Hi,
I'm after some advice, I haven't dipped my feet in the PC market for a long time & I'm finally getting to the point where I need to build a new PC, my current rig (from OCUK) has lasted 4 and a half years & is still going strong (if slow now).
I really want to know your opinions on the Case and PSU, obviously the amount of heat generated & power required has increased & I'm not sure if my existing gear will cut it. Obviously i'd like to keep them if possible to keep costs down a bit.
Case: Lian-Li PC V1100 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower (Original, not the edition with side panel fan)
PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 600w EG701AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2 SLI Compliant
The PSU is old and although it's worked flawlessly I can imagine having to change it for a Corsair HX 850W or similar. I really don't want to change the Lian-Li case if possible, but will the ventilation be up to scratch? It's the original version without the side panel graphics fan.. I've noticed my X2 is hitting 85 degrees now under load (55 when i take the side panel off!). I live in a small house and there's not much space for ventilation around the case unfortunately..
The current system is running an AMD AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ & 2 BFG Geforce 7800 GTX OC in SLI
The things on my shopping list so far are:
Samsung PB22-J 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (MMCRE28G5MXP-0VB) £259.99
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £252.99
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £240.99
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £211.99
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-14400C9 (1866MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1866C9DF) £203.99
Prolimatech Megahalems Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1366)
Any suggestions/recommendations on my choice of new gear appreciated.
Cheers all
I'm after some advice, I haven't dipped my feet in the PC market for a long time & I'm finally getting to the point where I need to build a new PC, my current rig (from OCUK) has lasted 4 and a half years & is still going strong (if slow now).
I really want to know your opinions on the Case and PSU, obviously the amount of heat generated & power required has increased & I'm not sure if my existing gear will cut it. Obviously i'd like to keep them if possible to keep costs down a bit.
Case: Lian-Li PC V1100 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower (Original, not the edition with side panel fan)
PSU: Enermax Noisetaker 600w EG701AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2 SLI Compliant
The PSU is old and although it's worked flawlessly I can imagine having to change it for a Corsair HX 850W or similar. I really don't want to change the Lian-Li case if possible, but will the ventilation be up to scratch? It's the original version without the side panel graphics fan.. I've noticed my X2 is hitting 85 degrees now under load (55 when i take the side panel off!). I live in a small house and there's not much space for ventilation around the case unfortunately..
The current system is running an AMD AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ & 2 BFG Geforce 7800 GTX OC in SLI
The things on my shopping list so far are:
Samsung PB22-J 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (MMCRE28G5MXP-0VB) £259.99
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £252.99
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £240.99
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £211.99
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-14400C9 (1866MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1866C9DF) £203.99
Prolimatech Megahalems Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1366)
Any suggestions/recommendations on my choice of new gear appreciated.
Cheers all
