Final rig thoughts

[Causeican]

Hi guys, after much searching and researching here are the specs of what i am going to build. I would appreciate any thoughts or advice the may be had.
I am planning to overclock this as much as I can get out of it on air.


COMPONENT BRAND MODEL PRICE *all prices in $AUD

M/B: ASUS STRIKER EXTREME $535
CPU: INTEL QX6700 CORE 2 QUAD EXTREME $1299
RAM: CORSAIR 8500C5D (DOMINATOR) (X2) $575x2
COOLER: ZALMAN CNPS9700LED $79
GPU: ASUS EN8800GTX $945x2 (SLI
HDD: SEAGATE 7200.10 320 GB 16 Mb NCQ SATA II $139 (x3) Raid 0+1
MONITOR: BENQ FP241W $1295
PSU: ENERMAX GALAXY EGA1000EWL $460
DVD: PLEXTOR 760SA $195
CASE: ANTEC NINE HUNDRED SERIES $183

Cheers

 

[mpjesse]

How big is your penis?

 

[apt403]

Get a Scythe Infinity or Tuniq Tower 120, the 9700 is overpriced and overrated. Other then that it looks fine.

 

[Causeican]

Works for me, Thanks

 

[Causeican]

Will both of those coolers fit onto the asus board with the large heat pipe fins that surround the CPU socket?

Aside from its decent performance in benchmarks, it was its clearance that was a decider.

Cheers

 

[1Tanker]

Hi guys, after much searching and researching here are the specs of what i am going to build. I would appreciate any thoughts or advice the may be had.
I am planning to overclock this as much as I can get out of it on air.


COMPONENT BRAND MODEL PRICE *all prices in $AUD

M/B: ASUS STRIKER EXTREME $535
CPU: INTEL QX6700 CORE 2 QUAD EXTREME $1299
RAM: CORSAIR 8500C5D (DOMINATOR) (X2) $575x2
COOLER: ZALMAN CNPS9700LED $79
GPU: ASUS EN8800GTX $945x2 (SLI
HDD: SEAGATE 7200.10 320 GB 16 Mb NCQ SATA II $139 (x3) Raid 0+1
MONITOR: BENQ FP241W $1295
PSU: ENERMAX GALAXY EGA1000EWL $460
DVD: PLEXTOR 760SA $195
CASE: ANTEC NINE HUNDRED SERIES $183

Cheers

I certainly hope the case can deal with the magnitude of heat that all those beastly components(quad-core O/Ced,2x8800GTX's..likely O/Ced,3xHDD's,4GB's super-fast RAM)will dissipate. GL that should be one tremendous machine.

 

[shinigamiX]

How big is your penis?

Enough to make Tuniq Tower weep

 

[tehrobzorz]

im sure you can find cheaper prices at msy.com =D just trying to help.. anyways


where do you live?! >=]



one hell of a mcahine lol. goodluck with it..

anyhow, the antec p180 is also a good case..that ( i think ) looks way betterer than that 900.


boo @ your richness

 

[Causeican]

Thanks for the link, hadn't seen that. Its nice to have a minimum target to expect.


As for the dream machine, yeah that about sums it up - 1 dream machine every 5 years with minor upgrades, instead of 1 decent machine every 2-3 years. and dammit this one is 5.5 years because I have been waiting for this chipset and generation cards

 

[Causeican]

Thanks for the advice on msy.com, some of the parts are from there, and the well wishes

It was a tough choice between the P180 and the 900, in the end I preferred to be able to see all the goodies inside so decided on the 900.

 

[Harrisson]

Few tips: get bigger case, for 8800 GTX (especially SLI) 900 case is pretty small, video backs will limit your HDD upgrades. You may even have to do some moding.

As HDD itself, for system disk and games better get WD Raptor, you will see noticable speed improvement. Not to speak about higher Raptor reliability. As secondary big drive for movies/music Seagate/WD will do just fine, Samsung is good too - slower but more silent.

 

[Pseas]

Jesus kid thats a syk rig

 

[gooeykat]

No sound card?

$1300 for that monitor? For that kind of money you could get a Dell 30" wide screen. Here's a better deal, same monitor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824014124

 

[sandmanwn]

HDD: SEAGATE 7200.10 320 GB 16 Mb NCQ SATA II $139 (x3) Raid 0+1

Something isnt quite right here.

I am assuming this is Matrix raid, not 0+1 or 10

How does that work out
(raid1)+(raid0) or
(raid0)+(raid1)

the first would work with 3 hard drives of same size.
the second would be 2x 320 and a >640

 

[Causeican]

Yeah, this was to be a raid 0 with an additional drive for data and the swap file.

Do you think I would see a major difference with utilizing a Raptor drive and how would it perform best?

Thanks for the feedback

 

[Causeican]

There $AUD the Dell 30 is 2600 and while it sounds good is overkill for my desktop

 

[Causeican]

what do you recommend as a bigger case. The blurb so far has generally been that the 900 case will work well with heat generated and provide me enough room for everything minus the additional fan behind the HDD cages

 

[Harrisson]

For myself I ordered Antec Titan 550 - plenty of space and nicely build server/workstation case. Of course its not as flashy as 900, but I couldnt be bothered with too little space for 8800 GTX, lots of users complained about it, especially since I have 6 HDD. Solid Titan look appeals me more anyway

 

[avarice]

Have you looked around for a solid gold heatsink and fan? Sure weight is an issue, but the thermal properties are outstanding. And besides - money does not seem to be an issue.

Maybe I am just jealous...damned Ausies with their big beers, cool marsupials, beautiful women with their...uh..big beers. Well at least they have vegimite - that's nasty!!

Enjoy the system.

 

[zoko9]

You may check this case SILVERSTONE TJ09