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- 7 Oct 2008
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- London, UK
First off, building it myself is not a problem. Currently have an old E6800 at 3.4GHz (on air) system so I'm wanting to be able to look at seriously clocking this new rig.
Budget is going to be about 2k and will be mainly used for video encoding with a few games on the side. Eve Online (every now and then) alongside Fallout/BF:BC2/Crysis gives you an idea of the graphics beef needed. Currently running a Dell 1900x1200 monitor. Current PSU is Enermax Galaxy 850 modular which is an eATX specification...it's one of the really long models
Anyway, have been looking at the 980x processor alongside a Classified SLI3 board with 240GB SSD. I know I'm likely to get a lot of "overkill" shouts but I'd conside the SR-2 with Xeon's overkill as they'd just take my budget immediately.
The 980x is appealing because of the unlocked multiplier. I'm going to try and water cool this rig later on next year as well so that's a factor. Was going to dump dual 460s in this simply because the chip/board combo is so costly!
Questions:
- Would I be better off waiting for the new SB cores next year? I really really want to upgrade, but don't necessarily need to atm.
- Dual 460s good option, or should one 580 be the best bet, with the option of sticking another (or two) in next year?
- PSU beefy enough for all this kit? From what I've read it should be, but shouts from the mine of information stored in these forums would be appreciated.
- How the hell do I squeeze in dual water cooling loops for all this kit in a CM Stacker 832
(I'm resigned to getting either a different case, or breaking out the dremel)
- Are there better options for board/chip like P6X58D/875x - six cores is better but overclocking on air (at the moment)?
Thanks for any pointers you can give me...if you want to know where the rest of the cash is heading it'll be a couple of SATA drives, NAS, whatever good heatsink/fan combo I can get on the Classified board (if that's the one I go for) and a new keyboard.
TheO
Budget is going to be about 2k and will be mainly used for video encoding with a few games on the side. Eve Online (every now and then) alongside Fallout/BF:BC2/Crysis gives you an idea of the graphics beef needed. Currently running a Dell 1900x1200 monitor. Current PSU is Enermax Galaxy 850 modular which is an eATX specification...it's one of the really long models
Anyway, have been looking at the 980x processor alongside a Classified SLI3 board with 240GB SSD. I know I'm likely to get a lot of "overkill" shouts but I'd conside the SR-2 with Xeon's overkill as they'd just take my budget immediately.
The 980x is appealing because of the unlocked multiplier. I'm going to try and water cool this rig later on next year as well so that's a factor. Was going to dump dual 460s in this simply because the chip/board combo is so costly!
Questions:
- Would I be better off waiting for the new SB cores next year? I really really want to upgrade, but don't necessarily need to atm.
- Dual 460s good option, or should one 580 be the best bet, with the option of sticking another (or two) in next year?
- PSU beefy enough for all this kit? From what I've read it should be, but shouts from the mine of information stored in these forums would be appreciated.
- How the hell do I squeeze in dual water cooling loops for all this kit in a CM Stacker 832
(I'm resigned to getting either a different case, or breaking out the dremel)- Are there better options for board/chip like P6X58D/875x - six cores is better but overclocking on air (at the moment)?
Thanks for any pointers you can give me...if you want to know where the rest of the cash is heading it'll be a couple of SATA drives, NAS, whatever good heatsink/fan combo I can get on the Classified board (if that's the one I go for) and a new keyboard.
TheO
