New Rig. Opinions please!!!!

[magicc8ball]

Well 5 years have gone by not doing a thing to my computer, so when I sat down and started playing bf3 and realized that I have to play on super duper low settings I knew it was time once again to build a new rig =).



Here is what I have came up with so far. This is only ball park since I will be waiting for the Ivy bridge to roll out in march.

But what do you all think so far? The 7970 is up in the air just due to what Nvidia might pull out of the hat.

I have always been an ATI fan but as times change people do to. My plan with the video card is to buy one now and buy a second later as games progress and I need the extra umph. I have done alot of reading and from what I can see I dont think there is much here I can change to improve upon.

The SSD's will be in raid zero.

Later on I might go and water cool my cpu and gpu. With this case I want to make sure I can get at least 2 240 mm rads maybe even 1 240 and 1 360. Does anyone this this is possible?

If anyone sees anything that I might be able to change let me know, I am posting this to see what you all think. I want this build to be an epic one and what way better to start it then with you all and get everyone's opinions.

I will be getting a samsung 24 inch monitor as well.

This build I want to make my first theme build and so there will be plenty of pictures once I get all of it in.

 

[sleepylilazn]

Well 5 years have gone by not doing a thing to my computer, so when I sat down and started playing bf3 and realized that I have to play on super duper low settings I knew it was time once again to build a new rig =).

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Here is what I have came up with so far. This is only ball park since I will be waiting for the Ivy bridge to roll out in march.

But what do you all think so far? The 7970 is up in the air just due to what Nvidia might pull out of the hat.

I have always been an ATI fan but as times change people do to. My plan with the video card is to buy one now and buy a second later as games progress and I need the extra umph. I have done alot of reading and from what I can see I dont think there is much here I can change to improve upon.

The SSD's will be in raid zero.

Later on I might go and water cool my cpu and gpu. With this case I want to make sure I can get at least 2 240 mm rads maybe even 1 240 and 1 360. Does anyone this this is possible?

If anyone sees anything that I might be able to change let me know, I am posting this to see what you all think. I want this build to be an epic one and what way better to start it then with you all and get everyone's opinions.

I will be getting a samsung 24 inch monitor as well.

This build I want to make my first theme build and so there will be plenty of pictures once I get all of it in.

I think you might be able to get 2 240mm in there, but I think 1 240 and 1 360 is an impossibility.(I hope I'm thinking about the right case. I think I am.)

Maybe consider a different case for water cooling? That might be something worth considering.

 

[magicc8ball]

What case would you all suggest to support a 360 and a 240.

The 360 will be for my single 7970 and then later on will be cooling a second one, with a 60mm 360 rad be sufficient with those beasts?

The 240 will be cooling my ivy bridge.

 

[sleepylilazn]

What case would you all suggest to support a 360 and a 240.

The 360 will be for my single 7970 and then later on will be cooling a second one, with a 60mm 360 rad be sufficient with those beasts?

The 240 will be cooling my ivy bridge.

NZXT Switch 810 and Bitfenix Shinobi XL

You'll have to take out the hard drive bays in order to fit 2 rads in the case for both. There are other cases out there but I think these are worth having a look at because of the price.