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Post Date: 2009-03-26

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    Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 11:16am
I am getting ready to pull the trigger and buy a new machine. I am looking that the system below. I have a couple of questions:

- What can you OC the CPU to with liquid cooling?

- Is it worth overclocking the video card? How much performance gain would I get? I chose liquid cooling on video card because the stock fan on the card is usually really loud (and I've had 3 GPU fans fail). I would guess that liquid cooling on the GPU would allow for some overclocking gains.

- I chose the solid state disk for noise and performance reasons. How loud are striped 10k raptors?

- I chose Zalman performance fans because Zalman has the reputation of being quiet - is that a good assumption?

Any other recommended tweaks for making sure I get a quiet high performance system?


Ticket Number: 263568
Total Price with Instant Savings: $3,881.00

Direct Load URL: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=263568

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 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Mushkin (Highly Recommended) (Digital Storm Certified)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: OCZ) (Ultimate Lightning Speed)
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-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1.792GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: High-Performance Liquid Chilled FrostBite System For CPU & Single Video Card
Liquid Color:Green: Non-conductive High-Performance Fluid (Requires H20: Stage 3 Cooling Package)
Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Chassis With Zalman Performance Fans (Up to 6 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: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
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 Ultimate (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, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty




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  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 1:37pm
you have a better chance at maintaining lower temps and a higher OC speed with LC, however with the 920 we have seen it go to 3.8GHz both with air and liquid cooling.

As you said your self, GPUs go bad, if you LC the GPUs, anytime anything goes wrong with your GPU, you will have to send it in, so be prepared to be without your PC a month at a time, my recommendation is to drop the LC from GPU, it can turn out to be a nightmare. I have said this to others before and some after a 6 month hassle finally asked DS to remove their LC on GPU due to the headache it can be.

OCing your GPU is pointless but if you should ever need it we can help you with that, its real easy to do, but with a 295 I doubt if you will need it.

I don't think Raptor are noisy but there are much much faster better SSDs coming out, my advise is to go with vertex 2 when it comes out

Zalman is quiet but its not gonna be more quiet then the HAF fans, and if you need to crack them up they will be much more noisier.

here you go Ticket# 263680 --- Price: $2927 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $2752

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 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Mushkin (Highly Recommended) (Digital Storm Certified)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
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 20x / 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 295 1.792GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: High-Performance Liquid Chilled FrostBite System For CPU
Liquid Color:Green: 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
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, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
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  Quote army man Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 7:34pm

dst4me does give good advice,i really didn't think of liquid cooling the gpu was a big hassle and i would agree i wouldn't want to be without my computer for a month if it was up to me.

life's to short to worry bout the small stuff
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  Quote martyboeckman Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 8:18pm
When is the Vertex 2 coming out? Any idea?

I'll dump the liquid on the GPU, but I really would like the performance and quiet of the SSD.
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  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 9:18pm
hopping to see the vertex 2 in about 30 days but you never know
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