JNielson

Ok since my current rig likes to have a temp problem with the northbridge, i am deciding to use my nice big check i get from my school to build a powerhouse. I will be mostly gaming on it and using everyday programs. I know i will have atleast $2800 to spend and that is what i need to be under for the time being. I planned on going with an i7 setup and a raid setup (i know the potential consequences of running a raid 0 but i will be using this for gaming and using my current system for typing my papers and such. so this doesnt bother me).

For starters, i planned on going with a
GTX 295 co-op with water cooling block
i7 860
and thats about it. i need a water cooling setup if the waterblock didnt give that away and i have no idea for a mobo. I might plan on going to quad-sli later on so i need a nice psu as well.

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i7 920
x58 3-way SLI
G.Skill PI Black
2x WD Velociraptor
EVGA GTX 295
Corsair 950w
Watercooling

Jeroeenn

Get something in the line of:

i7 920/860
Radeon 5870 (Idk if WC is already available, just google) - Maybe xfire this one later on.
12gb 1600mhz Mushkin or Dominator-GT 2000mhz
EVGA X58 Classified
Corsair PSU 850 or 1k watt
HAF932
And some SSD's .

And for watercooling, I don't know.

-J.

mth91

You can watercool the 5870 using an mcw60 block I believe. Then just get some ramsinks to put on the ram.

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Ladiesman101

heck nO

i7 920
Foxconn Bloodrage
12gb ram
custom water cooling
2 360 rads
id say wait for the GTX300 series SLI 2 of those
HAF 932
SSd's for OS and games
2TB external for media
HX850 PSU

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Spritanium

Why wait for nvidia when ati's 5xxx cards are already here?

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iamwardicus

For that large a budget, I'd say go i7-920, with at least 6G RAM. Keep the HAF932 you have now. If you're dead set on the 295 I wont really argue too much, although I'd recommend you either go with a 58xx series card (if you can ever find one) or wait for Fermi. if not, then I'd say save a few bucks and just get 2x 285 cards and SLI them because unless you're folding or you need CUDA for school, scaling quad-sli sucks. For the hard drives, depending on your needs, I would say 2x SSD in RAID-0 for boot & program installs, and keep your 1TB for data storage. If you need more drives, I highly recommend the WD Black series of hard drives. I'm not 100% familiar with the various I7 motherboards so I'll leave that recommendation to others. For a watercooling system - Heatkiller CPU and GPU blocks can't be beaten. Ask around the WC forums after you get the core components of your new build selected and they can give great advice. The last thing I'd recommend is try to find a good 24" monitor to add depending on what your current monitor is. Dual screens rule for multitasking! Best of luck with the new build!

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Ladiesman101

bc there is a GREAT chance of them being EVEN FASTER then the 5*** series

and it folds better :P

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JNielson

i cant find a 920 any more and id like to get an x58 board instead of a p55. the 860 is an 1156 socket right?

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i7 920
x58 3-way SLI
G.Skill PI Black
2x WD Velociraptor
EVGA GTX 295
Corsair 950w
Watercooling

Jeroeenn

Get your 920 on newegg.com

FSF-Foxhound

a 1000W PSU is useless even two 5870s won't use that much power.

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