my new build

JacKz5o · Apr 20, 2008, 03:26 AM

Well its been over 2 years since my last build.. and its been really outdated so I decided to build a new system.

MB: XFX 780i
CPU: Q6600
CPU Cooling: TRUE
RAM: 4GB G.Skill PC2 8000
PSU: PCP&C 750W
GPU: eVGA 9800GTX
HDD: 640GB WD Caviar
DVD: Samsung 20X
Case: CM Cosmos S

All parts were ordered last week and should be arriving between 4/21 and 4/24

EnergyFX · Apr 20, 2008, 12:59 PM

Didn't want to do RAID?

spearman914 · Apr 20, 2008, 01:03 PM

Get 2 wd caviar 500 gb or 2 wd caviar 320 gb. They are super cheap now and put it in raid 1 or 0. The other parts are superior

WarEagleAU · Apr 20, 2008, 01:22 PM

Very awesome Jack, very awesome. That case is really supremo too.

BTW: Did you order these parts from the egg?

JacKz5o · Apr 21, 2008, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EnergyFX

Didn't want to do RAID?

Quote:

Originally Posted by spearman914

Get 2 wd caviar 500 gb or 2 wd caviar 320 gb. They are super cheap now and put it in raid 1 or 0. The other parts are superior

I don't know why but I'm not really a RAID kind of guy lol

Maybe later I'll get another 640GB and get a 1TB RAID 0 strip.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WarEagleAU

Very awesome Jack, very awesome. That case is really supremo too.

BTW: Did you order these parts from the egg?

Thanks

I ordered the RAM and HD from the egg, the others I ordered from ZZF, Tiger, and Frys.

Only reason I got the Q6600 was because it was only $180 without MIR for a G0 retail boxed chip. Otherwise I would have gone with a Q9450.

JacKz5o · Apr 21, 2008, 08:10 PM

Well apparently "very soon" is approximately a month according to Thermalright..

Quote:

Originally Posted by TR Rep

Jack,

As of right now I do not have a solid release date or price on the TRUE Black 120. If I had to guess I would give it month and it should be available.

BR,

Loren

Guessing I'm just gonna re-order the original TRUE.

farlex85 · Apr 21, 2008, 08:51 PM

Good build, I think the 640gb is solid. They're testing very fast, and are priced great. Add another down the road for over 1tb raid, thats just super. I wanted to pick one up but money constraints kept me to 320.

Next will be one of those. Have fun though.

spearman914 · Apr 22, 2008, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JacKz5o

I don't know why but I'm not really a RAID kind of guy lol

Maybe later I'll get another 640GB and get a 1TB RAID 0 strip.

Thanks

I ordered the RAM and HD from the egg, the others I ordered from ZZF, Tiger, and Frys.

Only reason I got the Q6600 was because it was only $180 without MIR for a G0 retail boxed chip. Otherwise I would have gone with a Q9450.

NOO DON't If you go raid only buy hdds with same disk space. Because if you put 1 TB and a 640 GB in Raid 0 you will end up with only 1280 GB of Disk Space since Raid 0 reduces all hard drives to the lowest space hd. And it will be a waste of 360 GB.

JacKz5o · Apr 22, 2008, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spearman914

NOO DON't If you go raid only buy hdds with same disk space. Because if you put 1 TB and a 640 GB in Raid 0 you will end up with only 1280 GB of Disk Space since Raid 0 reduces all hard drives to the lowest space hd. And it will be a waste of 360 GB.

I know, I said I would get another 640GB like I have right now for a 1280GB RAID 0 strip.

Also, I got the Cosmos S today and the thing makes my old Tsunami case look like a mini ATX.. the box itself is like 5x bigger than the Tsunami lol.

Solaris17 · Apr 22, 2008, 07:37 PM

slick rig dude nice job

JacKz5o · Apr 25, 2008, 04:38 AM

Well got everything today except the TRUE (TRUE's UPS ETA: 4/28)

All I did was get the PSU in then I had to go out for a bit, I'll probably build it tonight or tomorrow. I'll have some pics by tomorrow

MKmods · Apr 25, 2008, 05:54 PM

Looks like its gonna be a really nice comp, looking forward to the picts.

There is gonna be a LOT of folks trying to get that cooler, lol

Odin Eidolon · Apr 25, 2008, 06:24 PM

dont get TRUE. Get a xigmatek hdt1283. Cools better and its quiter! Or maybe the red scorpion version, it looks great!

Apr 20, 2008, 03:26 AM	#1
JacKz5o Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 456 (0.20/day) Thanks: 49 Thanked 100 Times in 38 Posts System Specs	my new build Well its been over 2 years since my last build.. and its been really outdated so I decided to build a new system. MB: XFX 780i CPU: Q6600 CPU Cooling: TRUE RAM: 4GB G.Skill PC2 8000 PSU: PCP&C 750W GPU: eVGA 9800GTX HDD: 640GB WD Caviar DVD: Samsung 20X Case: CM Cosmos S All parts were ordered last week and should be arriving between 4/21 and 4/24 Last edited by JacKz5o; Apr 25, 2008 at 04:38 AM.

Processor:	Intel Q6600 @ 3.2GHz
Motherboard:	XFX nForce 780i
Cooling:	Ultra 120 eXtreme (lapped)
Memory:	4GB G.Skill PC2-8000 PQ
Video Card:	eVGA GeForce 9800GTX
Hard Disk:	640GB + 250GB + 2x500GB (external)
Optical Drive:	Samsung 20X
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 216BW 21.6"
Case:	CoolerMaster Cosmos S
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
PSU:	PC Power & Cooling 750W Silencer
Software:	Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Apr 20, 2008, 12:59 PM	#2
EnergyFX Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 1,396 (0.70/day) Thanks: 477 Thanked 350 Times in 237 Posts System Specs	Didn't want to do RAID? __________________ Feedback/Rep: Heat -- eBay There is an elegant solution for every problem... and sometimes elegance comes in the form of a very large hammer.

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Processor:	E8500 @ 3.80GHz
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Cooling:	Full liquid (everything except power supply)
Memory:	4Gb OCZ DDR2 PC9600
Video Card:	Dual EVGA GTX 280 SSC Edition
Hard Disk:	Dual WD Raptor in RAID 0 (300Gb), Dual WD 1Tb Cavair in RAID 1
Optical Drive:	ASUS CD/DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell 2407 24" HD+ Widescreen
Case:	Theraltake Tai-Chi
Sound Card:	X-Fi Fata1ty (bleh!)
PSU:	Ultra X3 1000W
Software:	Win 7 64bit

Apr 20, 2008, 01:03 PM	#3
spearman914 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Brooklyn, New York 11223 Posts: 3,000 (1.61/day) Thanks: 339 Thanked 510 Times in 482 Posts System Specs	Get 2 wd caviar 500 gb or 2 wd caviar 320 gb. They are super cheap now and put it in raid 1 or 0. The other parts are superior __________________ .................................................. .. “Originally Posted by mlee49 So pain level on a 1 to 10 scale, 10 being having a wart removed on your butthole with pliers.”

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Cooling:	Xigmatek Rifle HDT-S1283 w/ SFF21F Fan \| Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Memory:	G.Skill Pi Black 2x2GB 1.02GHz CL5 \| OCZ Reaper 2x2GB 1.05GHz CL5
Video Card:	Sapphire 4870X2 2GB 820/1020MHz \| Sapphire 4850 1GB 700/1100MHz
Hard Disk:	WD VR 150GB 10K RPM + WD 500GB 7.2K RPM \| WD 200GB 7.2K RPM
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CRT/LCD Model:	Acer P243WAID 24" 1920x1200 LCD \| Acer V193W 19" 1440x900 LCD
Case:	Cooler Master HAF 932 Full-Tower \| Antec Twelve Hundred Mid-Tower
Sound Card:	Fatal1ty Xtreme Gamer w/ Z-5500 5.1 \| On-Board Audio w/ S-220 2.1
PSU:	PC Power and Cooling 750W Non-Modular \| Corsair HX-520W Modular
Software:	Windows Vista Home Premium X64 \| Windows Vista Home Premium X64
Benchmarks:	Not Wasting Time!

Apr 20, 2008, 01:22 PM	#4
WarEagleAU Bird of Prey Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gurley, AL Posts: 9,994 (3.99/day) Thanks: 3,810 Thanked 557 Times in 521 Posts System Specs	Very awesome Jack, very awesome. That case is really supremo too. BTW: Did you order these parts from the egg? __________________ =-TheEagle-= http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=62454 “You crazy? Surfing any website without an antivirus is like freaking with a dirty woman without protection” -OzzmanFloyd120 - Edited for content and clarity

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Processor:	AMD FX 6100 @ 4.432Ghz @1.401V
Motherboard:	ASUS M5A99X EVO AMD 990X AMD SB950
Cooling:	Custom Water. EK 240MM Kit, Supreme HSF - Runs 35C
Memory:	2 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance White LP @ 1.35V
Video Card:	XFX Radeon HD 6870 900/1050 (no OC yet)
Hard Disk:	WD Caviar Black 1.0TB, WD Caviar Green 1.0TB, WD 160GB
Optical Drive:	Samung SH22SL 22X Lightscribe DVD+/-R/RW LG BDRE Reader/Burner Lite ON Max Burner for burning Xbox
CRT/LCD Model:	Asus VH222/S 22: (21.5" Viewable) 1920x1080p HDMI LCD Monitor
Case:	NZXT White Phantom
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek 5.1
PSU:	NZXT Hale 90 Gold Cert 750W Modular PSU
Software:	Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
Benchmarks:	5.9 Windows Index rating 3D06 - 17472

Apr 21, 2008, 08:51 PM	#7
farlex85 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,114 (1.84/day) Thanks: 369 Thanked 647 Times in 612 Posts System Specs	Good build, I think the 640gb is solid. They're testing very fast, and are priced great. Add another down the road for over 1tb raid, thats just super. I wanted to pick one up but money constraints kept me to 320. Next will be one of those. Have fun though.

Processor:	Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.65ghz 1.18v
Motherboard:	Gigabyte P35-DS3R (v2.1)
Cooling:	Sunbeam Core Contact CR-CCTF, stock tempest cooling atm (6x120mm fans)
Memory:	2x2gb G.Skill PC8000 @ 1018Mhz 5-5-5-15-2T 2.1v
Video Card:	XFX 6850
Hard Disk:	Raptor X 150gb, SE 250gb, SE16 320gb and 640gb, RE 2TB
Optical Drive:	LG Blu-ray burner, 20x Lite-On DVD burner
CRT/LCD Model:	22" Samsung 2232BW 2ms
Case:	NXZT Tempest
Sound Card:	FireStudio Project
PSU:	OCZ GameXstream 700W
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Apr 22, 2008, 07:37 PM	#10
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Apr 25, 2008, 04:38 AM	#11
JacKz5o Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 456 (0.20/day) Thanks: 49 Thanked 100 Times in 38 Posts System Specs	Well got everything today except the TRUE (TRUE's UPS ETA: 4/28) All I did was get the PSU in then I had to go out for a bit, I'll probably build it tonight or tomorrow. I'll have some pics by tomorrow

Apr 25, 2008, 05:54 PM	#12
MKmods Case Mod Guru Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nevada Posts: 4,711 (2.47/day) Thanks: 2,879 Thanked 1,766 Times in 1,364 Posts System Specs	Looks like its gonna be a really nice comp, looking forward to the picts. There is gonna be a LOT of folks trying to get that cooler, lol __________________ Buy tin snips FIRST!

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Motherboard:	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling:	Air
Memory:	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card:	single 9800GT
Hard Disk:	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Optical Drive:	Plextor
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron 24"
Case:	Custom
Sound Card:	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
PSU:	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software:	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmarks:	3DMark06--21963 so far

Apr 25, 2008, 06:24 PM	#13
Odin Eidolon Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rockclimbing somewhere in Italy Posts: 818 (0.43/day) Thanks: 395 Thanked 162 Times in 145 Posts System Specs	dont get TRUE. Get a xigmatek hdt1283. Cools better and its quiter! Or maybe the red scorpion version, it looks great!

Processor:	e6300 @ 3000, stock Volts
Motherboard:	msi p35 neo2-FIR
Cooling:	HDT-1283
Memory:	2gb tracers 1066 micron d9GMH, cooled by a modded CoolIt Memory Cooler
Video Card:	HIS 4850 ICEQ4
Hard Disk:	WD Caviar 16 320gb WDAAKS + 640gb WDAAKS
Case:	CM RC-690 sligthly modded
PSU:	Bequiet darkpower PRO 850W (say overkill? :D)
Software:	kubuntu 8.10 + Windows XP, soon Windows 7 too

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