Brutal gaming spec?

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Omnirat

Silver Level Poster
Here is a spec I made, what you think it will be like in terms of FPS in BF3 etc?

Also should I get 2 690s or the 3 680s.


Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Xeon® 8-Core E5-2687W (3.1 GHz, 8.00 GT/s, 20M L3 Cache)

Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE IV EXTREME: INTEL X79, SOCKET 2011, R.O.G

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 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

3rd Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB (Special Offer)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£206)

Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA2011 STANDARD CPU COOLER

Fan Controller
AeroCool Touch 2000 LCD Touch Screen 4 Fan Controller + 2 x Front USB

Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (£179)

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

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)

2nd Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
2 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£15)

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
 
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harfle

Active member
well the 2x 690's will have more airflow(as another user suggested) to me that 3 cards will obv. increase card temp. I believe 2x Gtx 680 = 1 x 690, so mathematically 2x 690 is equal to 4x 680's, but really if I was you i'd just get a single 690 for now, and you can buy another 690 at a later date when games become more demanding. a single 690 will get you probably 80-120 fps in Bf i'd say from videos i've seen. ( on a single monitor )

as for the xeon 8 core, its really unneccessary to get it, a quad core i-7 is even to much if your solely using it for gaming, from what i've been told the 3rd gen, i-5 is almost exactly same as the i-7.

also upgrade to the silver warranty 5 pounds extra. and the 1600mhz is probably sufficient for 8gb of ram, I was told past 1600mhz, the ram can be slightly less stable

thats just what i've been told, but for games anyone will be able to tell you a single 690 will suffice for games now:)

and caviar black 1tb/2tb is faster than the green version. but that's entirely your choice.
 
baron75mk2

baron75mk2

Banned
go for the two 680s & get rid of the processor for an i5 processor , you will hit the 200fps cap limit with battlefield 3 as i did
(only in a benchmarking situation with no v-sync) , two gtx 680s are in fact more powerful than 1 x gtx 690 as the gtx 690 is two 680s but down-clocked , i wouldn't go with the tri or quad options as scaling just gets worse after the two card mark ( at a push i might get 2 GTX690s) , but you really wont need more than one of these & two 4gig gtx 680s will be all over any game like a cheap suit.
( unless its a poorly coded pile of pants like AC revelations or GTa 4 for example)

you could also consider GTX 670s SLI they are nearly as good as Gtx 680 cards are but cheaper , but im not sure you can get a 4 gb version of them.

I would also go for a better cooler for the processor , something like the titan fenrir ( just because it keeps the i5 so cool really) :yes:
 
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