quite good, but can't compare to Gene or Formula. Maximus IV Extreme is amazing, but its more for 2600/2700K i would not get it if i would buy Ivy Bridge CPU, for that i strongly suggest Z77 based mobo.H100 is like 10000 times louder then D14 if both on max rpm, but it has fan speed settings so it should be good, if you want your components to be able to being seen , get H100 (case with window that is) otherwise D14, even if it does cover almost the whole mobo :
H100 offer better temps then D14 for like 2-3c as max, and this is on extreme settings, (with both coolers with fans on max) like 4.8GHZ + with medium to high overclocks, they are very close.
P.S. Its getting way offtopic bro, if you want open your thread, and pm with link, i will help you no problem, this is GTX680 Lightning thread
Thanks lets hope
I decided to make some sort of a major upgrade, as long as I can, probably wont be able to later this year and the next. The motherboards I suggested cost around or slightly more than 200 Euro for me, so that's the mark. I'd be ready to give 100 for a really good CPU cooler, so take this also as a mark (think Dollar of it, if it's your currency) and feel free to suggest me some more, unless you think the D14 is really all I need.
So an Z77 Asus is the better choice then. What about the Sabertooth Asus 90-MIBI30-G0EAY0KZ?
Maximus V Formula is pushing it a bit to far already (300
), so it's either the "Asus Crosshair V Formula", or that "Asus Sabertooth thing" I mentioned above.I have the feeling the Sabertooth is more for looks (open case) with this plastic cover. It seems to offer only 2 way SLI/Crossfire while the Crosshair V Formula seems to allow 3 way SLI/Crossfire (or am I seeing it wrong?). I doubt I'd need 3 SLI though, I can imagine 2 being the max in the future, so not that important for me.
Just tell me what's the best from the two I suggest above. I'll give the Maximus V Formula another thought, but I have to stop at some point.
No open case for me, so looks and all this aren't important. I'd prefer a cooler that is as silent and as effective as possible for about 100 Euro/Dollar. That's the cut basically. If D14 is it really it, than I'm glad (as it costs less than 100 for me
).I thought watercooling was the more silent option. I hear people review H100 is silent, but I guess in relation with other watercoolers. If air cooling is more silent, than I think I go for it.
Btw, on Amazon I see various Noctua's, NH-DH14, NH-D14, NH-D14 SE2011 and NH-C14. The NH-D14 SE2011 is described as a special edition for the i7-39xx/38xx series, though I decided on the 37xx series, still applicable, or better the normal NH-D14?
As for overclocking. No idea how to do that lol, but once I have the stuff I'll seriously look into that.
So the state of things is like this:
Things I keep from my current build
- Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced (case)
- G.Skill 1600-999 Sniper LV 2x4GB (RAM)
- Seasonic M12II-850W (PSU)
- Drives and stuff
Things to upgrade to (decided)
- Intel Core i7-3770K (CPU)
- MSI NVIDIA GTX 680 Lightning (GPU)
Things I still think about
- Asus 90-MIBI30-G0EAY0KZ or Asus Crosshair V Formula or Asus Maximus V Formula (motherboards)
- Noctua NH-D14 or something better (cooler) - guess I rule out watercooling yet
- perhaps some other, less expensive GPU's that come close to the GTX 680 Lightning...
). Or if I go for another card I'd need to buy a new Wi-Fi and soundcard. So instead I could buy the formula right away with dual band Wi-Fi and excellent on board sound (I'm not a sound enthusiast, so I don't really need a perfect PCIe sound card).
Thanks.
