Ordering this Friday, what do you think?

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Omnirat

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Overkill I know, but will eventually be running a 3-monitor setup.

Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS 2 ULTRA TOWER
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Six Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz @ max 4.6GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE IV EXTREME: INTEL X79, SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
2nd Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200i DIGITAL MODULAR PSU (£235)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II C240 DUAL RAD LIQUID CPU COOLER (Special Offer) (£69)
Extra Case Fans
2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (£119) *SPECIAL*
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
2 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£15)
Headsets (VOIP)
LOGITECH® WIRELESS GAMING HEADSET G930 - 7.1 SURROUND SOUND (£129)
Cable Tidy
3 x JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management (£10)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£69)
Quantity
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Price: £4,114.00 including VAT and delivery.

Do you think it will be OK with constant use? like sometimes 10 hours+ a day?

No overheating issues I hope.
 
Iroquois Pliskin

Iroquois Pliskin

Enthusiast
xD

Dual dual GPU 690s.

xD

Me gusta, though is there a particular reason for the i7-3930K? I know it's a 6-core, 12 threaded CPU, but it's also Sandy Bridge. An i7-3770K would OC better and generally performs the same in games, without bottlenecking your SLI setup.
 
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Omnirat

Silver Level Poster
Well I am only going to OC to 4.6GHz ( well PCS are ) but I wont go beyond that.

I am concerned about keeping the heat down as I will be using it a lot.

Also do you think the i7-3930k OC will bottleneck my SLi setup? therefore better to just get a single 690?
 
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Iroquois Pliskin

Iroquois Pliskin

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Hmm, a "factory" overclock you say? Then that changes things, if you're not going to be personally involved.

An i7-3770K can be pushed to very naughty limits... using very naughty techniques, but it does involve
risk, which I'm not advising anyone to take.

Omnirat said:
Also do you think the i7-3930k OC will bottleneck my SLi setup? therefore better to just get a single 690?
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Nope, should be fine. I think benchmarks were posted all over the place, showing good scaling at VERY high resolutions. Here's a great review with SLI GTX 690s & i7-3960X with the CPU stock at 3.3 GHz - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-690-sli.html

One last amendment I would make to your setup is to swap the Kingston 3K SSD with a 520 Intel one.
 
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Omnirat

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Iroquois Pliskin said:
Hmm, a "factory" overclock you say? Then that changes things, if you're not going to be personally involved.

An i7-3770K can be pushed to very naughty limits... using very naughty techniques, but it does involve risk, which I'm not advising anyone to take.

One last amendment I would make to your setup is to swap the Kingston 3K SSD with a 520 Intel one.
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So will the i7-3930k to 4.6GHz be OK?

And I will change the SSD, still not sure whether to SLi or not, and if I SLi would it cause heat issues or anything?
 
steaky360

steaky360

Moderator
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Omnirat said:
So will the i7-3930k to 4.6GHz be OK?

And I will change the SSD, still not sure whether to SLi or not, and if I SLi would it cause heat issues or anything?
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You should not have any heat issues in the Cosmos II the case is big enough to provide good airflow to all components and you can add a plethora of fans to help keep the heat down if you like.
 
Iroquois Pliskin

Iroquois Pliskin

Enthusiast
Omnirat said:
So will the i7-3930k to 4.6GHz be OK?
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Well, I don't have one, but here's a someone who has it, http://www.overclock.net/t/1294941/i7-3930k-oc-4-1ghz-vcore

Quote, "Mine does 4.5 @ 1.296v If you can hit that you got a pretty good chip."

An Ivy i7-3770K would OC to 4.5-6 with a lower voltage required.

still not sure whether to SLi or not
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SLI it, Kepler is a great architecture to build on: 28 nm manufacturing process, hardware-designed power efficiency, software improvements like Adaptive VSync, hardware tessellation, FXAA, PhysX, CUDA, many more features.

and if I SLi would it cause heat issues or anything?
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No, in fact a SLI GTX 690 config is about the most coolest multi-GPU/card setup you could have, refer to - http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/evga_gtx690_review_including_quad_sli/3

Almost no increase in temperature with the second GTX 690 sitting on the same motherboard.
 
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Iroquois Pliskin

Iroquois Pliskin

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Batman looks like it's CPU-bound,

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-690-sli_6.html#sect0
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-690-sli_5.html#sect4

In Battlefield 3, second GTX 690 scales to 64%, Crysis 2 - 50%, Aliens vs. Predator - 69%, Shogun 2: Total War - 57%, Metro 2033 - 90%.

Five years from now, he'll upgrade his motherboard and CPU and will push the setup even further after all of the console CPU-bound ports disappear from the PC gaming market.
 
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keynes

keynes

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Iroquois Pliskin said:
Batman looks like it's CPU-bound,

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-690-sli_6.html#sect0
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-690-sli_5.html#sect4

In Battlefield 3, second GTX 690 scales to 64%, Crysis 2 - 50%, Aliens vs. Predator - 69%, Showgun 2: Total War - 57%.

Five years from now, he'll upgrade his motherboard and CPU and will push the setup even further after all of the console CPU-bound ports disappear from the PC gaming market.
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The review in Hexus is for 5760x1080 resolution. I think for a surround set up you may want to consider a SLI GTX 680 4gb and upgrade it once the next generation of GPUs are available.
 
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Omnirat

Silver Level Poster
I really appreciate all the help, it looks like I will be getting SLi and the 3930k OC to 4.6GHz, I might get another monitor too although I will have to find room for it all.
 
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Omnirat

Silver Level Poster
Thanks for the help again, seems SLi is better at higher resolutions so I will be getting SLi, just thinking whether I have missed anything.
 
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