[zothos]

Well i went around and started picking out parts for my new benching and gaming build and heres what i have come up with....

1) NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case -Color Red- 5x 5.25in bays, 7x 3.5in bays

2) ASUS Rampage III Formula-Intel X58, LGA 1366, SLI and CrossFire Ready

3) I69-1960-Intel Core i7 960-3.2Ghz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8GT/s QPI, Qaud Core, Bloomfield

4) Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU Liquid Cooler

5) 6x2GB Corsair Core i7 XMS3 12GB PC12800 DDR3

6) 3x MSI N560GTX Geforce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC 1GB GDDR5

7) 2x OCZSSD2-2VTX80G Vertex 2 Solid State Drives - 80Gbx2 2.5in Sata II with 3.5in Desktop Adapter

8) LG 10x Blu-Ray Combo Drive LightScribe, 4MB Cache, Sata

9) AeroCool FP-01 LCD Fan Monitor/Card Reader Fold-out

10) Thermaltake TRX-1200M TR2, 80 Plus, 6x PCI-E, 8x Sata 1200W PSU

11) Samsung 27in Widescreen LCD 1080p, 1920x1080, 16:9, 70000:1 Dynamic, 1000:1 Native, 1ms Response Time, DVI, HDMI, Audio Port, Optical Port

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Is this all sufficient? Is the PSU enough to power all of this?? Any does anyone have any suggestions? Much Appreciated!!

My budget was $2800 Everything here came out to $2700!

 

[overclockingXTC]

but I'm not sure about the quality of that psu

 

[zouk52]

Pretty nice, but you can't tri-sli GTX 560's, and you may want to go with another PSU, like an Antec or Corsair. You only need ~1000w to be safe with that rig.

 

[FLCLimax]

honestly, for $2700 i'd fit a Corsair AX series in there.

 

[bk641]

just what i was going to say.. (tri-sli)

 

[MrTolkinghorn]

And go with maybe a 970? so you get a 50% cpu increase, due to 2 more cores...

 

[pyra]

No love for sandybridge?

 

[overclockingXTC]

Tri-sli 470s are a good option to keep the same budget.

 

[{uZa}DOA]

I'd go with 1 high end GPU vs 3x560's

 

[EfemaN]

You can't Tri-SLI 560's, so drop one there. You definitely don't need 1200W for that, a good 850 will do; Corsair, or the like. Also, 12GB of RAM is pointless if you're simply benching and gaming; drop that down to 6GB.

Otherwise, looks good. You don't need any more for the processor, since you can easily get to 4GHz with that H70.

 

[Tom Thumb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyra No love for sandybridge?

Just what I was thinking. A 2600k would be nice!

 

[zothos]

what about these replacements for the graphics cards and the psu?

3x Tri-SLI EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 Video Card - 1280MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11

Ultra X4 1050-Watt Modular Power Supply - 135mm Fan, ATX, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration, 80+ Silver, NVIDIA SLI & ATI Crossfire Certifications, Vibration Dampener Included

 

[8ight]

Get some super cheap GTX 465s and Tri-Sli them. They go for like $135 open box and are slightly better than 460 1gbs.

 

[Canadarocker]

Personally I think you should go 2600K, tri sli 570s, drop to 4 gb of ram (if you go sandy, if you don't then 6), get a different PSU (neither the original one listed or the Ultra one). But neither yours or this sound like 2800 dollar builds...maybe becuase water (true water cooling not ALC) isn't involved.

 

[Buzzin92]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8ight Get some super cheap GTX 465s and Tri-Sli them. They go for like $135 open box and are slightly better than 460 1gbs.

Wrong, the 460's perform better than the 465's.

Drop the PSU, Drop the 3 560's.

Corsair 850 - 1000w and 2 570's maybe tri-sli them

Drop the X58 setup and get sandybrigde 2500K, you will save allot of cash there and get better performance per clock. 2600K if your bothered about HT, Even though HT reduces performance in games.

Keep the H70, good coolers, and everthing else looks fine.

 

[8ight]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzzin92 Wrong, the 460's perform better than the 465's. Drop the PSU, Drop the 3 560's. Corsair 850 - 1000w and 2 570's maybe tri-sli them Drop the X58 setup and get sandybrigde 2500K, you will save allot of cash there and get better performance per clock. 2600K if your bothered about HT, Even though HT reduces performance in games. Keep the H70, good coolers, and everthing else looks fine.

NOT wrong, they overclock well and have more SPs.
I've been through 3, the memory always clocked higher and the lowest clocking one I had did 865 core.

 

[hirolla888]

go sandy bridge 2500k with a 580 in my opinion. and change the psu to one of the following brands: antec, cooler master, seasonic, enermax, silverstone or thermaltake. havnt really heard any good things about ultra..

 

[8ight]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hirolla888;12990941
go sandy bridge 2500k with a 580 in my opinion. and change the psu to one of the following brands: antec, cooler master, seasonic, enermax, silverstone or thermaltake. havnt really heard any good things about ultra..

Ultra, like CM low-mid end stuff, is a hit or miss affair that most wouldn't rely on super heavily. CM/Antec is good for their high end stuff and Antec has a few good cheap-os.

 

[TKnebel]

Seriously, go Sandy Bridge.

 

[UrbanSmooth]

What's your budget? Why are you holding back? Three 560s? Heh...