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I am fairly new to custom builds, and I've been looking through the different parts etc. for around a year now, on and off. I don't have an exact budge for my build, however I would like to keep it within the boundaries of $1500 AUD (discluding monitors and other peripherals). So far I have looked over and decided that the following parts are adequate:
Case:
CoolerMaster Cosmos S
http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=3947
Mobo:
Asus P8Z68-V Pro
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68V_PRO/
Processor:
Intel i7 2700k 3.5GHz (3.9GHz clocked)
http://ark.intel.com/products/61275/
RAM:
Kingston 2x4GB DDR3-1600
http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/KHX16C9T2K2_8.pdf
Wireless Adapter:
D-Link RangeBooster N 650 PCI Adapter
http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=792
(sadly necessary as we have limited ethernet port access in my house - I also need wireless capability for ad-hoc network gaming at my hostel! )
GPU:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363
Optical:
BluRay Writer Retail Pack
www.lg.com/au/burners-drives/lg-BH12LS38.AYBR10B-burner-drive
SSD:
Kingston HyperX 3K 90gb SATA for $90 from newegg.com
or
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SATA III
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227791
Hard drive:
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA WD15EARX 64mb cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136892
or
Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 7200RPM 32MB cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
(the SSD is intented for SSD caching (I think is the term) with my Sandy Bridge mobo), so if anyone could recommend anywhere I could find a decent quality one I would be grateful. I plan to use two of them in a RAID 1 array because I'm paranoid about losing the music, movies etc. that I will be storing on them.
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I am also going to add a water cooling rig for my processor. I am extremely inexperienced when it comes to anything to do with water cooling - it's taking a while to get my head around, so please forgive me if I get something mixed up.
I would like to use:
Pump:
DD12V-D5 Pump Variable Speed by Laing
http://www.dangerden.com/store/dd12v-d5_pump-variable-speed-by-laing.html
OR
DD / Laing DDC 3.2 - 12V 18 Watt Version
http://www.dangerden.com/store/dd-laing-ddc-12v-18-watt-version-3.2.html
WaterBlock:
RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) by XSPC
http://www.xs-pc.com/products/waterblocks/cpu-waterblocks/raystorm-cpu-waterblock-intel/
Reservoir:
Single 5.25? Bay Reservoir by XSPC
http://www.xs-pc.com/products/reservoirs/single-5-25-bay-reservoir/
Fan:
RX360 Triple Fan Radiator by XSPC
http://www.xs-pc.com/products/radiators/rx-series/rx360-triple-fan-radiator/
I am extremely shaky on my choices for the Res and Fan of my setup; I am almost positive I've misinterpreted something and chosen completely wrongly. I'm even more unsure about my choice of pumps - I have read multiple forums in regards to pumps, around 20 pages of reading in total I'd say (enough!!!) but I still don't have much of an idea where to go. If this happens to be the case, I'd appreciate it if someone could let me know where I went wrong and what a better choice would've been?
Before anyone asks "Have you read the stickies", I have read as many as I can possibly comprehend over a plethora of websites on water cooling, and frankly I think I've comprehended as much as I possibly can at this time (although I OBVIOUSLY am still in need of heaps of experience).
It mentions in my signature that I have not built a system before; unfortunately this is the case. I have however since the start of this year constructed 3 relatively sound custom system builds just to muck around; dream-machines. However, this is the first in which I've included a water-cooling system.
I am building this system for school at the moment, however I will be doing image/video editing, and I regularly use Adobe software such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks and Flash Professional to build websites. I am a computing enthusiast, and I plan for this desktop to last me around 5 years and hopefully more.
Anyway, if somebody could let me know where I've messed up it'd be a great help to a learning computer enthusiast.
Thanks very much!
~Trble
I am fairly new to custom builds, and I've been looking through the different parts etc. for around a year now, on and off. I don't have an exact budge for my build, however I would like to keep it within the boundaries of $1500 AUD (discluding monitors and other peripherals). So far I have looked over and decided that the following parts are adequate:
Case:
CoolerMaster Cosmos S
http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=3947
Mobo:
Asus P8Z68-V Pro
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68V_PRO/
Processor:
Intel i7 2700k 3.5GHz (3.9GHz clocked)
http://ark.intel.com/products/61275/
RAM:
Kingston 2x4GB DDR3-1600
http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/KHX16C9T2K2_8.pdf
Wireless Adapter:
D-Link RangeBooster N 650 PCI Adapter
http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=792
(sadly necessary as we have limited ethernet port access in my house - I also need wireless capability for ad-hoc network gaming at my hostel! )
GPU:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363
Optical:
BluRay Writer Retail Pack
www.lg.com/au/burners-drives/lg-BH12LS38.AYBR10B-burner-drive
SSD:
Kingston HyperX 3K 90gb SATA for $90 from newegg.com
or
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SATA III
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227791
Hard drive:
WD Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA WD15EARX 64mb cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136892
or
Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 7200RPM 32MB cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
(the SSD is intented for SSD caching (I think is the term) with my Sandy Bridge mobo), so if anyone could recommend anywhere I could find a decent quality one I would be grateful. I plan to use two of them in a RAID 1 array because I'm paranoid about losing the music, movies etc. that I will be storing on them.
_______________________________________________
I am also going to add a water cooling rig for my processor. I am extremely inexperienced when it comes to anything to do with water cooling - it's taking a while to get my head around, so please forgive me if I get something mixed up.
I would like to use:
Pump:
DD12V-D5 Pump Variable Speed by Laing
http://www.dangerden.com/store/dd12v-d5_pump-variable-speed-by-laing.html
OR
DD / Laing DDC 3.2 - 12V 18 Watt Version
http://www.dangerden.com/store/dd-laing-ddc-12v-18-watt-version-3.2.html
WaterBlock:
RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) by XSPC
http://www.xs-pc.com/products/waterblocks/cpu-waterblocks/raystorm-cpu-waterblock-intel/
Reservoir:
Single 5.25? Bay Reservoir by XSPC
http://www.xs-pc.com/products/reservoirs/single-5-25-bay-reservoir/
Fan:
RX360 Triple Fan Radiator by XSPC
http://www.xs-pc.com/products/radiators/rx-series/rx360-triple-fan-radiator/
I am extremely shaky on my choices for the Res and Fan of my setup; I am almost positive I've misinterpreted something and chosen completely wrongly. I'm even more unsure about my choice of pumps - I have read multiple forums in regards to pumps, around 20 pages of reading in total I'd say (enough!!!) but I still don't have much of an idea where to go. If this happens to be the case, I'd appreciate it if someone could let me know where I went wrong and what a better choice would've been?
Before anyone asks "Have you read the stickies", I have read as many as I can possibly comprehend over a plethora of websites on water cooling, and frankly I think I've comprehended as much as I possibly can at this time (although I OBVIOUSLY am still in need of heaps of experience).
It mentions in my signature that I have not built a system before; unfortunately this is the case. I have however since the start of this year constructed 3 relatively sound custom system builds just to muck around; dream-machines. However, this is the first in which I've included a water-cooling system.
I am building this system for school at the moment, however I will be doing image/video editing, and I regularly use Adobe software such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks and Flash Professional to build websites. I am a computing enthusiast, and I plan for this desktop to last me around 5 years and hopefully more.
Anyway, if somebody could let me know where I've messed up it'd be a great help to a learning computer enthusiast.
Thanks very much!
~Trble