Gaming Rig (Mark II)

[EdrrakNolat]

So it's getting to be the spring time, and I find myself flush with a little cash leftover. I'm thinking of building a new gaming rig for myself, and wanted to get some WiHers thoughts on components to look at.

I have peripherals all set, so really just whats in the tower (and the tower itself!). I know it will be Win7 64bit Ultra, at least 8g RAM, but other than that, up in the air. I do run 2x 27" monitors, so was thinking of sinking the most $$ into an uber graphics card. i7 processor?

Discuss....

[LordBeer]

I'd grab one of those h50 coolers before the sale ends. Whatever CPU you wind up with, you'll be happy with that cooler.

http://www.warishellgaming.com/forums/showthread.php?p=338471#post338471

[Drayu]

Agreed!


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[Shadowryche]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131706

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150523
Two of these bastards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371025

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

Its a nice start.

[EdrrakNolat]

Two double cards for only 2 monitors? You thinking I could SLI them? Or Would I do better to spend the $500 on one card

[Shadowryche]

Most of the hardware sites I follow really like running a pair of 6850's for their performance and efficiency. The first run of 6990's are nice but loud and $700 for around the same performance. The GTX 590 might be suitable and pretty close in performance, but largely untried at this point. I'm not confident enough to recommend it yet. A pair of GTX 570's may also be suitable. The AMD Radeon HD 6000's have been scaling remarkably well compared to Nvidia's card. Plus designed a little better for multiple display setups.

[JustMeBF2]

CL 7 ram instead of the CL 9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231401

Two video cards hell yeah.

You already have a Q9950 cpu. (My same cpu is OCed from 2.83 to 3.4 GHz)
Far as I can see you only need on your current ridge a video card update to maybe a Nvidia 580 GTX or a 590 GTX

[APOC]

If you are going to go get a single GPU and money is not an issue I would say get the 580, If money is really not an issue either the 6990 (over the 590) or 2 580's If you dont want to spend 500+ then either the 570 or even 2 of the slightly older 460's in sli.

APOC

[sir_digalot]

Unless you already have it you really do not need any more then win 7 professional spend the save cash on more hardware beer whores or something *L*

[EdrrakNolat]

Well, this build must happen now sadly. Apparently issues with drivers for vid card is the cause of the blue screens I've been getting the past few weeks.
Tried installing my new 570, worked for 2 days. Blue screened again last night. Went thru uninstalling driver and reinstalling an archived driver off their site. Well, the new driver won't install, and the old one I had won't install either, so I'm sunk at the moment.

So, please, any and all thoughts on parts. Going to play around this afternoon with what Shadow and JMBF2 posted and hopefully order tonight. Since I have a brand spanking new GTX570, I will be skipping the dual cards and using it. What I'm really looking for is a good mobo with plenty of plugs for fans!

Help me War-is-Hell-Kenobis, you're my only hope!

[JustMeBF2]

nvidia like to leave trails of old drivers
Use drive cleaner of some type I have the last free version they put out.

http://www.adrive.com/public/59f8303c2364d63c45c06ab1e83c12c9d5e1e08a053961be29 cba467aac1be1f.html

Someone else can add to this I have a lot of work today, will check back tonight.

[EdrrakNolat]

I'll give that a shot when I get home. Hopefully that will clear out the olds, but since the new ones (or old version newly download ones) won't boot (7-zip errors) I'm scared shitless. Might end up just pillaging my old box for parts for a new box.

[Drayu]

I would run a HDD checker to see if you have errors there too.

[EdrrakNolat]

Need to run memory test too. Got any suggestions on a HDD checker Drayu?

[Drayu]

Hirens Boot CD has a lot of utilities on it if you can find that.

[Drayu]

you can also right click the drive and go to tools and try scandisk

[EdrrakNolat]

So playing around I came up with this (https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=15846985)

Was thinking a full tower for the airflow. Not sure if the mobo has enough plugs for all the fans though.

I have the 570 as a graphics card all ready, so please rip it to shreds or give it a nod!

[Shadowryche]

So playing around I came up with this (https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=15846985)

Was thinking a full tower for the airflow. Not sure if the mobo has enough plugs for all the fans though.

I have the 570 as a graphics card all ready, so please rip it to shreds or give it a nod!


Gotta make the wish list public, log out and find a link to it. Then post it. Otherwise we'll need your log in info, and I don't think you wanna do that. :p

Otherwise isn't anything wrong with the GTX 570. I feel, and it seems a lot of people here feel, its a pretty good toss up between a Radeon 6950 and a GTX 570. My biggest beef with Nvidia is they tend to be a little more power hungry, and often run a little warmer. Being a broke ass, I prefer efficiency.

[Drayu]

Have that case and love it! It is HUGE for a mid tower! plenty of room, easy to work in, and great if you have water cooling.

As for a cooler.....I really recommend the Corsair H50 if you want an enclosed water cooling system.

[EdrrakNolat]

I was thinking the h70 since I'd have extra space? I have the H50 now and loving it!

[Drayu]

Isn't the difference minimal? An extra fan and slightly larger radiator? Just slap a second fan on for that push pull. ( we did that on rabbid hamsters machine)


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[EdrrakNolat]

Do you know if the mobo has enough plugs for all the fans? Ever since you recommended the H50 and I got it, have had zero complaints. My current tower I had to unplug 2 fans to get the H50 running though, leaving only 1 to cool the rest of the interior, and I've never been that comfortable with the potential lack of airflow. Noise isn't an issue to me frankly, so I can stand the jet engine sound.

I'm also concerned with the tower arrangement. with the power supply on the bottom and it's heat rising, the graphics cards fan will be blowing down at it.

So if I switched to the H50, you'd give those parts a "Drayu seal of approval"? haha

[JustMeBF2]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189063&cm_re=3_pin_y-_-12-189-063-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189002&cm_re=4_pin_y-_-12-189-002-_-Product

[Drayu]

for the H50, the pump should go into a cpu fan slot, and then the radiator fan into one of the case fan slots. Not sure what mobo you have, but only to have two case fan headers seems cheap, sorry :(

Also, when using the H50 or H70, there is a small reference to this in a few places (at least when I installed mine) that you MUST have the pump running at full blast. You must go into your settings and be sure to set the header for the pump to full RPMs.

I will see if I can find it.

[Drayu]

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=91044

[Shadowryche]

No, I don't know how to properly cut and paste. ha.:popcorn:

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Subtotal: $1,499.73

Your CPU and motherboard are not compatible. You'll need a x58 or socket 1366 motherboard for that CPU. Or one of the new Core i7-2600K's, to use with the motherboard on your list. I'd actually recommend switching the CPU to one of the newer ones.

[EdrrakNolat]

Ah crap, noob mistake to the extreme.

And Drayu, yes, the CPU fan has to be on overdrive. I just set the BIOS controls to turbo.

[EdrrakNolat]

Kept it around $1400 using the i5 recommended in earlier post and H50 over H70. Which if you count the $315 or so I spent on the GTX 570, I'm still under my $2k goal.


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Model #:RC-932-KKN5-GP
Item #:N82E16811119160

$159.98 $159.98


Update

ASUS P8P67 LE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Model #:P8P67 LE (REV 3.0)
Item #:N82E16813131706

$144.99 $144.99


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Model #:CMD8GX3M4A1333C7
Item #:N82E16820145284

$179.99 $179.99


Update

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Model #:WD6000HLHX
Item #:N82E16822136555

$249.99 $249.99


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Model #:GLC-00736
Item #:N82E16832116762

$179.99 $179.99


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CORSAIR CWCH50-1 High Performance CPU Cooler
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Item #:N82E16835181010

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Subtotal: $1,415.25

[EdrrakNolat]

JMBF2, thanks for the link, I will order a couple to have on hand!

[EdrrakNolat]

Ok, added some final tweaks, would love to get final thoughts so I could order this afternoon/evening.

[JustMeBF2]

Looks good. I really like that you went with the CAS 7 ram. It was only $15 more.
Add a 4 pin Y, it can hurt to have it just in case you need it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189002&cm_re=4_pin_y-_-12-189-002-_-Product

[EdrrakNolat]

Oops, all ready ordered. Here's hoping I won't need that Y cable (and dreading I will)!

[EdrrakNolat]

50% completed.

[JustMeBF2]

wow

[kilroy0097]

That case looks like it rocks.

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[SnaKe]

I have the COOLER MASTER HAF 922.