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Post Date: 2010-11-02
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    Posted: 02 Nov 2010 at 11:43am
Hi All,
 
Been reviewing the forums for awhile now and am convinced this is the best company to hit up for my new PC.  I have selected the parts that I think will be best for my use which is tons of gaming and some video editing / business use. 
 
Ticket # is 453566
 
Here are my questions:
 
1) I heard there will be sales around Thanksgiving.  I was going to purchase this week, but now may wait.  Any idea what type of discounts they will offer?
2) I selected the solid state hybrid thinking it will help minimize load times in WOW.  Anyone have experience to confirm this will be the case?  I don't need a 1tb HDD so I'm fine with the lower capacity.
3) I selected the H2O Stage 2 cooling, hoping that my CPU will stay cool with this entry level model with a stage 1 overclock.
 
Any other input?  I'm spending $2200 on this puppy
 
Thanks!
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Originally posted by patrick01

1) I heard there will be sales around Thanksgiving.  I was going to purchase this week, but now may wait.  Any idea what type of discounts they will offer?

For holiday sales they typically have a free upgrade to the 4 or 5 year warranty. Black Friday/Cyber Monday is a huge sale time though, they may offer better than that.

2) I selected the solid state hybrid thinking it will help minimize load times in WOW.  Anyone have experience to confirm this will be the case?  I don't need a 1tb HDD so I'm fine with the lower capacity.

Not worth the price, a better solution is to get a small Intel SSD for OS/apps (and maybe a few games) and a cheap normal HDD for games/movies/music/media storage.

3) I selected the H2O Stage 2 cooling, hoping that my CPU will stay cool with this entry level model with a stage 1 overclock.

The Asetek Liquid CPU cooler is just LC for the sake of saying it is LC. It isn't exactly known for its construction quality or reliability either. Its cooling pales terribly compared to real LCing, even good air coolers such as either of the Noctua models offered by DS will outperform it. Select one of the Noctua NH-U12P instead.

Any other input?  I'm spending $2200 on this puppy

No sense in a crappy case selection, get a HAF 922 or 932. If you end waiting for the sale they should also have the EVGA x58 SLI3 in stock again by then, which is a newer and upgraded version of the LE, so switch to that if you wait.

Ditch the 5970, there is nothing redeeming about it. It's a dual GPU, if you want dual cards there are much better options than it. Or if you prefer single cards just stick with a 480.
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and check out the link in my signature for more informationon choosing whats best for you
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3) I selected the H2O Stage 2 cooling, hoping that my CPU will stay cool with this entry level model with a stage 1 overclock.

The Asetek Liquid CPU cooler is just LC for the sake of saying it is LC. It isn't exactly known for its construction quality or reliability either. Its cooling pales terribly compared to real LCing, even good air coolers such as either of the Noctua models offered by DS will outperform it. Select one of the Noctua NH-U12P instead.

--> Any noise concerns with the Noctua?  Can I go over stage 1 overclock with it?

 
Ditch the 5970, there is nothing redeeming about it. It's a dual GPU, if you want dual cards there are much better options than it. Or if you prefer single cards just stick with a 480.
 
--> I play WOW a lot in large raids and want a serious card that will push huge frames.  I know it only utilizes one card and that is why I looked at the 5970... it's more powerful than the Nvidia 480. 
 
Thank you for the input in advance!
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Any noise concerns with the Noctua?  Can I go over stage 1 overclock with it?
quite the opposite, its the quietest cooler on the market as far as im aware... at least among the quietest
 
I play WOW a lot in large raids and want a serious card that will push huge frames.  I know it only utilizes one card and that is why I looked at the 5970... it's more powerful than the Nvidia 480. 
 
geez, we get like 3 of these a week now.. starting at the top
-wow is more cpu based than anything else
-it does use SLI/Crossfire just fine, not that it needs to... as you could play wow on a 460 with no problems
-the 5970 is not better, in any way, than a 480, it will give you lower minimum fps which is the most important statistic not to mention its $200 more, and even more not to mention that for the cost, you could get SLI 470s which would curbstomp a 5970 and a 480 alike
 
its a marketing ploy, duct tape 2 underclocked cards together and call them one, then all the sudden you have the "highest single card fps" pure deception
 
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