Sup ppls, Im new to the whole forums thing, so I'd thought i'd start one starting with my new comp. heres the specs, I have ordered half the stuff an already have the case. This is my first build too. hope my experiences here help anyone lookin at goin the same way. will post pics when its finished. (if I can)
Thermaltake kandalf lcs case:
The good: ridiculously awesome, fits everything in it, looks good, good build, LCS is alrite - radiator and it’s placement is great, pump & reservoir is alright and so are their placement, however I recommend ditching the rest an getting better quality if you want the best, especially cpu block (get dtek fuzion). If you want to go towards chilling and won’t be using many 5.25 bays, go for this or the smaller armour, without LCS.
The bad: toooo big to fit anywhere but on the floor, heavy – recommend spending extra to get the full aluminium one.
My views on the case itself is to go all out for it because the chances are that if you buy well, you wont need to buy again ever in the future as it’s the hardware that’s the most important for good/better performance! I don’t have much experience on liquid cooling and know only of what I have read.
PSU: Enermax galaxy 1000W
Yeah, not much to explain here except it has all the plugs you could need, for now and possibly for the future (eg RAM connector).
Mobo: ASUS L1N64-SLi WS
Cause it’s the only board that supports quadFX right now, and I need a computer like, RIGHT NOW!,
The good: Features!!!!!! How many boards can boast the PCI options this board has? And lets not stop there, 7.1 sound, giga ethernet, overeclockability, to name a few. I also have a lot of confidence in ASUS products.
The Bad: The memory speed could have been higher (DDR8500 or sumthin), but I suppose there are higher factors controlling that (I have no idea what they are).
It’s chipset is freakin hot!! (exaggerated a bit there, lets not forget Im liquid cooling here) Needs better cooling generally, and it’s sooo long that I feel less enthusiastic about trying to find something suitable for cooling it (still talkin bout chipset)! I’m not even sure whether it’s worth cooling them to be honest (any suggestions please?)
CPU: two x AMD 64 FX-74
The reason I chose this particular mobo/cpu setup over intel based options included the fact that it’s upgradeable to 8 cores in the future. This could (yes I know it’s only a “could”) have massive Implications for this system’s usable lifespan, especially if multicore programming starts being used to the extent that 4 cores get stretched. It’s fast as balls anyway, and I suppose im an AMD junkie at heart having bought an AMD XP 1600+ for my first “gigahertz” computer. They will be both watered with DTEK fuzion waterblocks eventually.
RAM: two Corsair Dominator twin2X2046 pc6400 c3df packs
I chose PC6400 ram first of all because that’s the motherboards limit. I chose this brand of ram cause its syonymous with quality and performance. The dominator series offers good heatsink cooling as I didn’t want to bother watering any ram. Lastly, but not least of all was because it is very low latency. PS, if anyone has a better suggestion, then im all ears as I didn’t spend too much time researching this.
The good: fast as balls, low latency, good quality
The bad: (hey can I borrow sum money mum??? DAD???? ANYoNE!!!!!!!)
Hard drive: WD raptor 150Gb 10000rpm
I hear it’s the fastest, with Hitachi deskstar 1tb close behind. At $AUD300, it aint cheap, but cost and availability of the deskstar has led me this way. Maybe as an upgrade though… I have no idea on SCSII, RAID, and am sceptical on solid state ATM. My aim would ideally to eventually put Vista on (when it comes out) really fast solid state, then games on 150Gb/1Tb. Ideas anyone?
Regarding Video: Im still deciding however leaning towards ASUS EN8800 ultra, it’s a bummer the mobo doesn’t support Crossfire instead All these different versions are confusing to me I am not looking to water the video unless I SLI and looking at prices/problems, that’s an affirmative HELL NO for at least till the end of the year.
Q: is there a faster asus 8800 ultra version
Or should I get sumthin cheap an wait till the end of the year when more get released?
I am still in a state of confusion over monitor size. Im leaning towards Samsung 226BW but am thinking that this is (like the case) one of those things that really doesn’t need to be upgraded if you buy well, plus given my chosen videocard, might as well make use of it so am thinking maybe go to 27/30” but they soooo much more expensive!!!! Even 24” is!!! (~1000 here in Aust)
DVD: pioneer dual dvd+/-RW SATA (whatever the product code is)
Any suggestioins on what else I can do?
Thermaltake kandalf lcs case:
The good: ridiculously awesome, fits everything in it, looks good, good build, LCS is alrite - radiator and it’s placement is great, pump & reservoir is alright and so are their placement, however I recommend ditching the rest an getting better quality if you want the best, especially cpu block (get dtek fuzion). If you want to go towards chilling and won’t be using many 5.25 bays, go for this or the smaller armour, without LCS.
The bad: toooo big to fit anywhere but on the floor, heavy – recommend spending extra to get the full aluminium one.
My views on the case itself is to go all out for it because the chances are that if you buy well, you wont need to buy again ever in the future as it’s the hardware that’s the most important for good/better performance! I don’t have much experience on liquid cooling and know only of what I have read.
PSU: Enermax galaxy 1000W
Yeah, not much to explain here except it has all the plugs you could need, for now and possibly for the future (eg RAM connector).
Mobo: ASUS L1N64-SLi WS
Cause it’s the only board that supports quadFX right now, and I need a computer like, RIGHT NOW!,
The good: Features!!!!!! How many boards can boast the PCI options this board has? And lets not stop there, 7.1 sound, giga ethernet, overeclockability, to name a few. I also have a lot of confidence in ASUS products.
The Bad: The memory speed could have been higher (DDR8500 or sumthin), but I suppose there are higher factors controlling that (I have no idea what they are).
It’s chipset is freakin hot!! (exaggerated a bit there, lets not forget Im liquid cooling here) Needs better cooling generally, and it’s sooo long that I feel less enthusiastic about trying to find something suitable for cooling it (still talkin bout chipset)! I’m not even sure whether it’s worth cooling them to be honest (any suggestions please?)
CPU: two x AMD 64 FX-74
The reason I chose this particular mobo/cpu setup over intel based options included the fact that it’s upgradeable to 8 cores in the future. This could (yes I know it’s only a “could”) have massive Implications for this system’s usable lifespan, especially if multicore programming starts being used to the extent that 4 cores get stretched. It’s fast as balls anyway, and I suppose im an AMD junkie at heart having bought an AMD XP 1600+ for my first “gigahertz” computer. They will be both watered with DTEK fuzion waterblocks eventually.
RAM: two Corsair Dominator twin2X2046 pc6400 c3df packs
I chose PC6400 ram first of all because that’s the motherboards limit. I chose this brand of ram cause its syonymous with quality and performance. The dominator series offers good heatsink cooling as I didn’t want to bother watering any ram. Lastly, but not least of all was because it is very low latency. PS, if anyone has a better suggestion, then im all ears as I didn’t spend too much time researching this.
The good: fast as balls, low latency, good quality
The bad: (hey can I borrow sum money mum??? DAD???? ANYoNE!!!!!!!)
Hard drive: WD raptor 150Gb 10000rpm
I hear it’s the fastest, with Hitachi deskstar 1tb close behind. At $AUD300, it aint cheap, but cost and availability of the deskstar has led me this way. Maybe as an upgrade though… I have no idea on SCSII, RAID, and am sceptical on solid state ATM. My aim would ideally to eventually put Vista on (when it comes out) really fast solid state, then games on 150Gb/1Tb. Ideas anyone?
Regarding Video: Im still deciding however leaning towards ASUS EN8800 ultra, it’s a bummer the mobo doesn’t support Crossfire instead All these different versions are confusing to me I am not looking to water the video unless I SLI and looking at prices/problems, that’s an affirmative HELL NO for at least till the end of the year.
Q: is there a faster asus 8800 ultra version
Or should I get sumthin cheap an wait till the end of the year when more get released?
I am still in a state of confusion over monitor size. Im leaning towards Samsung 226BW but am thinking that this is (like the case) one of those things that really doesn’t need to be upgraded if you buy well, plus given my chosen videocard, might as well make use of it so am thinking maybe go to 27/30” but they soooo much more expensive!!!! Even 24” is!!! (~1000 here in Aust)
DVD: pioneer dual dvd+/-RW SATA (whatever the product code is)
Any suggestioins on what else I can do?
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