Big Bang 2 Vs RIVE

RIVE or MSI BBXP2

  • Asus Rampage IV Extreme

    Votes: 4 57.1%

  • MSI Big Bang XPower 2

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 2 28.6%
  • Total voters
    7
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Fractal

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Big Bang 2 Vs Rampage IV Extre,e

Okay, so build this system for my friend has got me thinking about this system I am planning to build. Right now I am on some shitty ass AMD dual core machine at 2.1 GHz (Yuck) and I will be getting in about £2.5 - £2.8K soon so I can go 2011 pretty soon instead of 1155.

So. I have pretty much chosen my components.

3930K
EVGA 680 Super Clocked
Corsair AX 850
Cosmos II
Force GT 240GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Drive
G Skill Ripjaws Z 2133 Quad Channel Kit 16GB
Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card
and the XSPC Raystorm D5 EX 360 Water cooling kit

Now here comes my dilemma. The Rampage IV Extreme and the Big Bang Xpower 2 look AMAZING and I am stuck on which one to choose ><. I can either go with the more expensive Asus or the Slightly cheaper MSI or should I choose something different entirely. I don't plan on doing stupidly silly over clocks or anything like that but I still do not know what one too choose > <!

Thanks : ).
 
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A question - why do you need to go LGA2011? What do you use that needs 6 cores/12 threads?
And the 680 - the 670 is around 20-25% cheaper for only a maximum of 10% performance difference.
And the RAM - do you need 16GB? 8GB is all you need for gaming. Also, 1600MHz is all you need. The faster speeds are beneficial for only a select few programs, and not gaming.
Also, are you planning on adding an extra graphics card in the future? If not, then the AX850 is overkill also.

Now, back to your actual question; from what I hear from Tom, the Asus is the single greatest LGA2011 board out there.
 
Josh Weston said:
A question - why do you need to go LGA2011? What do you use that needs 6 cores/12 threads?
And the 680 - the 670 is around 20-25% cheaper for only a maximum of 10% performance difference.
And the RAM - do you need 16GB? 8GB is all you need for gaming. Also, 1600MHz is all you need. The faster speeds are beneficial for only a select few programs, and not gaming.
Also, are you planning on adding an extra graphics card in the future? If not, then the AX850 is overkill also.

Now, back to your actual question; from what I hear from Tom, the Asus is the single greatest LGA2011 board out there.
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1) Well right now for work, I spend ALOT of my time after work just sitting there rendering 3D images and doing Photoshop work for god knows how long so yeah Kinda feel like 2011 would be very beneficial and allow me to do some of this stuff at home because I would also like to do my own stuff involving this as I have always been into graphics design.

2) Not going to be just gaming on this machine.

3) I do yes, in a month or so after build completion I am going to add a second Graphics Card.

At first the Rampage looked like a decent board, but looking at the reviews it should be more of a Republic of Overclockers board than gamers because of all the options and I'm still unsure if I should buy the Rampage if I am not going to be used half the Bios options xP.
 
I'll let you off this time, then :)
And well, I don't use all of the settings on my motherboard, but that doesn't mean that I shouldn't have bought it. Ask Tom what motherboard you should get for 2011, and i'm pretty sure he'll point you towards the Asus.

P.S. how many monitors do you have? Two 680s?!
 
Josh Weston said:
I'll let you off this time, then :)
And well, I don't use all of the settings on my motherboard, but that doesn't mean that I shouldn't have bought it. Ask Tom what motherboard you should get for 2011, and i'm pretty sure he'll point you towards the Asus.

P.S. how many monitors do you have? Two 680s?!
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Well I have 1 monitor right now. but I have 2 more of the same screen in my bedroom waiting till I had a decent enough PC. Their 27 Inch HP Screen at 2560x1440 but my Graphics card struggles with 1 of them right now XP.

I guess I could swing another 30 ish pounds and get the Rampage its just yeah. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like spending money unless he's going to use ALL the features on something aha XP.
 
I have the R4E,and i am very satisfied with it.All the bios settings isnt needed for a decent oc(4.2-4.5ghz),but it will help you make an oc`ed stable system when running 100% on cpu and gpu for longer periods.For a professional build i wouldnt hesitate buying the R4E.
 
Fractal said:
It's only £40 more expensive the the cheapest 670. Seems like a fair price for the EVGA one IMO and it comes pre-overclocked so yeah :P.
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But it has a terrible reference cooler. You can get a non-reference card for the same price as that and it will run a LOT cooler and quieter
 
PetrolHead247 said:
The Palit gets great temps and overclocks well but the cooler is about as loud as the reference design card under load. This card is a great choice: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-018-KF

Also, seeing as you want to SLI the cards you can get those cards in a 'twin pack' which is nice
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I might just buy them separately if they don't have the SLI Pack in stock when I go to buy all this.

Never heard of KFA, what is their warranty and customer service like?

Edit: Also when I SLI this I am going to be driving 3 big screen so wouldn't it be more beneficial to get a 4GB card?
 
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if you are not overclocking get the h100...if on the other hand you want to have a watercooled system then go for watercooling ...but make sure to get the parts you want separately because that xspcd5 ex360 kit is very expensive !!
 
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