lordhaelmchen

thx for your help but i dont think they sell to the eu. I will wait and see what pricepoint the poseidon will be at, expected is 500 € so that will fit my budget perfectly (around 1100€ and i always try to go for 1/2 of the budget for the gpu)

lol i did mess up, im going amd 760 k (typo). only 80 € and more than enough power for this system. and the 280x will do fine since this is specifically targeted at 1080p, there will be no 4k gaming on this. (friend has a good 1080p monitor already). Switched to the dc2t from asus though. This is budget oriented and the whole system will be only 800 €. decided to go for the single 2tb sshd to stay under the 800 € mark since that was the target pricepoint. Can be upgraded to raid later and will perform just as good as ssd + hdd from what i found on the net.

I am building a small (itx in prodigy) gaming rig for a friend (value oriented for 1080p gaming) so i went for a 470k with a 280x toxic. Now i dont know what to put in for storage: 1. A seagate 2tb sshd 8gb cache - cheapest at only 100 € (can be upgraded into option 2 or 3 later of course) 2. 2 seagate 2tb sshd 8gb cache each RAID0 200 € 3. A 64gb ssd to fully cache a 2tb hdd would be around 150 € (can the cache be bigger than 64gb now? im not up to date) Anyone have experience with those in terms of performance? I am leaning towards option 1 because the 2tb sshd is around the price of a good (WD black) 2tb hdd for 85 € where i buy.

Like i thought, in the synthetic bench the oc beat the titan and 780ti. Once you overclock them they will make you eat dust of course, but if i can get a decent watercooled 780 for around the price of a 780 ti and beat it with a little oc it would be worth it to me in regards to system aesthetics and a unique build. Also, running full oc at 42°c means it will not likely burn out. and it consumes less power even under full load. I understand that a 780ti or an upcoming 790 are way more deserving of such high class features to some people, but for me a 780ti was too expensive. But i did not want to settle for a rebranded old chip like the 770, so the 780 is my sweetspot. Having this opportunity to get an affordable (hopefully- if its more expensive than a 780ti,whats the point) 780 with better than 780ti performance and included watercooling is a godsent. Like the 270 outperforms the 270x ind the lower price amd bracket if you oc well.

I have just gotten news of the asus poseidon and was immediately incredibly excited. For those of you who havent heard of it: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ROG_POSEIDONGTX780P3GD5/ It is a directcu2 card with an integrated waterblock. Now i was planning a Maximus vi impact build in a prodigy/phenom (the black one) for quite some time now when i found out EK made a custom waterblock for the motherboard including cpu this morning. And then i see the announcement for the poseidon right now. It all falls perfectly into place. I may have enough money for the system soon, but the watercooling would be too expensive right now. I would have gotten a non reference card and hoped to maybe get a custom waterblock for it later, which would of course be kind of silly considering the extra payment for a cooler i only intend to use for a few months. (might be worth the better pcb though) But now, not only can i get away with using the boxed intel for a while and save the 35 € for a decent cooler, i can also get the poseidon and just plug it in the loop whenever i have the money for it. Another bonus: All ROG components for not only amazing looks and compatibility, but also the possibility to overclock past nvidia restrictions with the asus thingy (you know what i mean if you watched linus reviews of the maximus series). I am quite certain i could beat a stock 780ti and scratch titan levels with such a system. (maybe a bit too much for daily use, but ill try it just for the lulz) Now for the actual build idea so far: Standard components should be pretty simple, but my idea for the watercooling is as follows: A 200mm Radiator in the front will suck in air towards the graphics card, which will push upward and towards the motherboard thanks to the directcu2 fin design (yes the fans will keep running even when watercooled, i guess it will act as 1/3rd of a 120mm radiator). A 1x2x120mm radiator will blow the air out of the top, while a 140mm fan inthe back will blow over the motherboard cooling block and provide positive pressure. The motherboard block will be the flat black and nickel one to keep things nice and clean (i dont like bling bling), all black-silver and red bitscool fittings for accents, red and black tubings as well as matching ram to keep with the ROG colortheme. Maybe mod the front to acrylic an make the 200mm fan a red led one (the bitfenix one) if prodigy. What do you guys think? Have any experience with the prodigy/phenom (will it fit like i described?), thermal design (my first watercooled build, i think a 200 + 240 rad will bemore than enough considering the extra active gpu cooling?), any thoughts on my airflow concept? Or maybe the poseidon will be an overpriced piece of garbage in your opinion? (i thought it perfect for my needs for watercooling upgradeability in the future) Let me know.