NEW plz help with config ty

at your resolution you will never notice the difference between your config and this one for gaming, you got a lot of overkill.

Xeno pro won't benefit you one bit, your isp speed, the server you are connecting to and the distance between the server and you make the difference in on line gaming.

Here you go Ticket# 352114 --- Price: $6161 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $5761

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: Paint All Trim Accents: Chassis Vents, Grills, Screws, and Hose Clamps (Blue)
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 (256GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: CMFSSD-256D1)
Set 1 Raid Options: Configure HDD Set 1 to a Raid 0 Config - Stripe Performance (Requires Two HDDs)
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
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: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
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: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional (PCI-Express Slot Based)
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 3: Specialized FrostBite Separate Dual Loop System for CPU & One Video Card
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 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air 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: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the 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: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large)
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)

everything you see is gone, didn't make a difference to performance.

also you don't want to spend money on things that are ok now and call it not needing an upgrade, its always best to get what you need now, and then down the road if you need more then you add it then, for 2 reasons:

1. down the road there are better more powerful things.

2. most likely the prices of these new things are the same or better then what you are paying now.

why go with only one card? cause for you resolution you would not tell the difference between one/two or three.

doubt you need physx setup.

why 6GB instead of 12GB? cause just like the gpus, if I came in the middle of the night and changed the ram form 12GB to 6GB you would never notice the difference, the same with gpus, if I came and took out 2 of the gpus, in the morning you would never notice the difference.

Xeno pro will not help you at all, you lag is dependent on your isp, the sever you car connecting to and the distance between you and that server, I mentioned this already.

dual loop so that a. your cpu temp stays low under load, and b. you can more gpus to the loop in the future if your resoltution becomes higher, aka room for growth.

my config can handle whatever your needs are, worst case scenario you add if you need something, but I doubt you would need anything.

whats a 1600P res? there is only 1080p, or are you talking about 2560 x 1600 vs 1900 x 1200? for 1900 x 1200 a single 5870 is all you need for higher res you will need cf 5870.

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no you will not notice a difference between 1866 and 1600.

if your res is gonna be 2560 x 1600 then yes get 2 x 5780.

you don't need and will have not use for stage 2 oc.

the 1000w corsair can handle 2 x 5870 fine.

well without 64-bit, you couldn't even use the 6GB, 32-bit can only use 4GB total, that includes the gpu ram.

so in short 64-bit has northing to do with 12GB, ram use has to do with multitasking, very few people need more then 6GB of ram.

as for the oc yes you can endup with 3.3 but all the stage 1 oc with 1600MHz ram I have seen here have all been around 3.7GHz, and for gaming you will never notice the difference between 3.6 and 4.0GHz oc, mainly cause at that res, performance is more gpu dependent and once you are above 60 fps you will not notice the extra.

you are not being a pest at all, ask as many questions as you have before you buy, me/we are here to help specifically with those questions and I personally love sharing knowledge, so the more you ask the happier I get

ssds are fine and not all are the same, corsair, intel and vertex are good ssds, tho intel did just have a mishap with their firmware but that is not the ssd's fault.

if your current machine can run crysis and oblivion at the same time then for this machine it will be a peace of cake.

raid 1 or 5 or likes of it, are duplicating, so when one drive goes out, there is a duplicate on the second drive, however if the raid itself fails then you will lose all data.

IMO stay away from raid.

btw make sure your ram is 3 x 2GB so that if you want to add more ram down the line you just buy what you need.

Edited by DST4ME - 11 Nov 2009 at 3:40pm

I'm not sure if you can run crysis and oblivion, honestly crysis is such a beast I'm just not sure.

I myself have been waiting for Colossus but I'm gonna wait and see what some people that get it have to say, since its in an internal drive.

I'm surprised to see the corsair extreme have so much trouble, the P series is great tho http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233085 but keep in mind that DS test the HDDs and its under warranty, and I'm sure if you got to the third one, they will give you an option for another kind, but seeing how they are go with vertex, P series or intel.

I'm almost sure they use 2GB sticks but it never hurts to be sure right?

multiple HDDs show up under "My computer" just like your current C drive but they will have a different drive letter.

look at the pic below, you see 5 HDDs, they all open like a folder just like the main drive (C drive):


above you see 5HDDS, C,D,E,N,O, C has the os on it

so basically you use the HDDs just they were a folder.

as for HDD setup, you want it like below:

HDD1 fast HDD, for os/apps/games

HDD2 regular speed HDD, for media/work/personal file storage

HDD3 external HDD, for backups. If all you are backing up is stuff thats on HDD2, then HDD3 can be internal HDD.

My pleasure


Edited by DST4ME - 12 Nov 2009 at 12:58am

well the good news is that you can always add another 5870 if you needed to, but I doubt you will, tho with crysis you never know, I'm sure 3 x 5870 at 2560 x 1600 will be nothing but a nice snack for crysis

why not just go with one 300GB veloci and then upgrading to ssd next year. veloci is fast as it is.

I'm pretty sure I have seen Alex mention that they use 2GB sticks but personally like to double check to be sure, so when you order just double check.

whats your room temp?

2560 x 1600 Crysis maxed, 25-35 FPS with 2 5870's add about 5-7 FPS for a third card, maybe with new drivers it will go up, but not more than 5-10 FPS

for Crysis at max res/eye candy. I have only seen a couple reviews of tri-fire and Crysis, maybe driver limited, maybe CPU, only 4.2 Ghz i7. so 3rd card does not do alot on Crysis, some games is does scale well though.

for some they have been here for 6 months. lol

yep, I posted some pics early this summer I think.. One was dual i9's  lol

Gulftown make me happy in pants.

well yes the 295 give few more fps in some games, in some games the 5870 wins.

but in games that don't support sli, with a 295, you are getting a performance of a single 260 gtx while with the 5870 you are getting the full performance of the card, since unlike the 295 that is in internal sli, the 5870 is not in any internal cf.

and then there is the dx11.

don't forget that it has a lower power consumption, with 5870 you can do cf with a 750w psu, you can't do 2 x 295 with a 750w psu.

for those reasons the 5870 is the better card.

Edited by DST4ME - 13 Nov 2009 at 12:47am

oh snap... 6 cores 12 threads sweet! comes out 2nd quarter 2010, so i guess we will c it hit DS for the holidays...

http://www.techspot.com/news/35818-intels-enthusiastgrade-gulftown-cpu-previewed.html

has some pretty nifty information in it

so the 295 would not be the best pick, makes sense i forgot that it has 2x 260 in it... wow so choosign a 295 could greatly diminish the rig. i do play games that are not sli supported occasionaly.thanks for clearing that up.

i noticed that dx10 was around for the nvidia 8, 9, 200 series, but yet they couldn't get great frame rates until the 200 series. so dx11 may take several generations to get right as well... by the time that happens i'll prob be upgrading

One note, Dx11 has allready proven to produce better image quality, and better frame rates than Dx10. Dx10 was a failure

how come they don't use uv fluid in the new LC? Does the tubing in the new LC glow the color or is it just colored tube? i couldn't find info on DS about it. do you know what the difference is? is it me or does it look cheaper...