Planned build for cata

[Sajuuk]

I hope you are planning on buying more than 4gb of ram. 8gb is the new "standard" for 5 boxing.

2x(2x2gb ram), he's got 8.


Didn't catch it myself, thanks alcattle.

[alcattle]

I hope you are planning on buying more than 4gb of ram. 8gb is the new "standard" for 5 boxing.

115AUD is for 4 gig, so he is buying 8 gig for 230AUD

[Gurblash]

doh! >.< looks like a great build!

[Knytestorme]

Well totally changed my mind and specs, final build now as I'm pulling the trigger tomorrow

I have left out a few things that will be getting added in the future as backpay comes in, most noticably the extra monitors (will be getting 2 more of the BenQ 24's for nvSurround) and the mouse/keyboard as I'm going to see if I can hold out on those (though I think my resolve will break before xmas)

CoolerMaster 2 Pack 80mm Blue LED Fans - $12.90
CoolerMaster Silent 140mm Blue LED Fan x 2 - $38
Scythe Kaze Master Pro 5.25" Fan Controller - $69
CoolerMaster Silent Pro M850 850W - $195
LG BH10LS30 10x Blu-ray Disc Writer - $159
CoolerMaster 2-Pack Silent LED 120mm Fans x 2 - $44
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB Overclocked x 2 - $558
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard Rev2.0 - $265
Intel Core i7 930 - $349
CoolerMaster V6GT CPU Cooler - $79
Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 (3x2GB) DDR3 x 2 - $378
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD - $199
OCZ XTC Memory Cooler Rev 2 - $29
CoolerMaster CM 690 II Advanced with Window - $129

Sub-total: $2503.90

[Knytestorme]

thought I should make my 500th post kinda special so here are some before and after shots of the usage of my tax return last weekend

As you can see I made a few changes in regard to case and cpu cooler (still have to install that as it didn't come with fans like I was told it did) and still have 2 monitors and the mouse and keyboard to get (if I can be bothered to replace this G15 + G9) but the machine is up and running and with a single WoW running I am pretty much v-synced with everything, including shadowed, at max detail.

[defactoman]

very nice. I'm actually doing a similar upgrade tomorrow as well with just a few different brands. You'll have to fire up the 5 boxing and let me know how it goes.

[alcattle]

impressed, Let us know how the dual video cards work out. I always wanted to try it with lower tier cards, a 460 is 2x better than anything I have used and you got two of those

[Knytestorme]

Well seems there is something wrong, likely the PSU being faulty atm so the machine has only been up for 3 days since I got it built and been offline the last 2 days.

When I had it running though it was running a single client through Dal with everything (including shadows) maxed between 45-60fps (with v-sync on) through Dal in aussie primetime.

I'll likely drop shadows back off when it's back up and running and start to increase AA and AF as I prefer those to shadows.

[Elgert]

A bit of thread hijacking here ... any flaws in this system (besides the price)?

Core i7 I7-930 (+Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B SCMG-2100)
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 1.0)
Corsair XMS3 6 x 2 GB
Radeon HD 5970 (don't know which brand)
2 x OCZ Vertex 2, 120gb
Samsung F4EG 2TB (or another data disc)
2 x Samsung SyncMaster P2450H

[Owltoid]

A bit of thread hijacking here ... any flaws in this system (besides the price)?

Core i7 I7-930 (+Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B SCMG-2100)
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 1.0)
Corsair XMS3 6 x 2 GB
Radeon HD 5970 (don't know which brand)
2 x OCZ Vertex 2, 120gb
Samsung F4EG 2TB (or another data disc)
2 x Samsung SyncMaster P2450H

Looks great, though you really don't need the second SSD. One is plenty fast.