Upgrading soon

[Ghost_Rain]

I would just Like to say The Intel I7 920 CPU Rocks Can OC with no problem I have mine at 3.2Ghz at the moment when the Turbo kicks in it go's to 3.4GHZ.

[Zantheus]

yea u shouldnt have an issue.....

I also decided to goto the i7 920 cause it is half the price and it OC's to better performance then the 940...I can get the 920 to 4.2ghz so I think I am going to go that route

[juneau]

I am putting my current card in.... BFG Tech - BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB PCIe



Thx for the tip Juneau...Im am always thankful and welcoming suggestions/help...

How about the following???

For OS: Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM).

Storage/Apps: Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar Green (WD10EAVS) 1000GB (1TB) SATA 3 Gb/s 8MB (OEM).

When the build time comes, I will need some of your opinions/help in regards to RAID setup, as I have never run a system in RAID before and want to discuss my options, as well as the best route to go

Perfect!

[Zantheus]

Oh yea and I decided to go with the following case for airflow

Canada Computers - Cases > Mid Towers : Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Ultimate Gamer Case.

and since I am getting the 920 instead, I am upgrading my RAM to 12gigs of the following

Canada Computers - Memory > Desktop Memory > DDR3 1800 PC3-14400+ : OCZ (OCZ3RPR1866LV6GK) DDR3 PC3-15000 1866MHz Reaper HPC Triple Channel 6GB (3x2048MB) Kit.

And as temps could get high for the massive OC Ive changed the HS to the following:

Infonec Computers - Computer parts Canada, PC Components, laptop computers, motherboards, processors, CPUs and much more : Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme-775 RT

I keep jumpin all over but I want this build to be UBER lol so Ive been researchin all day

[AmazingRedd]

wow definitely uber.

[juneau]

Oh yea and I decided to go with the following case for airflow

Canada Computers - Cases > Mid Towers : Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Ultimate Gamer Case.

and since I am getting the 920 instead, I am upgrading my RAM to 12gigs of the following

Canada Computers - Memory > Desktop Memory > DDR3 1800 PC3-14400+ : OCZ (OCZ3RPR1866LV6GK) DDR3 PC3-15000 1866MHz Reaper HPC Triple Channel 6GB (3x2048MB) Kit.

And as temps could get high for the massive OC Ive changed the HS to the following:

Infonec Computers - Computer parts Canada, PC Components, laptop computers, motherboards, processors, CPUs and much more : Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme-775 RT

I keep jumpin all over but I want this build to be UBER lol so Ive been researchin all day

I wouldn't get that case. One of the worst Antec have produced. Sucks in extreme quantities of dust unless you're running it in a clean room.

As for the HS. Have a look around for the Tuniq Tower. Cheaper and better.

[Zantheus]

Thanks Juneau...I did some research on the Tuniq and u r correct sir! It averages 8-10 degrees cooler then the U-120, and is like $35 cheaper.

As for the case, I think I am going to still go for this one because I have no worry about dust. My wife and I vacuum, mop, and dust 7 days a week so it is really clean. I have had the side of my current system off for over a month now, and have not had to remove dust from the system. My main concern is getting as much air circulation as possible, as my systems tend to run hot normally to begin with, but now I am planning to OC a 2.6ghz chip to 4.2....it will be even hotter. When u factor in NB temps, and the temp of 12gigs of Reaper RAM as well...I'd rather have to blow out mah rig once every few weeks, then to overheat everything

[juneau]

Glad i could help.

[Zantheus]

Well after a tonne of procrastination, I am heading out now to buy my parts for my new rig will post specs and build photos when I return

[Minerva]

Well after a tonne of procrastination, I am heading out now to buy my parts for my new rig will post specs and build photos when I return

[juneau]

Well after a tonne of procrastination, I am heading out now to buy my parts for my new rig will post specs and build photos when I return

Let the fun commence!

[Donziboy2]

As far as I know Seagate fixed there 1.5tb drive problems.. I purchased 1 around December and have had no problems with its so far...

That being said if I was given a choice between Seagate and Western Digital, I would go with WD. Ive had several Seagates die over the years and have usually lost everything on them. With my WD's I usually have some warning signs before they die. The seagates would usualy just up and stop working.

If the 2 TB WD ever gets into price per gig range of the 1.5tb Seagate ill be buying one.

[Zantheus]

Ok I have not built a rig for a few years and kind of have a mind blank...how do I get it so vista will install on a new drive?? Do I format via command prompt??

[DougBob]

Vista should take care of the format option during the beginning of the install.

[Zantheus]

Well after a long night of taking my time to make sure everything went well...I got my build done and set up my OS
Here are my new specs:

Mobo: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
CPU: Intel i7 920
RAM: 12 gigs OCZ Reaper 1866mhz 9-9-9@1.65v
Storage: For OS WD 640gb AAKS and for storage WD 1TB Green
Video: Used my current BFG 8800gtx OC2
PSU: Current OCZ 700w
OS: Vista 64 Ultimate



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