Spec me an i7 system

Subliminal Aura · 6 Mar 2009 at 16:05

Requirements.

i7 920 base with the ability to overclock to 3.8ghz

The Asus P6T seems to be a popular choice but what RAM will I need for the overclock... Not sure if it can be done on air.

Also a nice case to house it in is a must.

A few SSDs in RAID0 ? Or maybe SATA drives for the OS. Secondary drive 1Tb for storage.

Watercooling ? Maybe a swiftech kit or can the overclock be done on air.

Come on dream me up a sweet system.

Edit : Budget £1500 but I think the gfx card wil push it over

Nick1881 · 6 Mar 2009 at 16:08

What's your budget?

What will the system be used for?

Do you need a monitor, keyboard or mouse?

Subliminal Aura · 6 Mar 2009 at 16:10

mr_x_plosion said:
What's your budget?

What will the system be used for?

Do you need a monitor, keyboard or mouse?

Ahhh yes monitor needed

Guess the budget will be 2K :eek:

Keyboard and mouse ? No need for them

Subliminal Aura · 6 Mar 2009 at 22:57

Sorry to bump this ... Any help or do I have to trawl through all the threads ?

Cheers ps The 500 squid ocuk i7 deal looks attractive - will have to check the RAM and mobo out first.

tech_144 · 6 Mar 2009 at 23:10

Bit over but still... :>

siumatfung · 7 Mar 2009 at 00:18

here u go

siumatfung · 7 Mar 2009 at 00:18

and yes a power supply totally forgot try this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-147-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Subliminal Aura · 7 Mar 2009 at 00:28

Thanks guys... overall two similar systems with hard drive bottlenecks.

I did a cart that came to 2k - Thinking whether I should drop the raptors in RAID0 and get a SAS card and disks. What do you guys think ? This will take it to 2.5K and I'll stop there

Subliminal Aura · 7 Mar 2009 at 00:29

LMAO as I bought a cheap budget e5200 machine yesterday and have now gone all i7 crazy

Subliminal Aura · 7 Mar 2009 at 00:43

Here's what I've got...

Any reservations or should I swap SAS for SSD which tbh I think will be slower

AMCC 3Ware 9690SA-8I-SGL PCI Express SAS Raid Controller £402.49
(£349.99) £402.49
(£349.99)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (102-B50902-00-AT) Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (102-B50902-00-AT) £385.24
(£334.99) £385.24
(£334.99)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £252.99
(£219.99) £252.99
(£219.99)
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £243.79
(£211.99) £243.79
(£211.99)
Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 146GB 15000RPM SAS 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3146356SS) Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 146GB 15000RPM SAS 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3146356SS) £202.39
(£175.99) £404.78
(£351.98)
Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case - Black (No PSU) Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £172.49
(£149.99) £172.49
(£149.99)
Samsung SM2333SW 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black (LS23CMZKFV/EN) Samsung SM2333SW 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black (LS23CMZKFV/EN) £164.44
(£142.99) £164.44
(£142.99)
Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C9) Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C9) £160.99
(£139.99) £160.99
(£139.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £83.94
(£72.99) £83.94
(£72.99)
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)
Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin £13.79
(£11.99) £41.37
(£35.97)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.89
(£5.99) £6.89
(£5.99)
Sub Total : £2,066.85
Total : £2,395.42(inc)

tech_144 · 7 Mar 2009 at 01:21

So you are paying £600 just on SSD? Not worth it at all.

Just get some Raptors in RAID 0 and you are flying ;>

Subliminal Aura · 7 Mar 2009 at 01:35

tech_144 said:
So you are paying £600 just on SSD? Not worth it at all.

Just get some Raptors in RAID 0 and you are flying ;>

SAS not SSD.

Why cripple a system like this by having raptors in RAID0 ?

tech_144 · 7 Mar 2009 at 01:39

I bet you, you will not gain much performance and for the price....

Wolfy89 · 7 Mar 2009 at 01:41

Subliminal Aura said:
SAS not SSD.

Why cripple a system like this by having raptors in RAID0 ?

You wouldn't notice a difference...

Subliminal Aura · 7 Mar 2009 at 02:46

????? Higher IO ops on SAS.. I'm sure I'll notice it when unraring a large file whilst kicking off a quickpar from the same partition. Crazy thing to do but is a good test.

Overall yes very little difference for simple loading.

Subliminal Aura · 7 Mar 2009 at 03:37

Will try the ocz virtex series.

Gonna sleep on it and reqoute in the morning

siumatfung · 7 Mar 2009 at 06:51

4 samsung 1TB in raid baby cant go wrong

Pred · 7 Mar 2009 at 21:13

You have gone for a 23 inch screen.
Why not go the extra inch and get a better resolution screen.

Subliminal Aura · 7 Mar 2009 at 21:17

Pred said:
You have gone for a 23 inch screen.
Why not go the extra inch and get a better resolution screen.

Haven't made my mind up about the PSU and monitor, I don't know anything about monitors tbh.

Going to wait a couple of weeks as the SSDs are out of stock

superflyguy · 7 Mar 2009 at 22:53

What are you going to use this rig for, gaming or apps?