Top 2009 Gaming build

Hi, I'm planing to build an extreme pc with top performance/quality parts. Money is not an option. Need help with building it with best case, psu and cooling.

Ok so I need cooling and psu powerful enought to handle:

i7 975 extreme
Gigabyte x58-Extreme mobo
2x GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP Hydro Copper

I had a look on Tai Chi case, and Thermaltake Toughtpower PSU 1200w and 1500w, which are 99 and 120amper. So how many watts and ampers of power do I need and cooling power?

first off id screw the NVIDIA and go for the even better ati 5870 in crossfire mode

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

as far as cooling hers a good list to choose from:

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/pro [...] ooler.html

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/cog [...] agodHWffqw

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/the [...] awodPEDdqw

and as far as a good psu to power that a good 750 watt should do it easily with the two ati cards in crossfire mode and just think if u get the ati u can get eyefinity O.O

Silent and cool + GTX 295 do not mix. And yes, Quad SLi with GTX 295 doesn't scale well and will break in most games. You're better off getting two/three HD 5870.

honestly dude top of the line shouldnt cost u more then $2000

sigh* i guarantee u that u will not beat 2 5850's in crossfire mode with anything else but whatever as far as the PSU im no expert in that go into the psu forum part and ask them theyll help u better i just know how to make crazy builds

5870s. Period.
For PSU, if you are sticking with 2 cards. Something along the lines of the Corsair HX750 should be great. For 3 cards, something like an HX850 would be better.

TRUST ME DUDE 2 5870's in crossfire mode will go above and beyond your expectations and if ur really not that satisfied wait till hte 31'st to see what shits nvidia got up there sleeve

A fool and his money are soon parted.

EVGA X58 SLI Classified Hydro Copper or Gigabyte x58-extreme or Asus Rampage 2 extreme ?

Thanks valsorim and everyone for your advice.

But I think I'm pretty decided on getting evga hydrocopper for mobo and gtx295 x2

So now its about the cooling needed to cool all that stuff... Yes I'm planing to overclock it.

So what will be best case and liquid cooling for it

Guys this man is obviously a champion and thus needs the best a man can get the gtx295 i mean 1x5870 doesnt bench slightly lower than a dual gpu 295 in almost all dx10 games and pass it in 10.1 and 11 games like cumon you cant top the 295...

Ok maybe I should enlighten you all In real life tests VelociRaptor is as fast in loading times as x25-m ssd and has much faster WRITE speed. While on a paper it shows that its more en 2 times slower from x25-m with READs. In real situtations its just a 1sec loading time difference while loading Windows or Photoshop CS etc.

So basicly while making a gaming rig. you are just wasting your money on SSD, + flash driver are not as reliable as magnetic ones.

A 1 second loading time difference for a program that takes 2 seconds to load is a big deal. The SSD is better than your velociraptor, just like the 5870 CrossFire/3-Way Crossfire is better. Ugh.

Windows XP load time 40sec with x25m and 41sec with velociraptor

Please let me know what kind of alien technoloby you are using to load a OS in 2sec.. or even a Photoshop CS.

Yea and show me a 3way 5870 crossifre configuration in action thank you.

That is some alien technology lo. can't really imagine that lab test thingy in my guest room

Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition Processor = $1000
EVGA X58 SLI Classified Hydro Copper = $570
EVGA GeForce GTX295 CO-OP Hydro Copper x2 = $1440
WD VelociRaptor 300gb x2 = $460
OCZ Blade Series 6 GB DDR3 PC3-16000 = $450
2000 MHz Triple Channel Kit
OCZ3B2000LV6GK
OCZ Turbo-Cool 1200w ESA =$550


This is my configuration plan up to now, so now i need a good case & a nice liqiud cooling. Any advices on it ? I'm not experienced in water cooling instalations so something more of a plug&play would be a better choice for me.

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 295 In Quad SLI

For $1440 you're gonna get worse performance in some games (and less than 20-30% scaling in other games which is horrible), instead of spending less on 3 or 4 HD 5870s. It's your money I guess.

I have to say, I'm with the guys I'd think 5870 is the way to go. Not necessarily tri-5870's though. Unless you are building this purely as a benchmarking tool. Two 295's will get you the highest 3dmark score, and highest over fps, but what is more important once you go over 60fps is minimum fps. The 5870 maintains a higher minimum than does the 295. Which equates to less microstutter(and microstutter drives me bonkers). But lets face it, its gonna be awesome either way

Oh and on the SSD's, I was only saying if money is no object. True, its not a huge performance increase, but neither is an i7 975 over a 920. Personally I stick with good old disk drives. But I'm not a gojillionaire either

This guy doesnt want advice, he wants you to aggree with him and stroke his ego that he is getting the best build out there.

He says that he wants fastest most silent computer money and wants it to last for 4 years.

But then his the choices are contrary to that.

He doenst want trust benchmarks on the 5870's because he knows better.

Honestly the SSD's and the 5870's run a lot cooler and quieter then the parts you have listed and are faster. Plus the cards have direct x 11. Save the money on your water cooling since your not overclocking, spend a little more on the hard drives, get the newer cards and be done with it. Otherwise in less then 2 years your going to be shelling out more money becauce you dont have driect x11 and all the latest games have it.

this is the best air cooler on the market currently

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/pro [...] ooler.html


and for the case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811163073

but if u ask me for a case go for silverstone they pretty much have the best cases if u ask me but they are expensive i personally have the silverstone raven

That mother board doesnt run 16x/16x/16x btw if you want to have 16x/16x/16x ur gonna wanna go with the P6T6 revolution http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 8&Tpk=p6t6

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ama_aragon/

there ,the best water cooling system you can buy ,idk where to buy it frm though.
and your pretty ignorant yourself for not listening to all of us about getting the 5870 which is clearly better but ill guess youll find out in 2 years when your crying because all the games run on DX11 and your crappy cards cant