First post for my new build

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Kidfinger

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Hello everyone. My very first post here though I have been a long time H lover and avid reader.

I have just finished ordering my new rig and am just absolutely going nuts waiting for it all to get here.

So here is what I have ordered from my fave the Egg.

2 of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339

1 of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156

4 of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145186

1 of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

1 of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115034

Everything I have is from NE accept this:
http://www.pcextreme.com/catalog/sku/cpu-tri-38.html

And thats just because NE didnt have them.



Im reusing my raidmax rx-9 case. Its huge and still in great shape. Im also bringing over the same PSU I have been using for the last year and a half. Its an 800 watt BFG.


Hopefully I can play Crisis in all its glory now! :D


Ill post pics of the build later this weekend. Everything is supposed to be here in 2 days and I plan on putting it all together Saturday.
 
Why didnt I go with GX2?

Well, I wanted to go with tri-sli eventually. That way Im using all 3 of the PCIe slots on the board. I need to upgrade the PSU first though before I do that. From what I have read, I will need a 1000 watt PSU for tri-SLI. And as it has been pointed out, I spent a cubic crap load just on that stuff, so I need to hold off on the rest another month or so.

Another reason I decided not to go with the GX2 is because of the debacle that was the 7950. The drivers for it never matured and Im just afraid that the same could happen again.
 
You are obligated to post pics when complete....you know this right? :D
Cant wait
 
Please tell me you have like a nice UHD set to play games on :-P
 
Also, why didn't you pay for next day shipping :-P ?
 
haithamt:
They should be up by Sunday :) I work second shift as a Hardware and Test Engineer so my week days are not good for building ;)

tzk:
What the hell is a UHD?!?! Man, some of these acronyms that I don't know really make me show my age lol!

Thats also why I didn't pay for next day air (my reply to haithmt). I cant build it this week. I just need it all here by Friday. I actually already have the board, ram and memory. The rest should come over the next two days according to UPS.
 
BaronBamboo said:
hey man I know you don't know me but would you mind buying me a 9800GTX?

Please?

:(
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Haha! I had to save for 6 months just to get this build and Im having to recycle the case and PSU! Tell you what. If I win the lottery, Ill give yopu this build and them make another even bigger ;)
 
WOW what a list! I would be spinning around too aching to put that build together too. Good luck and have fun. :D
 
tzk said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_def

Ultra High Def... 7,680 × 4,320...

I'm just kidding though... enjoy your insane rig.
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AHHhhhhhh says the blind man. I actually game on a 22 inch Scepter monitor that I have on a wall mounted swing arm. Its 1600x1050. It pumps 1080i according to the manual and the website but 1050 is the native for it. I have a 50 inch Samsung DLP that I occasionally move to but thats only if I have time (and am not being apathetic) to devote hours to it. It doesn't happen often.
 
Sweet. When I build this summer I'm getting 2 el chepo Acer monitors (1650X1080, I'm sure some people on here will shoot me for going cheap LCD) and getting an arm desk mount for both of them.

My dorm next year will be sweet... I have yet to see dual monitors in a dorm room (a laptop and a monitor, yes, but not dual monitors) and especially on an arm mount..
 
Something to keep in mind about LCD monitors....There are only three or four companies that actually make LCD panels. The fact is, what sets apart LCD's is not the panel, but the housing and the bells and whistles. Acer makes a competent LCD for not to much cash. Scepter is pretty much the same. I ended up paying 225 for mine just about a year ago and I'd put it up against any 500 dollar 22 inch LCD any day ;)
 
Ok, I have been looking for some kind of small teflon washers to put between the stand offs in the case and the board to give all my cabeling room under the board. Trying to keep it tidy and all. The problem is, I cant find anything. Anyone have any suggestions? I even went to our Home depot here and all they had were metal washers and I dont want to use those.
 
Ok, I have been looking for some kind of small teflon washers to put between the stand offs in the case and the board to give all my cabeling room under the board. Trying to keep it tidy and all. The problem is, I cant find anything. Anyone have any suggestions? I even went to our Home depot here and all they had were metal washers and I dont want to use those.
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In the far future you could consider the Antec p182 case. It has a space built behind the motherboard tray just for the purpose you are asking about!

link http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81820
 
Looks like Im not going to get to make the build this weekend. :( The Heatsink still hasnt come and Im not getting any response from the company I ordered it from. They shipped it USPS priority supposedly according to the order conformation, but I still havent recieved a shipping conformation. Well, if it comes down to it, I will deal with getting my money back and go with x0xide next time. They carry Thermalright products and have them in stock usually.

On another note, I did go on and slap in the 9800 gtx's in my existing rig, basically and evga 680i with a QX6850 and 4 gigs of corsair mmx. I got another 3000 points on 3dmax 06 and I can actually play Crises at full specs without dropping below 30 fps...as long as I dont zoom in with a scope, then it drops to about 25 according to FRAPS. Im pretty impressed with the cards. I had the g80 core 88gts's with 640 MB in sli and could run crysis decent, but now I have found how to hack the config file and force the psudeo dx10 settings in xp. I have all settings to dx10 specs and am running aa at 16Q. The FR goes from 35 to 80 while averaging around 45 to 50 fps. Not to shabby when you consider I was getting about an average of 25-30 fps with the old 88's ;)

Ill report back again once everything has come in and it is all together..

One thing. Anyone got a good suggestion for a 1000watt + psu? I was looking at one of the Thermaltake 1200's. Any suggestions? It will be for 3-way SLI eventually :D
 
Thermaltake Toughpower 1,000 - 1,200 PS are good choices man for running Quad SLI and Tri SLI.
 
Ok, reordered the cpu cooler from CrazyPC.com. Also grabbed 2 140mm fans to slap on it. Grabbed the third 9800xt from newegg as well as the thermaltake 1200 watt modular PSU. Everything is SUPPOSED to be here by wed....Hopefully I will have pics of the new build next Saturday night.

One thing to note, I have OC'd the two 98's I have to 790 on the core and 2500 (effectively) on the mem. Not sure what that puts streaming cores to, but its got to be high. I ran BioShock for two hours straight at those speeds without a single glitch. The cards are screaming!!!!
 
Ok, I started prepping the build yesterday before work. My 140mm Sharkoon fans had to be dremmeled to work with the Thermalright IFX14....and Holy Shit that HS is fracking huge!!!! I had to do a tiny bit of modding to the fins by the memory in order to get it on. A word of advice; if you are going to get the EVGA 790i board, make sure you either have the patience and tools to make it work, or get a heatsink that has a high relief on the base so the board chipset coolers don't get in the way.

So far I have the cpu and mem installed on the board as well as the HS. I just woke up so I'm going to down a pot of coffee and start ripping up the old and stroking in the new. Ill grab some pics while Im working and get them posted sometime tonight.
 
Ok. I got everything together. I had many difficulties along the way, all of which I figured out a solution for (Love mah Dremmel).. Anyway, I got a few pics and also ended up picking up an Antec 900 case..Ill get more into that after I fine tune everything. I still have to figure out why I have no enable SLI option in N-Tune. Especially seeing as I have three of the 9800's in there. So Ill be up for a few more hours putting it through its paces and getting the cables buttoned up and the sides back on. Sometime tomorrow Ill get those pics up.

I will say this much though. If you ever decide to get the Same motherboard and cooler, be prepared for a fight.......
 
Its...finally finished. I ended up having to purchase another monitor as my trusty Sceptre wouldnt work with Vista. It was recognized as a non PnP Generic monitor. Well, a trip to the local electronics store and a bit of haggeling and I walked away with a new Samsung SyncMaster 226BW :D Everything works perfect now. I have a stable OC of 3.6 on the 9650 with no added voltage, the mem is running smoothly at a matching 1600Mhz FSB and Tri-SLI is enabled like a champ! At the mo0ment Im downloading 3Dmark06 just to get a basic idea of where Im at in performance....THEN I will be reinstalling Crysis and really testing it.

I know I promised pics and I do have them, but I have not had a chance to pull them from my camera yet. All my free time has been spent trying to figure out what was wrong with the system. I'll get them up soon :D
 
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