need a tech pro's opinion please (new build)

agnes · 3 Dec 2006 at 18:39

heya guy/gals

i recently friend my old build (i have no idea how, only think i know is i took out pretty much everything)

and on january 21st i will be buying a new rig with a 5k budget, the advise and opinion i need is on a case for the rig, i have brought it down to 2 different cases, both from thermaltake... before i give you the 2 cases i have chosen, i would like you to read through the rig (bare in mind this is only the guts, im also buying a few other bits and bobs to replace older stuff)

Plextor PX-760SA 18x18 Dual Layer Serial ATA DVD±RW ReWriter - (Beige/Black) OEM x2

Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB ST3750640NS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x2 (going raid)

Akasa Serial ATA 45cm Blue EL Data Cable x3

OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply x2 (going dual psu in a lian li case)

Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition QX6700 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.66GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-9200 1150MHz WaterCooled Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2FX11502GK)

Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro - Retail

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail x2 sli

Akasa AK-ICR-01 Internal Card Reader

Lian li Lian Li PC-A10

please help me decide, this will be a hardcore gameing rig, also used for home entertainment purposes along side video makeing and some CAD used on it.

so the cooling has to be brilliant (due to im not going watercooling after previous acidents and cost) and also a reliable tower for easy maintanence

thanks, ags

p.s. i have made those changes to my build

agnes · 3 Dec 2006 at 19:17

bump ^^

ags

agnes · 3 Dec 2006 at 20:41

hmmm, tasty idea, but the 2 750's are really and purely for space for junk.. no need for speed, only need the raptor 150 for OS, progs and stuff that runs.

ags

agnes · 3 Dec 2006 at 21:57

ewwww, i dunno, its all about 'custom' and there not really to my favor of looks, but your def right in the stats area, clearly better heat dispertion... not by a lot, but it would be noticeable.

ill have a think on it <3

so, all i need now is comment on what case i should get!! its driving me nuts lol roughly 50 days left till purchase... must be something

ags

agnes · 3 Dec 2006 at 22:39

hehe, doesnt help! lol, but thankies, well, what would you choose, im open to opinions as well, also, u mikght want to consider im going window... love seeing the guts of the beast that entertains me at night hehe

ags

agnes · 3 Dec 2006 at 23:05

hmmm, ill have a looksi around then

any suggestions on any full towers then?

ags

agnes · 4 Dec 2006 at 23:47

like i said in my previous post which was just closed lol that i made a few changes, im now going for raid on the 2 hitachi's and also going to have 2 650 psu's in a lian li case. also a few other changes, and not right up to 5k no, 5k is my total budget, i have been saving just under a year.

ags lol

p.s. i should have just kept this all to my self, thinking this was the wrong place to start discussing this stuff :confused:

agnes · 4 Dec 2006 at 23:54

Porsche911r101 said:
go watercooling or phase.

go for bfg cards instead of evga.

well if i went watercooling, i would go over budget with this system (and before anyone else posts that i should spend less on the rig... im not changeing my mind hehe) and... i dont see why bfg are any better than the evga to be honest, not forgetting i will be doing a lot of cad and evga seem more appropriate to me.

ags