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High End Gaming/Work Rig (Buying soon)

Post Date: 2010-08-19
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    Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 3:44pm		 
I posted much early for a similar build design but now that I've been able to get some
solid advice from the forums I figured I would post again with a few additional questions.

Here are a few reasons I chose certain specs that I know will get flagged as unnecessary:

i7 980x: I will be running numerical solvers that can be run over several cores and 
will immensely benefit from the increased shared cache

12 GB 1600 ram: Once again this is for the work related part, certain programs I plan
to use can push 8GB fairly easily

Stage 4 LC: I am not planning on OC'ing my cpu any further than DS will do for free but
I will be running the processor on all 6 cores for several days/weeks non-stop so I want
the temps to be as low as possible...also it looks cool and the money is there

All in all I have about 5k to spend, saving money (in this case) is not money in my
 pocket so anything under this cap will go to monitors/keyboards/ect
 
My only question is regarding the SSD, the -M series from intel from what ive read does
not have the highest writing speeds on the market and it looked like the OCZ vertex2 had
great test numbers. Is it worth it to specifically request this SSD? It would be a higher
cost but my thoughts are that I higher write speed will make a noticeable difference in
the time it takes to save the data from these large simulations. 

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish- Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents:- Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 980X 3.33GHz (Six-Core) (Extreme Performance) 
Motherboard:EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset)
System Memory: 12GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified (Highly Recommended) 
Power Supply: 1200W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) 
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (80GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance) 
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: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Player (Play Blu-Ray and Play DVDs) 
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port 
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB (Includes PhysX Technology) 
Add-on Card: EVGA 2 Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Host Card (PCI-E Slot) 
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 4: Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System: CPU Only 
H20 Tube Color:Blue Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) 
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue) 
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package Stage 1 (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds Only) 
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz 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
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Posts: 712 		  Quote Raif Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 5:38pm
since your going with cpu only lc... it would be advised to get a ram cooler. you can find this under the boost memory options. when using air cooled system the excess air cooling the cpu cools the ram because of its location, so it is redundant.however with cpu lc you don't get that bonus.

if your going to have this computer running weeks on end you may want to look into lcing your gpu's, however i will leave that for someone a little more knowledgeable.

the bonus to the intel ssd is you can achieve 98% full with virtually no performance loss while with indilix drives such as ocz ones you can suffer greatly with performance starting at 50% and major at 75%. i will also allow someone who is more knowledgeable to get more in depth.


Edited by Raif - 19 Aug 2010 at 5:40pm
2.5 Ghz Core duo
Nvidia 9500 gt
3 gb 1033 Mhz ram

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Posts: 36 		  Quote Xagnam Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 19 Aug 2010 at 10:26pm 
Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package Stage 1 (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds Only) 

That will most likely trap heat inside your chassis.
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Posts: 16314 		  Quote Alex Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 20 Aug 2010 at 1:54pm
Not really, we don't close any of the vents. Especially Stage 1, which doesn't even use the noise absorbing material. It's just ensuring all the fan speeds are slow enough to keep the system quiet and still cool at the same time.
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Posts: 712 		  Quote Raif Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 21 Aug 2010 at 3:34am
good to knwo can you elaborate more on stage 2
2.5 Ghz Core duo
Nvidia 9500 gt
3 gb 1033 Mhz ram

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