290x x2 with triple rad x3 custom loop or two 780s

[Guest]

Trying to figure out which ones to go for, I bought a 1440p monitor and it just destroys my gtx 700 2gb. So I'm buying another rad for my system as well as some new video cards and I'll just be selling the 770 which I can send in for an rma so I can sell it new on ebay. Sorry this is also a double triple rad system. Not 3 triple rads.

 

[i7Baby]

Which ones of what?

Post your complete and detailed build - every component by make and model plus OS and monitor(s)

 

[BlankInsanity]

I'm sorry what?

 

[Guest]

I have a 4930k, an evga 1300w power supply, 2 EK 360mm rads, and a phobya reservoir. The case is a phantek enthoo primo modded, the ram is corsair vengeance pro, 16 gigs. I wanted to know if I should get the two of the gtx 780's non ti for sli or two r9 290x cards for crossfire. I'll need to buy water blocks either way, so I'm more worried about the power delivery, and the warranty more than anything.

 

[dorky1]

The 780's should generate less heat if you care about that.

 

[BlankInsanity]

def the 780s, they're alot more effecient in terms of TDP than the R9 290X, this means you can OC the cards higher than the 290Xs. your PSU will do the job fine.

P.S that's alot of fans.. I hope it's not push/pull for both rads

 

[Guest]

Whenever I do a front rad I do push pull but the top rad is pull. The fans are all noctua nf-f12s. I had to order 9 of them sadly for my build and it was $180 on amazon just for stupid fans.

 

[i7Baby]

I would recommend against that unless you're really into building pc's. If you were, then I'd expect you to be able to post your whole build including the motherboard.

So I'd recommend sticking to custom cooled graphics cards eh Asus GTX 780's.

The i7 4930k won't have to be overclocked to run them anyway. So I'd recommend you just get a good Noctua Air Cooler for it eg the LGA2011 version.

Is this for gaming?

Have you bought all these components yet?

 

[BlankInsanity]

Whenever I do a front rad I do push pull but the top rad is pull. The fans are all noctua nf-f12s. I had to order 9 of them sadly for my build and it was $180 on amazon just for stupid fans.

I would recommend against that unless you're really into building pc's. If you were, then I'd expect you to be able to post your whole build including the motherboard.

So I'd recommend sticking to custom cooled graphics cards eh Asus GTX 780's.

The i7 4930k won't have to be overclocked to run them anyway. So I'd recommend you just get a good Noctua Air Cooler for it eg the LGA2011 version.

Is this for gaming?

Have you bought all these components yet?

By the looks of it he's bought everything but the cards. Also from his comment I semi-think he knows what he's doing. the CPU seems overkill tbh. Also if he's making a loop might as well add the CPU to it rather than buy an air cooler.

 

[Guest]

I do a lot of video editing so that is why I have the 4930k. I also do a lot of work for my company that does a lot of enterprise security stuff and the program that I wrote benefits from more cores and the program that I wrote works best with little endian. I already bought everything else but the video cards and the blocks for them. Plus having an ugly air cooler in the middle of a custom loop build would just look ugly.