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HAF-X z87 Sabertooth 780 SLI Build

Eagles83
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This is my first time posting on the forum and I figured I would start out by posting the log for my new build.  I took pictures of the build as it was in progress in case you were interested to see the various stages.  Originally I wanted to do a custom water cooling loop but I changed my mind when I saw that the 780's were going to use the same reference cooler as the Titan.  I like the look of it so much that I decided to just save some money with a prefilled liquid cooler and just keep the 780's on air.

 

The specs of the rig are listed below.

Core-i7 4770K    (haven't overclocked it yet as I just finished the build late last night)

Sabertooth z87 Motherboard

EVGA GTX 780 (x2)

16 GB GSkill 2133 DDR3 Memory

256 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD

240 GB OCZ 3 SSD

2 TB Seagate HDD

Lamptron 4 channel Fan Controller

Haf-x Blue Edition Case

Swiftech H220 Liquid Cooler

Corsair AX1200i PSU  (I know it is overkill for this rig but I bought it when I had planned to do more)

Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition Fans (x2)

Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition Fan

Second Cooler Master 230 mm Fan for top of the case

Blu-ray Burner

DVD-RW Burner

 

 

I apologize in advance that these file sizes are a little large.

 

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i loved the parts you picked... well done!...

 

i will be gettin the Z87 sabertooth after my 2011 build..

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I may or may not be extremely jealous of your build.... Looks sweet! :D

Feel free to message me if you want to chat!

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Where did you get that plastic cover that covered the connections to the power supply? 

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Where did you get that plastic cover that covered the connections to the power supply? 

 

That cover is actually included with the Cooler Master Haf-X case.  It is a slightly old case at this point but that was one of the reasons why I selected it because it helps provide a clean look.

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This looks really really nice  :). Are you planning on overclocking?

 

Thanks.  Yes I do plan on overclocking.  I'll probably aim for 4.5 - 4.6 Ghz as that seems to be a decent range for the Haswell cpu.  From what I have read online a 4.6 Ghz Haswell will perform about the same or maybe a little better than an Ivy at 4.7 or 4.8 Ghz.

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i loved the parts you picked... well done!...

 

i will be gettin the Z87 sabertooth after my 2011 build..

 

Thanks.  I really love the look of the Sabertooth.  Asus started adding the same or similar type of shielding to some of their other boards but they all have a red theme.  I was aiming for Black and Blue and this cpu generation doesn't give you many options for that.  

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I may or may not be extremely jealous of your build.... Looks sweet! :D

 

Lol.  Thanks.   :D

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Thanks.  Yes I do plan on overclocking.  I'll probably aim for 4.5 - 4.6 Ghz as that seems to be a decent range for the Haswell cpu.  From what I have read online a 4.6 Ghz Haswell will perform about the same or maybe a little better than an Ivy at 4.7 or 4.8 Ghz.

Hope the overclock works out well for you and that you got a good chip form the silicon lottery. 

Awesome case reference - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vAO-FDNhVi6rt2LC1iSG50-In-vfqXVhD-HZDqqB80s/edit#gid=1012961229

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Good old haf-x, i got the nvidia edition :)

CPU: i7 3770k | CPU Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: Maximus V Extreme | Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengance Red 1866Mhz | GPU:Nvidia Geforce GTX 780 SLI | SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB | 2x1TB Seagate barracuda in RAID 1 | PSU: Corsair AX850 | Case: HAF X Nvidia Edition | Mouse: Corsair M95 | Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2013 | LG Blu-Ray Player | 27" 2560x1440p Shimian, Acer 1920x1080p | AKG K550 Headphones | Behringer MS40 Speakers

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If you don't mind me asking, what do you do for a living to afford such an awesome rig?

I'm a programmer. I recently upgraded to three monitors for gaming and work and I discovered that this was a bridge too far for my old system which gave me the excuse I needed to build a new system.

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Nice, If only the HAF had a side window without a fan...

Case)- NZXT Switch 810 Matte Black    ***    Lighting)- NZXT Sleeved 24 LED Lighting    ***    CPU Cooler)- NZXT Kraken X60    ***    RAM)- Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHZ    ***    PSU)- Corsair GS800 800W    ***    Keyboard)- Corsair K95 Mechanical CherryMX Red Keyboard    ***    CPU)- Intel Core I5 2500K Overclocked to 4.9GHZ    ***    GPU)- EVGA GTX 780 SC 3GB    ***    Mouse)- Razer Imperator 2012    ***                                   Sound Card)- Creative Sound Blaster Z    ***    Motherboard)- Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H    ***    Monitor)- BenQ 24" XL2420TX 3D Vision 2 Ready    ***    Mousepad)- Mionix Saragas 900

 

 

 

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Where does the blue glow come from? fans?

 

Yes there are 4 blue led fans mounted in the case.  2 on top, 1 front intake, and 1 side intake.  I toyed with the idea of putting in some Bitfenix alchemy strips inside but I thought it may have been too much.  

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I gotta say: I really like your style. I have a haf-x case myself and I'm thinking about getting a 780 for my pc. Do u have any issues with coil whine so far?

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I gotta say: I really like your style. I have a haf-x case myself and I'm thinking about getting a 780 for my pc. Do u have any issues with coil whine so far?

 

Actually I was very surprised by the results.  I can't even hear the videocards run at all.  This pc is very silent.

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I have a Half-X case myself, but mine is the the Nvidia ed. Very nice and clean build.

THE PIT VIPER SPECS

4790k @ 4.7ghz  (EVGA CLC 360MM) | 32GB Patriot Viper Extreme @2133 mhz | Asus Z97-DELUXE | Cooler Master H500M.| EVGA RTX 2080 Ti FTW3

 

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Thanks.  Yes I do plan on overclocking.  I'll probably aim for 4.5 - 4.6 Ghz as that seems to be a decent range for the Haswell cpu.  From what I have read online a 4.6 Ghz Haswell will perform about the same or maybe a little better than an Ivy at 4.7 or 4.8 Ghz.

Why haswell is you have 2x780s?

i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress 

Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/

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Super Awesome build! Extremely neat!

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