Config Advice 474326

please keep all your questions in one thread, this is a nightmare trying to go between your 2 threads to answer your questions.

for your res all you need is a 570 gtx, you can always add one later but with LC system you need to know what you are doing to do that, with air system its very simple.

so LC system:

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air system:

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look over these 2 and lets see what you like to change.

LC is quiet here if you get custom quiet fans.

remember 90% of your noise comes from the gpu's fan when under load.

LC can help with component life, but even with air you can expect the major parts to last 8 years at least.

there is nothing wrong with turning pc on and off either way.



Edited by DST4ME - 31 Dec 2010 at 2:59pm

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the cpu is the brain of your pc, its always the most important, on your budget you can go with the 6core cpu, this can help with manythings, multitasking, running multiple apps, but in gaming it will not make a difference in most cases.

the difference between 570 and 580 is not enough for one to want to go with 580, at 1900 x 1200 for most games the 570 will give you what you want, which is smooth gaming in most games, but if you wan to cover your minimum fps then a single 580 won't do it either, you will need sli 570/580, but you don't need to cover the minium, cause your experience should be smooth gaming with either 570/580, so no point in putting $200 toward something you won't notice much from?

so I think i7 950 and 570 or 970 and 570 is the combo to go with, what you do is get a psu big enough to handle sli, then you can always add a second gpu, but as I mentioned with LC system you should know what you are doing if you plan on adding a second gpu to the loop yourself.

XSPC Radiatiors with Scythe Gentle typhoon 1400rpm or for even less noise the 1100rmp ones,that is the kind of rad/fan combo you want if you want to get a good quiet LC system, you can ask DS for those, it will cost you more tho.

the haf 932 has 3 x 230mm fans and 1 x 140mm fans, haf = high air flow, haf has better airflow, if you want to go with hafx, then it comes with 2 x 200mm fans, 1 x 230mm fan, 1 x 140mm fan and option to add a 4th big fan, a 200mm to the top, so you endup with 2 x 200mm on top, 1 x 230mm on front, 1 x 200mm on side and 1 x 140mm in rear. So which of these 3 cases has the least airflow and which 2 will have the most? but its your money and your case, you get what you like, we just provide info, at the end, its important that you get what you like to get and make yourself happy.

as for audio card, I apologize if it came across that a dedicated card is not important, it is but, it all depends on how important sound quality is to you, if you use headphones and sound quality is particularly very important to you then you want a sound card, if not then the mobo sound is good, now in days they have come a long way. But I'm not sound expert, this is what I have picked up from other members that are into that stuff.

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for LC you have better options IMO, like the corasir 800d , for LC you want the most room you can get without being cramped. the 800d has 4 more inches in hight, giving lot more room. look at what I stuffed in mine, that would never work in the assassin, it would be so crapped it would be hell working in there.

so for LC I recommend the 800d (hailstrom), for air I recommend the haf 932/942.

you have to match the speed of fan to the rad, all rads are not the same, some rads perform best with high cfm fans and some works best with low cfm fans, since you want quiet, then you want a low cfm fan, to use low cfm fan you want a rad that works best with low cfm fans, such fans are xspc rads, amongst others.

LOL no,no nasa work, there are others here with even more powerful pc then mine.

Just changed mobo and psu in 2 of my old dells, what a pain, and I had to pay more for everything, then a regular psu and mobo that would have been more powerful, thanks for nothing dell.

I like everything but you need to change the psu to a 1000w corsair, better reliability, longer warranty of its own (5 years). You sure you want to go with a 580? 570 is what you need for that res, but its upto you.

are you planing on adding another gpu to this build? if yes then you know how to add one to the loop?

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Edited by DST4ME - 02 Jan 2011 at 3:06pm

you won't notice the difference between 570 sli and 580 sli, since they will both cover minimum fps on practically all games, with the exception of a few, so all the more reason to go with 570, at the end you gonna endup with a lot of power you will never notice, specially at 1900 x 1200.

to add another gpu, you will need to add the waterblock to the gpu, drain your gpu loop ,and then add the gpu to the loop.

keep in mind I'm thinking once you have the system you will see no need for the second card but if the monitor is gonna get bigger then you will.

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they don't have vapo-chills. lol don;t fall for the marketting BS. Same tech in the GTX 570-GTX 580 coolers, as all other air coolers out there. I agree that the GTX 570 does run pretty cool, and quiet in stock form.

nothing new, that is how all your modern air coolers work.

Edited by justin.kerr - 03 Jan 2011 at 12:24pm

go with a 570, the thing to keep in mind about the LC is that if the gpu goes bad, you have to remove the bad one from the loop and add the new one in, also if you wanted to go sli with LC, you have to add the second gpu in the loop, if you are ok with those then you are one step closer, next thing to look at is that if you want quiet LC system, then you need quiet fans (low cfm), to go with a low cfm, you need to go with a rad that performs well with it, in short you need ask for your own custom fans and rad, this will cost more money, if you are ok with that then ask for an xspc/feser/ rad with scythe gentle typhoon fans.

as for rad size, triple is best double is good for gpu/s.

when you run sli, on most mobs the both cards are right next to each other, making a heat sandwich, and the first card (top card) ends up being a bit hotter. some mobos will have a bit more space between cards and endup having better temps for the first card. At the end no matter what, air or LC, the temps are go be within acceptable ranges.

I think DS goes with a single rad for cpu and dual for gpus.