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06-12-2011, 04:14 PM
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#26 | | Total victory requires total destruction
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Originally Posted by Donut  If you want mutli-GPU setup, you dont need a 1kW PSU. The AX850 is alot even for 2 cards.
And your H70 has pretty much no impact on how well your cards are cooled. I'd say when you get your 600T, switch to the mesh side panel pictures and position a fan or two where the GPU fan intakes are since they will effectivly be obstructed once you install the cards so close to each other.  | Is this your set up?
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06-12-2011, 04:44 PM
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#27 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Nope. I just googled for the pic.
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06-12-2011, 04:48 PM
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Power - Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850 CMPSU-850AX 850W ATX Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold Power Supply
Mobo - Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 ATX LGA1155 Z68 DDR3 4PCI -E16 1PCI-E1 2PCI SLI SATA3 USB 3.0 MB
Case - Corsair Graphite Series 600T Special Edition White Mid-Tower Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT
Cooling - Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H70 High Performance CPU Cooler System AM3
CPU - Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB
Storage HD - Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA3 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive OEM
Opti - LG CH12LS28 12X Blu-Ray Reader & Lightscribe DVD Writer Sata Combo Drive
Ram - Corsair XMS3 DOMINATOR-GT 2X2GB DDR3-2133 CL9-10-9-27 Core i5 i7 Dual Channel Memory Kit W/ Fan
Video - XFX Radeon HD 6950 XXX 830MHZ 2GB 5.2GHZ DDR5 PCI-E 2XDVI HDMI 2XMINI DisplayPort Fansink Video Card
Boom so this is the order then.
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06-12-2011, 04:52 PM
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#29 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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You gonna do any price matches?
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06-12-2011, 04:54 PM
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I searched around got maybe a total of $110 in price matches, rebates and one open box item. Surprisingly usually Newegg.ca has cheaper items, but this time around NCIX has been really good with their prices. All in all got everything for $1700 shipped. HST sucks dick.
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06-12-2011, 05:03 PM
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#31 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Nice. post the rig up when its all built!
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06-12-2011, 07:42 PM
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#32 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by Donut ^^^ This. As long as the mobo's features suit your needs, youre good to go. | Speaking of that... picked up the mobo today. And the ASUS 560 Ti DirectCUII for $223 minus $20 rebate. I'm thinking SLI 560Ti now.
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06-13-2011, 07:27 PM
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So everything shipped EXCEPT the freaking motherboard 
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06-13-2011, 07:49 PM
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FFFFF
Were they out of stock? What happened to it?
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06-13-2011, 08:19 PM
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Apparenty its a special order item so its about a 2-3 buisness day wait. I hate when they don't mention that!
Sucks that its the mobo too, kinda holds be back when i get everything lol.
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06-13-2011, 08:45 PM
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Damn that sucks. But the smell of newly opened hardware should keep you sane during the wait, haha
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06-13-2011, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by roastpuff Speaking of that... picked up the mobo today. And the ASUS 560 Ti DirectCUII for $223 minus $20 rebate. I'm thinking SLI 560Ti now. | hook up the deal on the 560? ahahha
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06-13-2011, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by kchan hook up the deal on the 560? ahahha | +1
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06-13-2011, 10:00 PM
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#39 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Originally Posted by kchan hook up the deal on the 560? ahahha | Quote:
Originally Posted by strykn +1 | BestDirect.ca: http://bestdirect.ca/products/?sku=2...=asus%20direct
Go to Memory Express and then price beat with their 5% price beat offer. Add $20 rebate for extra win.
$234.79 x 0.95 = 223.05 + tax then minus $20 = $229.81
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06-14-2011, 06:48 PM
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Ok so the Mobo shipped today, so I'll hopefully get it tomorrow.
I ordered 2 OCZ Agility 3's one for the OS and one for the 2TB HD I bought since the Z68 incorporates the new intel SRT tech. If it isn't a noticeable speed diffrence then I'll run the ssd's in raid. I can't believe how quick the 2TB hd's are w/ sata3.
Also ordered a active display port dongle since I guess in order to run three monitors, 2 run directly off the card (dvi) while the third has to have a active mini display port to dvi dongle.
So all in all should have everything all together on friday :O 
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06-14-2011, 08:46 PM
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06-14-2011, 09:07 PM
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06-15-2011, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Valour It may seem like peanuts to you, but you know what else is the size of a peanut? your anus. and when somebody wants to fuck u up your anus, I shall fight.
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06-15-2011, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Geby Ok so the Mobo shipped today, so I'll hopefully get it tomorrow.
I ordered 2 OCZ Agility 3's one for the OS and one for the 2TB HD I bought since the Z68 incorporates the new intel SRT tech. If it isn't a noticeable speed diffrence then I'll run the ssd's in raid. I can't believe how quick the 2TB hd's are w/ sata3.
Also ordered a active display port dongle since I guess in order to run three monitors, 2 run directly off the card (dvi) while the third has to have a active mini display port to dvi dongle.
So all in all should have everything all together on friday :O | Shouldnt need an active display port cz i spot that you have an XFX 6870 ? But either way, the Radeon cards have Eyefinity so you can run 3 monitors out the box (unlike Nvidia where you need SLI to run 3 monitors)
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06-15-2011, 01:11 PM
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^ Yeah thats what I thought too, but you need to still have the right dongle to get it to work.
2 can be on DVI while third needs a active mini display-port cable to _ _ _ _ (whatever you want DVI, HDMI, or DP)
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06-15-2011, 01:24 PM
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for the ssd cache, did you really need that big of an ssd? or can you partition just a portion of it for caching the storage drives? or was the decision solely made as a fallback in case you wanted it to run in RAID?
i was looking at some sata3 ssd's for a z68 board and some smaller capacity ones are only $130 (64gb)...
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06-15-2011, 01:43 PM
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Maximum SSD size you can use for cache is 64GB. I think you can partition it and use whatever size you want tho. I got the two ssds for $100 each, and for the new Agility 3's thats a pretty good deal. So I'll try one out for the cache and one for the OS. From all the reading i've done, when you use the SRT tech you gain a 30-40% increase in speed. A 2TB drive that quick will make day to day activities noticeable.
The SSD's I bought are 60GB.
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oh ok... i thought you bought 2x120gb ones. didn't look careful enough to see the agility 3's come in 64gb. makes sense. good luck on the sick build!
is the cache only for one storage drive? or all drives? (i.e. 5x2TB)
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06-15-2011, 01:53 PM
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No, it's paired to a single drive. Basically its like its in raid, except the paired drive is just to boost it. If you have a SSD that's over 64GB when you use it as a booster, you can use the remaining space like normal through windows. (ie: 128GB SSD - 64GB cache = 64GB usuable still)
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Originally Posted by Geby ^ Yeah thats what I thought too, but you need to still have the right dongle to get it to work.
2 can be on DVI while third needs a active mini display-port cable to _ _ _ _ (whatever you want DVI, HDMI, or DP) | I see for mine (6950) I tried with 2 dvi + 1 hdmi as I have 4 hdmi ports at the back lol Posted via RS Mobile | |
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