My main System

[w0lv3r1n3]

I'm starting a new build with a LIAN LI PC-V2000Aplus II soon,
will start a worklog as i go..
This is what i did with my Thermaltake Armour case...

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[p0Pe]

i hope you will clean your wires up a bit:P
can we get a pic with the sidepanel of?

[Spawn-Inc]

also what the current specs and new specs going to be?

[w0lv3r1n3]

Main System spec's are in my sig.. What i didn't have
room for was that i have 2 water-cooling loops.. Both use 3/8" ID Tubing..

Swiftech MCP355 Pump > Swiftech Apogee GT CPU Cooler Block >
BIX 240 Radiator > Thermaltake Bay Res > back to Pump.

Asetek 12V Xtreme Pump/Reservoir > Alphacool NexXxoS NB-SLI 1 Northbridge
Chipset Waterblock ( very tough to find, but a very good block.. still allow's
you to have 2 vid cards ) > Asetek Rad..
Radiator Fan's are all ( 3 of them ) SilenX 120mm Case Fans 2 are outside
the case on top of the dual rad and very quiet..

Rest of stuff:
Samsung 22" WS
Viewsonic 19” VX924
M-Play Blast LCD & Remote
Logitech® Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Surround Speaker’s
Razer Copperhead Lazer Gaming Mouse
Razer Barracuda Surround Gaming Headphones
Saitek Eclipse Keyboard Black
Fang Gamepad
Saitek X52 Flight Control System
Naturalpoint TrackIR Pro

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What i'm looking at for this build is:

LIAN LI PC-V1200Aplus II Silver case
ASUS 680i SLI Striker Extreme Motherboard
4 Gig's OCZ DD2 Ram
4 500 Gig HD's ( Dual Raid )
Q6600 Quad Core Duo
CoolIT System's Freezone TEC Cooling for CPU
( may use conventional water-cooling for HD's and Vid's )
2 XFX GeForce 7950 GT / 512MB DDR3 in SLI of course
Alphacool Graphical LCD-Display 240x128
Razer Tarantula KB ( have one already.. Love it! )
Razer Barracuda Soundcard
Soundgraph iMON Ultra Bay ( had a hard time finding this, but i ordered
it already.. very nice Multi-media LCD and remote )
LCD 6" TFT-LCD Video Module internal from Partsexpress
AeroCool FP-01 55-in-1 Card Reader
LIAN LI TR-3A 3.5" LCD thermometer & fan controller
120mm Turbine Fan mod from MNPCTech
Sunbeam Lightbus Control Panel Silver

That's about it for now.. if anyone has questions or want links to some of this stuff, let me know..

[Bucko]

Why spend the money on those two cards:


2 XFX GeForce 7950 GT / 512MB DDR3 in SLI of course

When you could just get one 8800GTS or GTX and get better performance? For the price of two of those 7950's on Newegg, you could get a GTX and blow those cards out of the water.

[Spawn-Inc]

i agree with above, with a highend system like that go with a 8800 GTX, or two hehe.

also i haven't tried my motherboard yet, EVGA 680i A1, since i don't have all the parts yet but i've heard its better than the striker. i was originally wanting a striker but heard the evga OC better. plus the money you save on the mobo you can get a GTX instead of the two cards.

[Bucko]

I looked on Newegg, you can already get a GTX for less than the price of 2 7950GT's.

[w0lv3r1n3]

I agree to an extent about the vid card's.. however i am going to
wait until the second generation ( IE after the 8800 series card )
b4 going with a DX10 card.
I really like the Asus Board.. Although I like the XFX Board also,
and it's a bit cheaper.. Once you get above a certain sellpoint,
you are really paying for the extra's on the board.. I like the
BIOS settings for OC'ing on the Asus board.. both are very
highly ranked at www.motherboards.org among other sites.
My one concern about the Asus board is i have heard issues
with running SLI along with running RAID.. I will do more research
before making a final decision. Some of the things i have bought so far,
but not the main components.. What's your idea of a power supply?
I like Thermaltake's.. i have a 700watt modular one that has worked well
for me.

Thanks for everyone's input.. !

[Bucko]

I agree to an extent about the vid card's.. however i am going to
wait until the second generation ( IE after the 8800 series card )
b4 going with a DX10 card.


Why is that?
Unless you are planning on running Vista and using games that support DX10 and want to wait for better for that, the GTX is the better way to spend your money now than two 7950's.

[w0lv3r1n3]

hummm.. 2 8800's in SLI....hummm.... I will be dual-booting with XP PRO
and XP 64-BIT.. any issues with running 8800's with either OS?

[Bucko]

not that I know of. I'm using my 8800GTS with XP Pro with no problems. As are a lot of other gamers who have stuck with XP as a lot of games don't run on Vista properly.

The 7950 is a good card, but the 8800GTX just beats every other card out there at the moment. Feel free to spend your money how you like though.

[Spawn-Inc]

ya that psu should be good, i just got a enermax galaxy 850 watt. all thats left is quad core, ram, 8800 ultra, and same lcd as yours (226bw).

[w0lv3r1n3]

The Samsung is a great monitor.. No ghosting to speak of..
I run Magicolor full ( 3000/1 contrast ratio ) all the time..Really brings
out the colors in games especially.. You'll want to make your adjustments
first and then give magicolor a try.. Wonderful monitor.. and it was like
a hundred bucks less than what i originally paid for my Viewsonic 924
:)