New Computer for XMAS

Hi Brewtus, welcome back.

DST4ME gave you a good solid build with 577414. The price is $2155 which is within your budget. This system doesn't have a SSD and one 570 1.2. If you only game on one screen you will be ok with the single 570. DST4ME laid it out so you have a good base system that you can later add a SSD and a second GPU. The only change I would make is to get the 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX PSU instead of the one he listed. They are the same price but the 1050HX has a seven year warranty. He may have a specific reason for suggesting the other power supply that I am not aware of.

You do want a SSD for sure and you can add one later. Right now it is not in your budget. With 75 degree temperature you should be OK with the A70. But you are right at the point that you don't want any higher room temps. When you reach high room temps it doesn't matter what cooling you have. LC and Air both use ambient air temp to cool your computer. So in both cases you have fans blowing air and high room temps just don't work. As long as you are 75 degrees or below you won't have any cooling problems.

The 1.4 Vcore is not about stability or performance, it is about longevity. Ask DS not to raise the Vcore above 1.4.

Don't forget to order your free T-Shirt.

Frank

Edited by FrankW - 01 Nov 2011 at 12:35pm

Hi Brewtus good to see you back.

the 1050hx is successor of the 1000 hx, with higher warranty and its even a better psu, it was not out when we had configed that for you.

for gpu, whatever you go with now, you need to stick with and sli, a better gpu is not gonna match sli performance, IMHO sli within a few months then upgrade sli in 2 to 3 years, or whenever it can't give you what you need.

make sure you get an "oem 200mm fan".

No that should about do it, all you are missing is the ssd and second gpu to complete the system and make it balanced.

That has nothing to do with gpu and sli.

a70/noctua are cpu coolers.

For people that are sensitive to noise I recommend the noctua.

right now depending the x79 can cost more then $500 vs p67, unless you need a 6 core or tri sli, I would go with p67.


you can go with p67/z68 or whatever, ssd is not gonna matter to that.

1. the 1TB wd bc is chosen for its speeds, other drives don't enjoy the same speeds.

2. both are the same at these levels, noctua is a bit more quiet.

3. a70/noctua can easily handle stage 2 oc.

4. no brand does not matter, you want to make sure to match the clock and vram, otherwise you are only as good as your weak card.

build looks great, no need for corsair ram.

Just keep in mind that the 500GB does not have the 1TB's speeds, IMHO add the 1TB bc when the prices of hdds come back down.

No thats just fine, do that instead then since you have a !TB already, warranty is gonna be fine.

Its upto you, pci cards are very simple and quick to install, I don't use wireless card for pc myself, they have lag and for gaming lan is best.

For your config no it is not. The 3960x and X79 are only needed for gaming if you want x3 SLI. With a single GPU or x2 SLI don't waste your money. Any extra money would be better spent on a second 570 to give yourself x2 SLI and/or a secondary HDD for storage.

I placed my order today.  I spoke with David on the phone.  While discussing my configuration, I instructed I would like the Noctua cpu cooler.  David advocated that the Noctua was really large -- so large that it may restrict me from adding any additional video cards.  David suggested I get the digital storm vortex liquid cooling.

From what I could tell by the case (Haf X) and motherboard (P8P67) I should plenty of space for SLI 570.

What do you think?  Should I switched to liquid cooling?

And yet again more disappointment, forget what the rep told you, he is wrong, as jm299 pointed out it has nothing to do with gpus, thats just absurd.

Keep in mind they are to recommend DS products of course.

stick with the noctua, you don't change the air cooler, there is nothing wrong with that, you change the rep you spoke to.

Not only that but the vortex is louder and does not do as good of a job as the noctua.

what they block a little is the ram slot but installing ram under them if needed is as easy as 1 2 3.

They are closed on the weekend so you probably will hear from them on Monday.

They have been overwhelmed form the weekend sales and etc, but be patient

That is not correct boss, I can show you bunch of cases with haf x in the review section with noctua.

if they try to push the vortex on you don't take it, I'm not sure why lately there has been so much misinfo passed on to customers about this, somebody else was told that noctua would block the gpus (not correct) now you are being told it won't fit the haf x, but check out the review section, there are many people with noctua d14 and haf x, there is no reason why it would not fit.

if they can't do it, don't change anything come back here talk to us first, cause we will get you to the right person with the right info.

Ok well first, thats is not the same as noctua does not fit in haf x.

second, both a70 and noctua "block" the dimms however they don't block it so that you can't put ram on there, they sit on top of the dimms over the ram.

if the problem is heat spreaders from corsair, drop the corsair ram, you don't need it anyways, ram here is pretty much the same, I recommend the DS ram personally unless you are looking for ram with good timing and for that you have to special order that.

Or you can ask them to remove the heat spreaders from those sticks on the dominator so that they fit under the coolers.



for cooling anything you get below stage 4 is going to be inferior to noctua and loud.

Edited by DST4ME - 03 Dec 2011 at 1:43am