New Desktop - Budget $3K

[tokyodrift]

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[royfrosty]

A bit fat and good budget for a 1440p gaming experience.


MSI H97 Gaming 3 + i5-4460 ~ $391
GSKills Ripjaws 1600mhz 2x4gb kit ~ $99
WD Blue 1tb ~ $72
LiteON S900 256gb ~ $138 <---- back in limited stocks 2 pieces
Zotac GTX 980ti 6gb ~ $968 *
Superflower 650w Leadex 80+ Gold Full Modular PSU ~ $139
Fractal Design R5 ~ $159
LG DVD Drive ~ $21
Windows 8.1 OEM Pro ~ $35 (g2a.com)
Dell U2715 27inch eIPS Panel 1440p Display ~ $739
Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless Mechanical Keyboard ~ $170
Logitech G502 Proteus Core Gaming Mouse ~ $79

Total ~ $3010

* Sign up for shopback.sg and use the link provided to lazada and start finding the 980ti. Note that i have to recommend that you get the 980ti from Lazada.sg instead. It is much cheaper as compared to SLS. Use mastercard Monday for a max capped of $30 discount.

The shopback will only reimburse the 5% shopback cash to you after 60days.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Got fat budget can choose to wait 2-3 months for brand new, new socket Intel Skylake platform...

Any preference for colour themed with the build?

 

[avsquare]

pieces
Zotac GTX 980ti 6gb ~ $968 *

Reference right?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Reference right?

Of course la. When will distro be so nice to drop custom cards under 4 digit?

 

[Gattberserk]

Reference right?

Want to drop below $1029 for reference in SLS also hard liao, got 968 confirm is reference liao.

 

[Mikiberry]

@royfrosty: Thanks alot.



I prefer black and red. Hmm is it worth waiting for Intel Skylake? But the price will also be very steep? Got budget is one thing, I prefer getting more value for money. Haha.

Not worth it - havent seen much of the lower tier H or B lineups so far.
Z170 is confirmed to be on a ddr4 platform - this would mean ur new rams will be very very expensive.

Sidenote: for 980Ti get non reference please. Ref card temps is really CMI in our tropical climate.

 

[Swordsman]

reference card not good ?

Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless Mechanical Keyboard no led backlight right ?

 

[Gattberserk]

Thanks. Non-reference cards temperature usually differ by how much?

One of our user Maylyn changes his Titan X using the new EVGA ACX cooler, it drop by a whooping 19 deg C at load while the fans is reduced from 34% to 22%.



Quieter and much cooler, why not.

 

[Mikiberry]

Thanks. Non-reference cards temperature usually differ by how much?

10-15 on load or more depending on your active fan cooling placement and your passive cooling (ambient temps, air con, windows, desktop placement etc.)

 

[avsquare]

Sidenote: for 980Ti get non reference please. Ref card temps is really CMI in our tropical climate.

+100 on this.

Even with non reference design, it still can go to low 70s region if you are pushing everything on max settings. Afterall it is a mini Titan X, which is already a warmer card than your 900 series card (which have no problem staying at 60c on load).

Ref 980Ti in SG you are very likely to see it at around 80s and hit the thermal limit.

 

[Mikiberry]

+100 on this.

Even with non reference design, it still can go to low 70s region if you are pushing everything on max settings. Afterall it is a mini Titan X, which is already a warmer card than your 900 series card (which have no problem staying at 60c on load).

Ref 980Ti in SG you are very likely to see it at around 80s and hit the thermal limit.

Using ref design, I keep getting throttled down by 2 steps when I game at 4k.
Not even overclocking the card and overvolting it.

Now at stock vcore with +220 clock and +300 mem very rarely I am getting throttled.
Ti is a very powerful overclocker, dont skim on cooling for just that 100.

 

[avsquare]

Using ref design, I keep getting throttled down by 2 steps when I game at 4k.
Not even overclocking the card and overvolting it.

Now at stock vcore with +220 clock and +300 mem very rarely I am getting throttled.
Ti is a very powerful overclocker, dont skim on cooling for just that 100.

Yup I've seem 1550MHz GPU clock and 8200MHz memory clocks achieved on some OC results

 

[Mikiberry]

Yup I've seem 1550MHz GPU clock and 8200MHz memory clocks achieved on some OC results

That one is custom bios, different league lol. Will kill card faster 100%.
No stock card can bench over 1450 without raising TDP and core lol.

 

[jianrong]

Hoot bah...

 

[Mikiberry]

Ok will get a non-reference card for 980 Ti. But currently SLS which brand has stock? Or better to wait a while?

wait first, scarli Fury X better how? lol