Newest build FINAL

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bsmith6470

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Well I have completed the final ordering of my newest build. Here are the parts:

eVGA OC GTX 570 x2 for SLI (AR suffix)
Asus P8P67 Deluxe MOBO (rev 3.0)
Win 7 Prof
Corsair AX850 Picked these up from Microcenter for $1380 w/tax.

The remainder I ordered from Newegg:
HAF X nVidia Edition case
G. Skill Ripjaw CAS 8 DDR3 1600 1.5v 8GB kit
WD 250gb RE4 drives for RAID 1 setup. $480 with shipping.

I had already bought the i7 2600 from Microcenter on sale for $250.

Still need a cooler, Blu-ray drive and maybe a new keyboard and mouse.

Very pumped! Will put it together next Saturday.
 
Alright, the build is complete. Went pretty smoothly other "learning the hard way" I needed to install XP on the bare drive BEFORE I installed the 7 upgrade. Anyway, got it all installed 7 professional 64-bit. Been running since yesterday afternoon.

Along the way I had some observation that others may find useful. First the case.

Coolermaster HAF X nVidia. I love this case. I came from a Thermaltake Armor. Wow, great upgrade there. Minor bugs though.

Coolermaster offers 2 hot swap bays converted from a 5.25 bay. The interface board on the back use a Molex connector for power and te data ports are stacked, so right angle cables are useless. Also putting the drives in is a bit tricky as you have to line up the drives with ports blind.

Lastly, it would have been nice to have the rubber management holes along the top of the MOBO as well and having another larger space closer to the top of the board for the EPS connector.

PSU: Corsair AX850. Nice power supply. Easy to install. 2 things here. It would be nice to have a longer EPS cable as there is no way to run through the cable management system. Needs about 2 more inches. Also it would have been nice to have a mention in the instructions that you have to plug in both of the connectors on the PSU side for the main power cable. There is an 18 pin and a 10 pin. Not immediately obvious when coming from a non 100% modular supply.

Final thought about the cooler (V6GT) the mobo (ASUS P8P67 Deluxe) and the RAM (G. Skiil Ripjaws). There is plenty of room if only using 2 sticks. The cooler overhangs the first slot, but clears the second with about 3 mm to spare. So anyone who wants to use Corsair Dominators is in the clear.

One last note about the cooler. I have read allot about how some do not like the way the V6 installs and twists when the retention bar is tightened all the way. I took a leap of faith and trusted that Coolermaster knew what they were doing. I installed correctly and yes it twists, but it apparently works pretty damn good. I am idling at 24 degrees Celsius. And I think it peaked at 50 during the extreme bench in 3D Mark 11. I used the stock Coolermaster paste using Artic Silver's method of tinting the plate and the CPU and then applying a thin line down the center of the CPU to cover all the cores and the let the HS do the spreading. A-One to Coolermaster on the cooler.

Here is link to my FB album. Thanks for everyone's input during this build. I appreciate it!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2073419&id=1553860027&l=e524211c06
 
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bsmith6470 said:
Alright, the build is complete. Went pretty smoothly other "learning the hard way" I needed to install XP on the bare drive BEFORE I installed the 7 upgrade. Anyway, got it all installed 7 professional 64-bit. Been running since yesterday afternoon.

Along the way I had some observation that others may find useful. First the case.

Coolermaster HAF X nVidia. I love this case. I came from a Thermaltake Armor. Wow, great upgrade there. Minor bugs though.

Coolermaster offers 2 hot swap bays converted from a 5.25 bay. The interface board on the back use a Molex connector for power and te data ports are stacked, so right angle cables are useless. Also putting the drives in is a bit tricky as you have to line up the drives with ports blind.

Lastly, it would have been nice to have the rubber management holes along the top of the MOBO as well and having another larger space closer to the top of the board for the EPS connector.

PSU: Corsair AX850. Nice power supply. Easy to install. 2 things here. It would be nice to have a longer EPS cable as there is no way to run through the cable management system. Needs about 2 more inches. Also it would have been nice to have a mention in the instructions that you have to plug in both of the connectors on the PSU side for the main power cable. There is an 18 pin and a 10 pin. Not immediately obvious when coming from a non 100% modular supply.

Final thought about the cooler (V6GT) the mobo (ASUS P8P67 Deluxe) and the RAM (G. Skiil Ripjaws). There is plenty of room if only using 2 sticks. The cooler overhangs the first slot, but clears the second with about 3 mm to spare. So anyone who wants to use Corsair Dominators is in the clear.

One last note about the cooler. I have read allot about how some do not like the way the V6 installs and twists when the retention bar is tightened all the way. I took a leap of faith and trusted that Coolermaster knew what they were doing. I installed correctly and yes it twists, but it apparently works pretty damn good. I am idling at 24 degrees Celsius. And I think it peaked at 50 during the extreme bench in 3D Mark 11. I used the stock Coolermaster paste using Artic Silver's method of tinting the plate and the CPU and then applying a thin line down the center of the CPU to cover all the cores and the let the HS do the spreading. A-One to Coolermaster on the cooler.

Here is link to my FB album. Thanks for everyone's input during this build. I appreciate it!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/album.php?fbid=1624393420414&id=1553860027&aid=2073419
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Nice review after the install we rarely have those.
About the PSU.All PSU installations are same does not depend on the PSU.
And about the EPS cable I had the same problem with every PSU I have used.The EPS cable is always short.I wish they would make it longer so I can take it from back of the motherboard.Except with my new PSU.The EPS cable was pretty long but still it wasnt that long that it can be easily installed but doable.
And I dont think posting other forum links is allowed on CF.

Here you go.Remove the Facebook link.

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Nice build, love the whole setup, especially all the blue meshing with the motherboard.
Wish I had that much cash to put in a new computer!
Let us know how it runs, I imagine it's rather powerful.
 
Mihir thanks for posting the pics.

Build looks great. Its nice to see what the finished product looks like after seeing the parts you're gonna use.
 
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Thanks guys! It's running pretty good. Haven't had a chance to play any recent games on it yet as I am still relegated to Half Life 2 Episodes, UT 2004, and Quake 4. I plan on getting Crysis 1 & 2 as well as Metro 2033. Those should give it a workout.

I am getting some issues with Windows. I get the Green bar of Death randomly and sometimes it will not go through logging off when I go to shut down, it just hangs. Any thoughts?
 
Bsmith, you nVidia fanboy :P

Kidding, man.

Build looks awesome! Thanks for the review.

Just a note to the other readers. Smith said how the V6 hangs over his first RAM slot. This means he cannot upgrade with another dual channel set. So, if you are looking at buying that cooler for your computer, make sure that slot is available!
 
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