Project M2 – Pedro's Blog

I am working on a new silent and powerful gaming and workstation computer for personal/professional use. That means I am really busy with research, stress tests, overclocking, etc. I like to choose the parts, so I can optimize the configuration using my knowledge and skills. This also means I have not been sleeping very well, because of the long hours reading and doing calculations, as well as sourcing the components at the best price.

So far, this is what will form my next M2 power computer :

CPU : Intel i7 4770K
Cost : £186 (Thanks eBay, R.R.P. :£220 on Aria.co.uk)

Unboxing & Overview of this CPU :

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Thermal Compound : Arctic MX-2
Cost : £0 (Thanks eBay, R.R.P. : £3.20 on eBay)

More info at :

http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/mx-2.html

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RAM : GeIL DDR3 PC3-23400 2933Mhz Frost white Evo Potenza Dual Channel
Cost : £120.79 (R.R.P. : $208.94 on Amazon.com – $174.39 for me, thanks Amazon.com)

More info about this memory : http://www.geil.com.tw/products/show/id/411

Video about the advanced production techniques including DBT used at the factory, in Taipei, Taiwan :

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Motherboard : Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 ATX – 1150 socket
Cost : £0 (Thanks Currys.co.uk, R.R.P. : £129.99)

More info about this motherboard : http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VII_RANGER/

Asus RAM Qualified Vendors List for this motherboard :
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER/MAXIMUS_VII_RANGER_MEMORY_QVL.pdf

Asus devices Qualified Vendors List for this motherboard: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/MAXIMUS-VII-RANGER/MAXIMUS_VII_RANGER_Device_report.pdf

Video about this motherboard :

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GPU1 : ASUS GTX 1070 STRIX OC 8GB
GPU2 : ASUS GTX 1070 STRIX OC 8GB

This project will use 2 GPUs in SLI mode, each GPU has 8GB of VRAM and with current drivers, only 1 set of VRAM is used (main GPU’s 8GB) but the newest DirectX12 and Mantle APIs will combine VRAM, using all the VRAM of both GPUs in SLI mode!

2GB VS 4GB video about this GPU :