Need Help Building a Quad CF Rig

Singtel_Sim

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Hi guys! I am retiring from litecoin mining and would like to reuse my 4 x R9 290 to build up a rig for some gaming. What config do you think will be good?

I am thnking:

Gigabyte G1 Sniper 5
4770K CPU
4 x 4GB DDR3 2133 (using back old RAMs)
1 x Seasonic 1250W PSU
1 x 512GB Plextor M5P


What casing would be good to house the parts? I dont want something too big though.

THanks!!
 

royfrosty

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Your 4770k since it can OC. You can oc it till and possible to use up to 3 cards without bottleneck. 4 way was not design for mainstream CPUs. They are design more for LGA 2011 chipset aka Extreme Processors. However mining does not affects it speed.

Some articles

i7 4770k with liquid cooling + 4 way GTX 780 SLI - Water Cooling - Overclocking

¿Would 4770K bottleneck 3 - 4 way Sli of GTX 780?

You will need to at least overclock the cpu like the 4770k in order to maximize all the 3 gpus usage. 4 cards you got to find a X79/LGA2011 board to utilize the amount of bandwidth.

Possible to sell away one card or use it on other rigs and maintain 3 gpus.

As for chassis, Corsair Obsidian 750D for its rigidness and durability of the chassis.
 
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