Just looking around I feel my build is partially awkward lol and partially confusing. The main problem I'm having at the minute is decding how big my PSU should be, I've read everything from 600W to 650 would be ample to 700W minimum to defo 1000W and now extreme PSU calculator telling me 1250. As you can understand it's thrown me off on my first build completly. Budget: Built over a period of a couple of months or three if need be so pretty much payday driven. So if it needs to be higher it will be. But I'm trying to maximise performance and trying to undercut RRP if I can Main uses of intended build: Semi Workstation with CS and 3d max with some maya and ZBrush with possibilities to run MMOs and FM2011 (lol) Parts required: Asus P6T SE (already purchased £100 under RRP.. ) i7-920 or i7-930 Geforce GTX 460 or more depending how tight and lucky I can be at the timecase decided of either the Akasa Omega or HCF 930 or CM690II (I intend to upgrade all fans to the best I possibly can to keep airflow up) Corsair H50 block on cpu and air for the graphics Previous build information (list details of parts): AMD ATHLON 7750 bought tower< will be sold to fund a few things. Monitor resolution: New monitor will be got ideally around £200 current monitor will be a second monitor in a dual set-up Storage requirements: 2 harddrives but I'm going with the Spinpoint F3 1 TB will you be overclocking: YES fo sure Any motherboard requirements (no. of USB, Xfire/SLI, fan headers): Usually USB slots for mouse, graphics tablet, external drive etc. Extra information about desired system: I'll pay for what I have to pay for, but not needlessly. I possibly will run SLi at a later date if it helps with the workstation (i know most rendering is done cpu) Basically I want to build a good performing initial i7 that I can upgrade over a couple of year period starting with a good base!! Thanks for the help!!
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/buyers-guide/2010/08/09/pc-hardware-buyer-s-guide-august-2010/3 use a combination of this / the slightly more expensive build to match you budget (just make sure CPU / MOBO / Ram match) people highly over exaggerate the PSU, you would be fine with a 500W as suggested here (oh btw on the PSU calc did you opt for Quad CPU as you should only use one cpu despite being quadcore common mistake) oh and i love my 2 cm690II's
I honestly have no idea how you reached over 1kw with that calculator unless you selected 4 physical CPU's even though it says CPU's not cores ^_^. That's how I got 1034w with all 4 overclocked to 4GHz. Without the extra 3 CPU's and everything at 100% load which is almost impossible with a 5830 (10w~ less than a GTX460) you're looking at 456w minimum, 506w recommended according to that calculator which I think is a fair estimate. Personally I'd go for a 650w so that your PSU isn't that stressed when you are loading it.
I did put 4 for the quad lol I re-used the calculator and it's still giving me a rating of 628W with a minimum of 578W. I've added on allowances for dvd drives, HDD X 2 Sata, a few extra fans, DDR3 x 6 and only single card with over-clocking ticked and set at 4200 and 1.45 for vcore. Although initially I was opting for a 700W. Is the mix and match waterblock on the cpu and air for the rest sound enough for good cooling? That Haliea looks like a job, a bit too far for initial base for me. And the Asus P6T is sound enough for a first build also?? I seen those CM 690 II's for £30 inc. delivery which is an extremly nice price!! Thanks for the replies
I really shouldn't quote prices after reading too much lol looks like that was just for the side panel.... I went off to buy it last night and thought,,,,,,,waiiiittttt a minutteee!! my bad! Which would be better for a semi-workstation dual monitor set-up the ATI 5830 or the GTX 460?? The Radaeon seems more like a good choice more in the mould of the FireGL than what I percieve the more gaming GTX 460 to be...
Thanks for all the advice. Definitely cleared up a few things. Just a question on the board, total memory capacity is 24gb (Asus P6T SE)?? and what is the best trade off for max memory against what I can overclock the cpu to? asking because I had read somewhere else on these pages that a full dimm load-out interferes with the stability of some overclocks.
They are referring to how many RAM DIMM's you have in the mobo IIRC, so basically 3 dimms at 6GB or 12GB would be fine but 6 dimms at 12GB or 24GB would effect maximum OC. You don't wanna buy 12GB in a 3 dimm package anyway cause of the huge price premium.
