New build, suggestions welcome.

[kraken0698]

I am going to be upgrading some of my components in about a month or so and just wanted some suggestions on the build.

Anyway, I will be upgrading to the following:


Intel Core Duo Quad (Qx6700) - yes, I do quite a bit of rendering and graphics work

Scythe Ninja HSF

Intel 975 mobo - Probably the BadAxe or BadAxe 2. The new Nvidia Sli chipsets may be in the running too.

2GB DDR2-800 - Probably Corsair, not sure which set to get though.

Oh and the Nvidia 8800GTX -



Now, if anyone has any suggestions on any of these parts feel free to chime in.

 

[engiNURD]

Nice upgrade, I think. I guess it depends on where you're coming from. If you're coming from an X6800 w/ 4GB RAM and an X1950XTX, then I'd stick with what you've got instead of upgrading, hehe. If you do alot of graphics work, why not get a Quadro or FireGL?

 

[kraken0698]

I am actually coming from an X2 4400, 2GB 3200 and a 7950 gtx. I game a lot as well so that's why I chose the 8800gtx. I want a system that will run Crysis the way it was meant to be run.

I also do 3D rendering and photoshop work on the side so that's the main reason for waiting for the QX6700.

I already have an Enermax Noisetaker PSU, 600W. Think that will be enough power for all of this stuff?

 

[engiNURD]

Single card solution? yes. dual 8800GTX's? no. 800W minimum for SLI'ing two 8800GTX cards. 450W minimum for a single 8800GTX, so your 600W will be fine.

 

[dBTelos]

Single card solution? yes. dual 8800GTX's? no. 800W minimum for SLI'ing two 8800GTX cards. 450W minimum for a single 8800GTX, so your 600W will be fine.

Your 100% right except for this part:

800W minimum for SLi 8800GTX? No.....

No single PSU on the market can handle 2x 8800GTX. The new PC P&C 1KW with a single 12V rail can handle it. But that hasn't come out yet.

 

[engiNURD]

Your 100% right except for this part:

800W minimum for SLi 8800GTX? No.....

No single PSU on the market can handle 2x 8800GTX. The new PC P&C 1KW with a single 12V rail can handle it. But that hasn't come out yet.

I'm jus goin by what I read here:
http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4442

The marketing material included with the card claims NVIDIA requires at least a 450W power supply for a single GeForce 8800GTX, and 400W for the 8800GTS. Top tier vendors in Taiwan have already confirmed with DailyTech that GeForce 8800 cards in SLI mode will likely carry a power supply "recommendation" of 800W. NVIDIA's GeForce 7950GX2, currently the company's top performing video card, carries a recommendation of 400W to run the card in single-card mode.

NVIDIA is slated to launch both versions of the GeForce 8800 in November of this year. More details on the GeForce 8800 will be available later today on DailyTech.

But hey, if you say you need a 1kw PSU, then so be it.

 

[dBTelos]

You need a single rail PSU because multi-rail PSUs can't handle the load on the smaller 12V rails.