Hi folks,
I'm just getting off the ground with cracking, and it's been super fun but lots to learn. I've been crawling the forums here, trying to do my research but couldn't resist asking for feedback more directly. Thanks ahead of time for bearing with another "is this ok?" thread.
My rig is for personal use. I'll never have the most bleeding edge setup, but as it's time for a new computer I figured that I'd set aside the funds to have something pretty good for research and fun. This will be a desktop setup for mixed use - home computing, gaming, running multiple VMs, and research. Graphics cards will be used to run VMs in addition to cracking.
I've been reading about reference/non-reference cards and the general recommendation seems to be for non-reference in this kind of situation (i.e. desktop case and quieter performance). Sound right?
My build also calls for the 280X, though I know that it's the same as a 7970. If it makes any difference one way or another, I'd love to hear.
CPU: Intel i7-4770k 3.5 GHz
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Deluxe/Quad ATX LGA 1150
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 32GB
HD: Samsung 840 SSD
Case: Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower
Power: Antec 1300W 80+ Platinum
Video cards: (3x) Sapphire Radeon VAPOR-X R9 280X 3GB
Am I making any rookie mistakes here? Power supply look ok? Am I going to melt my motherboard with heat from 3 of those suckers? There's quite an array of options among the 280X/7970s, so if anyone has recommendations other than the Vapor-X flavor, that would also be nice to hear.
I very much appreciate any thoughts you care to share.
I'm just getting off the ground with cracking, and it's been super fun but lots to learn. I've been crawling the forums here, trying to do my research but couldn't resist asking for feedback more directly. Thanks ahead of time for bearing with another "is this ok?" thread.
My rig is for personal use. I'll never have the most bleeding edge setup, but as it's time for a new computer I figured that I'd set aside the funds to have something pretty good for research and fun. This will be a desktop setup for mixed use - home computing, gaming, running multiple VMs, and research. Graphics cards will be used to run VMs in addition to cracking.
I've been reading about reference/non-reference cards and the general recommendation seems to be for non-reference in this kind of situation (i.e. desktop case and quieter performance). Sound right?
My build also calls for the 280X, though I know that it's the same as a 7970. If it makes any difference one way or another, I'd love to hear.
CPU: Intel i7-4770k 3.5 GHz
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Deluxe/Quad ATX LGA 1150
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 32GB
HD: Samsung 840 SSD
Case: Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower
Power: Antec 1300W 80+ Platinum
Video cards: (3x) Sapphire Radeon VAPOR-X R9 280X 3GB
Am I making any rookie mistakes here? Power supply look ok? Am I going to melt my motherboard with heat from 3 of those suckers? There's quite an array of options among the 280X/7970s, so if anyone has recommendations other than the Vapor-X flavor, that would also be nice to hear.
I very much appreciate any thoughts you care to share.