Finally pulled the trigger...

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KR33PY

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Case CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 650D GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-3770k CPU Quad Core 3.50GHz OC @ max. 4.6GHz
Motherboard ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz 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 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£46)
Power Supply CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£158)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO II C240 DUAL RADIATOR LIQUID CPU COOLER (£99)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Peripherals Ordered from Overclockers.co.uk

Monitor Samsung S27A950D 27" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor (£499.99)
Keyboard Qpad MK-85 LED Pro Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (£129.95)
Mouse Razer Mamba 2012 4G 6400 DPI Wireless Mouse (£114.98)
Headset Sennheiser PC 333D 7.1 Gaming USB Surround Sound Headset (£99.98)

Total (£3046.90)
 
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LiamRedmond

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KR33PY said:
Case CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 650D GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2700k Quad Core(3.50GHz @ max 5.00GHz)
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Motherboard ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz 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 240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£46)
Power Supply CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO II C240 DUAL RADIATOR LIQUID CPU COOLER (£99)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Peripherals Ordered from Overclockers.co.uk

Monitor Samsung S27A950D 27" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor (£499.99)
Keyboard Qpad MK-85 LED Pro Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (£129.95)
Mouse Razer Mamba 2012 4G 6400 DPI Wireless Mouse (£114.98)
Headset Sennheiser PC 333D 7.1 Gaming USB Surround Sound Headset (£99.98)

Total (£3046.90)
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daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum @ monitor
 
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KR33PY

Active member
Raptor said:
Why didn't you went for ivy bridge as they would perform better with the graphics card?
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Overclocked 2700k runs faster and a lot cooler, only real difference in ivy bridge is the integrated graphics. If I wasn't choosing them OC'd I would have went with Ivy Bridge.
 
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Azureon

Member
sweet jesus thats an epic spec. You gonna post some pics when it arrives?
PS Let us know some benchmarks with that badass GPU ;)
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
i'd get ivy, as it offers pci 3.0, that the 690 needs to run at 100%, on that rig (due to 2700k not supporting pci 3.0) you would only get pci 2.0 speeds, so would cause a bottleneck for the gpu.

overclocking doesnt really offer much for gaming anyway.
 
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Raptor

Enthusiast
KR33PY said:
Overclocked 2700k runs faster and a lot cooler, only real difference in ivy bridge is the integrated graphics. If I wasn't choosing them OC'd I would have went with Ivy Bridge.
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and the fact ivy bridge supports PCI 3.0 which is better for the new graphics cards

Also read tom_gr and what he said..
 
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KR33PY

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tom_gr7 said:
i'd get ivy, as it offers pci 3.0, that the 690 needs to run at 100%, on that rig (due to 2700k not supporting pci 3.0) you would only get pci 2.0 speeds, so would cause a bottleneck for the gpu.

overclocking doesnt really offer much for gaming anyway.
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Thank you! I made the change to the 3770k OC'd
 
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KR33PY

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Just an update, it's in it's 9th day of pre-production and the rep I just spoke to has no idea when they'll get gtx 690's in. I asked about the gtx 680's as I would have swapped for two of these but also didn't know when they were going to get these either :(

Sucks having nearly £1000 of peripherals to look at and nothing to plug them into.
 
Maestro

Maestro

Guest
do you know who you talked to. We have plenty of gtx 680's in. Gtx 690 on the other hand are nowhere to be seen. I check other sites such as ebuyer, scan regularly and they dont have any either.
 
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KR33PY

Active member
Yes Maestro his name was Darren. Sorry I cant remember his surname.

Overclockers did have a few 690s a few days ago but they've got none now either. The reason I asked about the 680's as I would be willing to swap for two of them. As the 690's seem to be a myth.
 
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KR33PY

Active member
Don't know if it makes a difference or not but scan currently does have some MSI GTX 690's for sale.
 
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Maestro

Maestro

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No it wouldnt im afraid. Cards are coming into the uk, albeit very small quantities, and companies such as these are getting one or two. But it will literally be one or two. Nowhere near enough are coming in to satisfy demand. If you wish you can oder one of these cards and send it to us.
 
Maestro

Maestro

Guest
if you called up the refund on the gtx 690 would be actioned straight away, but it would take a couple of days to appear back in your bank
 
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