My Dream PC (help needed plz)

[isunktheship]

well I'm glad i could help!

oh and, that's good to hear about the watercooling, because I don't want to spend a lot of money.

[Ronyx]

hmm now i'm actually reconsidering my whole water cooling status because if your rig sounded like a small vaccum cleaner then imagine what my 3 fan system is gonna sound like. i think i'd rather spend 200$ more on watercooling then have to wear earplugs while i'm playing games so yea i'm gonna read up a lot on watercooling now.

if anyone see's any good guides let me know =]

[Silenced_Coyote]

Vacuum cleaner? Only if you put fans in your case that are rated at high decibles. Having 120 mm fans help too because they can spin slower and still put out the same CFM, which means less noise. Even if you do go with water cooling, you would still need fans. The fans is what takes the heat away from the radiator.

I don't know what fans isunktheship is talking about, but just replace the fans that came with your case if you don't like them.

[Ronyx]

ok fans first and then if it's loud i'll go watercooling. how many decibells would be a good silent fan? and what is considered loud decibell wise?

[Silenced_Coyote]

I think you missed my point, water cooling or not (unless you get a Zalman Reserator) you will have fans not matter what.

Everyone has their own tolerance to sound so I don't know. My friend says that he has some fans in his PC that are rated around 30 db and I didn't mind them.

[Ronyx]

ok but if i do feel like they're just way too loud i can always lower their speed and have watercooling do the main work right?

[Silenced_Coyote]

You can lower the speed of the fan on your PC case if they are too loud if you want.

[Ronyx]

k thxs

P.S. i just stumbled onto some product comparisons of the XFX cards and i'm sort of surprised. Check it out and tell me really which one is better? =S oh and if you can why lolz

XFX Card Comparisons

[Ronyx]

Hi, i'm back again =]

A lot of good news, many articles have been supporting my motherboard of choice but surprisingly not supporting my graphics card of choice. Mainly the benchmarks and things like that have been put up with a Radeon X1950 XTX. The problem for me is that it's better performance in Crossfire then the single 7950GX2 but it sucks more power and there's no room for quad. If i stay with the 7950GX2 then i get less power consumption and higher graphics quality then i would with a single Radeon card. And i don't know how it will perform in Quad SLI againt the Crossfire model.

Prices:
Radeon X1950 XTX = Cheap but not great graphics
GeForce 7950GX2 = Not cheap but good graphics
Radeon Crossfire = Not cheap at all but great graphics
GeForce Quad = Very high price but don't know how it will compare to the Radeon in graphics quality.

Here's a benchmark: >>> Here <<<
If anyone has anything to say to help me decide then please do =]

[Ronyx]

Just found a Quad rig and a Crossfire benchmark. Her are the results.

Looking good at 8xAA