for quiet and powful pcPost Date: 2012-04-20 |
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yealpoong
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Topic: for quiet and powful pc 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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bprat22
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Quote Reply 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 Luck
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yealpoong
Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21 |
Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 9:36am |
bprat22Thanks for the answer.
If I go for H100, should I maintain LC (such as refilling)? still concern me leaking while maintaining the liquid Regards
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bprat22
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Quote Reply 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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yealpoong
Newbie Joined: 20 Apr 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21 |
Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 3:18pm |
thanks for the answer.
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Alex
Admin Group Digital Storm Supervisor Joined: 04 Jun 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16314 |
Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2012 at 8:11pm |
Correct!
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