My 4850 died during the cold spell 
, basically one of the rubber rings must have frozen solid @ -10 and my cpu loop started bleeding Feser onto the graphics card. So its upgrade time again! 
Bits to be carried over for a while:
Lian-Li A70B (Nothing wrong with this!)
AMD Phenom II 550BE @ 3.6Ghz (3.4 unlocked to QC)
Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Adata 4GB DDR2 Vitesta 8500s
Overclockers 24' PVA monitor by DGM
2 * OCZ Vertex 60GB RAID 0
2 * Samsung 1TB F3s
2 * Swiftech 355s
1 * TFC Xchanger 240mm Rads
1 * LG DVDR Sata
1 * EK Supreme CPU Block
So these are the core bits I have decided to keep along for a while. The case is the first to get a makeover with the following:
Lian-Li C-02B to hide the DVD drive
Lian-Li CR-26B Card Reader for transferring my photos
Lian-Li T-LF37B-2 This is a pre cut case top for a 360mm rad, it is actually for the A77F but I have a feeling it will fit my A70, big difference is that the power / reset buttons are at the top instead of the front.
Lian-Li EX-H34SB to create a separate area for the storage within the case, 4 bays with hot swap cabability.
Next:
Power - Be Quiet 650W Pro Power P8, have the 550W for 2 years, been a great PSU, quiet and stable, worth every penny
Graphics - AMD 6950, I am still a bit undecided about this, it will be watercooled by EK again, might step up and get the 6970 instead but I am not going over 1920*1200 so the 70 might be a bit overkill. I play Metro 2033, F1 2010, Silent Hunter 3 & 5, Assasins Creed 1 & 2 and IL2 Sturmovik, pointers on this appreciated.
Since I had a leak in my CPU loop I am looking to redo, I will keep 1 240 rad behind the front intake and move up to a 360 on the top, probably an EK 360 Coolstream. The 240 will do the graphics, the 360 the cpu and motherboard. The EK Supreme will carry on for a while but will transition to the HF version eventually. Bits Power compression fittings will replace the barbs and I will keep at 3/8' tubing.
Backup... Lian-Li EX 50, 4 * 1TB WD green
Once all these are in place I will sit back and wait patiently for Bulldozer to arrive with 8 cores, what do you think?
, basically one of the rubber rings must have frozen solid @ -10 and my cpu loop started bleeding Feser onto the graphics card. So its upgrade time again! Bits to be carried over for a while:
Lian-Li A70B (Nothing wrong with this!)
AMD Phenom II 550BE @ 3.6Ghz (3.4 unlocked to QC)
Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Adata 4GB DDR2 Vitesta 8500s
Overclockers 24' PVA monitor by DGM
2 * OCZ Vertex 60GB RAID 0
2 * Samsung 1TB F3s
2 * Swiftech 355s
1 * TFC Xchanger 240mm Rads
1 * LG DVDR Sata
1 * EK Supreme CPU Block
So these are the core bits I have decided to keep along for a while. The case is the first to get a makeover with the following:
Lian-Li C-02B to hide the DVD drive
Lian-Li CR-26B Card Reader for transferring my photos
Lian-Li T-LF37B-2 This is a pre cut case top for a 360mm rad, it is actually for the A77F but I have a feeling it will fit my A70, big difference is that the power / reset buttons are at the top instead of the front.
Lian-Li EX-H34SB to create a separate area for the storage within the case, 4 bays with hot swap cabability.
Next:
Power - Be Quiet 650W Pro Power P8, have the 550W for 2 years, been a great PSU, quiet and stable, worth every penny
Graphics - AMD 6950, I am still a bit undecided about this, it will be watercooled by EK again, might step up and get the 6970 instead but I am not going over 1920*1200 so the 70 might be a bit overkill. I play Metro 2033, F1 2010, Silent Hunter 3 & 5, Assasins Creed 1 & 2 and IL2 Sturmovik, pointers on this appreciated.
Since I had a leak in my CPU loop I am looking to redo, I will keep 1 240 rad behind the front intake and move up to a 360 on the top, probably an EK 360 Coolstream. The 240 will do the graphics, the 360 the cpu and motherboard. The EK Supreme will carry on for a while but will transition to the HF version eventually. Bits Power compression fittings will replace the barbs and I will keep at 3/8' tubing.
Backup... Lian-Li EX 50, 4 * 1TB WD green
Once all these are in place I will sit back and wait patiently for Bulldozer to arrive with 8 cores
, what do you think?
