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It's not that loud, just not the quietest. If you want silence, I'd look into the DirectCU II or Twin Frozr but seeing as how DCUII isn't released yet, I'd go for the Twin Frozr. That said, the ACX is also an excellent choice.

Still utilizes liquid either way. OP: Cooler Master's V8 GTS meets your criteria. Or, the Dark Rock 2. But it's black only.

Ok. Wish you luck on the build once it's finalized and ready to be purchased.

Between those two options, the 290X. Other recommendation would be the 290. Performs a bit worse than the 290X due to lower clock speeds but much cheaper.

You can take a look at the Arc Midi R2. The case has better airflow than the R4 so you won't have to worry about the temperatures.

At this stage, I'm not sure if you know what's the subject of our debate is about...

No problem, because you can be happy for all you want. The PSU is overkill...

I didn't see his post after the thread. Not overkill? Not? For 4-way Crossfire, it's not, but for single card solutions, it is. Why are you crying for joy in every post?

For the first build (I'm assuming you care about the aesthetics of the PC): Get the Dark Rock Pro 2 instead of an H100i. It looks gorgeous, quieter than the H100i (as there's no pump), it's cheaper and performs about the same as the H100i. Get an R9 290 instead. 290X is pretty much made pointless by the 290 as it's cheaper, perform just albeit worse than the 290X as the clock speeds are lower. I wouldn't suggest going with the Crossfire option as a single strong card is much better as there is no need to worry about games' compatibility with multiple GPUs, less heat output, less power needed and no micro-stuttering. Get a quality 600W power supply, 1000W is complete overkill, unless (I probably misread something here) you are planning to Crossfire the 290 in the future when funds are available. I'd recommend Seasonic's X-650/G-650 or their Platinum variant, the 660XP2. For the second build: Pretty much the same as the first build. RIVE will support Sandy-E no problem. Oh and also, this thread should be posted in this sub-forum instead of here.

Looks beastly. Nothing needs to be changed, urgently at least. Are you just going to water cool the CPU and motherboard? Or is the GFX card included in the loop? If it's not included, I would suggest you take a look at Fractal Design's Arc Midi R2 instead. It has excellent water cooling support so you don't need to worry about that and the reason why I suggest this is because I doubt you will actually utilize all the radiator space in the 750D just to cool the motherboard VRM and CPU, but if you are, then no worries, stick with the 750D.

I don't see how 16GB is needed currently for gaming. Even if games like BF4 are really pushing closer to 8GB, it is still enough and if @rinus needs to upgrade, he can get another pair of 2GB of the same RAM as I highly doubt he will ever need 32GB of RAM just for gaming. And also, even though his budget allows it, it's redundant and he could save that money instead. @rinus, if you can find the 1866MHz equivalent and it costs no more than $3, then pull the trigger on it.

Nope, it isn't that much. You can SLI with 650W but there will be no room for overclocking and PSUs will actually degrade over time so 750W would be the bare minimum. Use '@' behind the username so that the user knows that you replied as without '@', no notification will appear. eg. @eggerer1012

No idea what you meant in the first sentence. 750W would be the bare minimum, 850W is usually what people would recommend as it would allow more balls-to-the-walls overclocking. 2400MHz (speed don't matter in gaming) offers miniscule performance difference whilst gaming and just not worth the price premium over a 1600MHz one.

Here's some suggestions, feel free to ignore it if you will: Get the bigger capacity variant, the 250GB one. Drop the 770s, get the 780 instead or the 780 Ti if you want the best of the best. Get a quality 600W power supply. Here's a couple from Seasonic. The X-650 and Platinum-660XP2. Drop the 2400MHz RAM and get the 1600MHz instead, there won't be a tangible performance difference between the two. So, essentially, 'Yay' for everything else besides the SSD, GFX cards, power supply and RAM.

Ah, I see. Here's suggestion based off my opinion. Replace the H100i with a high-end air cooler such as the NH-D14, PH-TC14PE, Dark Rock Pro 2, SIlver Arrow SB-E Extreme as air coolers are not as prone to failure.

An AX760i is more than sufficient though you can take a look at Seasonic's Platinum-760XP2 which is cheaper than the AX760i. As for the 780 Ti Classified, get the K|NGP|N edition once it is released. :] As for audio, the Xonar Essence STX would be a good choice and so is the Phoebus, but the Phoebus' main strength is more for 7.1 surround setups.

That cleared things up. Should've typed in the 7870 with the 270X though, would've prevented the misunderstanding.

You cannot Crossfire a Nvidia card with an AMD card unless your meaning is completely different from how I viewed your statement. OP: As it is, the 770 is pretty much the best card you can find with that amount of cash now. If you need more VRAM, the 280X would be a more viable option than the 770 but seeing as how it is always out of stock and most of the prices are insane.

Why the 900D? You can save yourself some cash and get the 750D instead unless you need the basement of the 900D.

770 if you want Nvidia's features such as GeForce Experience, ShadowPlay, G-Sync etc. 280X if you need the 3GB of VRAM.

The 760. It costs slightly above $250.

There's really no point going with the Maximus VI Extreme with a non-K CPU since that board is basically made for overclocking. Suggestions: Replace the i7-4770 with the 4670K or the 4770K if you don't plan on upgrading for some time (approx. 4-5 years). Replace the motherboard with the Maximus VI Hero instead unless you require the features the Extreme has. Replace the 1000W power supply with a 650W unless you are planning to go SLI in the future, but even so, a 750W-850W is sufficient.

So yellow. Much sexy. Very lightning. Wow.

If you don't plan on upgrading for quite some time, the 290 would be a viable choice. Also, do you need the features the 780 offer, such as ShadowPlay, PhysX, G-Sync, etc.? If yes, then the 780 would be the way to go.

Yes, you are. If you are planning to upgrade to Broadwell, you might as well just wait for it to be released instead of getting an i3.