New Build - Thoughts

[Adam]

Red would look sick

 

[Darren S]

Sounds good! The Rampage III is an epic mobo, btw. Really, really chuffed that I picked it for my PC.

D.

 

[Adam]

I can imagine. I have the Rampage II and its epic.

 

[Gareth]

I think it's a lot harder to make a red system look good.

 

[Darren S]

Red would MUCH suit the Rampage III better, however.

That said, blue looks the tits.

D.

 

[Adam]

Both look fecking ace but I have to say red

 

[David]

Red!!

 

[Gareth]

I've ordered another Gentle Typhoon for the lower HDD bay and a Lamptron FC5 V2 fan controller.

 

[SharkyUK]

The above looks superb... a friend of mine went with matt black and yellowy gold 'trimmings' and pipework, etc. Looked mint but cost him a fortune. If I can find some photos I'll post them up (not spoken to him for aaaaages!)

 

[Gareth]

The results of my efforts over the last few days:

Fully Sleeved Front Panel Connectors (hours & hours of work!)

3 x Matt Black Painted Gentle Typhoons & XSPC 360 Radiator Fitted (all fans sleeved)

Lower HDD Bay Gentle Typhoon (again Matt Black Painted & Sleeved)

Shrink re-done on the pump so no wires are on show (the guy from America left the shrink short)

Lamptron FC5 V2 Fan Controller

Overall look

And in the meantime I've also today recieved a new 27" monitor

 

[Adam]

Mate, great work and attention to detail . The case looks really good and it will be immense when done.

P.s and dont take offence but have you checked you have got the air flow in the right direction on your fans, its an easy mistake to make

 

[Gareth]

Lol!

 

[Adam]

So I take it thats a yes then haha

 

[Gareth]

Yes! Definitely the right way now

I've just read that the 'enthusiast' versions of Sandy Bridge won't be available until Q3 next year. I'm not prepared to wait until then so it looks like I'll be going for the ASUS Rampage III & i7 950, I'm just waiting on the watercooled version of EVGA's 580 GTX to become available now, but effectively I can start doing the proper build next week.

 

[Adam]

Ah well still will be an epic build

Can't wait to see it once you have got some components in there.

P.s. You don't need an additional back up or bigger HDD do you, I've posted a link in the tech section for a 1.5Tb WD caviar for under £50

 

[Gareth]

Yes I probably do tbh, will take a look for it cheers.

 

[Adam]

 

[Gareth]

Just ordered everything, should be here tomorrow. Gone with Red.

Was very difficult to decide whether to go with the ASUS Rampage III or the EVGA Classified 3 but went for the ASUS in the end.

 

[Silent_Scone]

what HDD have you gone with matey?

Just food for thought as I've recently acquired a pair of the new Vertex 2's for my boot drive

 

[Gareth]

Corsair Force 120GB for now.

My current system has 2 x 150GB 10,000rpm Raptors & 2 x 1TB 7200rpm which I'm not sure if I'm going to move any over or just buy all new.

I might go 1 x 120GB SSD for OS, 1 x 150GB 10,000rpm Raptor for Games, 1 x 1TB for everything else, or will either just buy new drives and mirror, depends where the funds are once everything settles, as I still need to buy the Watercooled 580 GTX.

Another mini-update for the time-being:

Radiator Rotated (again!, but hopefully for good this time) Blu-Ray drive sprayed matt black and more tubing done.

 

[Silent_Scone]

nice... Speaking of which...

 

[Gareth]

lol nice! How are you finding them?

My plan will be to put a second watercooled one in next year.

 

[Adam]

Looking good mate.

So whats the route of your tubing going to be?

 

[Gareth]

Reservoir > Pump > GPU > CPU > Radiator > Reservoir

Although initially it will be Reservoir > Pump > CPU > Radiator > Reservoir ( until I can get hold of the GPU ) which isn't likely to be until sometime in December.

 

[Adam]

Would it not be best to wait until you get hold of the GPU, would have thought filling it, testing it, then draining and starting all over again would be abit of a pain.

 

[Adam]

Also, what CPU block did you go for?

 

[Gareth]

EK Supreme HF Nickel Plexi

 

[Adam]

Nice , heard some good things about the EK blocks.

 

[Gareth]

I'll try and post the full spec up later, but the original budget has definitely been thrown out the window, couldn't help myself and opted for the 1200W Corsair PSU

 

[Silent_Scone]

lol nice! How are you finding them?

My plan will be to put a second watercooled one in next year.

They're awesome, only did it so I could go with 3D Vision @ 1080. Which btw is the mutts nuts

 

[Adam]

I'll try and post the full spec up later, but the original budget has definitely been thrown out the window, couldn't help myself and opted for the 1200W Corsair PSU

1200W wow, thought I went overkill with their 1000W lol

 

[Gareth]

I know, I almost went for 12GB as well but stopped myself, lol

 

[Adam]

lolz, na you should have, going OTT is the best part of building a new system

 

[Gareth]

Spec is as follows:

Case: Corsair 800D
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III
CPU: Intel i7 950
CPU Block: EK Supreme HF Nickel Plexi
Memory: Corsair 6GB 2000Mhz
HDD: Corsair Force 120GB SSD (more HDDs to be added)
Monitor: Viewsonic 27" Widescreen 1920x1080
Opitcal Drive: LG Blu-Ray (BDRW)
PSU: Corsair AX1200 (1200W)
Radiator: XSPC 360mm
Fans: 4 x Scythe Gentle Typhoons 1450rpm
Pump: Laing D5 with Bitspower Mod Top V2
Reservoir: iandh Stealth 225
Tubing: Tygon Clear R3603 1/2" ID 3/4" OD
Fluid: Feser One (Red)
Various Bitspower Fittings
Lamptron FC5 V2 Fan Controller
MDPC-X Sleeving, Screws, etc

GPU still to buy (Watercooled EVGA 580 GTX)

 

[Silent_Scone]

fair spec there. The AX1200 is future proofing but the HX1000 is more than enough mate

 

[Gareth]

This is just the initial build though, things will continue to be added and for the difference in price I decided what the hell.

 

[wozzaa]

You know the HX1000 is rather under rated?

Its not actually 1000w. Actually two of the 620w Corsairs PSU's in a single case. If you look it up, they just rate it at 1000W as it boosts the efficiency ratings.

 

[Gareth]

Yeah I'm sure I've read that before, but the difference was like £40 tbh.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Edit: reading fail

 

[SharkyUK]

Might as well go for the 12GB mate... heh heh... it's only money... (easy to say when it's not mine!)

Spec's looking good!