Building a new system, need advice

[DForce10]

Not sure about the memory I've chosen. Going with 2x2GB OCZ Reaper. Wondering is it too big to add another 2x2GB down the line.

The other thing I am undecided about is the PSU. I'm looking for a 1200W plus PSU.

Here is the configuration I'm looking at, at the moment.

Can you see anything wrong with the rest of my selection?

Motherboard:

Foxconn BLACKOPS X48 Socket 775 DDR3 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

From www.ebuyer.com for £226.32inc vat

Prcessor:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz, 12MB L2 Cache, OEM

From www.scan.co.uk for £197.39inc vat

Memory:

OCZ 4GB KIT (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC3 12800 REAPER SERIES DUAL CHANNEL KIT (7-7-7-24)

From www.ebuyer.com for £167.99inc vat

Graphics Card:

2x EVGA GTX260 FTW 896MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card

666 MHz GPU, 196 Processing Core, 400 MHz RAMDAC, Memory 896 MB, 448 bit DDR3

2214 MHz (effective), 112 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

From www.ebuyer.com for £261.41inc vat

Hard Drive:

1x 300 GB Western Digital WD3000GLFS VelociRaptor, SATA 300, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 ms, NCQ

From www.scan.co.uk for £189.86inc vat

1x Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM

From www.ebuyer.com for £87.53inc vat

Water Cooling:

Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling System - Black

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £252.61 inc VAT

PSU:

Monitor:

24" Samsung T240, Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200, 20,000:1 DCR, 300 cd/m², 5 ms

From www.scan.co.uk for £348.35 Inc VAT

Any advice greatly appreciated :wavey:

 

[Hassan]

Not 1200 Watts, but 1000 Watts - Corsair

Link

OR

Enermax

Link

 

[Bungral]

Reserators hurt my feelings a little bit... Well over priced. For that money, you could buy a whole custom setup that would trash the reserator.

 

[nepas]

Reserators hurt my feelings a little bit... Well over priced. For that money, you could buy a whole custom setup that would trash the reserator.

agreed,that is the only downer on that build

 

[pafk0o]

so many ppl saw this thread and no one have seen this little thing.

This mobo uses crossfire technology not sli,so those two gtx that you have picked up will not work together ;]

if you want to have 2 g-force on board buy some 790i based mobo (EVGA, or asus) or wait for new X58 chipset as they say it will have both SLI and Crossfire.

My suggestion is to wait a bit and change those two GTX for brand new ATI radeon 4870x2 with is comming in middle of august, one card but it will defenetly eat those 2 gtx ;]

BTW as it is introduction section , welcome to oveclock3d forum mate

 

[DForce10]

Changed things again

I found few other overclocked GTX200 series cards and a couple of water cooled cases to dump the Zalman Reserator XT. Don't know if I can hold out for 4870x2 .Heres what i'm thinking of now.

1GB BFG Tech GTX 280 H2OC, PCI-E 2.0(x16), Mem 2450MHz GDDR3, GPU 680MHz, 240 Cores, 2x DL DVI/ HDTV

From www.scan.co.uk for £398.33inc vat

Although the 896MB BFG Tech GTX 260 H2OC, PCI-E 2.0(x16), Mem 2326MHz, GPU 675MHz, 192 Cores, 2xDL DVI-I/ HDTV

From www.scan.co.uk for £302.05 looks interesting

Hard Drive:

1x 300 GB Western Digital WD3000GLFS VelociRaptor, SATA 300, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 ms, NCQ

From www.scan.co.uk for £189.86inc vat

1x Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM

From www.ebuyer.com for £87.53inc vat

Water Cooling:

Cooler Master Cosmos S Watercooled Case

From www.watercoolinguk.co.uk for £419.49Incl. VAT

or

Antec 900 Watercooled Case

From www.watercoolinguk.co.uk for £299.99Incl. VAT

Instead of the

Water Cooling:

Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling System - Black

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £252.61 inc VAT

PSU:

Thermaltake ToughPower 1200W Modular Power Supply

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £176.24

Monitor:

24" Samsung T240, Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200, 20,000:1 DCR, 300 cd/m², 5 ms

From www.scan.co.uk for £348.35 Inc VAT

 

[pafk0o]

About cases , check Thermal Take Armor LCS, it have build in watercooling and its much cheaper than those and if you need watercooling just for CPU it will be enough (its less than 200£)

And if you are staying with this mobo , instead of buying expensive GTX try crosffired 2 x Radeon 4870 or 2x 4850, should work much better and it will be same price.

second thing is why you need 1200W PSU? for this configuration 1000w max (850w should be enough).

 

[DForce10]

I want to cool water cool everything graphics card, CPU.

I went a 1200W because I want to future proof. A 3 way Sli or Crossfire down the road. Thanks for the advice I'll check out the Thermal Take Armor LCS

 

[PV5150]

Moved thread to a more appropriate place and welcome to OC3D too mate :wavey:

Watch the Foxconn Blackops they can be fickle with memory. Great board if you're going to utilise everything that comes with it.

I would stay away from the Thermaltake Armor LCS and stick with the Cosmos S from WCUK that you linked to earlier if I were you. It's a great chassis for water-cooling and you get some great quality cooling hardware included.

 

[lamboman]

Can one of the mods move this thread please?



Silverstone TJ07 cases

Laing D5, D-Tek Fuzion V2, Blastflow Siberian blocks, fillport, and some decent fans, like the Xilence Red Wings, and you'll be set.

 

[DForce10]

I'm looking to overclock and want to future proof. Looking for a good watercooling option. Maybe either tri SLi or CrossFire sometime in the future. These are the parts I'm interested in, but think I will wait for the reviews of the 4870x2 when it goes on sale.

Motherboard:

Asus Rampage Extreme Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £270.24 inc VAT

EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI 775 A1 Version Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard (My preferrence)

From www.ebuyer.com for £224.21inc vat

Foxconn BLACKOPS X48 Socket 775 DDR3 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

From www.ebuyer.com for £226.32inc vat

(If I go with CrossFire, Mostly been looking at SLi boards, Though this might change in August If I can wait)

Prcessor:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz, 12MB L2 Cache, OEM (My preferrence)

From www.scan.co.uk for £197.39inc vat

Memory:

OCZ 4GB KIT (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC3 12800 REAPER SERIES DUAL CHANNEL KIT (7-7-7-24) (My preferrence) Corsair too expensive!

From www.ebuyer.com for £167.99inc vat

Graphics Card:

I may hold out for the 4870x2 but for now its one of these options

EVGA GTX260 FTW 896MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card, 666 MHz GPU, 196 Processing Core, (My preferrence)

400 MHz RAMDAC, Memory 896 MB, 448 bit DDR3, 2214 MHz (effective), 112 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

From www.ebuyer.com for £261.41inc vat

1GB BFG Tech GTX 280 H2OC, PCI-E 2.0(x16), Mem 2450MHz GDDR3, GPU 680MHz, 240 Cores, 2x DL DVI/ HDTV

From www.scan.co.uk for £398.33inc vat

896MB BFG Tech GTX 260 H2OC, PCI-E 2.0(x16), Mem 2326MHz, GPU 675MHz, 192 Cores, 2xDL DVI-I/ HDTV

From www.scan.co.uk for £302.05 looks interesting

Hard Drive:

1x 300 GB Western Digital WD3000GLFS VelociRaptor, SATA 300, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 ms, NCQ (My preferrence)

From www.scan.co.uk for £189.86inc vat

&

1x Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM (My preferrence)

From www.ebuyer.com for £87.53inc vat

Cases/Water Cooling:

lian-li ARMORSUIT PC-P80R (My preferrence)

Haven't found an Etailer for this product yet!

Coolermaster Cosmos Case With 850W Modular PSU (Could save money here but would like atleast a 1000W PSU tho).

From www.ebuyer.com for £213.23inc vat

Cooler Master Cosmos S Watercooled Case

From www.watercoolinguk.co.uk for £419.49Incl. VAT

Antec 900 Watercooled Case

From www.watercoolinguk.co.uk for £299.99Incl. VAT

Instead of the

Water Cooling:

Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling System - Black

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £252.61 inc VAT

PSU:

Hi-Power 1300W Modular PSU with massive 13.5cm Fan, High quality shiny black Paint Finish and 4x PCI-Express

Peak Power 1400W - Continous Power 1300W

From www.ebuyer.com for £82.67inc vat

Thermaltake ToughPower 1200W Modular Power Supply

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £176.24

1000W Corsair HX Series PSU ATX, EPS12V, PS/2, Modular Power Supply, UK Version, 5 Year Warranty

From www.scan.co.uk for £155.09

Enermax Galaxy 1000W EGX1000EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU (My preferrence)

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £170.36 inc VAT

Monitor:

24" Samsung T240, Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200, 20,000:1 DCR, 300 cd/m², 5 ms (My preferrence)

From www.scan.co.uk for £348.35 Inc VAT

 

[DForce10]

Almost there

I'm looking to overclock and want to future proof. Looking for a good watercooling option. Maybe tri CrossFire sometime in the future.

These are the parts I'm interested in, but think I will wait for the reviews of the 4870x2 when it goes on sale.

Motherboard:

Still undecided

Asus Rampage Extreme Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £270.24 inc VAT

or

Foxconn BLACKOPS X48 Socket 775 DDR3 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

From www.ebuyer.com for £226.32inc vat

Processor:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz, 12MB L2 Cache, OEM (My preferrence)

From www.scan.co.uk for £197.39inc vat

Memory:

OCZ 4GB KIT (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC3 12800 REAPER SERIES DUAL CHANNEL KIT (7-7-7-24) (My preferrence) Corsair too expensive!

From www.ebuyer.com for £167.99inc vat

Graphics Card:

I'm holding out for the 4870x2 but for now its one of these options

Hard Drive:

1x 300 GB Western Digital WD3000GLFS VelociRaptor, SATA 300, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.2 ms, NCQ (My preferrence)

From www.scan.co.uk for £189.86inc vat

&

1x Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM (My preferrence)

From www.ebuyer.com for £87.53inc vat

Case:

Silverstone TJ07S-W (Silver) aluminium Supertower Case with Window (w/o PSU)

From www.scan.co.uk for £253.47

Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P80

From www.scan.co.uk for £197.98

Water Cooling:

Swiftech H2O-220 Apex Ultra+ Watercooling Kit (Socket 462/478/LGA775/754/939/940)

From www.overclockers.co.uk for £199.74

Overclockers was the only place I could find this. I'm looking for an all in one solution since I haven't watercooled before.

Is this better or worse than the Zalman?

Any other recommendations?

PSU:

1000W Corsair HX Series PSU ATX, EPS12V, PS/2, Modular Power Supply, UK Version, 5 Year Warranty

From www.scan.co.uk for £155.09

Monitor:

24" Samsung T240, Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200, 20,000:1 DCR, 300 cd/m², 5 ms (My preferrence)

From www.scan.co.uk for £348.35 Inc VAT

 

[PV5150]

She'll be a sweet rig when you get it built mate

 

[DForce10]

Thanks I've been wanting to build a system like this for a long time but didn't have the cash. My previous attempt met with limited success in fact I should be in the guinness book of records for having the most system crashes ever