Also buying today --- last minute advice

what is the resolution you gonna play at?

I just ordered mine with 2 295s and a X-Fi card. I am getting the HAF, the 950Si looks nice though, but its always form follows function :D

I'll be playing at 1920x1200, but may change to 30' at some point.  Either way, I want to max out settings of future games which will demand more GPU power.

ok you got a lot of things you don't need and can actually work against you.

here you go Ticket# 234717 --- Price: $5117 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 3.2GHz (Quad Core) (Extreme Performance)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1866MHz OCZ Platinum Edition (Extreme-Performance)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (Extreme Speed)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: 500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Quad (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1.792GB) (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: CLEARANCE HOT SELLER: Razer Barracuda AC-1 (Recommended)
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: High-Performance Liquid Chilled FrostBite System For CPU
Liquid Color:Blue: Non-conductive High-Performance Fluid (Requires H20: Stage 3 Cooling Package)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
LCD 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
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

RAM - Corsair Dominator DHX was better than the OCZ 1866

there is no big difference between OCZ and corsair OCZ has the faster ram so go with the faster ram, the rest if BS, they both come with the same warranty and the corsair at 1600 is not gonna beat the OCZ at 1866, I don't care what anybody says. they both come with the same warranty.

PS - Corsair is better than the PC Power & Cooling and the 1000 will be plenty

actually PC power and cooling has the better/newer 1000w here.

HD - He recommended the Raid 0

raid is a waste of your time and does nothing to improve game play, cause seek time is what is most useful to games and raid does not effect seek time one bit, instead go with a faster drive that has faster seek time, raptor has the fastest and only thing faster then it will be a SSD.

Cooler - Since the 295 is such a new card there is no waterblock for it so I have to go with air cooled. Enhancements - I went with the LCD temp display so that I can slow down the fans to make the rig more quiet when I sleep --- my existing Alienware is way to loud now and I'm worried about that.

you don't need to LC the GPUs anyways, so forget that.

as for LCD temp controller, it only does 4 things, you will have way more then 4 fans to control, so the LCD is basically not really useful.

also your biggest heat will come from your GPU, and the only thing that will effect it will be its own fans, which you can control the free softwares. so controlling the case fan will have nothing to do with noise level, it will be the GPU fans that make the most noise and you can't turn those down cause you will fry your GPU.

how ever you can just use a freeware like precision rivatuner to just adjust your fans to be at low when you go to bed and the PC is not doing anything intensive.

Edited by DST4ME - 23 Jan 2009 at 6:27pm