Wanted to give a quick thanks.

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Thonner

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It has been at least 7 years sense I last built a custom PC for myself. I had always kept up on emerging hardware technology however I did not keep up on what was the best of the technology.
So deciding to build a new PC meant I had to do some real research in order to pick my parts wisly. To do this I used http://www.hardocp.com/ the most followed by http://www.overclockersclub.com.
Its thanks to the hard work and reviews from these sites (and a few other site linked from these sites) that I built a machine I am extreamly happy with. This thing is FAST. 7.3 Windows 7 user experance rating with out any over clocking. Memory and graphics recieve 7.8 while the CPU ranked a 7.5 and the Disk drive recieved the 7.3 (Got to look into that, I have a feeling the OS wants to see a raid for the OS drive for the score to go up.)
Anyway, I wanted to give thanks. Below is a list of the componets I choose to put into the system.

Cooler Master HAF 932 case
Thermaltake 1200W Toughpower Modular power supply
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution MB
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 X 2 for 12 GB RAM
Corsair memory cooler fan
Intel i7 950 3.06Ghz processor
Cooler Master V8 Processor cooler
Patriot Torqx PFZ128GS25SSDR 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid state disk (SSD) for the OS
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb X 4 RAID 1+0 for DATA
SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner
SAPPHIRE 100281SR Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card
RAZER Mamba Black 7 Buttons USB Laser Gaming Mouse - Dual Mode Wired/Wireless Functionality
Logitech G19 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard


Pics are here

http://www.overclockersclub.com/gallery/cases/1525-clean-power.html


Thanks again guys. Keep up the awsome work.
 
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Unless you're planning on crossfiring that 5870, the 1200w power supply is a bit overkill ..
 
JaYp146 said:
Unless you're planning on crossfiring that 5870, the 1200w power supply is a bit overkill ..
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Yes, early next year I most certainly will. It was the thought behind the large PSU. Was going to get a GTX 295 and add a second next year but then the 5870 came out and changed my mind after reading all the reviews (again this site and others helping out).
 
Any reason why you went with the Workstation P6T? That's a great rig you built and I agree that Hardocp is the best sourve for info. I also visit Hardwarecanucks since I'm canadian :p

Edit: Also take the windows rating with a grain of salt. I get 7.7 for vidoe with a 5850. i920 @ 3.6ghz gets me a 7.6 and 6gb ddr-1333MHz gets me a 7.6 I get dragged down by my hdd which is 5.9
 
You could run 5870xfire on probably 800 watts as long as you didn't have a bunch of fans/lights and only 1 disk or a SSD.
 
guitarguy6 said:
Any reason why you went with the Workstation P6T?
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Features mostly, As I wanna do crossfire the True @16 3-Way SLI , High Definition Audio. Alos I know the name well and the reviews were awsome.
I also looked at the Hardwarecanucks site as some review were link to there from here. Great site.
 
bigdogchris said:
You could run 5870xfire on probably 800 watts as long as you didn't have a bunch of fans/lights and only 1 disk or a SSD.
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True but I am runnung 4 7200RPM Drives in RAID 1 + 0, plus a solid state. That and a lot of case fans, external USB devices, and the desire to crossfire. I didn't wanna get into a situation where I was forced to replace the PSU to be able to continue to grow the system.
 
Thanks for the pics!

Personally, my point of diminishing returns is around $2k, lol. I've found that I get better bang for my buck when I upgrade more often and spend less, rather than spending more and upgrading after a long period of time. Yes, this makes upgrades more frequent and not as high end, and I don't notice the performance difference as much, but overall, I'm never in dire need of an upgrade.
 
Cool. I want to get the second 5870 card very soon. Then I will look into a MB with SATA 6 on it and USB 3.0. But I want a few revisions to go by before I jump on that band wagon. Besides I know it means to take advantage of SATA 6 your drives wil need to be SATA 6 as well, how much will that case at first?
 
enginurd said:
Thanks for the pics!

Personally, my point of diminishing returns is around $2k, lol. I've found that I get better bang for my buck when I upgrade more often and spend less, rather than spending more and upgrading after a long period of time. Yes, this makes upgrades more frequent and not as high end, and I don't notice the performance difference as much, but overall, I'm never in dire need of an upgrade.
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Same here, I usually go for the best bang for the buck products. Making a new system about every two years.
 
fullvietFX said:
Same here, I usually go for the best bang for the buck products. Making a new system about every two years.
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I had done some side work and had a very rare and unique oppertunity to build a machine with around 3K or so. Comming in a 3400$ is was with in the budget. It will be and usually is a while between times I can lay out that kind of cash for PC hardware.
 
Thonner said:
I had done some side work and had a very rare and unique oppertunity to build a machine with around 3K or so. Comming in a 3400$ is was with in the budget. It will be and usually is a while between times I can lay out that kind of cash for PC hardware.
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If I had the money to spend I would build top of the line all the time too. Your computer is badass. :mad:
 
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