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New Computer Build
Claggy:
I've started getting components together to replace my overclocked C2D E8500, the intention is to reduce the power usage here, have a faster and more stable PC, while still having a PC with Mixed GPU's, and overclocked,
the C2D E8500 will end up back at my own home, and will be declocked, will have the 9800GTX+ fitted again, won't run 24/7, only weekends when i'm there.
I'm going to reuse the GTX460 and HD5770, I have a Corsair TX750 PSU already but that will be needed for the C2D E8500 medium term, so will get a new Better one for the new build, thinking about a Corsair HX850 or AX850,
While i was writng this I found an ex-Display AX850 at HX850 prices, so i've ordered it, will arrive next week,
The computer case arrived this afternoon, i went for a Fractal Design Define R3 that i got from QuietPC,
I'm thinking of a pre overclocked Bundle from Scan, eithier a i5 2500K or i7 2600K, with eithier a Asus P8P67 Pro or one of the Asus P8Z68 M/B's, wrapped up with 8Gig of DDR3 @ 1600MHz, or i could just get the components elsewhere, thoughts?
and i still need to get an OS, that will be Win 7 Home Premium, either OEM or a Retail Box (Edit: added a OEM Win 7/SP1 Premium 64bit Disc to my AX850 order)
Claggy
Jason G:
PSU: AX-850 appears to be a Flextronics build, as opposed to seasonic, though a seasonic design. I can vouch that's the better choice over the HX. Corsair will replace it no questions asked if any problems, which would be highly unlikely (though always possible with anything) They run stone cold here , AX 750 & AX1200 that is.
The E8500 would not have been feeding both those cards at once at maximum, either i5 or i7 will have no problems there, especially with that much airflow. I know this from trying to feed the 480 with my E8400 through FuturMark Benchmarks (3dMark Vantage & 3DMark11 in particular).
With the motherboard selection, I'd myself prefer Gigabyte boards at this time, as they offer BIOS updates to support upcoming Ivy Bridge 22nM CPUs & PCIe 3.0 on the LGA 1155 boards, which for me stretching the longevity of the board would be a big selling point.
If you get the choice in whatever chosen bundle, go for lower latency RAM over capacity if you have the choice, for 2 cards, prefer 8 Gig 'decent 1600MHz should be fine'. I see those bundles include Corsair Vengeance series, whereas if you could call them maybe they would upgrade to 'ultimate dominator' for a small difference, don;t know unless you ask .... Chances are they have some shop soilt sticks of that around too.
The Case: seems less important with the newer processors, so pick what you like I think.
I had some (expected) issues migrating XP32 to Win7x64 Home premium (Retail) , which did require acrobatics but can be solved... but if you aren't athletically inclined the choice of OEM or full retail shouldn't be a problem, the deciding factor being whether you want to upgrade a lot (dearer full retail can traverse more upgrades without having to speak to robots in India)
Jason
Claggy:
I've bitten the bullet and ordered the rest of the Components, a Seagate 2TB BARRACUDA GREEN HD, a Corsair 60GB Force 3A SSD, a Samsung SH-S222AB DVD Drive,
and the Z68 EDGE Overclocked Bundle from Scan, But with 8 Gig of Corsair LP Memory, and a Corsair H80 Hydro Series cooler, Ook that all cost a lot,
Hopefully it'll be built by the end of the week, anything i've missed?
Claggy
Jason G:
If you're putting the AX-850 with that, you should be good to go :) I haven't tried the SSD+HD boost thingy on the Z68 mobo here, but everything with that chipset has gone smoothly here, so it'll be good to hear your Boottimes once you know the SSD has the OS cached etc.
I do recall there was some necessity to ensure the Force SSDs firmware & some certain mobos BIOSes were up to date, though I think that was with X58 mobos.
JAson
Claggy:
My i7 2600K overclocked bundle has arrived along with the other components needed, just got to build it now. ;D
and so has Forza 4 ;D
Claggy
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