new gaming rig...suggestions?

never go by reviews, this is what you need for your resolution:

Here you go Ticket# 366184 --- Price: $2125 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $2125

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Not Available
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - Not Available
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Set 1 Raid Options: - Not Available
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 ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors)
H20 Tube Color:- Not Available
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - Not Available
Chassis Mods: - Not Available
Noise Reduction: - Not Available
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade)
Boost Video Card: - Not Available
Boost Memory: - Not Available
Boost OS: - Not Available
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - Not Available
Office: - Not Available
Benchmarking: - Not Available
Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large)
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

Next year buy a ssd and use that for HDD1 for OS/Games/Apps, and push the 500GB to HDD2 and use it for storage.

I had a couple of questions.

Why the 932 case instead of the 922? For improved air flow and possible upgrades in the future? I.e. if I wanted to get a 2nd video card in the future, is easier to put it in the larger case?

Why the LE mobo instead of the micro? Possible upgrades? Is it easier to put a 2nd video card on this mobo?

Also, it's less expensive to get the Liquid Cooling instead of the air cooling. Will that work with the overclocked CPU? Or do I need to use the Air Cooling?
i.e. Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooler (120mm Radiator)

Thanks again for the advice,

harby

1. the haf 922 has dust filters, unlikee it's older brother. the dimensions of both cases aren't huge, really similar in size. i have the haf 922 and it's a really great case !! but if you want to go big, the 932 will do.

This is kind of a guess since I haven't read up on how PCIe works, but...

Seems like with the LE's additional slots, they had to divvy up the 16x between several slots so you end up with an 8, and two 4's (or something like that.)

The Micro only has the two slots so they could devote all the bandwidth to just the two and get two 16s.

I guess the question would be can/do the vid cards use more than 8x and do you ever want to add any additional (non-video) cards to the computer.


Edited by Captain Francis - 20 Dec 2009 at 11:43pm