Help me pick some parts

nitrobass24

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I am going to be building a new system and I need help picking Ram, PSU, Case, Cooling, and ill take mobo suggestions to make sure I have not overlooked ANYTHING.\

I live in Texas
It gets hot here so I need a case with good cooling. This system will run 24/7 at 100% load. House is kept at 72 degrees F

Budget...I dont have to get the most expensive/best, I am looking for Good VALUE.

What I have 2x Xeon X5550s, 1x HX1000 PSU, 4x XFX GTX275s, OS, LCDs, KBM

I will prob need to run a second PSU so I guess that will factor into the case as well.
Also everything must be internally mounted, I dont want Rads, or extra psus hangin off this.
The case would be preferably just plain black, no craziness....i might have enough power to launch spacecraft, but i dont want my box to look like one :p
So what case will have 8+ expansion slots, and allow for some serious air cooling, or two Corsair H50s?

The mobo I am now looking at is the TYAN s7025
If you know of another board that has 4x16 for 4x GPUs lemme know.

Ram I will prob just run unbuffered ram because its cheaper and I wont need more than 24 GBs. I was prob gonna get some G.Skills but wanted some input.
 
As you mentioned in your PSU thread, the Corsair 800D is a good choice for a case. It may only officially have 7 expansion slots but there is a lot of room between the bottom of the motherboard and top of the PSU bay to fit in a two slot video card from the 7th expansion slot.

However, a cheaper alternative to the Corsair 800D is the Lian Li ArmorSuit PC-P50 case since it has 8 expansion slots:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112240

Now the above cases will require you to get a Bay or Supplementary PSU. One of the best supplementary PSUs out there is unfortunately hard to find from a decent seller. But thats IMO. So here's a Froogle listing for that PSU: The Thermaltake Power Express 650W:
http://www.google.com/products?q=Thermaltake+Power+Express+650W&hl=en&scoring=p

I would recommend powering at least two of the GTX 275s off the Thermaltake. It can handle up to three GTX 275 though.

However if you want to use a significantly better quality PSU or don't like the idea of a supplementary PSU, I recommend trying to find the older Lian Li PCA10B case:
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/5237/cst-467/Lian_Li_PC-A10B_Aluminum_Case_-_Black.html#blank

It has two PSU bays and I think theres is a lot of room between the bottom of the motherboard and top of the PSU bay to fit in a two slot video card from the 7th expansion slot.

Another case to check out is the Lian Li PC-343B case:
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/5...um_Cube_Case_-_Black.html?tl=g1c295s740#blank

If you happen to find a case that can hold two PSUs, I recommend this PSU for your secondary PSU:
$100 - Antec Truepower New TP-650 650W PSU
 
should be quite the folding monster

I've been looking at that mobo...2@ 5520IOH so 4x16pcie without any NF200 nonsense...compelling

do you know if you have to run the Xeons in it? or will regular CPUs work
 
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... and this monster is for your house? :eek:

That is correct :)

hmm I like that pca10b and PC armorsuit50 although im kinda worried about cooling with those.

It doesnt seem like they haven very good intakes.
 
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