Hi Guys,
I was wondering if anybody had experience with a system similar to the one below and if they encountered any problems or issues with compatability, the installation process, overclocking, ect.
I have build PC's before (3 from scratch, 4<6 upgrades/frankensteins, over 10 years), however never OC'd so have gone for sub-top-of-the-line processor and graphics, just in case... I'm planning to upgrade to Ivy Bridge and more powerfull graphics at a later stage ( so if their is anything your expert foresight can predict being an issue in this regard, let me know, any suggestions on resolving those issues would also be welcome. )
Here's the Speccy...
- Processor - Mobo - Ram - Graphics -
Intel I5 2500K
Asus P8Z68 V Pro Gen3
16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 C9 (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B)
Asus GTX560 Ti Top
- HDD - SSD - Optical x2 - Monitors
Western Digital 2TB SATA3 Green
Revodrive 3 2X 240GB
LG Blu-Ray Burner BH12LS38 +
LG Blu-Ray Combo CH12LS28
2x LG 24" LED-LCD (E2441V-BN)
- Case - PSU - Heatsink - Thermal Paste
Corsair Graphite Series 600T Mesh
Corsair HX-650W
Corsair Hydro H100
Arctic Silver 5
- UPS + Other peripherals sucking juice from the ups + Absolute Maximum Wattages
Value GP LCD 2200VA / 1320W
The PC ( ok this is a given ) - 650W
The 2 aforementioned 24" monitors @25W Each - 50W
Existing XBox slim - 100W
Existing Panasonic Vierra 36" Plasma - 350W
Existing Creative Inspire 5.1 - 80W
Comes to..... Max 1230W, so 90W spare, phew...
WHY?
Because my current POS PC has now consumed its 4th PC Soul and im beginning to wonder if im ever going to get a new one.
evolution: Dinosuar (New as of 2001): Caveman (Updated 2005): Frankenstein (Merged with a mates dead pc for a case of beer, 2007): Darth Vader( new graphics, + ram 2010)
Whats it going to be doing?
I want to be able to learn CUDA on this thing, and do any relevant 3D modelling, 2D Textures, Related Programming, Databases, etc. ( at least to a certain degree before upgrading graphics cards and processor down the line. )
Possibly host some small development websites ( hopefully to the point that if/when it exceeds my ability to host it myself, then it's worthy of getting paid hosting for. )
Gaming ( New Titles; Fast Responce over graphics quality, I'm competitive, but It's not my life... )
Networking, on occasion the box will visit and be visited by friends of said box.
Your usual browsing, document creation, etc.
The TV will link to the Mobo Via HDMI, It would be great to be able to run CPU Graphics on TV and GPU Dual Monitor Simutaniously .?.?.
I would like to reach 4500Mhz+ on the CPU (looking for 4400-4600Mhz base clock with the +1,+2,+3,+4 Turbo Enabled ? Is this right ?)
Oh, I am actually a Programmer / Graphic Designer by trade, but in saying that, CUDA and advanced 3D IS beyond my current grasp, I have done some assembly and 3D modelling in the past however.
Question I have?
The H100 Mounted on the top of the case, Fans on the outside, In suck configuration, negative pressure in the case, Sucking in cool air through that mesh? or in blow configuration, sucking cool air in throught the radiator, and blowing that heated air onto the ram and graphics, with positive case pressure, blowing out of the side mesh? I think the former. But don't really understand why.
Would love to OC the Graphics and Ram also, or at least tweak it somewhat, but im not really 100% sure of my headroom here.
What sort of headroom do I have in regard to the overclock ability of the ram and graphics in this case, and with the config options above? What about with heatsink fans on the ram?
Is it worth getting a smaller Sata3 SSD or setting up a ramdisc for pagefile/scratchdisc purposes?
or can you setup a ramdisc as a cache for the revodrive? similar to how a SSD can cache for a HDD?
I'm so far out of my initial budget its scary, but I've spent a month+ relearning the new hardware available and have spent $0 elsewhere & can somehow now actually afford this build. 8-)
1 thing im pretty set on is the revodrive, I dont see Sata4 coming out any time soon with 4x the speed of Sata3, + I dislike RAID configs. Plus really, who doesn't want that speed?
Anyway, any opinions welcome, ideas, feedback etc. I dont seriously expect anyone to answer all the question above, all i can do is put it all out there, but if you can only answer 1 it would be this: Does it sound like a decent build that would OC well?
Cheers for any feedback in advance.
Thanks.