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[davisch1]

Looking for help with a possible eyefinity setup. Usually know a lot about computers and things of this nature but ive been out of the building game now for a while. Looking to put an eyefinity ready setup togethor with a couple of tv's possibly. Any recommended video cards/cpu's/motherboards/specs that would work well with eyefinity and give me good performance.

 

[lunyone]

What is your budget?

 

[davisch1]

No budget. Will be building it over a few months so money isn't an issue.

 

[davisch1]

And it couldnt hurt to possibly be liquid cooled. Not sure if thats a possibility or not.

 

[lunyone]

Something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($154.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($249.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.64 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($402.38 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($402.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1776.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-28 20:11 EDT-0400)

 

[boredmug]

MAKE SURE you get a motherboard that will run your PCI-E lanes at atleast x8x8 or even better X16x16. x16x4 sucks monkey balls. I didn't know much about crossfire and listened to the sales rep with i bought my first motherboard because it was crossfire compatible and the sales guy said it was good. I started with one hd7950 and eventually added another. With x16x4 it barely added any performance. I had to buy a new motherboard to actually take advantage of both cards. Also, realize your main card is gunna get pretty hot. My CPU is liquid cooled, but my pc still pumps out a good amount of heat when playing graphic intense games.

 

[davisch1]

@boredmug-how did you liquid cool your setup?
How much extra did it cost you?

 

[boredmug]

I'm only liquid cooling my CPU. Just using a Corsair H70 closed loop system i bought used off craigslist. lol. Keeps the CPU cool at 4.5ghz. I'd love to liquid cool the gpu's, but i don't want to spend that kind of money.

 

[davisch1]

I'd love to have a liquid cooled setup. I've beard nothing but good about liquid and its reliability.