Config to last a few years

1st off I'd like to thank bprat and Frank for some advice/suggestions in an earlier thread.

This is pretty much what I came up with to suit my needs for a few years at good value. (especially because of the free T-Shirt! :D )

I did leave the Haf case in but to be honest, not really impressed by it, at least compared to the Thermaltake beast that is the Lvl10GT monstrosity.
Thus the fans are just stock - I'll price in the GT's fans later.

I did drop to the z69 chipset from the x79 as I concluded it would be overkill for me.
Thus i went for the Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50 GHz CPU.

I don't want it "pre" overclocked, but only option is for the "turbo" thingy, I guess that's ok.

Also convinced myself, with some help, to bump to the GTX570 over the 560...The small price bump justified the performance imo.

Went SSD as well because i have plenty of HDs i can add later, plus more than a couple ext HD around here. ;)

Slapped in a card reader and Blu-Ray, figure good options for the buck. Maybe do USB expansion but the Thermaltake case has a ton already so really won't need if i go that route.

So really all in all, only bumped up the base price of $1,306 to $2,188.00 with some good options.
Minus the Thermaltake case I want ofc.

Any and all comments appreciated.
Thanks all!
:)
-aj

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=666213

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 2700K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3  (Intel Z68 Chipset) (Features Intel Quick Sync Technology)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Force GT Series CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) (SATA 6Gbps)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs) (ASUS BC-12B1ST)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) (EVGA 012-P3-1571-BR)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler (240mm Radiator) (Extreme-Performance Edition)
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: Touch  V12XT Aerocool Temperature Display & Fan Controller (Requires Chassis Airflow Upgrade)
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Standard Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Automatic Overclocking
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
Game: - No Thanks

Yes, to everything Frank said.

Knocked a bit over 100 bux off of it.
;)

But the good thing is if do pick the OC from digital storm it is covered by the warranty. I honestly do not know if you OC yourself after the fact if it would affect your warranty or not. You might want to make sure on that since I know mine was OC by DS and if you mess with the OC on your own it voids your warranty.

Originally posted by mordrick78 But the good thing is if do pick the OC from digital storm it is covered by the warranty. I honestly do not know if you OC yourself after the fact if it would affect your warranty or not. You might want to make sure on that since I know mine was OC by DS and if you mess with the OC on your own it voids your warranty.

I'll have to.
Alex did say they have built one one before so we'll see what options they can give me.

Good point on the OCing...Will have to put this into consideration.

You can tell I am fairly diligent, thus not hurrying to get this new rig.

Also kind of waiting/hoping for some news on nVidia's new 6xx cards...They "sound" worth the wait in price and performance and April is right around the corner...

Any ideas on that?

Thx all!





Tippin'

Yes, was more rhetorical on nVidia.
Hoped someone heard/read something I haven't. :P

I don't quite buy the "2x better for the same price", but seems like they'll still be a helluva card series.

I wonder how fast they'll sellout tho. TWSC(? - Taiwan Semiconductor) has been rumored to have been having a hard time keeing up with supply...


Edited by aj502 - 20 Mar 2012 at 6:56am