SILENT (not quiet) but DEADLY!

here you go $4383

who in gods name advised you of that system?

Chassis: Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 Extreme 3.00GHz (1333MHz FSB) (12MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 790i Ultra Core 2 Quad (nForce 790i Ultra SLI) (DDR3 Only)
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 Corsair at 1333MHz
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (Extreme Speed)
Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 3: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Wireless Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (Includes PhysX Technology)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: Liquid Chilled FrostBite CPU Only
Internal Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Modifications: - 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: Yes, Overclock memory timings (Includes Memory Fan Kit Installed)
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) (For Enthusiasts)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
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
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

OK here we go:

you don't need a 1200psu, its over kill.

change your ram to ocz, with that speed, it was not an option for me to pick you will have to ask them for that and make sure you do change it, corsair has been crapping out lately, so get ocz.

when going with 2 cards, you won't notice the difference between the gtx 280 and 260, so save your money and go with 260

if you want a second HDD go with a 500GB use the velociraptor for the first HDD/OS

drop the sound card if you don't need it, if you like it keep it.

OC your system and choose liquid cooling, its cooler/more quite and will give you speeds/stability that fan can't

you only need one DVD drive so I upgraded you to light-scribe, if you don't need a bluray drive then don't get it, if you do then add it back in.

8GB of ram might be over kill, if its only for games 4GB should do, if you do some heavy media work and need that 8GB then go ahead

drop the exotic finish, unless you personally have to have it, your money is better spent in cooling and other things

go with 4 year warranty

with OC your PC should run around 3.8GHz, you can always push it further if you want

That system is called the "Ninja Killer"

Edited by DST4ME - 14 Sep 2008 at 4:16pm

covered all of that Alex

Yeah, I have the 1200 ESA power supply and my computer is pretty loud, even with all the watercooling. I don't mind it though.

Originally posted by Alex Ahhh you beat me!  We were both replying at the same time. parallox, that is a very creative way to state your requirements with the Ninja and all.

I highly recommend that you switch from stage 3 air to liquid cooling. I have stage 3 and it's very, very loud. I asked DSO to muffle stage 3 fans and add CPU liquid cooling. Hopefully it would quite down my system significantly.

Go with liquid widdlecat, its just a better choice no matter which way you look at it.

its easier to add fans to case then it is liquid cooling.

1. HAF is one of the top of the line cases we have, its got the most vent for air cooling and its also got room which is great for liquid cooling. don't let the price fool you, its the best case we have as far as I'm concerned, its suppose to be cosmos s successor I think.

2. To raid so you can extend HDD space, if you ask me is foolish for users like us and a pain to work with, you would be better off having 2 separate HDDs, one for your OS and the second for media/personal files. Thats what I do, actually I have over 8 HDDs, 3 internal, 5 externals.

3. the difference is not that much, and as I said it in my first post, you are not going to notice a difference between 2 x 260s vs 2 x 280s.

4. There is not that much of a performance increase when you are using 2 cards, and a case like HAF will take care of the heat from those 2 cards no problem, fan noise can be adjusted by adjusting fan speed, if the CPU is liquid cooled, then the fans basically are working to keep the cards cool.

5. windows tweak is not worth it, something you can do yourself, besides for systems like these, you can enable all the windows services and still not notice a difference. windows tweaking is for weak systems that can't handle it. Anything you like to remove you can post here and we will walk you thru it

6. DS will not send you a system thats not working right, they will take care of all of that for you, make sure you go with ocz (less failure rate, should anything go wrong, its under warranty

7. yes there is a difference, you want to go with premium, not ultimate. anything less then premium will be missing some features and handle less ram, say you want to upgrade to 8GB for what ever reason, if you got anything under premium you will not be using all 8GB.

8. Actually creative has been having a bit of issue, you can always download the software from creative however you can't use drivers for a card you don't have. I don't' know if the on-board will make any difference to your CPU, even if it does, once again its not gonna be anything worth talking about, You want to talk about losing performance? media softwares running in the background all the time will eat more CPU then an on-board sound card

9. Yes, I am waiting for the Intel new chip called Nehalem, it should be a kick-arse chip, but weather you want to wait or not is up to you.

hope that helps.

Edited by DST4ME - 16 Sep 2008 at 4:21am