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Post Date: 2012-04-20

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    Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 7:42am
Hi
 
I am looking for quiet and powerful pc.
I will be using the pc for my work (editing video/photos/) and watching movies/musics and playing games.
my budget would be $3500 ~ $4000
 
A couple of questions.
 
1. air cooling vs liquid cooling
What I have learned is that LC is more effective and less noise that AC but there is a risk for LC. some people have positive experience. any feedback on this?
BTW, my room is very dusty.
 
2. single GPU vs dual GPUs
I plan to purchase to 2 Apple 27 inch monitors (researching for quite some time and decide to go for glossy)
Can one GTX 680 handle multiple monitors without performace hits while playing high-ends games?
 
3. need many internal hard drive bays
for my work, I need many storage spaces. it looks like black-ops-syndicate has decent number of hard drive bays. but is it noisy? if so, I probably purchase hard disk towers for my storage.
 
Thanks
 
Ticket Number: 678146
Total Price with Instant Savings: $3,479.00
 
Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K 3.2GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Six-Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme X79 (Intel X79 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) <b></b>
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) <b></b>
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Force GT Series CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) (SATA 6Gbps) <b></b>
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition) <b></b>
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB (Includes PhysX)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion (Includes Front I/O) (PCI-Express Slot Based) <b></b>
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 Extreme Performance <b></b>
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard)
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit Edition) <b></b>
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) <b></b>
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty
 
 
 
 
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  Quote bprat22 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 8:19am
Hi yealpoong...Welcome to the forums.   That's a good build.
 
For video editing the X79 is the way to go. 
 
DS will tell you to change the D14 cooler to the H100.  They found the radiator is less effected by X79  chipset  and gpu heat in the pc case than the d14.  So that decision is kinda made for us.
 
To game on two monitors you'd want sli 680's.  If the monitors are 1920x 1200 for example a single 680 will max out games on a single monitor like Metro and BF3 but frames will drop into the 50's at times.  Still very good, but some want 60's + at all times.  If they're 2560x1440 then you'll see frames in the 40's at times with sli and dual monitor and games on Ultra.
 
Everything looks great, except the sli and H100.  The mobo and psu allow expansion to sli and the audio card no problem.
 
Good LuckBig%20SmileBig%20Smile


Edited by bprat22 - 20 Apr 2012 at 8:28am
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  Quote yealpoong Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 9:36am
bprat22
Thanks for the answer. 
If I go for H100, should I maintain LC (such as refilling)? still concern me leaking while maintaining the liquid
 
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  Quote bprat22 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 10:10am
The H100 is a sealed unit.  No maintenance.  Not a true liquid cooling system like the stage 6 cooling in config.  The fluid is distilled water, I believe, which is non-conductive.
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  Quote yealpoong Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 3:18pm
thanks for the answer.
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  Quote Alex Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 8:11pm
Correct!
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