Project: 2 - "The Credit Crunch"

Richard · 21-11-2009

Hey Guys,

Aint been in the "area" for a whirl since my last build i kinda went to the Mac Side of things... and really dont regret it what so ever! but i thought its time to come back and create a new Super Computer... Litterally!

CPU: Intel i7 975 Extreme Edition
Memory: 12gb (6x 2gb) Corsair Dominator GT 1866mhz
Mobo: Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer Motherboard
Graphics.... shant go there currently only GTX280 needs upgrading seriously!
Case: Corsair's Case
PSU: Enermax 1250watt Modular!
Optical Drive: LG BluRay SuperMulti Reader / Writer
Sound Card: Asus Xonar HDMI 1.3

Cooling: im currently looking at a Phase change solution any one got any ideas?

Graphics: Ideas needed as well worth getting 3x GTX295's? Worth Waiting? or get the ATI 5970's and put them in Quad Crossfire?

Any Advice would be cool!

Richard

Lloyd_mcse · 22-11-2009

I would go ATI myself, let me know how u get on with that motherboard, coz that's what i'm planning to get, I can't decide between that and the ROG x58

Phase change, I would probably go with Asetek Vapochill, not sure what their product line up is these days, but I used to run a Vapochill LS and a Vapochill XE both very good product with very good support, and support forum

Richard · 22-11-2009

ordered a Custom Made Phase system, a friend recomended the guy for me! got it for ?300 including Shipping which i thought was quite considerable!

Ya Mother · 22-11-2009

Looking forward to this richard....we need pics of course when you get your gear...and nice gear from the look of your list.

{SAS}TB · 23-11-2009

If your gonna overclock id think of just the 6GB of memory

Also Dont bother with 2x5970s they dont appear to yeild much (if any) return extra over CF5870 or as a max 3x5870s

Nice rig though - and yes, pics are a must

Richard · 01-12-2009

PC is Built - Minus the Phase Cooling and Graphics Cards, so only got a shitty old EVGA GTX280 at the moment...

Brought a LG LED Monitor for my Display.... and its SICK! really good colours! 2ms Responce Time, Highly Recomended!

Updates to come + Pictures!

Richard · 28-12-2009

Pictures as Prommised!

http://gallery.me.com/richardjdavies#100023

Ya Mother · 28-12-2009

Very nice....plenty of ram and storage i see.

Spookkiller · 28-12-2009

nice build m8

Richard · 30-12-2009

has any one got any recomendations for Graphics Cards or should i wait for the new Nvidia ones?

also i need suggestions for SSD's or Fast Hard Disks removing my SAS Drives as they are only running @ 3gb/s which isnt very good and im getting the new EVGA x4 SLI Board whichi s beter but need a better SSD

Ya Mother · 31-12-2009

5870 ftw.

Lloyd_mcse · 31-12-2009

Pre order

Ya Mother · 31-12-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by -)LeC(-Lloyd_mcse

Pre order

Show off

{SAS}TB · 01-01-2010

Very nice mate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ya Mother

Crossfired 5870 ftw.

Fixed :P

Richard · 18-01-2010

okie! so phase unit turned up!

http://gallery.me.com/richardjdavies

Pictures Above!

22-11-2009	#2
Lloyd_mcse Admin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 1,216	I would go ATI myself, let me know how u get on with that motherboard, coz that's what i'm planning to get, I can't decide between that and the ROG x58 Phase change, I would probably go with Asetek Vapochill, not sure what their product line up is these days, but I used to run a Vapochill LS and a Vapochill XE both very good product with very good support, and support forum __________________ Rig 1: Intel Q9550 Fuzion V2 \| Asus Rampage Extreme \| 4GB Corsair Dom 1800 \| HIS 4870X2 EK FC4870 N/plated, Acetal top \| 3x WD640GB RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Laing DDC3.2 \| TFC 480 rad \| ST TJ07 \| BigNG Rig 2: Intel QX6700\|Asus Maximus II Formula \| 8GB Corsair DDR2 \|HIS 4870 1GB \| 2x 500GB F1 RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Zalman CNPS9700-NT Rig 3: Intel E6850 @ 3.6GHz Fuzion V2\| Asus Maximus Extreme \| Full EK NB/SB/Fets \| 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 \| eVGA 8800GTX KO EKFC8800GTX \|2x WD640GB RAID0 \| Laing DDC3.2 w/Petra top \| 120.2 BIX \| 120.2 BIS \| EK 150 Res \| BigNG \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on all

22-11-2009	#4
Ya Mother Pro Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lv 426 Posts: 654	Looking forward to this richard....we need pics of course when you get your gear...and nice gear from the look of your list. __________________ i7 920-Do-4.7ghz/asus p6t-deluxe oc palm/ 4870x2/ 6gb-Mushkin Xtreme 1600mhz / X-fi Gamer 7.1 soundcard/ Galaxy 1000 watt psu/500gb + 1Tb samsung spinpoint /silverstone TJ07/24" Acer crystalbrite/ Ideazon stealth gaming keyboard/ logitech g5 gaming mouse/windows 7 x64.

23-11-2009	#5
{SAS}TB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 266	If your gonna overclock id think of just the 6GB of memory Also Dont bother with 2x5970s they dont appear to yeild much (if any) return extra over CF5870 or as a max 3x5870s Nice rig though - and yes, pics are a must __________________ Corsair HX1000 \| Gigabyte UD5 \| i7 920D0@4.2GHz 6x2048 Pariot@1600Hz \| Custom Water Loop \| 2xATI HD5870 Crucial 128GB SSD \| 2xWD Raptor 74GB in RAID0 \| Dell Ultrasharp 2407 Razer Lachesis \| G15 \| Windows7Prox64

28-12-2009	#8
Ya Mother Pro Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lv 426 Posts: 654	Very nice....plenty of ram and storage i see. __________________ i7 920-Do-4.7ghz/asus p6t-deluxe oc palm/ 4870x2/ 6gb-Mushkin Xtreme 1600mhz / X-fi Gamer 7.1 soundcard/ Galaxy 1000 watt psu/500gb + 1Tb samsung spinpoint /silverstone TJ07/24" Acer crystalbrite/ Ideazon stealth gaming keyboard/ logitech g5 gaming mouse/windows 7 x64.

28-12-2009	#9
Spookkiller -)LeC(- Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northampton UK Posts: 149	nice build m8 __________________ Asus Rampage Extreme l C2Q Q9550 2.83 @ 3.73Ghz Radeon 4870 X2 l 4Gb DDR3 1600Mhz 1000W PS l Supreme FX X-Fi Dual Samsung 226BW 22" Monitors G51 5.1 l G15 l MX Revolution

21-11-2009	#1
Richard Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 28	Project: 2 - "The Credit Crunch" Hey Guys, Aint been in the "area" for a whirl since my last build i kinda went to the Mac Side of things... and really dont regret it what so ever! but i thought its time to come back and create a new Super Computer... Litterally! CPU: Intel i7 975 Extreme Edition Memory: 12gb (6x 2gb) Corsair Dominator GT 1866mhz Mobo: Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer Motherboard Graphics.... shant go there currently only GTX280 needs upgrading seriously! Case: Corsair's Case PSU: Enermax 1250watt Modular! Optical Drive: LG BluRay SuperMulti Reader / Writer Sound Card: Asus Xonar HDMI 1.3 Cooling: im currently looking at a Phase change solution any one got any ideas? Graphics: Ideas needed as well worth getting 3x GTX295's? Worth Waiting? or get the ATI 5970's and put them in Quad Crossfire? Any Advice would be cool! Richard

01-12-2009	#6
Richard Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 28	PC is Built - Minus the Phase Cooling and Graphics Cards, so only got a shitty old EVGA GTX280 at the moment... Brought a LG LED Monitor for my Display.... and its SICK! really good colours! 2ms Responce Time, Highly Recomended! Updates to come + Pictures!

30-12-2009	#10
Richard Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 28	has any one got any recomendations for Graphics Cards or should i wait for the new Nvidia ones? also i need suggestions for SSD's or Fast Hard Disks removing my SAS Drives as they are only running @ 3gb/s which isnt very good and im getting the new EVGA x4 SLI Board whichi s beter but need a better SSD

31-12-2009	#11
Ya Mother Pro Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lv 426 Posts: 654	5870 ftw. __________________ i7 920-Do-4.7ghz/asus p6t-deluxe oc palm/ 4870x2/ 6gb-Mushkin Xtreme 1600mhz / X-fi Gamer 7.1 soundcard/ Galaxy 1000 watt psu/500gb + 1Tb samsung spinpoint /silverstone TJ07/24" Acer crystalbrite/ Ideazon stealth gaming keyboard/ logitech g5 gaming mouse/windows 7 x64.

31-12-2009	#12
Lloyd_mcse Admin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 1,216	Pre order __________________ Rig 1: Intel Q9550 Fuzion V2 \| Asus Rampage Extreme \| 4GB Corsair Dom 1800 \| HIS 4870X2 EK FC4870 N/plated, Acetal top \| 3x WD640GB RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Laing DDC3.2 \| TFC 480 rad \| ST TJ07 \| BigNG Rig 2: Intel QX6700\|Asus Maximus II Formula \| 8GB Corsair DDR2 \|HIS 4870 1GB \| 2x 500GB F1 RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Zalman CNPS9700-NT Rig 3: Intel E6850 @ 3.6GHz Fuzion V2\| Asus Maximus Extreme \| Full EK NB/SB/Fets \| 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 \| eVGA 8800GTX KO EKFC8800GTX \|2x WD640GB RAID0 \| Laing DDC3.2 w/Petra top \| 120.2 BIX \| 120.2 BIS \| EK 150 Res \| BigNG \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on all

18-01-2010	#15
Richard Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 28	okie! so phase unit turned up! http://gallery.me.com/richardjdavies Pictures Above!

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