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Crapattack

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Hi, i'm looking to get a new PC mainly for gaming i have a pretty big budget. These are the specs I've picked but I'm really torn on the GPU side of things, Not sure whether to get a GTX Titan, or the two 680's. I've heard you can get more out of the two 680's for a cheaper price than buying 1 gtx titan which costs more and will have less performance. Advise is kinda needed and more than welcome!


Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W PRO SERIES™ HX850-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£139)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£89)
Extra Case Fans
1 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£5)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1
 
keynes

keynes

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Crapattack said:
I have 1 screen at the moment but i am going to be buying a 2nd monitor sometime soon.
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If you are planning to use 1 or 2 monitors I would suggest the gtx 680 2gb in SLI and to upgrade the warranty. Overclocking is not really needed for gaming and 8 gb memory is plenty.
 
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Brockwinch

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Upgrade you warranty to silver for 5£ and I don't know if you've seen the corsair graphite gaming case, it's awesome with great reviews, maybe worth looking into with your sizeable budget. :)

Didn't see Keynes post
 
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Crapattack

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I may also be using this to possibly stream my gaming also would the two 2gb 680's be ok for this? Also thats a really nice case brockwinch is the mesh on the side replaceable with the clear side window?
:edit: just noticed how much i use the word also. <.
 
keynes

keynes

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I may also be using this to possibly stream my gaming also would the two 2gb 680's be ok for this?
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If you are gaming in 1 monitor, the gtx 680 2gb should outperform the 4gb version.
 
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Brockwinch

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It has a side window :) but also comes with mesh if you want to change around.

Here's its spec:

Twin 200mm cooling fans with white LEDs for excellent cooling
Dimension 20" (H) x 23.3" (L) x 10.4" (W) - (507mm x 592mm x 265mm)
Support ATX, mATX
Expansion Slots: 8
Drive Bays (x4) 5.25", (x6) 3.5"/2.5" Drive Caddies
Cooling (x2) 200mm Fans w/White LEDs, (x1) 120mm Fan
Side panel with cutout for window AND mesh with room for four 120mm fans — both included!
Eight expansion slots provides you flexibility for multiple graphics card solutions
Unique cable routing holes guarantees you a clean and clutter-free installation
Integrated fan controller, for up to four fans, gives you the choice of noise vs. performance
Tool-free optical drive installation makes building your system faster than ever
CPU backplate cutout makes upgrading your CPU heatsink easy2.5” and 3.5” hard drive compatibility for up to 6 drives — straight out of the box!
Two year warranty

The knob on the top is the fan controller, genius !

And no I don't work for them :)
 
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keynes

keynes

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As far as I know PCS uses the palit jetstream 4gb , a single gtx 680 2gb will outperform the gtx 680 4gb in 1 monitor.
 
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lee50_10

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keynes said:
As far as I know PCS uses the palit jetstream 4gb , a single gtx 680 2gb will outperform the gtx 680 4gb in 1 monitor.
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Ok thanks good to know so is the 2GB a different brand? Also how come the 2gb will outperform the 4GB on 1 monitor?
 
keynes

keynes

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lee50_10 said:
Ok thanks good to know so is the 2GB a different brand? Also how come the 2gb will outperform the 4GB on 1 monitor?
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Most gtx 680s (from previous threads) are palit, the 4gb version does not come pre-overclocked as the 2gb version. At higher resolutions the 4gb version should beat the 2gb version.
 
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lee50_10

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keynes said:
Most gtx 680s (from previous threads) are palit, the 4gb version does not come pre-overclocked as the 2gb version. At higher resolutions the 4gb version should beat the 2gb version.
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ok so at 1920×1080 on a single monitor the 2Gb is better?
 
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vanthus

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lee50_10 said:
ok so at 1920×1080 on a single monitor the 2Gb is better?
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If using one monitor at 1920×1080 even 1GB of V-RAM would be plenty,
The amount of Video RAM on a graphics card does not directly reflect speed or performance. There are plenty of low-end slow cards with 1GB or 2GB of on board RAM, and they are no faster than 512MB versions of the same card.In general, more video RAM allows cards to display at higher resolutions without suffering a performance slowdown.
So if planning on using really high resolutions or multiple monitors the more video ram the better.
 
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