Please help me with my setup

JonJ678 said:
isn't the H50 every bit as likely to leak as a custom loop? Not sure about your noise reasoning either, the H50 seems to need two powerful fans to match the temperatures achieved using a heatsink with two powerful fans, so I imagine it makes about the same amount of noise.
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While I think it is less likely to leak because it's a factory-sealed unit, it's certainly not impossible. However I read in a previous thread of a warranty that covers hardware damage due to leakage if the H50 hasn't been mistreated. Ofc there's more risk than with air!

I don't know how much noise high-end air makes, as I haven't tried it, but I was under the impression it's more than the H50. IME, push-pull doesn't particularly add to the noise level. It's more cranking up the fan speeds which'll do that, and again IME, there's practically no benefit to doing so - there is no significant difference in temperatures between medium and high fan speed (Antec Tri-Cool) in my system (by which I mean I couldn't tell you what speed my fan was running at by the CPU temperatures, even if someone turned it to medium and up to high again).
 
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well as i dont want a complete water set up and going by the better reviews of the h50-1 i think ill order one and hope its as better as ive read.

Sorry to go off topic, SSD's. I want to get one as im rather impressed by boot times / gaming times etc, but am not sure which to get. Are they all 2.5" is some adaptor required to make them fit then?

Am looking at the OCZ Vertex Turbo 120GB as it seems to have the fastest read/write speeds i can find. Faster than the corsair extreme ssd.

So tomorrow or wednesday will order the 2 items unless anyone has any other input before hand :)
 
Read/write speeds are not the important thing with SSDs. IOPS are much more important, but less commonly publicised. X25-M 80GB would be my recommendation, but have a search of the hard drive forum, there's about a dozen threads per day of people asking which SSD :p
Just don't get bogged down in TRIM there, there are better things in life to worry about!

They're all 2.5", you can get an adaptor, or just stick them to the case with whatever or nothing.
 
120gb is def the smallest for me. Ok so maybe this one instead Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB - I just want fast fast fast :D

TRIM? Oh boy... think ive got a lot to learn *goes to read*

Edit: Think i might wait for the Crucial C300 which is out at the end of the month. Havent heard of them before but the speeds look very impressive
 
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You know what, i know its hassle but if i dont send it back ill prob only regret it, will be ringing up at 9am. Will also be ringing overclockers too... Hopefully someone will be able to help me.... :(
 
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JonJ678 said:
Welcome to the forums. I wish I had better news for you.

can you return the system on the basis that the reseller doesn't know what he's doing? DSR should suffice.

Sorry man :(
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Ok, its going back, do you work for OcUK? If so id like to speak to you regarding a custom spec i want.....
 
Ahh i see,

well the company i got my pc from were not very nice when i said i wanted to return the pc. Also, the lady on the phone said in a sly way "if it isnt packaged properly you wont get a full refund" yeh we shall see!

Admitidally i didnt want to go through the hassle but am glad i have now.

Will be ringing ocuk up for a custom spec oc pc (hopefully its not an issue though i dont see "build your own pc" or anything)
 
Well ive rang ocuk today for a spec for a pc (or 2)

Just hope they plan on getting the SSD i want in stock otherwise they said they wont be able to order it seperatly :(

This is the spec im going for (though am having probs deciding between these 2 mobo's so any input appreciated)

Asus P6X58D Premium OR Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7
i7 920 2.66ghz @ 4ghz (ideally)
Corsair H50-1
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB 2000mhz (as they said they wont do 12gb in an oc system)
Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive
Coolermaster HAF 922
Crucial C300 120GB SSD SATA III (assuming they get hold of it)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache

Lets see what they come back with......
 
My UD7 is shiny :D

Don't really know the differences between them tbh. Asus boards tend to prefer even-numbered CPU multipliers apparently, whereas Gigabyte boards prefer odd numbers - so since max multiplier is x21, the UD7 may be better for overclocking. Who knows.
 
sales rep said it was better for oc'ing (gigabyte) but the asus one supports the new 6 core intel chip coming out so seem tempted to go with that. I just hope ocuk get the Crucial C300 as it looks to be a beast of a SSD!
 
Based on the Intel® X58 chipset, the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 delivers all the killer next generation features that gaming enthusiasts and power users have been waiting for including GIGABYTE's 333 Onboard Acceleration features with support for USB 3.0, Serial-ATA Revision 3.0 (6Gbps) and a 3x USB Power Boost, as well as multi-GPU support for NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ and ATI CrossFireX™ and support for Intel's upcoming 32nm high performance processors offering a high level of future CPU headroom for users wanting to maintain cutting-edge levels of performance. With the memory controller integrated directly into the processor die, the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD7 also supports triple channel DDR3 memory for blazing fast memory performance.
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Same as the ASUS then :p

Im just hoping ocuk are going to get this SSD in and the 5970 ASUS/XFX (both voltage tweaK) as until then im back to using my flatmates piece of crap :mad:
 
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