Purchasing this system 11-28-08

[alanwest09872]

Ok I have been waiting a very long time and finally I will be able to order my new system. Everything that I'm looking to get is goin to be best of the best. This system will be order by the 28 of november. If I have any bugs in my choices please help me out. I am not goin to downgrade from what I have. So please leave out comments about sli being overpriced blah blah blah

1. Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131352 asus Rampage 3 extreme 398.99

2. Proccessor http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115200 Intel core I7 extreme 1,058.99

3. Hard drives

a. Os drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820167005 SSD Intel 80g 250 read 70 write no studder effect 619.99

b. 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136260 2 veloraptor drives raid 0 (data doest matter) for gaming 519.98

c. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136313 Standard 1tb drive for all the extra software/misc data 199.99

4. Raid controller card http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16816131003 areca pci-expressx8 controller 299.99

5. Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820145222 corsair ddr3 1600 (3 x 2g) sticks x 2 packages = 12gb ram 299.00 x 2

6. Video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150326 xfx gtx 280 1gb (I already have 1 = sli 2gb video ram) 459.99

7. Dvd Burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827131059 Sony sata dvd burner 59.99

8. Power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817256041 1200w silverstone 289.99

9. Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811112144 Lian Li case. (I was told was a really nice case) 239.99

10. adapter for 2.5 to 3.5 (intel ssd) http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811993005 18.99

11. NIA http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826100006 Neural Impulse Actuator. controlls your computer from you mind 119.99

12. Keyboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16823126034 Logitech g15 89.99

13. Mouse http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826104079 Logitech G9 laser usb wired 89.99

14. Monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824176099 25.5 lcd monitor hp 509.99


Total $5524.86

I know that I could go cheaper on some stuff like the cpu but I dont want to. I want the best of teh best. I dont care if its only a little bit better and you think im being stupid so please leave those comments out.




The one thing that is missing from this system is a liquid cool system for it. Unfortunately I have yet to find one that would work for the 1366 processor. If you know of one that is high quality that will allow for high overclocking (3.2 to 5ghz) please let me know right away. I would really appreciate it.

Also this is just for my own personal benefit. I have 1 sata drive right now if I take that drive and place it into my new pc as an extra backup will that effect the performance of my system. Basically if I take this slow drive and put it into my system will it hurt its performance.


One last thing that I will be purchasing with this setup


15. Projector http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16889106017 Benq w500 1280x720 3lcd 720p (for playing some killer games) 999.99

New total: 6424. 85

Best discount newegg will give is 5 percent off the shipping so 20 bucks lol.


Quick breakdown of questions

1. Liquid cooling system for the I7 core systems
2. Old hardrive in new system. Will it affect teh speed of the other drives or make the pc run slower in anyway?
3. Anything else I could purchase to make this a better system.
4. Does anything on this system not go togeather

example. Motherboard into the case power supply into the case. video cards fit in,

EDIT added blueray burner.




16 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827136155 224.99

LG Black 6X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 6X Blu-ray DVD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner 6X Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive Model GGW-H20LK - OEM

 

[alanwest09872]

Reserved. Just relized that this is very hard to read what I have so I will be posting what the products are exactly right here. sorry about that guys. will do it tommarow 11-22 10 est


1. ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail 398.99

2. Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 3.2GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 Quad-Core Processor - Retail 1059.99

3. a. Intel SSDSA2MH080G1C5 80GB SATA Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail 621.00
b. Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM 259.99 x 2
c. Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM 199.99

4. areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller Card RAID 0/1/1E/3/5 JBOD - Retail 299.99

5. CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail x 2 299.00

6. XFX GX280NZDFF GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail 459.99 (already have 1)

7. SONY Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA 22X DVD Burner w/ LightScribe - Retail 59.99

8. SILVERSTONE ST1200 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail 289.99

9. LIAN LI PC-A71B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail 239.00

10. StarTech BRACKET25 Adapter Kit to Mount 2.5" HDD in 3.5" Drive Bay - Retail 18.99

11. OCZ OCZMSNIA Neural Impulse Actuator - Retail 119.99

12. Logitech G15 2-Tone 104 Normal Keys 29 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard - Retail 89.99

13. Logitech G9 Black 5 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser 3200 dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail 89.99

14. HP W2558HC Black 25.5" 3ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor DC 3000:1(1000;1) Built in Speakers - Retail 509.99

15. BenQ W500 1280 x 720 3LCD 720p Home Theater Projector With HDMI 1100 lumens 5000:1 999.99

Sorry the projector is for movies not for gaming I should have mentioned that in the first post.

 

[disports]

lol wow eesh. that's a lot of money to burn!

 

[DSF]

SLI doesn't double your effective VRAM:

"Q: Doesn't adding a second card in SLI double my VRAM?
A: This is a very common misconception. When two video cards are in SLI, both memory subsystems are concurrently utilized but are not combined or treated as a single volume. The two GPUs are drawing the same resources to draw the frame, so if their VRAM subsystems were combined the cards would have to communicate back and forth across the SLI bridge/PCI-Express bus to access required information. That would amount to tremendous latency, or in other words, major performance reductions. When the GPUs require a new bit of information, say a texture, that data is loaded to both card's memory at the same time since they're both rendering the same scene.

Same goes for clock speeds, pixel pipelines, vertex shaders, stream processors, etc. If it makes it easier to understand, SLI is basically the act of introducing a second video processor."

 

[akugami]

Get a Blu-Ray burner? You're already spending tons of cash. What's another $100 to $150? You have a 25" LCD, you might as well use it as an entertainment system with the occasional Blu-Rays. While they are costly now, it's pretty much a no-brainer that it'll replace DVD's for the "Super Duper Director's Cut Platinum Special Edition" version of movies.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: alanwest09872

15. Projector Benq w500 1280x720 3lcd 720p (for playing some killer games)

At 1280x720 the games won't be "killer" just wounded.

Drop the projector and HP monitor...
Get a Samsung XL30 (with LED back lighting). :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[RallyMaster]

Be nice

MarcVenice --- General Hardware Mod

 

[us3rnotfound]

Enjoy every waking moment of this PC because in about 2 or 3 years my $450 system will crush it.

 

[AVP]

If you are only getting the ssd for the os then this one is faster: here Though it is small.

Or you could drop it all together and pay for my textbooks next term

Oh and what Blain said, get a 1080p projector

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: AVP
Oh and what Blain said, get a 1080p projector

I told him to drop the projector.

 

[videogames101]

Ok, well, you need a cpu cooler.



Try Thermalright 120 Extreme BLACK + 2x Noctua NF-P12 Fans in Push-Pull.

(Most epic cpu air cooling money can buy)

 

[alanwest09872]

the projector is for movies that I can display at like 10 feet. My 65 inch lcd projection wasnt cutting it anymore. The projector Isnt for gaming sorry I should have mentioned that. and thankyou for mentiononing the blue ray. It wasnt even anything that I thought of. I will add that to the list.

 

[DSF]

From your original post:

"15. Projector http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16889106017 Benq w500 1280x720 3lcd 720p (for playing some killer games) 999.99 "

 

[alanwest09872]

wow that should have said for watching killer movies my bad lol. If i was goin to get one for games I would get the 1920x1080 one from newegg. lol i will chalk that one to being over excited blew my load a little bit to soon. my bad lol. I do plan on hooking up my 360 ps3 up 2 it though. but I wasnt talking about that in my post.

But either way anything else I should purchase to maek this system better and 4 questions still remain

1. If I place my old hardrive in there as extra storage will that affect the performance of the system in any way shape or form

2. is that power supply enough for this whole system.

3. Where can i get a good liquid cooling system. or a cooling system that works thats good.

4. Will everything fit into this case. It should but I just wanna double check

The Thermalright 120 Extreme BLACK + 2x Noctua NF-P12 Fans in Push-Pull I didnt see the bracket for the 1366 proccessor

 

[alanwest09872]

bump for those 4 questions.

 

[MarcVenice]

Try the thermalright website, there are brackets for lga 1366 mobo's.

Get the 1080p projector, you have bluray, so if you're going to watch a movie, you want it to be displayed at it's native resolution, and FULL HD = 1080p.

No, using your old HDD for storage won't have a negative effect on performance, as long as it's only used for storage.

The PSU will be enough, but I would get this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817153054 and run TRI-SLI GTX280's. Drop the i965 down to a i940, the difference between a i965 and i940 is FAR smaller then having an extra GTX280. Or just do both, and get a i965 and tri-sli GTX280's.

The only thing POSSIBLY not fitting in the case could be the PSU; you'd have to look up the dimensions of the PSU yourself though, and look up the dimensions of the case. Perhaps someone in the cases and cooling forum can tell you.

 

[alanwest09872]

If i go with the tri sli then I wont be able to put in the raid controller card. and I will look into the projector and the bracket that you mentioned t hank you I appreciate your help.

 

[MarcVenice]

Maybe you should forget about raid, and order another intel x25-m for games.

Btw, MANY reviews have shown that raid array's do NOT speed up loading times for games. In fact, a standard HDD trades blows with a raptor: link

A velociraptor is faster of course, but so is a x25.

 

[vailr]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice


A velociraptor is faster of course, but so is a x25.

Raid controller for PCIe x1 slot
Attach two of the Intel SSD drives in Raid 0.
Plus: two 300 Gb Velociraptor drives in Raid 0, attached to the onboard Intel Raid controller.
Add an external eSATA 1 Tb. HD for backup, which would need to only intermittently be powered on.

For power supply: a 1200 Watt PSU is probably excessive, and near the outer limit for one regular 115 V. household U.S. power circuit. May need to wire in a second electrical circuit from the breaker box, for powering any peripherals.

 

[soccerballtux]

Is the neural impluse actuator a joke?

edit: wow, it's not. But you need to do your homework a bit more. There aren't any 64-bit drivers for that thing. Which, you will be using as you will be running Vista-64 yes?

 

[alanwest09872]

lol no its not a joke and yes there are drivers for vista 64 bit.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/d...ural_Impulse_Actuator/

I know how you feel. I was like omg no way when I seen it. I'm sure teh operation of it si kinda iffe but I still want it to have some fun with it

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Once you get your case and parts, head over to the cases and cooling section and talk to Aigo about setting up an H20 system. Do exactly as he says

 

[alanwest09872]

lol now thats what im talking about. Btry has enough respect in aigo to say that then they only thing i can do is have the same respect. thank. and i will def find out what he has to say

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: alanwest09872
So please leave out comments about sli being overpriced blah blah blah

Dude you crazy... hehehe just kidding... killer rig...well almost... Hope you enjoy it... :thumbsup:

 

[alanwest09872]

thanks mna. I will post all my benchmarks here also so everyone can see what im working with.



Ok if I got rid of the raid controller card and used the raid controller that comes with the asus motherboard what kinda performance can i expect. Will there be a huge difference. If there isnt then I will just do that and run 3 sli. But I wanna make sure im not goin to criple my drives doing that.