Trident SLI "xxxxxx" Gaming PC - Thoughts?

[RawZ]

Hi Guys,

I have yet another one for you all to have a nose over since the last one (http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php?t=27749) went well - sold one already today :thumb:

I like our Bit-Tech reviewed Titan Prometheus (https://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gaming+Range/Titan/Gladiator+Titan+Prometheus+Intel+I7+Quad+Core+OC+4 .00GHz%2B+Extreme+OC+Gaming+PC+-+8%2F10+Bit+Tech+Review%21+%28now+with+2TB+of+hard +drive+space%29+?productId=40081) but it can be improved hardware wise. We don't actually list any SLI/CF affordable systems so what better way to start off with a couple GTX 460s in SLI for a new system.

Following spec:

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3856/kuko.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/kuko.jpg/)

What we have here is something potentially awesome. The idea would be having the i7 930 @ 4.20GHz under the latest H70 WC system giving it added value to market as a "watercooled" system. The board as i'm sure you have all heard is one amazing motherboard offering a great layout, overclocking headroom and future-proof USB3 & SATA3 among other top features (great price too). This would be matched with some Patriot CL8 Viper 1600MHz memory. Why? Only blue memory we do to match the board-ish :D

Aside from that, we have of course the big seller; two GTX 460s in SLI. Not any old ones mind! Two 1GB MSI OC cards. Since this system comes pre-installed with W7 Home Premium, the idea i thought would be to overclock and overvolt both cards to a safe level for even more uber performance :thumb:

One change to be made above is the case. These are EOL now and i'm looking to stock their latest R3 update of the above case. Ideally i'd of liked a case with a window but also black interior and decent cable management but that's hard to find below £100. Suggestions on cases please! Not an Antec 902.. done so many times!

Then we have lots of quiet but decent fans, fast F3 HDD, and a great modular PSU. 650W is on it's limits with the whole build but it can do it.

Now for the price. The Titan Prometheus (https://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gaming+Range/Titan/Gladiator+Titan+Prometheus+Intel+I7+Quad+Core+OC+4 .00GHz%2B+Extreme+OC+Gaming+PC+-+8%2F10+Bit+Tech+Review%21+%28now+with+2TB+of+hard +drive+space%29+?productId=40081) costs £1399.99 Inc and is one of our best selling Gaming PCs. This spec will set you back about 1250-1299 Inc VAT. A decent £100 cheaper and performance wise, this new spec should beat it.

Now, with an extra £100 to play with, we could add a SSD for a boot drive like the 2E 40GB Vertex 2 or C300 64GB.

Thoughts welcome! :thumb:

[El Wayneo]

It all looks great mate.

Although it'll run fine on the 650W i would get something slightly higher 750 - 800W would be great, as 2 x GTX460 = 300W, OC'ed i7 930 = 180W, add in everything else an your close to 600W.

[Visibleguy]

Well done on case choice. I'll think you'll find a lot of people appreciate more classy, understated cases made of nice looking materials rather than gamerzz!!!1111!! cases with a million LED lights and fans, I hope you'll continue this trend in the future.

[Zaim]

Looks great. but i'd change the psu to this:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/650W+or+less/Corsair+TX+Series+650W+ATX2.2+SLI/Crossfire+Compliant+Power+Supply+?productId=29099

or this

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/Modular+700-950W/Corsair+HX+Series+750W+Modular+ATX2.2+SLI/Crossfire+Compliant+Power+Supply+?productId=36021

[El Wayneo]

No point swapping a 650W for a 650W.

Not when its gonna suck nearly 600W.

[RawZ]

It all looks great mate.

Although it'll run fine on the 650W i would get something slightly higher 750 - 800W would be great, as 2 x GTX460 = 300W, OC'ed i7 930 = 180W, add in everything else an your close to 600W.

Mulling it over now. I'd like a nice Corsair HX in there with its flat cables to route under the board and the blue to match the memory and board, but that puts the cost up for a 750W. 650W HX is £20 cheaper, but were back to being on the edge but im confident a HX 650 can produce more than it's rated spec.


Well done on case choice. I'll think you'll find a lot of people appreciate more classy, understated cases made of nice looking materials rather than gamerzz!!!1111!! cases with a million LED lights and fans, I hope you'll continue this trend in the future.

Thanks. I've wanted to use this case when it came to building systems. Now we can ;)


Looks great. but i'd change the psu to this:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/650W+or+less/Corsair+TX+Series+650W+ATX2.2+SLI/Crossfire+Compliant+Power+Supply+?productId=29099

or this

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/Modular+700-950W/Corsair+HX+Series+750W+Modular+ATX2.2+SLI/Crossfire+Compliant+Power+Supply+?productId=36021

I'd prefer to keep to modular PSUs only so that rules the TX out. Plus the yellow would not match the build. Yes i'm being anal lol.

[Zaim]

Mulling it over now. I'd like a nice Corsair HX in there with its flat cables to route under the board and the blue to match the memory and board, but that puts the cost up for a 750W. 650W HX is £20 cheaper, but were back to being on the edge but im confident a HX 650 can produce more than it's rated spec.



Thanks. I've wanted to use this case when it came to building systems. Now we can ;)



I'd prefer to keep to modular PSUs only so that rules the TX out. Plus the yellow would not match the build. Yes i'm being anal lol.

lol, in that case i'd use the HX 650 :thumb:

[RawZ]

Here you go - http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gaming+Range/Trident/Gladiator+Trident+SLI+Black+Pearl+OC+%22Water-Cooled%22+Quiet+Gaming+PC+?productId=41152

:)

[TheMadDutchDude]

That is an awesome gaming rig for the money, RawZ!

I'd get a slightly stronger PSU and use the 750w personally. As you said, it is tight but within it's limits.

[Bigian88]

thats one monster of a machine!

it that gets any more powerful it would build its own arms and legs and be dubbed a "Skynet Cyberdyne System" and hunt humans for sport! haha

[Zaim]

thats one monster of a machine!

it that gets any more powerful it would build its own arms and legs and be dubbed a "Skynet Cyberdyne System" and hunt humans for sport! haha

+1 its great for the price

according to anandtech the power consumption with a Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.33GHz is:

433w in Crysis

528w in Furmark

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/nvidias-geforce-gtx-460-the-200-king/17

it's close but the HX650w psu is fine.

[RawZ]

Here you go - http://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gaming+Range/Trident/Gladiator+Trident+SLI+Black+Pearl+OC+%22Water-Cooled%22+Quiet+Gaming+PC+?productId=41152

:)

Ah forgot to add that it also features a C300 64GB as a boot drive!! :thumb:

Shall add in the morning!

[marsey99]

2 things come to my mind, i would drop the 1tb for 2 500s striped with a short stroked partition for os/games and then the rest for data and maybe try and squeeze a bray dvdrw drive in too.

[SENTY]

id rather have a single card than 2 slower cards

this is just a gimmick dual card machine... if you wanted the most performance for the price you could do a LOT better.

[NickCPC]

I'm impressed, I think that's a very well rounded PC for the price - no obvious weak points at all. TBH I'd argue that's worth submitting to CPC/BT/someone else be reviewed, just make sure cable management is as close to perfect as it can be! ;D

[RawZ]

id rather have a single card than 2 slower cards

this is just a gimmick dual card machine... if you wanted the most performance for the price you could do a LOT better.

That's often the case in many situations, but two GTX 460s in SLI isn't a gimmick. It actually works very well. Especially as we'd be overclocking them even more with added voltage.


I'm impressed, I think that's a very well rounded PC for the price - no obvious weak points at all. TBH I'd argue that's worth submitting to CPC/BT/someone else be reviewed, just make sure cable management is as close to perfect as it can be! ;D

All updated now - https://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/Gaming+Range/Trident/Gladiator+Trident+SLI+Black+Pearl+OC+%22Water-Cooled%22+Quiet+Gaming+PC+?productId=41152

I was thinking of this earlier. Would nice to see how it fairs. The negatives they said about ScottiB' Titan Prometheus was the RAID 0 of two HDDs instead of an SSD. Being quite loud, and poor cable management.

With this system spec, it sorts out all those issues and gives even more performance for the same price and sleek looks.

[Mr Moose]

Didn't think about the coolermaster 690II?

[RawZ]

Didn't think about the coolermaster 690II?

It was a toss up between the two tbh. Both decent cases, both similar prices. However, i wanted something sleek looking and not going down the usual "gaming case".

[Mr Moose]

Ok cool. The system looks amazing now though. Give us the heads up when someone gets one :P

[RawZ]

Some results from a customer order today. :)

[Terbinator]

Good to see that the fruits of your labour are being rewarded.

[NickCPC]

Good to see that the fruits of your labour are being rewarded.
+1, hope the customer likes it. We all know it's a top system :thumb:

[JamesH]

lol, almost like the version I ordered earlier this week... why couldn't this have been up then so I could just tweak it slightly :p

will be intersting to see how the performance benchmarks compare since they are so similar.

[JoeJones]

Some results from a customer order today. :)

Nice results.

Just been benching my MSI Cyclone GTX 460 768MB cards...

http://a.imageshack.us/img687/6849/gtx460slivantageperform.gif

Note - Low CPU score since I've set the 'physics' to the CPU