Recommendation for my New Rig

[shadow84]

Yeah lai $599 R9-290!!!

That one from which shop ah???

 

[royfrosty]

Lol believe it or not i managed to get further discount for the powercolor r9 290 from them. But no stock. Managed to book a set for my colleagues build!

Edit: reference model.

 

[Gondon72]

Tradepac cfm no more stock for 290 except ASUS. Went on sun see see walk walk, and couldnt find any msi 290 nor other 290 except ASUS.

I believe some shops still trying to clear their ref 290.

because Asus is the most expensive ones?

 

[hengheng220]

because Asus is the most expensive ones?

Yepp the most ex among all the brands

 

[Gondon72]

Yepp the most ex among all the brands

Seems like this are the only model that EK water blocks able to be used.

GIGABYTE Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 WindForce 3X 4GB GDDR5 (GV-R929WF3-4GD Rev.1.0)
GIGABYTE Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 WindForce 3X OC 4GB GDDR5 (GV-R929OC-4GD Rev.1.0)
MSI MSI R9 290 4GD5 Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 (V803-842R)
PowerColor PowerColor Radeon R9 290 OC 4GB GDDR5 (AXR9 290 4GBD5-MDH/OC)
PowerColor PowerColor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ 4GB GDDR5 (AXR9 290 4GBD5-PPDHE)
Sapphire Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 (21227-00)
Sapphire Sapphire Radeon R9 290 TRI-X 4GB GDDR5 (11227-00)

 

[shadow84]

Seems like EK releasing blocks for giga...

 

[Gondon72]

Guess now is to research which distro is good.

 

[Gondon72]

Bringing back up my thread again . Just went to SLS today to check out the available mobo and CPU. Seems like most of the shops have no stocks for I5-4670K except F*well that is selling at a higher price.

Now I'm deciding between these 2 option:

1) Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force + I5-4670K (from F*well)

2) Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK + I5-4690 (from Tradepac)

I dont actually overclock, but needed the mobo for crossfiring the GFX cards. While SOC Force has better MosFET, on the other hand UD5H-BK has 5 yrs warrenty. which would you choose?

 

[hengheng220]

Bringing back up my thread again . Just went to SLS today to check out the available mobo and CPU. Seems like most of the shops have no stocks for I5-4670K except F*well that is selling at a higher price.

Now I'm deciding between these 2 option:

1) Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force + I5-4670K (from F*well)

2) Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK + I5-4690 (from Tradepac)

I dont actually overclock, but needed the mobo for crossfiring the GFX cards. While SOC Force has better MosFET, on the other hand UD5H-BK has 5 yrs warrenty. which would you choose?

If not overclock then Nvm ma... Just go ahead with the z97 board without k processor. Since its more ex and you are not using the feature then not much point in spending on it. Maybe next time when you want oc, then get a k chip bq

 

[b3njaminlee]

Bringing back up my thread again . Just went to SLS today to check out the available mobo and CPU. Seems like most of the shops have no stocks for I5-4670K except F*well that is selling at a higher price.

Now I'm deciding between these 2 option:

1) Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force + I5-4670K (from F*well)

2) Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK + I5-4690 (from Tradepac)

I dont actually overclock, but needed the mobo for crossfiring the GFX cards. While SOC Force has better MosFET, on the other hand UD5H-BK has 5 yrs warrenty. which would you choose?

Okay u try the get the lowest offer from TP for the MOBO alone and go infinity ask the boss to sell you the i5 4670k alone. Ask for lowest price.

Not sure if this helps.

 

[Gondon72]

Okay u try the get the lowest offer from TP for the MOBO alone and go infinity ask the boss to sell you the i5 4670k alone. Ask for lowest price.

Not sure if this helps.

hmm, infinity, not sure did i go in and asked just now or not. will go try asking again.

If not overclock then Nvm ma... Just go ahead with the z97 board without k processor. Since its more ex and you are not using the feature then not much point in spending on it. Maybe next time when you want oc, then get a k chip bq

Will consider too, might save me some money too.