Hi, i am new to this forum I've read on Tom's hardware before but never really asked a question before so sorry if I'm in the wrong thread but enough blah here is my first question
1. I want to build a Gaming rig for home.. i plan on keeping this rig for a long time so future proof is a priority money is not a problem right now so these are the components i want/plan on using
CPU: i7-3970X (Plan on over clocking)
GPU: Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X GHZ Edition 6GB (Plan to Quad Crossfirex)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x4GB) DDR3 2133 MHz
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Formula LGA 2011
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 512GB edition
HDD: Western digital caviar black 2tb (x2)
PSU: Corsair Professional Series HX 1050 Watt
OD: LG BH10LS38 10x Blu-Ray Re-writer
WLAN: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800
Now my trouble is that i'm not very familiar with gaming PC cases, and i don't know which one to buy? or where to even start looking to be honest and i want to OC so i want a really good water cooling setup so i need someones help pointing me in the right direction of a really good gaming computer case and a really good water cooling setup, i do care about aesthetics and want my Rig to look crazy without sacrificing much performance, also I am not too confident on the CPU? are there better ones that will give me greater results for less?, its my first time building my own computer so all your ideas, help & opinions will be greatly appreciated, also is the 'Koolance Exos (EX2-1050BK) 2.5 Water Cooling System' a good kit?
2. I NEED to build a server for my business i also plan to keep it for a very long time, I've saved up a lot and its time i really got an upgrade everything else has been but my server has not, oh and these are the main tasks that it will be doing
Multimedia Transcoding
Multimedia Editing and rendering
Control a network for both firms (Mine and my farther)
A storage hub for all the files
Microsoft excel work
I heard that AMD Opteron 6380 are really good but I'm not sure, should i just buy a ready made server from PC word or something because i don't know if they would be up to the tasks
and the server is going to be on 24/7, so i don't think id benefit from any SSD's just a High speed reliable HDD would do me fine they're going to be in raid but they will be on for along time.. i am guessing probably be on until i have a power cut the computers i have in the office are Dell Inspiron 660s i5 with standard 20" 1080p monitors but my server is really old and crappy got it for free of a friend when i first started up, so any suggestions on what i should do? and what should i put inside it? oh and if you think i should build one then give me everything you would put into a server if money wasn't a problem plus i will be accessing this server from home.. that's both the question all ideas, opinions, suggestions will help thanks just need to light shed on my confusion
1. I want to build a Gaming rig for home.. i plan on keeping this rig for a long time so future proof is a priority money is not a problem right now so these are the components i want/plan on using
CPU: i7-3970X (Plan on over clocking)
GPU: Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X GHZ Edition 6GB (Plan to Quad Crossfirex)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x4GB) DDR3 2133 MHz
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Formula LGA 2011
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 512GB edition
HDD: Western digital caviar black 2tb (x2)
PSU: Corsair Professional Series HX 1050 Watt
OD: LG BH10LS38 10x Blu-Ray Re-writer
WLAN: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800
Now my trouble is that i'm not very familiar with gaming PC cases, and i don't know which one to buy? or where to even start looking to be honest and i want to OC so i want a really good water cooling setup so i need someones help pointing me in the right direction of a really good gaming computer case and a really good water cooling setup, i do care about aesthetics and want my Rig to look crazy without sacrificing much performance, also I am not too confident on the CPU? are there better ones that will give me greater results for less?, its my first time building my own computer so all your ideas, help & opinions will be greatly appreciated, also is the 'Koolance Exos (EX2-1050BK) 2.5 Water Cooling System' a good kit?
2. I NEED to build a server for my business i also plan to keep it for a very long time, I've saved up a lot and its time i really got an upgrade everything else has been but my server has not, oh and these are the main tasks that it will be doing
Multimedia Transcoding
Multimedia Editing and rendering
Control a network for both firms (Mine and my farther)
A storage hub for all the files
Microsoft excel work
I heard that AMD Opteron 6380 are really good but I'm not sure, should i just buy a ready made server from PC word or something because i don't know if they would be up to the tasks
and the server is going to be on 24/7, so i don't think id benefit from any SSD's just a High speed reliable HDD would do me fine they're going to be in raid but they will be on for along time.. i am guessing probably be on until i have a power cut the computers i have in the office are Dell Inspiron 660s i5 with standard 20" 1080p monitors but my server is really old and crappy got it for free of a friend when i first started up, so any suggestions on what i should do? and what should i put inside it? oh and if you think i should build one then give me everything you would put into a server if money wasn't a problem plus i will be accessing this server from home.. that's both the question all ideas, opinions, suggestions will help thanks just need to light shed on my confusion