Upgarding to i7 from C2D

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Igg

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First of all I'd like to reuse my Velociprators x2 In raid 0
Current system is a 4.0GHZ C2D on a 780i with 2 GX260 in SLI.
I game at 2560x1600 and would like maximum eye candy on all the latest game.

1) What will you be doing with this PC?
Maximum Gaming

2) What's your budget?
2000~ for upgrade parts shipping included.

3) Where do you live?
Arkansas (Anything from newegg arrives next day)

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU, RAM, Motherboard, Video Card, plus HSF.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Velociraptor x2 & optical drive, Lian Li Case.

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes, target is 4.0GHZ again on the Core i7

7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
30" Dell 3007WFP

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
NOW!

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
X58 Chipset prefered with both Crossfire & SLI support, raid 0 is required.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Have licenses of XP 64 Bit & vista ultimate.

Here are the proposed components
Mobo: ASUS P6T Deluxe
CPU: Core I7 920
Memory: G.SKIll (3X2GB) DDR3 1600
GPU: HIS 4870X2
PSU: Thermaltake Tough Power Modular 1000W
HSF: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366


Though I've heard that the Asus P6T has holes for LGA776 heatsink too? If so I'd just reuse my koolance system with A/C block on it for better cooling.
Else I'd have to get the Noctua and get out of watercooling. The PSU might be overkil but I'm planning to go crossfire sooner or later as the system ages and newer games demand it.
Any thoughts or holes in these upgrades?
 
Why would you upgrade from a c2d @ 4.0 ghz when its not certain you will reach 4.0 on you i7 920. Even if you reach 4.0. the performance increase from you old to your new is only like 8-12 %. IS that really worth 2k? I dont think so....
 
Donating the slightly used parts to a friend who's currently on a single core AMD lord knows what :p
 
Thats cool, and hopefully you have the money and this will contribute to the economy and your not just putting it on a CC :)
 
Drop the Toughpower. It is not worth the $330 price tag considering you can get equal quality modular 1000W PSU for $100 less:
Corsair 1000HX Modular PSU - $233

Other than that your parts list looks good to me. Looking from the pics, yes the P6T does have the holes of LGA755 HSF. However the P6T Deluxe does not.
 
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That's strange that a higher end model doesn't have the holes but a lower one does.
 
Igg said:
That's strange that a higher end model doesn't have the holes but a lower one does.
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P6T Deluxe came out first. The P6T came out later so Asus Engineers probably thought of the idea after the P6T Deluxe was shipped.
 
Ah gotcha, I need to go hunt down the differences to see if there're any features that i really want on the deluxe.
It would be nice to be able to refuse the watercooling.
 
Joking or not I'm trying to have a serious discussion here.
 
Heh, just did a build with that same CPU/Mobo/Ram/HSF... nice list of parts. ;) The WC'ing should help you OC higher, so I'd suggest you go with the non deluxe.
 
Ima say 2xGTX260 is > 4870X2 or equal/close. So for a real jump in performance do 2xGTX295, 2x4870X2 or 3xGTX280/285.

You've got the budget for it.
 
Last I checked, tri-SLI didn't scale well for 25x16... but that was back in Nov., so someone please correct me if I'm wrong. :)
 
Igg said:
Do you have a link at the egg for the bolt kit? I'm trying to keep it all at newegg for ease of shipping all at once.
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Unfortunately, I don't think Newegg carries it. Several other websites do:
Directron
Jab-Tech
FrozenCPU
 
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