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I recently acquired a new case but I'm still not sure what I'll do with it. I'm hesitating between moving the Project Orange Horizon (POH) to this new case or building a complete new computer. On one hand, I'm heading toward moving the POH to this big (really big) case since it will save me some money by using existing components (motherboard, CPU, RAM and GPU). On the other hand, the POH is already a few years old and that stops me to smoothly render games at a higher resolution.
Monitor
I'm still using my old monitor (Samsung T220 with 1680x1050 at 60Hz). I'm not sure if I want to move to a 24" or a 27" monitor. I guess the choice of the monitor will impact the choice on the graphic card. My understanding is that monitor’s frequency is important. Higher is better. You seem to feel a big difference between 60Hz and 120Hz. Everything above 120Hz is not necessary “viewable”.
This is what I had spotted so far. What are you using?
Should I move to the 1080p, the 1440p or the 4k bandwagon? I don’t think the 4k will become the standard anytime soon, especially when we see the heap about VR (less than 720p per eye, but still require heavy horsepower to generate such data). One thing for sure is that I'll have only one monitor.
Video card
I'm also wondering if I should buy another 780TI (03G-P4-2884-KR) with the EKWB waterblock and backplate (3831109868645 & 3831109868331) or buy a 1080/1080ti graphic card with the appropriate waterblock/backplate. What are your thoughts? I know the 1080ti isn't released yet, but I'm not in a hurry to build this computer. I believe a SLI 780ti will be enough for 1440p for all current and future games. That being said, I noticed it is really hard to find the same graphic card with the same waterblock on the second hard market (and at a reasonable price).
Name of the build
For the cosmetic, this new computer will only be using for gaming and will be mainly white, orange and purple. I will have to sooner or later name this project and I'm looking for some suggestions. I here is what I had in mind so far. Any suggestions?
Here is a preview of the case. Hint: It’s going to have 24 fans...
I recently acquired a new case but I'm still not sure what I'll do with it. I'm hesitating between moving the Project Orange Horizon (POH) to this new case or building a complete new computer. On one hand, I'm heading toward moving the POH to this big (really big) case since it will save me some money by using existing components (motherboard, CPU, RAM and GPU). On the other hand, the POH is already a few years old and that stops me to smoothly render games at a higher resolution.
Monitor
I'm still using my old monitor (Samsung T220 with 1680x1050 at 60Hz). I'm not sure if I want to move to a 24" or a 27" monitor. I guess the choice of the monitor will impact the choice on the graphic card. My understanding is that monitor’s frequency is important. Higher is better. You seem to feel a big difference between 60Hz and 120Hz. Everything above 120Hz is not necessary “viewable”.
This is what I had spotted so far. What are you using?
- For 24”: Acer Predator XB241H or ASUS ROG Swift PG248Q
- For 27”: Acer Predator XB271HU, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q or DELL S2716DG
Should I move to the 1080p, the 1440p or the 4k bandwagon? I don’t think the 4k will become the standard anytime soon, especially when we see the heap about VR (less than 720p per eye, but still require heavy horsepower to generate such data). One thing for sure is that I'll have only one monitor.
Video card
I'm also wondering if I should buy another 780TI (03G-P4-2884-KR) with the EKWB waterblock and backplate (3831109868645 & 3831109868331) or buy a 1080/1080ti graphic card with the appropriate waterblock/backplate. What are your thoughts? I know the 1080ti isn't released yet, but I'm not in a hurry to build this computer. I believe a SLI 780ti will be enough for 1440p for all current and future games. That being said, I noticed it is really hard to find the same graphic card with the same waterblock on the second hard market (and at a reasonable price).
Name of the build
For the cosmetic, this new computer will only be using for gaming and will be mainly white, orange and purple. I will have to sooner or later name this project and I'm looking for some suggestions. I here is what I had in mind so far. Any suggestions?
- Project Duality Horizon
- Project Secondary Horizon
- Project OP Horizon
Here is a preview of the case. Hint: It’s going to have 24 fans...
Only other case I can think of that supports 24 fans is a Caselabs or a server case unless you're making one from scratch lol. EDIT: just looked through your last build, never heard of Parvums before. Can't wait to see it.
They can tackle 4K max settings no problem. Having said that, if you're planning on sticking to 1440P, SLI 780TI will probably be sufficient. My buddy is running 2 780 TI KPE with 4K and it can handle most stuff on high settings, but Nvidia is gimping them with driver updates and like Necro said, the VRAM isn't quite enough on them.
God that was awful!
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