Soldato
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- 22 Mar 2009
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ok, after many threads i have finally decided that BD just doesnt seem worth the wait.
Current Spec :
Phenom II X4 B55 @ 3.8GHz Tri-Core
890FX Deluxe3
12GB Team Elite 1333MHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2
CF 2xHD6850
Coolmaster HAF 912 Plus
700w Modular PSU
2 x 500GB HDD in Raid0
2 x 1TB HDD
1 x 500GB HDD
so plan is order the Z68-Extreme4 and G620. then once that is here put the 890FX Deluxe3, Athlon X2 555 BE (Phenom II X4 B55 @ 3.8GHz Tri-Core), 2GB in a case, stick in a smallish HDD and DVD drive and slap on win7 or vista. then i can sell as a working desktop and then fund a 2500k or 2600k (or maybe hangfire until skt1155 ivy bridge chips come out) depending on when and how much my stuff sells for.
so my questions are, will the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 fit on a skt1155 mobo or am i better looking for something else when i get the new chip (the G620 should be good on stock HSF)?
also, with the huge fan at the front of the case being blocked by all my HDDs
im thinking maybe move my 500GB 3.5" 7200rpm music drive to a 500GB 2.5" 5400rpm drive. then as only 200GB or so is used up of my 2x500GB raid drives, ditch raid and go down to 1x500GB for my OS. this would then mean 2 HDDs can be removed. therefore increasing airflow? or would it not make a huge difference?
then when funds allow, add an SSD in with the 2.5" hdd and use the 500GB new os drive for installing games/apps to. does this sound like a good swap around or will it be a lot of hassel for little gains?
Current Spec :
Phenom II X4 B55 @ 3.8GHz Tri-Core
890FX Deluxe3
12GB Team Elite 1333MHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2
CF 2xHD6850
Coolmaster HAF 912 Plus
700w Modular PSU
2 x 500GB HDD in Raid0
2 x 1TB HDD
1 x 500GB HDD
so plan is order the Z68-Extreme4 and G620. then once that is here put the 890FX Deluxe3, Athlon X2 555 BE (Phenom II X4 B55 @ 3.8GHz Tri-Core), 2GB in a case, stick in a smallish HDD and DVD drive and slap on win7 or vista. then i can sell as a working desktop and then fund a 2500k or 2600k (or maybe hangfire until skt1155 ivy bridge chips come out) depending on when and how much my stuff sells for.
so my questions are, will the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 fit on a skt1155 mobo or am i better looking for something else when i get the new chip (the G620 should be good on stock HSF)?
also, with the huge fan at the front of the case being blocked by all my HDDs
im thinking maybe move my 500GB 3.5" 7200rpm music drive to a 500GB 2.5" 5400rpm drive. then as only 200GB or so is used up of my 2x500GB raid drives, ditch raid and go down to 1x500GB for my OS. this would then mean 2 HDDs can be removed. therefore increasing airflow? or would it not make a huge difference?
then when funds allow, add an SSD in with the 2.5" hdd and use the 500GB new os drive for installing games/apps to. does this sound like a good swap around or will it be a lot of hassel for little gains?
will this be good enough for a 2500k/2600k or would i be better off selling it with the rest and getting something better?