A new build, need advice, SLi 680 or Single 690?

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Omnirat

Silver Level Poster
What sort of score would this achieve on 3Dsmark11, I have seen ones on the hall of fame on their site with a similar setup reaching around 33k score overall.


Case
ANTEC QUIET COMPUTING™ PERFORMANCE P280 CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Six Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz @ max 4.6GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE IV EXTREME: INTEL X79, SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
480GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB VELOCIRAPTOR WD1000DHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
3TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD30EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200i DIGITAL MODULAR PSU (£235)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II C240 DUAL RAD LIQUID CPU COOLER (Special Offer) (£69)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (£119) *SPECIAL*
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 Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £3,263.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Omnirat said:
I need a build I can score very high on 3DMark11 like these for example http://www.3dmark.com/hall-of-fame/

I am trying to build a PC that can get close to those and still be good for gaming.
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A build to get high scores on 3Dmark11? i7-3960x overclocked + 2x GTX 690. SLI gtx 680 should perform better gaming wise and in 3dmark11 compare to a single gtx 690. Some of the scores available online may be influenced by overclocked gpus.
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
I'm sorry, but you want to spend that kinda of money, just to get a high score on 3d mark?

1 - Get a better case lol, :)
 
Frank100

Frank100

Rising Star
Hi,

The GTX680 generally has higher clock speeds than the 690, so 2x680s should be a bit quicker than a 690.

I don't know if the supplies of 690s have now improved but not so long ago they weren't always readily available. I think 680s make better financial sense at the moment.

You're spending a fair bit on a 480GB SSD. Do you need one this big? Dropping back a bit here gives you money to spend elsewhere.
 
Grinder

Grinder

Enthusiast
You need a team of specialist with nitrogen cooling and a pc that will just about last long enough to run through the test to get close to those scores.

Why would you want a f1 car to do a job that a Ferrari will do very nicely ?.
 
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Omnirat

Silver Level Poster
You're right, sorry I was sorting of using 3DMark11 as a reference, anyway what would be better, I will be gaming on 2 24 inch monitors but most using one for the actual game and the other for browsing.

So for that would SLi 680's be better or a single 690?
 
Grinder

Grinder

Enthusiast
If you want a good gaming rig that's real value for money you only need an i5 with a single 670 and it will max out any game on a single 24" monitor while you use the other one for browsing.

If your worried about future proofing then another 670 Sli will be almost as fast as a 690 for a lot less money.

You won't notice any difference between to two set ups except in your wallet .
 
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