How beast is this ? :D Planning to build my 1st Rig. $2000+

[Nazmi07]

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29/5/2013 price on Amazon.

PC Rig's colour : Blue,Black (*NightWing's Rig xD)

Intel Core i5 3570k - $223.35 / RM687.92
Intel DZ77GA-70K - $179.99 / RM554.37
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit OEM - $90.91 / RM280.00
SilverStone PS06B-W - $108.86 / RM335.29
Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X - $459.99 / RM1416.77
SilverStone Strider Gold 850w - $163.99 / RM505.09
Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600 2x4gb - $62.99 / RM194.01
OCZ Vector 128GB - $ 147.86 / RM455.41
SeaGate Barracuda 2TB - $98.78 / RM304.24
Corsair H100i - $103.99 / RM320.29
SilverStone AP121 - $14.99 / RM46.17
SilverStone AP123 - $17.99 / RM55.41
Enermax T.B. Silence - $11.29 / RM34.77
Noctua NF-F12 PWM - $20.25 / RM62.37
Noctua NF-F12 PWM - $20.25 / RM62.37
Asus BluRay BW-12B1ST - $56.23 / RM173.19
SilverStone FP35 Card Reader - $33.99 / RM104.69
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D - $69.99 / RM215.57
SteelSeries Apex RAW - $62.99 / RM194.01
Roccat Kova - $48.70 / RM150
SteelSeries QcK (Sudden Attack) - $23.00 / RM70.84
ArtiClean 60ml kit - $7.63 / RM23.50
SilverStone Fan Filter FF123B - $5.45 / RM16.79

Total = $2027.92 / Rm6246.28 (Google's currency)
Price may go higher if i buy Monitor or misc. items ~
*Oh ya.. i'm from Malaysia


Why i choose these components :

- i5 3570k just lower than i7 performance , its a great CPU ~
- DZ77GA-70K Motherboard.. i want it just because of the "Skull Extreme" chipset's heatsink 😀 .. very unique ;p
- Win7 64Bit OEM , just for 1 PC ~
- PS06 just the best case i saw ..sleek & good-looking design.. not like any other Cases, its look like robotic to me..
-Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X , want it because the Sapphire Vapor-X GPU cover.. its look damn nice to me, also the GPU cover just the same like 7950 Vapor-X .. but the performance is low :/
- 850 watt ,80 Plus Gold & FULL modular.. i want this Strider Gold just because to match my Rig's colour scheme and 850w for future CrossFire/SLI .
- the HyperX , Blue coloured RAM 😀 matching the Rig's colour, take Genesis because its better from the "Blu" version ..
- OCZ Vector , yes.. for booting & game loading (i know we boot PC just 1-2 times a day) .. And yet the blue SSD colour 😛 ..
- 2TB HDD , good storage capacity
- Corsair H100i , i've heard its the best ? well, just take it.
- AP121 , Air Penetrator.. wanna put infront intake of my casing.
- AP123, Silence when mounting/attach to grill .. gonna put it under the case with PSU
- Enermax TB Silence, well, its look demmm niceeee.. install on top-behind case..
- Noctua fans, replace on Corsair H100i's stock fan
- DVD/BluRay ~ just want to have the Optical Drive on my rig ~
- Card reader ? yeah, need that.. i does own COOLPIX P90 from Nikon 😛
- Sound Card ? yeap, for future .. main speaker , Edifier *blue coloured sound card ;D
- Apex RAW .. damn, nice & sleek design .. just nice
- Kova ? why not Kova [+] ? i've having problem with my Mamba, the rubberized coating is peels off from the mouse .. now the click button almost turn to shiny plastic .. lol .. the Kova is Plastic surface ~ i've tried use this mouse on some game event .. its really fits me well
- I've heard QcK mouse mat is very good .. so i pick & take the Sudden Attack edition .. coz i'm a retired player from Sudden Attack,3 years of playing man.. its a great game.. Got STAR ranked in SASEA *Now i become noob in that game =,=
- ArtiClean ? i guess i need that just in case ;p
- Fan Filter ? try mounting on the optional fan slot , with the Enermax TB Silence

Well, thats all .. if anything you guys would suggest for greater price or performance.. just comment ;D

THANKS !

 

[___]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

 

[GMPoisoN]

No because getting a PSU which is too big is not so good ¨^^^^. Get what you need 😉.

Yup! I just got my Sapphire 7970 Vapor X 3 GB and my Corsair HX 650. When I decide to upgrade, it will probably be in a year or so, and I will be buying a new gpu, psu, and monitor.

Wow, where did you bought it ? & How much $ ?

$400, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001, 4 free games

Kind of sucks because I bought mine 3 weeks ago, and it only had 3 games and it was $420.

 

[Fulgurant]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

In a word? Stuttering. In a couple of words -- frame latency.

The following links, in no particular order, will give you an overview:

http://techreport.com/review/21516/inside-the-second-a-new-look-at-game-benchmarking
http://techreport.com/blog/24415/as-the-second-turns-frame-captures-crossfire-and-more
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-benchmarking-frame-rate,3466.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7990-6GB-Review-Malta-Gets-Frame-Rated
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Dissected-Full-Details-Capture-based-Graphics-Performance-Testin

EDIT: None of the above means that Crossfire is borked forever, though. AMD has already committed to fixing the micro-stutter problem, and they've already made some progress on that front, at least in certain games. But for the moment, I personally wouldn't recommend that anyone buy a Crossfire rig. YMMV.

EDIT #2: Then again, I've always been partial to single-card configurations anyway. You really don't need more than a single card unless you have extraordinarily high performance standards.

 

[Nazmi07]

No because getting a PSU which is too big is not so good ¨^^^^. Get what you need 😉.

Yup! I just got my Sapphire 7970 Vapor X 3 GB and my Corsair HX 650. When I decide to upgrade, it will probably be in a year or so, and I will be buying a new gpu, psu, and monitor.

Wow, where did you bought it ? & How much $ ?

$400, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202001, 4 free games

Kind of sucks because I bought mine 3 weeks ago, and it only had 3 games and it was $420.

Can newegg ship to Malaysia ? i guess not :/

 

[X79]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

Costs more.

Requires more power.

Creates more heat.

Makes you more dependent on good manufacturer driver support to play games right.

Micro-stuttering.

Not all games support CF/SLI.

Frame-latency (even though you might have 60, that won't matter if it takes a few seconds to deliver each frame).

Those are some of the disadvantages of CF and SLI.

 

[GMPoisoN]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

Costs more.

Requires more power.

Creates more heat.

Makes you more dependent on good manufacturer driver support to play games right.

Micro-stuttering.

Not all games support CF/SLI.

Frame-latency (even though you might have 60, that won't matter if it takes a few seconds to deliver each frame).

Those are some of the disadvantages of CF and SLI.

Pretty much. 7970 Vapor X GHz if you haves non rediculous amount to spend, and IMO, 7990 if you can drop 1100, lol

 

[X79]

7990 not worth it. Seen the frame latency on that thing?

Then again, if you sell all 8 games, maybe it is worth it.

Just remember your huge case.

 

[Nazmi07]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

Costs more.

Requires more power.

Creates more heat.

Makes you more dependent on good manufacturer driver support to play games right.

Micro-stuttering.

Not all games support CF/SLI.

Frame-latency (even though you might have 60, that won't matter if it takes a few seconds to deliver each frame).

Those are some of the disadvantages of CF and SLI.

Pretty much. 7970 Vapor X GHz if you haves non rediculous amount to spend, and IMO, 7990 if you can drop 1100, lol

7990 not worth it. Seen the frame latency on that thing?

Then again, if you sell all 8 games, maybe it is worth it.

Just remember your huge case.

For me, i dont care much about performance ..
Like the 7970 & 7950 VaporX 's cover design are just the same ...
I want these GPU just bcoz of the cover , looks damn sexy to me .. i should get the 7970 rather than the 7950 for more performance .. lol .. if the 7990 are just the same , i would get that too ;3

i'm the person that "Style come first" hehehh ~

 

[GMPoisoN]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

Costs more.

Requires more power.

Creates more heat.

Makes you more dependent on good manufacturer driver support to play games right.

Micro-stuttering.

Not all games support CF/SLI.

Frame-latency (even though you might have 60, that won't matter if it takes a few seconds to deliver each frame).

Those are some of the disadvantages of CF and SLI.

Pretty much. 7970 Vapor X GHz if you haves non rediculous amount to spend, and IMO, 7990 if you can drop 1100, lol

7990 not worth it. Seen the frame latency on that thing?

Then again, if you sell all 8 games, maybe it is worth it.

Just remember your huge case.

For me, i dont care much about performance ..
Like the 7970 & 7950 VaporX 's cover design are just the same ...
I want these GPU just bcoz of the cover , looks damn sexy to me .. i should get the 7970 rather than the 7950 for more performance .. lol .. if the 7990 are just the same , i would get that too ;3

i'm the person that "Style come first" hehehh ~

Well the 7990 Devil 13 is VERY sexy, but if you don't have the money, or good enough monitor to be able to use its potential, no real reason for anything more than the 7970. No need in spending triple the money for something you cannot fully use, IMO, unless you have the cash to blow.

 

[X79]

Even if you did have the cash to blow, it's usually stupid to spend on such cards.

The 7970 is the best GPU for the money at that 400$ + price bracket.

You can also get the Ghz Edition.

 

[Nazmi07]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

Costs more.

Requires more power.

Creates more heat.

Makes you more dependent on good manufacturer driver support to play games right.

Micro-stuttering.

Not all games support CF/SLI.

Frame-latency (even though you might have 60, that won't matter if it takes a few seconds to deliver each frame).

Those are some of the disadvantages of CF and SLI.

Pretty much. 7970 Vapor X GHz if you haves non rediculous amount to spend, and IMO, 7990 if you can drop 1100, lol

7990 not worth it. Seen the frame latency on that thing?

Then again, if you sell all 8 games, maybe it is worth it.

Just remember your huge case.

For me, i dont care much about performance ..
Like the 7970 & 7950 VaporX 's cover design are just the same ...
I want these GPU just bcoz of the cover , looks damn sexy to me .. i should get the 7970 rather than the 7950 for more performance .. lol .. if the 7990 are just the same , i would get that too ;3

i'm the person that "Style come first" hehehh ~

Well the 7990 Devil 13 is VERY sexy, but if you don't have the money, or good enough monitor to be able to use its potential, no real reason for anything more than the 7970. No need in spending triple the money for something you cannot fully use, IMO, unless you have the cash to blow.

Nope, 1st impression i was like , nahhh ~ red much ~ haha

 

[GMPoisoN]

Crossfire is bad

I think it would be better to say "it has its disadvantages".

...No one said anything about disadvantages when I asked, dang, I was thinking i had a finalised build with 3 HD7970's
Care to elaborate on the issues?

Costs more.

Requires more power.

Creates more heat.

Makes you more dependent on good manufacturer driver support to play games right.

Micro-stuttering.

Not all games support CF/SLI.

Frame-latency (even though you might have 60, that won't matter if it takes a few seconds to deliver each frame).

Those are some of the disadvantages of CF and SLI.

Pretty much. 7970 Vapor X GHz if you haves non rediculous amount to spend, and IMO, 7990 if you can drop 1100, lol

7990 not worth it. Seen the frame latency on that thing?

Then again, if you sell all 8 games, maybe it is worth it.

Just remember your huge case.

For me, i dont care much about performance ..
Like the 7970 & 7950 VaporX 's cover design are just the same ...
I want these GPU just bcoz of the cover , looks damn sexy to me .. i should get the 7970 rather than the 7950 for more performance .. lol .. if the 7990 are just the same , i would get that too ;3

i'm the person that "Style come first" hehehh ~

Well the 7990 Devil 13 is VERY sexy, but if you don't have the money, or good enough monitor to be able to use its potential, no real reason for anything more than the 7970. No need in spending triple the money for something you cannot fully use, IMO, unless you have the cash to blow.

Nope, 1st impression i was like , nahhh ~ red much ~ haha

True, true, Im more about that uv blue coolant and uv LEDs 😉

 

[Nazmi07]

My gaming rig's colour follow the SilverStone PS06 Blue/Black colour ...
Matching my case's colour

 

[Nazmi07]

1. Cooler Master SL600M
4. Ryzen 7 1700x
8. NZXT Z53
2. Sapphire HD 7970 3gb Vapor-X
5. AsRock B450 Steel Legend
6. RAM Adata Xpg D50 16GB
7. SSD Samsung 970 PRO 512gb
3. Seasonic Focus+ Gx750w
9. AOC AGON 32" curved

building right now 🤣

 

[Colif]

start a new thread if you want input as no one apart from people in this thread will help.
And since thread is 8 years old, none of them will get any notifications as the forum software has changed.
So you be all by yourself.

So start again

nvm, i see you have, Closing for similar reasons as above, its an old thread.