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ya there is a lot to change, you have picked things you don't need and won't notice the difference in, you will however notice the heat and noise from them, so:

what is your budget? and what resolution will you be gaming at? also please post your ticket number.

 Have you ever thought of using 2 SSD drives in Raid 0 for your startup/system disks? I've been reading a lot of these past post and it seems like I'm the only to do it.

Sorry guess you didn't read my other post. I lost my ticket number & when I ordered the computer they gave me a different one but don't think you can load it from that. I'll redo the cfg I have & post that. I know nVidia will probably be coming out with a new

ok let me tell you a few things:

1. there is no difference between 920 @ 4.0GHz and 975 @ 4.0GHz.

2. you are not going to notice the difference between 1600MHz ram and 1866MHz ram in gaming and such.

3. there is no need for a 1500w psu, pure overkill.

4. I'm not sure which ssds you have been looking at but vertex, corsair and intel will kill the veloci.

5. 3 x 275 will give you the same performance as 2 x 295 and cost alot less, and games and things that don't support sli a 275 does better then a 295, also if you wait for the new cards to come out in jan, 2 of those will cost less and be more powerful then 3 x 275 or 2 x 295.

6. if I'm LCed all the way around (cpu/gpu) I don't need fans to make my nice quiet, cool system loud for no performance gain.

7. in gaming you will not notice the difference between stage 1 oc and stage 2 oc. You should go with stage 1.

8. there is no need to co the gpus when you will not notice the performance gain from the oc.

9. ocing the ram is one more thing you will not notice any performance gain from for your use and it can actually cause corruption problems.

so having said all of that, I left some of the stuff alone and did not change them, but if I were you, I would get one bigger ssd or raid 2 ssds, but get them yourself that way you save money on it.

also keep in mind that raiding two HDDs does not equal the same as having the speed of one ssd.

ssds basically have no seek time, and raid barely makes a dent in seek time and also raid only speeds up moving of large files only.

Here you go Ticket# 351954 --- Price: $6662 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $6562

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Digital Storm HailStorm
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 Classified 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified by mushkin enhanced (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 2x (300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (Extreme Speed)
Set 1 Raid Options: Configure HDD Set 1 to a Raid 0 Config - Stripe Performance (Requires Two HDDs)
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 2x (1TB Seagate/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Writer/Reader (Burn Blu-Ray discs and play them)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 3x SLI Triple (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 896MB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Razer Barracuda AC-1 (Recommended)
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: Specialized FrostBite Separate Dual Loop System for CPU & Three Video Cards
Liquid Color:UV Blue: Medium Glowing Non-conductive Fluid (Requires H20: Stage 3 & UV Lighting)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect For H20: Stage 3 UV Fluid)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock the processor between 4.0GHz to 4.2GHz (Requires H20 Cooling Upgrade)
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: Memory Fan Kit Only (Does not include memory overclocking service)
Tweak Windows: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
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: NVIDIA 3D Vision Bundle (Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ 120Hz LCD + NVIDIA 3D Glasses)
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: 5 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty (Highly Recommended)

you are not gonna notice the difference between this system and yours, if anything this one is more quiet, probably will have better temps cause the parts I chose bring less heat, and in games that don't support sli it will perform better, and it cost less.


If you want my opinion, get your own ssd/s for HDD1 and that will make this rig even better and faster, and wait for the fermi to come out, once DX11 is supported you will notice a good performance difference in games between the current nvidia cards and fermi.

Edited by DST4ME - 09 Nov 2009 at 10:29pm

even at 1.37 the 920 will last over 8 years, so the frequencies and etc don't really matter. Also there is no guarantee that the 975 you will end-up with will run at said frequencies, and again for gaming and such you will not notice a difference between 4.0GHz and 4.2GHz, unless you are doing virtualization or heavy duty video editing (professional), otherwise you will not notice the difference.

I doubt you need a 1500w for the amount of HDDs you want to add.

the classified can do tri sli and 2 other pci cards.

changing the fans will bring you no performance gain, so why change them?

the ram speed won't matter, which mean that ocing the ram which provides even less performance gain matters that much less, specailly in gaming and the kind of use your are talking about, I can come in the middle of the night, change your 2000MHz ram to 1600MHz with no oc on it and you would never notice the difference from using it, however like I said, ram oc can create data corruption, its just not worth it unless you are building a rig for benchmarking.

just because you don't have oc on gpu or ram does not mean that the machine can't do it, specially the gpu, its so easy to oc you can do it anytime but like I said, I can come in the middle of the night and remove the oc on gpu also and you would never know.


well my suggestion without the ssd drives is still offering the same performance as your config and on games that don't support sli it offers even better performance.

anyways hope that info helps, just wanted to make sure you know all the facts, at the end of the day you got to get what makes you happy

Edited by DST4ME - 10 Nov 2009 at 5:18am

saying that a 975 will need less  V core than a 920, is not true at at. I have seen 975's that need more V core than some 920's and vice versa.