Project: Dominator

[adicool96]

Ok Im doing my first build ever.And im only 15(yay get to play with expensive stuff ).I just got my mobo The rampage III Extreme waiting on the other parts.My components:

Asus Rampage III Extreme

Core i7 930

Asus ENGTX480

Corsair Dominator GT 2000 Mhz 6 GB Kit

Silverstone Strider ST-1500 1500W psu

Coolermaster Cosmos S

Corsair H-50 Hydro Series

128 gb Intel SSD

Seagate barracuda 7200 Rpm 1 TB

Will be posting pics soon.Any help is welcome.

 

[Runebeard]

YOWSERS! That is some expensive kit you got there! Gonna be modding the case up at all or just doing a nice clean build? Looking forward to the pics.

 

[killablade]

Wow. That must have cost you a fortune! Really nice specs!

Looking forward to the pics!

 

[Steve-O-]

That's a sweet machine your building. Good luck to ya! Hope you have an grounding strap so you don't fry a $300 piece of equipment.

 

[siravarice]

I hope you're still waiting on the Hydro! ND-14 is actually better XD

 

[AMDFTW]

and why that case fella

 

[siravarice]

Yeah you might want a case with higher airflow for that 480

 

[killablade]

Yeah you could go with an ATCS 840, or, if you like the looks of it, the HAF-X

 

[AMDFTW]

yer CM ATCS is the way to go for airflow and like siravarice said u need good airflow for that 480 plus you get the dedicated GPU fan on the back to pull out extra heat

 

[adicool96]

K thanks for all the replies guyz.The rig's costing 2700 $.I wanted to go withe Cosmos S cuz it looks good and im gonna be watercooling it. I dont like the looks of the ATCS 840 and also im gonna be modding the case a little(mostly paint).

 

[AMDFTW]

what about a silverstone then tj-07 there huge and you can fit rads at the bottom

 

[I Hunta x]

Nothing wrong with the Cosmos S, but the corsair h50 isnt realy true "water cooling" the noctua nh-d14 would have been better for cpu temps.

If you were planning to add an actual custom water loop the cosmos can hold a Tripple in the top and Double rad in the front (Tripple if you dont mind relocating the hdd and ssd)

The 1500w power suply is a bit over kill unless your planning to add another 480 or 2 in the future.

The Samsung spin point F3 also has a bit better performance then the seagate baracuda if i remember right, but its not going to make that much difference.

 

[AMDFTW]

the silverstone i said is a good case

+1 for the corsair not being so good,noctua coolers are immence

something like a 1200w would suffice fella

F1's are the fastest 1tb HDD's

 

[I Hunta x]

F1's are the fastest 1tb HDD's

i thought the f3's were the new improved f1's? bah, i dont keep up to date with storage all that much.

 

[adicool96]

IM gonna be watercooling in 2-3 months till could suggest a really good cpu cooler that wont cost a lot.

 

[adicool96]

the silverstone i said is a good case

+1 for the corsair not being so good,noctua coolers are immence

something like a 1200w would suffice fella

Im gonna be doing tri sli with gtx 480 in the near future when i watercool the pc

thats the reason im goin with 1500 w.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Im gonna be doing tri sli with gtx 480 in the near future when i watercool the pc

thats the reason im goin with 1500 w.

Then you need a different case as 1x 360mm rad is NOT enough for the 3 gpu's alone fella.

 

[adicool96]

Then you need a different case as 1x 360mm rad is NOT enough for the 3 gpu's alone fella.

ya but I hunta says

If you were planning to add an actual custom water loop the cosmos can hold a Tripple in the top and Double rad in the front (Tripple if you dont mind relocating the hdd and ssd)

 

[AMDFTW]

i thought the f3's were the new improved f1's? bah, i dont keep up to date with storage all that much.

sorry dude my bad i meant the F3 is the fastest 1Tb drive

ive not seen any benchmarks of tri sli 480s but i doubt they scale well plus IMO its a waste of cash

 

[tinytomlogan]

youd need that for those 3 alone probably dude! the more kit there is the more difficult water becomes. plus the massive cost of all the blocks.