Suggestions for my new setup

[rollaballinc]

So i have started to up grade my current computer and so far its off the chain :

What i have already bought and upgraded :

* Ram :
From : 12gb $300 Corsair Xm3
To : 24gb $320 Patriot 1600Mhz (6 x 4 gb)

All the RAM is for 64 bit After Effects ... 16gb or 18gb for rendering is gunna be amazing

* Heatsink :
From: Aircooler Cooler Master Hyper N-520 (good air cooler up to 3.5ish)
To: Corsair Hydro 50 Semi Water Cooler and was able to safely get 4.0MHz so far

*Case : (keeping current)

Cooler Master HAF 932 with 6 case fans , (3x 230mm Massive fans)

* Motherboard : (Not yet purchased)

From : EVGA X58 SLI LE motherboard
To : EVGA X58 SLI 3 ( exact same board but has usb 3.0 and sata 3 ports )

and when i say same, I literally think the took the LE and and modded them.

Processor : (keeping current)

*i7 930 stock 2.80 Overclocked to 4.0 Currently

Graphics Card :

From : EVGA 460 GTX 786 MB
To : Probably Going to upgrade to the 2gb version of the 460gtx

Hard drives :

From : 3gb/s 1x 1 tb, 1 x 750gb Software raided , then 320gb for OS
To: 3tb External Usb 3.0 , 250 gb sata iii 6gb/s

Power Supply :

Ultra 650w lifetime series PSU (may sound cheesy, But i only but ultra psu's) Never had one go bad,and ive owed about 6 over the years on various upgrades .....

If you have some ideas post them here.....

* Would it be worth it to go SLI ?
* Are there any RAM cooler fans, Universal or Patriot brand (The arch that goes on top and has two fans) ?
* Suggestions for anything i should add and or change ?
* I know 24gb of RAM is alot but Trichannel and 24gb's Cant wait to use AE

 

[rolli59]

If you are upgrading your GPU then I suggest going to a better performing card than the GTX460 2GB GTX570 would be my suggestion.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

1. Read this before buying the H50

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=694&Itemid=62

2. At minimum I'd look at the 560 Ti's over the 460

3. Would it be worth it to go SLI ?

Yes .... but not with an Ultra PSU ... XFX 650 is only $65 and will handle two 460/560's...though I'd prefer the XFX 750 Black

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=XFX+PSU&x=0&y=0


4. Are there any RAM cooler fans, Universal or Patriot brand (The arch that goes on top and has two fans) ?

Today's RAM, has THG has pointed out in more than one article, no longer needs heat sinks or coolers....in fact they reported that RAM ran cooler w/ heat sinks removed. The last "effective" cooler I saw were the Ascent liquid coolers offered on some of the Mushkin Redline series, but I haven't seen those since 2009. If ya worried about RAM cooling, you can always use an Antec "Spot Cool" or similar device.

5. Suggestions for anything i should add and or change ?

If ya use an air cooler, make sure you use low profile RAM . Tall heat sinks will hit the cooler.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226100

To guide ya choices make sure you are not looking at a test database based upon testing w/ the the LGA 775 CPU's (i.e frostytech) ....their heat signature is way different from 1155/1366 CPUs.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=447&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=15

 

[rollaballinc]

Yes .... but not with an Ultra PSU ... ok i now resent your comment and post a wager .... that my ultra PSU will out perform a psu that cost $200.00 more lol off the 800 watt version i was able to pull 2 x 2gb SLI cards ..... Once again dont knock it until youve tried it ...

 

[iceclock]

i agree ultra does make a few good powersupplies, but it all depends which one where talking about,

 

[rollaballinc]

Well both that i have used are cheaper then most and out performed 2 800w corsairs, where as i was running 2, 2gb cards sli and the corsairs would run them but the Ultra ran them with out a problem