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Possible new setup

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Ok, this is what I am looking at to replace my now defunct system. Gimme your thoughts. (Yes Noir.. I'm helping pay for Squeege and Noirette's college :P )

CoolerMaster HAF 922 Gaming Case - Black
Processor ( Intel® Core™ i7 930 Processor (4x 2.80GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
Processor Cooling ( Liquid CPU Cooling System [SOCKET-1366] - Standard 120mm Fan )
Memory ( 12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1600 - Corsair or Major Brand )
Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 - 1GB - Single Card )
Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA )
Motherboard ( ASUS P6T SE )
Motherboard USB / SATA Interface ( Motherboard default USB / SATA Interface )
Power Supply ( 750 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-750TX Power Supply - SLI Ready )
Primary Hard Drive ( 600 GB WD Velociraptor HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 10000 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Dirve )
Data Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive )
Optical Drive ( [8X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer - Black )
Meter Display ( NZXT Sentry LX Aluminum Fan Control, Clock, and Temperature Display )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Operating System ( Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit )
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Post by timmorns »

I would goto a 900 watt + PS for that set up you can never have enough power to run everything.

Also I heard that the new raptor drives are not as good as the old ones, hell get a 128 or 256 SSD drive since you will have a 1tb back up
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Post by Dissident »

make sure your mb can handle the ram too....when i built mine i was all happy to buy 8 gb and come to find out it only had slots for 4!
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MB has 6 slots so this will fill them up, but it's upgradeable to 24GB if I want to swap out the 2GB for 4GB later on.

I'm not sold on the SSD's yet considering their price vs. projected reliability. If I had been given the time to read more about them, I might have gone with one, but since this need was rushed upon me, I need a system now. In a couple of years, I'll probably go with a higher end machine (dream machine) and use this one as a secondary and if the SSD's hold up to their promise, I'll add it to that one.
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Looks like an excellent system Ylyrra. Should be overkill for EQ. :)
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Post by Warren »

Wow, you don't mess around =) may as well get the 980 extreem -) that Is a very nice set up. If this is your first water cooled PC read up on it some people hate them some people love them.
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Post by beornj »

I agree with the upgraded power supply suggestion. This system will definitly be overkill for EQ. No reason to go more than 12 gig memory, doubt you will ever need more than that. Now you have to shop it. I know I got a real good price from ibuypower.com, not sure if you checked there but I like their systems. Also, I use 2 10,000 rpm terabyte drives and it is plenty fast. No real reason to shell out the additional money for the velociraptor.
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Post by Blazegno »

Very nice set up. Reading this makes me want to build another machine.

The water cooled system is a very nice touch but with the case you are getting really isn't needed. I am using that same case and with the number and size of the fans along with the design of the case you should have no issues with cooling. I have mine fully loaded and even with multiple accounts running on full settings have never had any issues with heat. It actually runs cooler than any other set up I have had. Whisper quiet too.
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Post by Squeege »

Noir has that case for his newest system also and I have to agree with the gnome. Very quiet and cool without liquid cooling.
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Thanks all for your advice and input. Purchase made from ibuypower (thanks Beo... was looking at them and cyberpowerpc).

Changes to the above:
Upgraded the chip - there was a $200 rebate on the 960 which made it the same price in the end (once I mail in the rebate)
Upgraded the power supply to 1000W - 900W was not available.. highest before 1000W was 875, decided to go on the high side of your recommendation.
Scrapped the liquid cooling.

They will ship it in about 5-10 business days.. then it will take about the same amount of time to ship to me. Just as well since I will be at our North GA branches next week for some training as they prepare to go live on the new systems we implemented in the west division (where I work) last month.

Also found out we have due diligence going on now at another bank. This is where we send employees to an unknown bank that is about to fail (unknown for obvious reasons) and review their loan documentation to see if it is a bank we are interested in acquiring. If that pans out, we will have some additional branches, likely before the end of the year.
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You should have called my phone~ I would have helped!
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/hugs Smack

I know dear, but I know you have a lot going on right now with work and the new house.
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Post by kaput »

also there is never a over kill system for a cleric ( no lag means no dead pally) but wow that looks like a awesome set up peaches
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Looks good - I wonder if we could have gotten a bulk rate discount ? :P
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So .. making progress. I got the email today that they have built my machine and it is now in QC for testing and installation of the operating system and drivers.... shipping soon!!!

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