Would like input on a System Build

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citizenhd

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Ok. So this system is a "Dream" system I want to build.

I'm putting it together and possibly buying soon on cyberpowerPC

1) I understand I could build myself and save some cash. I choose not to so the overclocking and software is set-up, tested, burned in, QC'd and under warranty. If any parts fail or don't work together properly the issues will be resolved beforehand. I understand I'm paying for that convenience.

2) I realize this system is overkill. However, that's the point. It obviously comes at a premium price but I'm past that.

I want a solid system for Audio processing/rendering/mixing. I maxed out the memory in hopes of getting RAM from the same batch and OC'd at the shop so it's tested as mentioned before.

I also want a solid gaming system for several years with room to grow.

My questions are as follows and feel free to post your suggestions. I just ask you don't call me an idiot for wanting such an overkill system. I want honest suggestions.

1)My main concerns are the power supply - if it's a good PSU

2)Also, the water cooling option I chose - is it compatible with the video cards I chose or is it actually cooling the PCIe block so the card type is not an issue. Pardon my stupidity if I don't fully understand what's going on with these. I've never had a water cooled system.

I did add in some lights and fans for good measure and hopefully it doesn't look too tacky.

I'm really concerned about the cooling of the system. Is water cooling worth it. What kind of care is needed. Do you have to refill often?

I've chosen the max OC (30%+) which is covered under warranty by cyberpower and Intel. What does this do to system life. Does it shorten it by years? It's covered under warranty but I don't wanna run it to death in a couple of years.

My main concerns with this system are speed, cooling, quiet and lack of bottleneck.

I've heard good things about the SSD's I chose.

Anyway, let me know what you think and any suggestions you might have.

I'm also planning on pairing this system with a 24" ASUS 144hz monitor


Current build:

CARE2: Cooler Master Thermal Fusion 400 Extreme Performance CPU - Thermal Compound Optimized for Thermal Dissipation

CAS: Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Gaming Case w/ Dual PSU Support, 3x HDD Hot Swap Bays, Front USB 3.0 & Side-Panel Window

CASUPGRADE: 12in Cold Cathode Neon Light

CD: LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, DVD+RW, 3D Playback Combo Drive

COOLANT: High-Performance Coolant powered by Koolance

CPU: Intel(R) Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition Six-Core 3.60 GHz 15MB Intel
Smart Cache LGA2011

CS_FAN: Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) (500-1,200 RPM T.B. Silence Black Color with Blue LED Twister Bearing 8-14 dBA)

FAN: CYBERPOWERPC Xtreme Hydro II 360mm Liquid Cooling w/ XSPC RayStorm CPU Block, Dual D5 Pump, AX360 Radiator, Ultimate Performance+Extreme Silence at 18dBA

FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

HDD: 250GB Samsung 840 EVO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 520MB/s Write

HDD2: 250GB Samsung 840 EVO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 520MB/s Write

IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports

KEYBOARD1:Cooler Master Storm Devastator Gaming
Keyboard & Mouse Combo

MEMORY: 64GB (8GBx8) DDR3/2133MHz Quad Channel Memor (Corsair
Vengeance)

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme EATX w/ ROG Connect, BT GO, OC Key,Intel GbLAN, 5 Gen3 PCIe x16, 1 PCIe x1

MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

NOISEREDUCE1: Sound Absorbing Foam on Side, Top And Bottom panels

NOISEREDUCE2: Power Supply Gasket

NOISEREDUCE3: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts

OS: Microsoft(R) Windows 7 Professional(64-bit Edition)

OVERCLOCK: Ultimate OC (Ultimate Overclock 30% or more)

POWERSUPPLY: 1,000 Watts - Corsair RM1000 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Fully
Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply

ASUS Xonar DGX 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCIe Sound Card

TUNING: Intel(R) Core i7-4960X Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card
(EVGA Superclocked Edition)

VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card
(EVGA Superclocked Edition)

WNC: 802.11b/g/n 300 Mbps Wireless Card + External 2.4G 5 Dbi
Omni-Directional Wireless Antenna
 
Overkill can be good. Corsair makes great PSU and the one you choose is more than enough. I won't comment on your CPU choice, since you already know its more than enough for gaming. A suggestion, add a large capacity HDD. Those two 256 GB SSD will fill up fast if you have a lot of games that you put on them plus the other programs that we are bound to use. In my build, if it isn't super important, I have it installed to the HDD instead of the SSD. Interestingly, I built mine two weeks ago and initially had two of the Samsung 840 EVO, but decided to remove one and put it in my son's CyberPowerPC built gaming machine.

Be prepared for the overkill comments he he. You should have heard my friends comments about my choice of motherboard. Lol Oh and I don't game.
 
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m3incorp said:
Overkill can be good. Corsair makes great PSU and the one you choose is more than enough. .....

Be prepared for the overkill comments he he. You should have heard my friends comments about my choice of motherboard. Lol Oh and I don't game.
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Incorrect. I have a similar system and i have a inline wattage meter on my desk (just for my system box). With 780Tis in SLI with watercooling etc, you will peak at over 980W at times when gaming (without the 580) - and i have less requirements. The 1kW Corsair is insufficient, especially with 2 x D5 pumps and the rest of the gear.

I only see a CPU waterblock, what GPU waterblocks are you thinking. On that note, a single 360mm rad is insufficient for two 780Tis and an overclocked high end i7. I would just watercool the CPU and leave the 780Tis as they're pretty good at keeping cool and quiet. If you want to watercool all of it, you'll need another 240mm rad at least.

If you're going to get an add-in wifi card, get 5GHz.

I would also make sure you get RAM that is on the motherboard supported list http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_EXTREME/#support

You may find you cannot put all those PCIe cards in the motherboard without congestion. WIht the two 780Tis, you'll be forced to use one in between the cards if you have 2 further requirements of PCIe lanes. Also note that alothough the CPU has 40 PCIe lanes native, by doing this you will force one of the PCIe 16x lanes for the GPU to run at 8x. This probablly wont make any difference but just so that you know.

If you plan in the future of running higher than 3K, then you will need more than 3GB VRAM. Look to the R9 290x in this case.

Id get Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound instead.

But either way, your PSU is insufficient. Look to the AX1200i or similar as a minimum.
 
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Thanks for the tips on the PSU. I was afraid of that. I've been looking at the ax1200i but didn't think I would need all of that for the processor/cooler, gpu, ram and 2 drives.

I also wonder--is there no configuration that will allow PCIe 16x to be used with both gpu cards. If not how negatively will that affect gaming/fps

I took a look at the supported RAM for the motherboard and don't see my exact model listed. I'm guessing that's a bust too. However, doesn't look like it supports many 64 GB configurations with many vendors at all. The board does support 64 GB though.

The arctic silver wasn't an option.

I could do without the PCI wireless card and even the audio card honestly if that would free up a config to get 16x out of my slots for the GPU's if totally necessary.

Not sure what you mean when you say if I plan on running higher than 3k unless you mean resolution? I'm new to all the resolutions and such so not clear on what you mean exactly.

Anyway, thank you very much for the feedback
 
Happy to help.

First bit regarding PSU, yeah, you'll need more than 1kW quality to be on the safe side.

As soon as you put something in a 3rd PCIe16 slot on that board it will drop the second slot to 8x so if you can avoid it do so - particularly when the board has good sound already, and if you don't need wireless then dont. Given that, you probably wont see any bottling of the GPUs even at 8x PCIe 3.0.

3K resolution is 5760 x 1080 (3 x 1080p monitors). At that resolution - something you should have with this rig otherwise its wasted - 3GB VRAM is almost maxed with BF4 Ultra so in future, 4GB is the ideal. If you plan on staying with 1080p, then fine, but really, you're massively overkilling it for 1080p.
 
Well I won't have 3 monitors but I'll have an ASUS 144hz monitor. Not really clear on resolutions. Won't be getting a 4k monitor any time soon if that's what you mean. Not at the current price point.

Anyway, I would rather build the system myself if I weren't so scared of screwing something up. I'm an IT Network guy and I'm fully capable of setting the system up. I've just never set up water cooling or overclocking and I really don't want to void warranties on high dollar components on a first time build like this. Bend a damn socket pin or something stupid ya know.

I'm really interested in the ASUS Black edition board and SanDisk SSD's. Read an article on a build with that and the ASUS Mars cards and GSkill RAM

I think the 780 Ti's Superclocked are a tiny bit better but the GSkill RAM in the article matched with the board very well because it used XMP which the GSkill ripjaws support. The XMP is basically Extreme Memory Profile which has presets for the overclocking of the memory that the motherboard can utilize as long as XMP is enabled. If I read right.

Unfortunately, cyberpower doesn't offer the board or the SSD's and like I mentioned I'm concerned about voiding warranties if I do it myself.

Anyhow, thanks for the help.
 
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