A friend and I inherited five R9 290x to build a password cracking rig. Along with the cards, we have an open air frame and two EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G2 power supplies. We created our builds independently but they're almost identical. I went with a different SSD that is $20 more expensive and half the capacity but has better performance.
Would you please critique our build? We are flexible on budget but would need to see significant performance gains to justify an increase in cost.
Requirements:
Mobo: 5x PCIe 3.0 (R9 290x), 1x PCIe 2.0 (SSD)
His build:
CPU: Intel i7-4770 3.4GHz - $290
Mobo: ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME - $353
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 32GB - $320
SSD: Crucial M550 512GB - $368
My build:
CPU: Intel i7-4770 3.4GHz - $290
Mobo: ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME - $353
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 32GB - $320
SSD: Samsung XP941 256GB - $390
Would you please critique our build? We are flexible on budget but would need to see significant performance gains to justify an increase in cost.
Requirements:
Mobo: 5x PCIe 3.0 (R9 290x), 1x PCIe 2.0 (SSD)
His build:
CPU: Intel i7-4770 3.4GHz - $290
Mobo: ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME - $353
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 32GB - $320
SSD: Crucial M550 512GB - $368
My build:
CPU: Intel i7-4770 3.4GHz - $290
Mobo: ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME - $353
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 32GB - $320
SSD: Samsung XP941 256GB - $390
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