Haf 922

What is the native resolution of your monitor?

Ive upgraded after researching every component that i could.
most were EXTREMELY quiet (HUGE PRIORITY!) so i got rid of noise material, saving 80$ which i used to upgrade hdd's.

497639

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=497639

cool, but i want to stick with the 922 (i love it); but i will ask them to mount the 200mm onto the side blowing air directly onto my components. also, i dont really want an ssd all that much, id rather go with the velociraptor and caviar. thank you for the suggestion though.

ok then, for the space i have available ill put this in perspective. my current comp is sitting on an empty ammo box from the Korean war which is on its side (with the LOUDEST hdd EVER). im thinking of building a little mount so the bottom fan can work. otherwise, i want to wait for solid states's prices to lower. ill think about it when i upgrade though. thank for the suggestion

cool, thanks.

btw my brother got an alienware for college and he got a universal dock for all drives. he uses it for his 5200 and 7200 (from his old desktop). when he put the intel 60gb ssd in; it booted from off to desktop in 8 SECONDS
its an m11x

if i use an ssd should i get the 40 or 80gb for games/os

and what should i use for the data. i want to leave room for extras (i already added the crysis 2)

an example would be: use the 1.5tb barracuda, this leaves about 101$ for addons!

use this if you want to leave a url:
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=498475

EDIT: i want to use intel because they have the best r/w/ speeds

Edited by Vaude - 10 Mar 2011 at 7:50pm

win7 takes 20GB itself, so a 40GB is out of question, the 80GB is not big enough either, and also the 40/80GB drives are not as fast as the 160GB.

so in short go for something like a 120/160GB.

look at my build, In a few month buy a ssd and use that for HDD1 for OS/Games/Apps, and push the 1TB to HDD2 and use it for storage, the black caviar is picked for its speed.

I hope you are not getting that i7 950 build you have posted.

Originally posted by Vaude Whats wrong with the 950?

The new Sandybridge CPUs run cooler, can be overclocked higher, and are faster clock for clock than a 950.

a 150gb velociraptor is perfect (1996$)

Old, outdated, and horribly overpriced. They're slower than a standard 1TB HDD, avoid VelociRaptors like the plague. Just stick with SSD + standard HDD combos. If currently SSD is too expensive for you then hold off for the Intel G3 SSDs to come out soon, which are slated to have a very good GB/$ price.

Alright ill go to sandy arch..., is it cheaper? does it still work with a v6gt, AND can i still get 6gb of ram, 8 seems like to much (i have yet to use a full gb of ram with my current system).


EDIT: no, i cant use 6gb of ram. Should i go with 4gb of 2000mhz ram for 30$ less?

Edited by Vaude - 13 Mar 2011 at 4:14pm

Originally posted by Dragoonseal Originally posted by Vaude Whats wrong with the 950? The new Sandybridge CPUs run cooler, can be overclocked higher, and are faster clock for clock than a 950. a 150gb velociraptor is perfect (1996$) Old, outdated, and horribly overpriced. They're slower than a standard 1TB HDD, avoid VelociRaptors like the plague. Just stick with SSD + standard HDD combos. If currently SSD is too expensive for you then hold off for the Intel G3 SSDs to come out soon, which are slated to have a very good GB/$ price.

I can always go to newegg

Alright, i found a good sized ssd for 100$ on newegg, its a 60gb corsair force series model. im going to order my pc with 1 hdd and order the ssd on new egg. the install win7 onto it when both are here. os is about 20gb so that leaves 40gb for some games and stuff

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233124

That build is all wrong, just add the ssd later as we discussed, you are spending money on things that are not needed at all and don't bring much to the table, the fan controller and upgraded fan in a haf case is waste of your money:

Here you go Ticket# 500502 --- $1617 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - HAF 922
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 (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue)
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital/Seagate/Hitachi/Samsung (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM)
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: 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 560 Ti 1GB (Includes PhysX) (EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-KR)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
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: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz
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: Crysis: Maximum Edition Warhead + War (Pre-Install, apply updates, and test gameplay with my system
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

Ask DS specifically for this fan to be added to the side, so you endup with 3 x 200mm fans:

haf 200mm non led fan

Well I suggest you forget this build and come back in june and let us reconfig, new parts will be out and prices will be different, save tickets won't reflect price drops.