hey guys,
1st of all, awesome community you got over here (^_^)b.
iam planing on building a new tub in about 45 days or so, as iam due for an upgrade my current PC has survived for about 6 years now, here is my current setup:
MOBO: Intel D975XBX2
Processor: Q6600 G0 (squeezed it to 3.40GHz stable on air)
Cooler: Zalman CNPS X10 quiet
Case: Coolermaster Sniper black mesh edition
RAM: 8GB Corsair 6400-CL5 800MHz
VGA: Gigabyte HD5770
HDD: WD 2TB Caviar Black and an assortment of others totaling to 4.65 TB
OS: Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 45 days, around Sept 25th or 26th
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming (mainly MMOs and mainly FFXIV with multiboxing once they figure out how to do it), Media server for 3 x PS3s streaming HD over gigabit network, watching 1080p movie and HD shows, sharing large files over hamachi for friends, browsing/youtube/streaming, also using ventrilo while doing FFXIV
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, keyboard, monitor/s and sound system (using my Pio Kuro KRP-500M as main monitor, and an LG32 inch LCD, will also be using my 46" samsung LCD as a 3rd, all monitors running 1080x1920, going to the kuro through my Onkyo TX-NR1007 through HDMI doing 7.1)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: a mix of amazon.com, amazon.co.uk and newegg.com (have mail forward service in the US and the UK, not sure if newegg accepts non US credit cards though)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Dubai
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel i7 980ZX CPU, Gigabyte GA X58-UD9 (not sure to go for ver. 2 or ver. 1, if 1 is even available anymore), not sure to go with dual 5970, 5970+ (2x5870) + X465 (for physx), 3 x 5870 + X480 or all the way quad-fire 5870s, not sure which brand/models yet though (may consider four X480s aswell), cooling wise im unsure heared the corsair H50 is good, but would like more suggestions, case would probably be the HAF X (will purchase case locally due to weight), also probably getting 1 x Crucial C300 SSD for windows/games install drive.
also would like to go liquid cooling on the GPUs
OVERCLOCKING: Yes as high as possible on w/e cooling i ll get without having the processor go boom
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes, prefer to fill all 4 PCIE X16 slots so i wont have to upgrade for a while
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 for 3 monitors
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: this build should last me another 5~6 years before i need to consider upgrading (budget is around AED 22,000, which is almost USD 6,000, however would squeeze a bit more if needed if certain parts would make decent boost) im unsure if i would want to wait for sandy bridge to come out, as it might take some time, aswell prices will be probably too high, unless its worth it. i dont want to go for a server build, as i dont think i can fully afford it, however, suggestions are welcome.
1st of all, awesome community you got over here (^_^)b.
iam planing on building a new tub in about 45 days or so, as iam due for an upgrade my current PC has survived for about 6 years now, here is my current setup:
MOBO: Intel D975XBX2
Processor: Q6600 G0 (squeezed it to 3.40GHz stable on air)
Cooler: Zalman CNPS X10 quiet
Case: Coolermaster Sniper black mesh edition
RAM: 8GB Corsair 6400-CL5 800MHz
VGA: Gigabyte HD5770
HDD: WD 2TB Caviar Black and an assortment of others totaling to 4.65 TB
OS: Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 45 days, around Sept 25th or 26th
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming (mainly MMOs and mainly FFXIV with multiboxing once they figure out how to do it), Media server for 3 x PS3s streaming HD over gigabit network, watching 1080p movie and HD shows, sharing large files over hamachi for friends, browsing/youtube/streaming, also using ventrilo while doing FFXIV
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: mouse, keyboard, monitor/s and sound system (using my Pio Kuro KRP-500M as main monitor, and an LG32 inch LCD, will also be using my 46" samsung LCD as a 3rd, all monitors running 1080x1920, going to the kuro through my Onkyo TX-NR1007 through HDMI doing 7.1)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: a mix of amazon.com, amazon.co.uk and newegg.com (have mail forward service in the US and the UK, not sure if newegg accepts non US credit cards though)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Dubai
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel i7 980ZX CPU, Gigabyte GA X58-UD9 (not sure to go for ver. 2 or ver. 1, if 1 is even available anymore), not sure to go with dual 5970, 5970+ (2x5870) + X465 (for physx), 3 x 5870 + X480 or all the way quad-fire 5870s, not sure which brand/models yet though (may consider four X480s aswell), cooling wise im unsure heared the corsair H50 is good, but would like more suggestions, case would probably be the HAF X (will purchase case locally due to weight), also probably getting 1 x Crucial C300 SSD for windows/games install drive.
also would like to go liquid cooling on the GPUs
OVERCLOCKING: Yes as high as possible on w/e cooling i ll get without having the processor go boom
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes, prefer to fill all 4 PCIE X16 slots so i wont have to upgrade for a while
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 for 3 monitors
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: this build should last me another 5~6 years before i need to consider upgrading (budget is around AED 22,000, which is almost USD 6,000, however would squeeze a bit more if needed if certain parts would make decent boost) im unsure if i would want to wait for sandy bridge to come out, as it might take some time, aswell prices will be probably too high, unless its worth it. i dont want to go for a server build, as i dont think i can fully afford it, however, suggestions are welcome.
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