l0ckd0wn

Ok so ive saved my pennys and its upgrade time.

2 X Sapphire HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DipsplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
ASUS Rampage II Extreme iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 D0 stepping 8MB Cache
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) 1866MHz Dominator Memory With Fan
LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Disc Re-Writer & HD DVD-Rom
Coolermaster 1000W RealPower Modular PSU - 4x 6pin and 2x 8pin PCI-E,
Cart total inc vat: £1542.8




i allready have SSDs and a Custom case by watercooling UK. ive purchased my i7 Block and im currently waiting for prices on the new ATI blocks.


orded today my stuff arrives at my house Friday Morning so ill post pictures of the build in stages got myself a RTM of Win7 64 so looks like im set.


i have a PSU at the moment but im going to leave that in my old build or folding and go brand new for this Thus no problems.

tagurtoast

Epic build is EPIC.

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l0ckd0wn

thanks it will look great im hoping for a 4ghz clock on the cpu and with the GPUs going on water who knows im really excited ive waited months for the new ATi cards and now there mine mehahahah


ill make sure theres lots of pics

Robilar

Solid build.

A couple of thoughts though.

Coolermaster Power supplies are average at best. The antec in your sig is far superior.

I would have gone with an Asus P6TD Deluxe or an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 over the Rampage.

They all hit roughly the same BLCK and frankly unless you plan to go tri-fire, the extra pci-e slot on the Rampage is wasted.

Given the fairly stupendous difference in price on the boards as well, you could save quite a bit and get the same performance.


Also, with two cards on the Rampage, you will have to use the two blue slots (see the attached pic). There is very little space between the two (To make room for tri fire).

The P6T Deluxe and P6TD offer a great deal more space between the gpu's


(First pic is Rampage slot layout, second is P6T Deluxe V2, note the space between my 4890's and then look at the blue slots which are 16x16x on the Rampage)

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l0ckd0wn

intresting well thanks for that ill defo use my Current PSu and just pop the new 1 in this rig for folding etc.


i went with this MB because of the Easy Watercooling. my friend also has the same MB and he swears by it. being as money isnt a issue or this build ive saved like 3k in total but i want 2 nice 24inc monitors aswell.


i was going to go for the top of the line i7 then my friend gave me a slap and said you overclock fool.


that being said im looking forward to the power jump seen as most of my say is spent video editing and AE work.


its going to be a long week till friday DAMM ati and there release dates. still least i dont have to wait till monday for the cards. all weekend to tweak



i didnt think of spacing but with waterblocks there shouldnt be issues with space fingers crossed now im starting to think i should swap the MB out hmmm.

infact yea i will ill phone ebuyer today thanks alot m8. ill go with the Asus V2

Robilar

Keep us posted, that will be a heck of a nice setup.

l0ckd0wn

will do. ill be taking lots of pics ill defo be needing OC help with the i7 when shes up and running.

im not a noob but its a change for Me FSB to QPI.


thanks

FSF-Foxhound

looks good, I would get a P6T Deluxe, i love mine, but there is not much space between, just enough for a single slot PCI card. (i have the v2).


Although there is a x8 (or is it a x4?) slot right before the MCH passive heatsink.

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From a slot placement view also look at the Bloodrage(comes with a waterblock), the Giga x58 extreme(waterblock as well) and also the DFI UT and DK.

On both DFI's you can remove the fin part of the NB heatsink and replace it with a NB block like shown

DK


Will see if I can find a pic of it done on the UT

EDIT: Here on a UT:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=217952&page=1

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l0ckd0wn

ok so its 4am im sat up excited today ive tracked my delivery its out and about so for delivery fore 9am

my EK waterblocks came this thursday morning for the GPUs.


ive got my work area sorted and im basicly ready to go.


my mates coming round at 10am were gonna get a breakfast and then start the build.


ill be videoing some stuff like mouting the waterblocks on the cards.

ive got my pot of TIM Consultants T-C Grease 0098. and the cleaning solutions to apply the best solution to the waterblocks.


my CPU will be Lapped this morning aswell.


so get ready for pics 5hrs