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Hallo, hallo.. As many others i've been waiting for the x58 motherboards and i7 processors to get out. I've now made a built and would like to get you guys to comment on it as there still is a few thing that might i might be able to improve..
Fell free to comment absoult everything, or say whatever else is on your mind.

Here we go!

Case: Cooler Master CM Stacker 830 SE

PSU:
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W, Modular, 8xSATA, ATX/EPS, 6/8xPCI-E, 20/24pin
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817153054

Motherboard:
Asus Rampage II Extreme, X58, DDR3, ATX,Socket-1366,SLI&CFireX, 3xPCI-Ex(2.0)x16
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=400682
or
EVGA X58 SLI, Socket-1366, DDR3, ATX 2xGbLAN, SLI&CrossFireX, 3xPCI-Ex(2.0)x1
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=404487

CPU:
Intel Core™ i7 Quad Extreme Processor i7-965, 6,4GT/sec, 8MB, Boxed
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=391445

CPU cooling:
Nexus FLC-3000 Real Silent CPU vifte alu Socket 1366/775/AM2/AMD, PWM controll
http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=376247

Ram:
Corsair TWIN3X 1333MHz DDR3, 6GB, Kit w/3x 2GB XMS3 modules, CL9-9-9-24
(x2) http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=393859
or
OCZ Gold DDR3 1333MHz 6GB KIT, 3xDDR3 2GB, CL8-8-8-20
(x2) http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=393852

Graphiccard:
EVGA 01G-P3-1286-AR GeForce GTX 280 FTW Edition 1GB
(Maybe x2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130366

Harddrive:
WD VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300 GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] WD3000GLFS

Optical drive:
ASUS DRW 2014L1T (Sølv / Sort)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135156

Soundcard:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829102005

Operation system:
Vista ultimate

That's it for now.. I apologize that many of the links are from a danish website. but that was because of problems finding the parts elsewhere. If anything's missing.. please tell me.

Thanks before hand.

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It's just a bit too early.

Don't buy memory without knowing the voltage. Ideally it would be about 1.5V.

That CPU cooler does not follow any effective known design and the fan is small.

Reply to Proximon

what resolution do you plan on gaming at? (if at all)

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Reply to antiacid

Some of your links are broken. The DVD burner is the only part in there that is not massively overpriced.

Reply to aevm

antiacid wrote :

what resolution do you plan on gaming at? (if at all)

If he buys a GTX 280 and doesn't intend to play games at all then somebody should kick him :lol:

Reply to aevm

ROFL@aevm.

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Reply to jtt283

naah.. it's a school computer.. only gonna use it for windows 95 and word.. OFC i'm gonna game xD !

Reply to aware

I like how you have the time to try to sound funny but not to answer a simple question.
Perhaps you'd want to do autoCAD/ProE or perhaps it's more video editing. Seeing as there's really no reason to spend that kind of money for a gaming machine when it'll depreciate so much. T Especially since the i7 are generally bringing more improvement to tasks other than gaming, relatively speaking. Just trying to identify what kind of user you are so that I can give you the best advice.

That is why I asked.

back on topic, I think that the 1200w PSU might be overkill for this type of load. If you went triple SLI and overclocked all around, then you would indeed have a use for it since your power draw (600w ish) would fall into the 50% load zone and that's usually a good spot for efficiency (85%+).

Reply to antiacid

A personal preferance, I would go for a ATI 4870X2, because it has a faster clock speeds, DDR5, and its got more memory, 2GB, so its a way better card.

Reply to deathun0

True, but it costs more (at least in North America).

Also, looking at the 1200W PSU, I think he wants to use all 3 PCI-E slots eventually. I don't know how well 3 of those cards would scale - that's 6 GPUs.

Reply to aevm

I would ask in a few weeks when we know more about various Mobos.
There may also be new memory sets out.

I suspect there may be some i7 Specific coolers out as well.

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Reply to zenmaster

I read somewhere that Noctua sends free mounting kits on request to people who have some of their coolers on LGA775 boards. Maybe others will do the same (free or for a small price).

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