fancy gaming pc

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Hey, i'd like to buy a computer in europe (i'm in France). Budget is around 8k euros so that's not an issue. I was first heading towards buying one from digitalstorm/originpc/falcown Northwest etc, but i've heard you can have bad surprises with taxes sometimes, paying well over 20% (vat is 19,4% if i import that to France), plus there is the whole guaranty issue, shipping back stuff would quickly be getting expensive.

In France we kinda got nothing, i can get this setup for 7k5 euros approx, and it feels like a ripoff :

3xEVGA GeForce GTX TITAN - 6 Go 3 089,84 €
Corsair Obsidian 900D 349,99 €
Corsair AX1200i - 1200W 319,99 €
LG GH24NS95 - OEM 16,89 €
Materiel.net Montage 39,90 €
3xCorsair AF120 High Performance - Dual pack 73,48 €
Intel Core i7 3970X - Extreme Edition 989,99 €
Asus ROG - Rampage IV Extreme 424,99 €
NZXT Sentry 2 Touch Screen1 34,99 €
Corsair SP2500 214,90 €
Creative Sound Blaster Zxr PCIe 239,89 €
NZXT KRAKEN X60 169,99 €
Corsair Dominator Platinum 4 x 8 Go DDR3 PC17000 CAS 9 467,49 €
Materiel.net Installation système 34,99 €
Microsoft Windows 8 Professionnel 64 bits (oem) 149,99 €
2xWestern Digital WD VelociRaptor SATA III 6 Gb/s raid 0 - 500 Go - 64 Mo 2 235,78 €
Samsung Serie 840 Pro - 512 Go 1 439,89 €
Samsung Serie 840 Pro - 128 Go


Anyone knows a company located in europe so i don't pay taxes where i could buy a solid pc ? With watercooling and stuff would be awsome. I'm fully aware i can get similar a similar gaming experience paying half the price, I just feel like doing it, please lets not discuss about weither its dumb or not.

thanks !

[Cyanotical]

I'm fully aware i can get similar a similar gaming experience paying half the price, I just feel like doing it, please lets not discuss about weither its dumb or not.

spoken like a true enthusiast

however, it does seem a bit much, that shares alot of components or parts with similar price points to mine, but my build is around $5-6k, i know prices in europe are higher than here, but it shouldn't be nearly twice as much

[Toffie]

Your better off getting 3x 780 ACX which should be on pair or better than GTX Titan. I hope you are planning on getting a 1440p+ for that though, grossly useless and overkill for any less resolution.

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yea i'll prob go wiil the latest 30" dell prbably, cba 3 screen thing

i'm quite sure 3 titans are better than 3 780 arent they ?

[Toffie]

yea i'll prob go wiil the latest 30" dell prbably, cba 3 screen thing

i'm quite sure 3 titans are better than 3 780 arent they ?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/E...Cooler/29.html

Both overclocked they share similiar performance, the 780 are much cheaper though.

[Cyanotical]

yea i'll prob go wiil the latest 30" dell prbably, cba 3 screen thing

i'm quite sure 3 titans are better than 3 780 arent they ?

titans are better than 780s by about 10-15%, however when dealing with surround, quad titans are just enough to run 3x 30" screens, a single titan won't be enough, 4x 680s will be pushing it, you'll be lucky to get 30 FPS in crysis3

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titans are better than 780s by about 10-15%, however when dealing with surround, quad titans are just enough to run 3x 30" screens, a single titan won't be enough, 4x 680s will be pushing it, you'll be lucky to get 30 FPS in crysis3

yea i'm only getting one 30" screen :P

[Toffie]

titans are better than 780s by about 10-15%, however when dealing with surround, quad titans are just enough to run 3x 30" screens, a single titan won't be enough, 4x 680s will be pushing it, you'll be lucky to get 30 FPS in crysis3

10-15 % ? The benchmarks I look up the stock are 5-7 % slower, with an aftermarket cooler the 780 beats it. There is no aftermarket cooler on the Titan (Yet).

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Both overclocked they share similiar performance, the 780 are much cheaper though.

i've got no way of buying those oc'ed 780 anyway so i'm back to square one, need a store somewhere in europe

[Toffie]

Caseking.de is getting the 780 ACX in stock in 3 days time.
There is a coupon for 3 % discount, which is free delivery + 40 euro saved.

[Cyanotical]

the thing to keep in mind is that the titan is a hybrid workstation card, while the 780 is a gaming card, if you are going to use a program that relies on double floating point performance, than the titan is the better choice, otherwise the 780 is the card to get

10-15 % ?

was being generous for that one titan owner who will inevitably come by and correct me