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OK now a may be going way over board on this computer but i want to to last longer than any off the shelf computer. So heres the deal I have already have every thing on this list either being shipped or in my house now waiting to be put together and would like to see what the moding community things about it. Also i would like to know if i should keep the 4870 x2, buy another one for xfire, or go with other card altogether. The Video card is the only place i way have gone wrong. Thank you for your inp

ASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 DDR3 AMD
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz
CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 / CORSAIR CMXAF1 Fan
SAPPHIRE 100251SR Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM
IN WIN COMMANDER IRP-COM1200 1200W ATX 12V

Thermaltake Armor+ LCS
Swiftech MCW60-R VGA Waterbloc
Swiftech CALDERA-HS Heatsink for AMD HD4870X2
and 3 water cooled block for chip set on MB

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pre-built LCS....

/shakes head

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Message edited by masteryoda34 on 05-23-2009 at 02:46:27 AM

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masteryoda34 wrote :

pre-built LCS....

/shakes head

The only thing that is rebuilt on the LCS is the the thermaltake housing, pump, radiator, rez, fan, and the cpu black. Every thing else I am adding for chip set, and graphics card

Reply to nobrakes79

well i have done some more research into graphic cards and have come to this conclusion that i will keep the 4870 X2 and latter buy the 4890 X2 when it comes out and run them in crossfire.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticl [...] rCode.aspx

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thermaltake LCS, not a good idea.

VRaptor, not a good idea, even the 1TB samsung F1 32MB's beat them.

1200w not brand name PSU, not a good idea.

4 dimms of ram where you can only use a max of 4 dimms, bad idea.

Reply to Helloworld_98

Instead you should buy a good psu like Corsair of 850W. Even 850W is too much for what you have.
8 Gb?! What exactly are you using the pc for? Because 8 gb sounds too much. Also a good air cooling system is more than enough except the situation that you want to do high OC.

------------------------------ Intel i7 920, Gigabyte X58-DS4, 3x1 Corsair DDR3 1333, XFX 260 GTX
Samsung 750Gb F1,Samsung DVD-rw, Hiper Type-M 880W, Coolermaster HAF 932, Logitech Z-5500
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Well I see that you do not like the power supply that i have. the only reason i got it is because after doing research on all the power supply on newegg this one was the only one i did not find a bad review on.so i got it. next is the hard dive i already have one so im getting a secon and putting then in raid 0 so i thing that is better.Oh yea i know that 8 gb is over kill on the ram but I want this computer to last for more that 1 year and to answer i do alot of gaming. I know air cooled is just fine but i always wanted to build a water cooled computer. I did lots of resech and looking up every video on youtube.

Reply to nobrakes79

^ yeah well you didn't research very well then.

if you did you would have found out that VRaptor's are rubbish, thermaltake WCS's are about as good as an arctic cooling freezer pro and never trust newegg reviews.

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+1 Helloworld_98
You will just spend money without any real gain in terms of termperature.

yah guess i will not buy second hard drive the I already have the power supply as far as the Vraptor i have it works fine for now i was only going to buy a second one for raid but will look into hard drives later. what about the 4 dimm slots did you not like Helloworld? SOYOU GUYS ARE RALLY NOT FOR WATER COOLED ARE YOU. i JUST WANTED TO SPED THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING I NEVER DID. Ill look up the hard drives you said.

Reply to nobrakes79

Just go done looking at PSU stats im happy

http://www.overclockersclub.com/re [...] 200w/7.htm

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Looks pretty good but expensive. 1200 W i think is too much unless you want quad sli or crossfire.

Message edited by hefox on 05-24-2009 at 01:15:35 AM

Ya thanks I like it and i plan on doing crossfire. Right now i have a ATI 4870 X2 then i will get a 4890 X2 and crossfire them.
Question Can you link 3 ATI graphics cards. Crossfire to me means 2 so i think not but wow if you could or can.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticl [...] rCode.aspx

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Do you have to have a raid card to do raid 0 on 2 hard drives

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Waiting for Conumdrum to respond....

in the mean time:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] tion-q9550
Read Conumdrum's 1st post.

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Reply to Shadow703793

nobrakes79 wrote :

Just go done looking at PSU stats im happy

http://www.overclockersclub.com/re [...] 200w/7.htm

Don't. If you must really need a 1kW PSU, get a Corsair or a PC Power & Cooling or even a CoolerMaster. Get a good quality PSU and you won't regret it.
I recommend: PC Power & Cooling, Corsair, OCZ, Antec, SeaSonic.

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VRaptor, not a good idea, even the 1TB samsung F1 32MB's beat them.

Really? Looking at the benches the VelociRaptor easily beats the F1.
Tom's Hardware - Benchmark -VelociRaptor vs F1
Are you talking about the old Raptor? The old raptors are indeed beaten by the F1 and pretty much all 7200.11 drives.

Message edited by Shadow703793 on 05-24-2009 at 04:07:58 AM

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Thank You for the info on water cooling it looks like i will need a second radiator because i only have 1 small radiator to handle my CPU, chip set, and GPU. So far i have spent about $2100.00 on everything latest and greatest gear.

Reply to nobrakes79

"VRaptor, not a good idea, even the 1TB samsung F1 32MB's beat them."

Um not! VRaptor owns everything out there except SSD drives. Research before you type....

Nice choices there nobrakes. Im loving my 955 and velociraptor/Raptor Raid setup. But im using a 6 month old single 4870 1gb. Everything runs great, but I want to upgrade to a Sapphire atomic edition 1gb 4890 and combine it with my 4870 in crossfire as soon as I can get a hold of one. The 4870 x2 is still a good card but on its way out as newer tech is already surpassed it. Not sure if there is a 4890 X2 coming or not...

Message edited by soldier37 on 05-24-2009 at 06:22:06 AM

------------------------------ Phen 2 955 @ 4 GHZ MSI 790FX AM3 Gskill 8Gb DDR3 1333 ATI 5870 1 Gb 2 x Velociraptors 600Gb Gateway 24" 1920 x 1200 DVI 32 GB Iphone 3GS and Blu Ray...life is good!
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Ya thanks Soldier I would like to show pics of my work so far but i will wait tell i post video on youtube. your computer looks great could you send me your steps one over clocking to 4.2 and how big a radiator. Ya Soldier you should wait tell like August September because that is when the 4870 X2 came out last year so the 4890 X2 should come out about that time this year.

Reply to nobrakes79

I just ordered an extra radiator and 2 140mm fans to mount on it. Now that should keep it all cool.

Reply to nobrakes79

^You didn't get the point. The TT kit is going to start leaking 6 months - year down the road.

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Reply to Shadow703793

Well at this point i have painted the case i can not return so when it leak i will mod. i still need to finish the link of yours

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