3.5-4k Gaming Rig - Feedback Request

I think the best way to think about SSDs are as follows. Your CPU is amazing, so are your graphics card and RAM, so why bottle-neck yuor system when you can add a SSD. If you invest in a larger SSD and put the games you frequently play on it as well as the system, in my opinion the performance is well worth the cost. Depending on the game you may or may not notice an increase in performance, it all depends on how often that game accesses the hard drive.

when it comes to psu its very simple, the DS certified's maker is actually unknown as technps does not maker their own psus, and has only a 2 year warranty.

the corsair is a brand name, you can easily find out who made the psu and it has a 5 year warranty with a track record you can follow.

570 sli is best choice for 1900 x 1200, cf 6970 is best choice for 2560 x 1600.

you don't want a 750w psu for dual cf sli of these cards, for single go with 750w, for dual go with 1000w for tri sli cf go with 1200w, but you have to match the mobo and platform, for example you don't want to go tri cf/sli with the p67 platform.

HDD setup is suppose to be like this:

HDD1 = fast small drive: os/apps/games

HDD2 = regular large drive: media/personal/work file storage

you need to match your rad and fans, aka, putting a fan like GentleTyphoon on a rad that works best with high cfm fans, will not help, it will hurt, so you need to make sure the rad used are either feser or xspc rx version.

noise package is not a good idea, trap noise, trap heat, and at the end of the day, 90% of your noise will come from the gpu's fans when under load, so when you are not gaming, there should be no real noise.

for your oc the 1600MHz is just fine.

Here you go Ticket# 520579 --- $3323 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Edition
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G3K5)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX)
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: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: FrostChill Cooling System: CPU Only
H20 Tube Color:Green Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Radiator Fans With Scythe GentleTyphoon 120mm Fans (D1225C12B4AP-14) (Up to 6 Fans)
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect for H20 Tubes)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 4.0GHz to 4.5GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended)
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 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test 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: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

I kept the GentleTyphoon with assumption that you will make sure the correct rad is used.

Edited by DST4ME - 12 Apr 2011 at 3:14am

I would be surprised if you didn't like that ssd to be honest, the old gen 2 (x25) has had a great track record here with the users, and the new one has the same controller, little better speed on some things and much better price, so you should love it.

Congrats Let the torture begin