I've been offered an opportunity to by an "overstock" item from a builder (previous buyer backed out).
I've been thinking about upgrading my fx-55/6800-sli for a while. This machine
will be used for gaming, some modest encoding, and work-related projects
(programming/debugging multi-tier apps). I won't have (much of?) an
opportunity to customize this (read: I probably have to take it pretty much as-is... it's a new build though).
I've dabbled in overclocking a bit and this rig comes a bit overclocked already (might try to push it a little bit).
Here's the parts list:
All for $2400 (incl shipping). Seems like a pretty decent
deal. Couple of considerations
1) 1600 Watts seems like quite a lot. I won't even be able run
this off my 800 Watt UPS (but I was thinking of putting that
on my home server anyway).
2) How loud will this sucker likely be? The vendor claims not so bad but I'm
skeptical. I've got zero experience with water-cooled systems
3) I know the Qx6700 is a half-generation old. Seems like one of
the Q6600's (G0) would be a better buy.
4) Having said all this, I did a quick price check on NewEgg for
the following: EVGA 8800 Ultra, $G Mushkin D9, Q6600, Vista 64
Ultimate, Gigabyte P35-DQ6, Taga 1100 Watt PSU and it all came
to a hair over 2k (no shipping or tax yet) so this seems like
a pretty good deal.
Thoughts?
I've been thinking about upgrading my fx-55/6800-sli for a while. This machine
will be used for gaming, some modest encoding, and work-related projects
(programming/debugging multi-tier apps). I won't have (much of?) an
opportunity to customize this (read: I probably have to take it pretty much as-is... it's a new build though).
I've dabbled in overclocking a bit and this rig comes a bit overclocked already (might try to push it a little bit).
Here's the parts list:
THERMALTAKE - KANDALF WATER COOLED CASE
GIGABYTE- GA-P35-DQ6
INTEL - QX6700 QUAD @ 3000 (Step 7)
EVGA - 8800 ULTRA
SWIFTECH THREMAL COOLING WATER BLOCK
1600 Watt ULTRA 3X POWER SUPPLY
2X150 WD RAPTORS -
160 WD SATA
1X PHILIPS - 20X DVD-RW
4Gig MUSHKIN MEMORY (PC8500 D9 CHIPS)
WINDOWS VISTA - 64 ULTIMATE
All for $2400 (incl shipping). Seems like a pretty decent
deal. Couple of considerations
1) 1600 Watts seems like quite a lot. I won't even be able run
this off my 800 Watt UPS (but I was thinking of putting that
on my home server anyway).
2) How loud will this sucker likely be? The vendor claims not so bad but I'm
skeptical. I've got zero experience with water-cooled systems
3) I know the Qx6700 is a half-generation old. Seems like one of
the Q6600's (G0) would be a better buy.
4) Having said all this, I did a quick price check on NewEgg for
the following: EVGA 8800 Ultra, $G Mushkin D9, Q6600, Vista 64
Ultimate, Gigabyte P35-DQ6, Taga 1100 Watt PSU and it all came
to a hair over 2k (no shipping or tax yet) so this seems like
a pretty good deal.
Thoughts?