Rate My Gaming/Overclocking System

[keichan82]

Hello,
I will be building a new gaming system and will overclock moderately.

Antec P182
Intel Extreme Edition QX9770
Asus P5E3 Premium
Evga 9800GX2 (maybe 2)
DDR3 1600Mhz 2GB x 4
WD Raptor 150GB
Seagate 1TB x 2
Seagate 750GB x 2
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W

Any suggestion on parts will be appreciated.
Note: Thinking about the Lian Li PC-1110B but was told that it wasnot that different from the P182.
Is the power supply sufficient?
I want to get at least 3.8-4.0Mhz on Air.

 

[ShadowFlareX]

I suggest you get a QX9650 instead of QX9770, those QX's probably have the same top speed. For a quad core to hit 4GHz you -may- need watercooling. You must have a ton of cash to build that system.

 

[ShadowFlareX]

Just had a second thought.... not gonna wait for Nehalem instead?

 

[error8]

Very bad idea to get 9800 GX2 when GTX 280-260 are going to be released next Monday. Wait until then and get a card that will almost surely blow your two GX2s SLI cards. Or get two of them if you're rich enough .
Everything else seems to be in order, but you shouldn't have thrown yourself over a DDR3 platform. Anyway it's your money and your choice.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: ShadowFlareX
I suggest you get a QX9650 instead of QX9770, those QX's probably have the same top speed. For a quad core to hit 4GHz you -may- need watercooling. You must have a ton of cash to build that system.

I think this is the guy that won the 9770 at a raffle if i'm not mistaken.

 

[Gikaseixas]

Don't spend that much on the QX9770, Nehalem is almost here

Wait for Nvidia GT200, just days away or crossfire two 4870, a few more days

 

[keichan82]

Thank you for all your responses. I was thinking of getting the Nehalem but heard that is not going to be out until Q4. I did win this CPU from a raffle, I can sell it and wait for the Nehalem.. Did not know that GT200 was releasing this soon so I will wait for that.

 

[boomhower]

What are you running now? If you are in desperate need of a system just do a 2180/DS3L/G280 combo to get you buy until nehalem. Do you have anything you can carry over? The chip and motherboard will run you about $150, if you need ram another $40. Depending on what you need to buy it could be a very cheap placeholder with very respectable performance. I don't count case/PSU/GPU into this costs as you can carry that over to a nehalem system.


You should be able to get $1,000 or so out of that chip. That may or may not be enough to do a CPU/mobo this fall, no way to tell yet.

 

[DSF]

Nehalem isn't going to be widely available until next year from everything I've heard. There's really no harm in buying now if you feel you need to. On the other hand, if you feel like you can wait that's not a bad choice either.

For the time being, DDR3 is a serious waste of money. Also, you won't be able to run 2 of any Nvidia graphics card on an Intel chipset.

 

[ShadowFlareX]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: ShadowFlareX
I suggest you get a QX9650 instead of QX9770, those QX's probably have the same top speed. For a quad core to hit 4GHz you -may- need watercooling. You must have a ton of cash to build that system.

I think this is the guy that won the 9770 at a raffle if i'm not mistaken.

That's awesome

Originally posted by: DSF
For the time being, DDR3 is a serious waste of money. Also, you won't be able to run 2 of any Nvidia graphics card on an Intel chipset.

True and true. I just started getting on the DDR2 bandwagon right after DDR3 was released. Well, it was partly due to use of AMD S939 that used DDR1

And as mentioned before, maybe better to wait for those new nvidia GPUs, they're just around the corner.

 

[keichan82]

Updated:

Antec P182
Intel Extreme Edition QX9770
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Asus Rampage Formula
Nvidia GT280 (x2)
DDR2 1066Mhz 2GB x 4
WD Raptor 150GB
Seagate 1TB x 2
Seagate 750GB x 2
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W

Is the PSU able to support all the components + moderate OC?
Is the case going to be silent? or is there a more quieter case?
Any comment or suggestion for motherboard with DDR2? eVga 790i

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: keichan82
Updated:

Antec P182
Intel Extreme Edition QX9770
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Asus Rampage Formula
Nvidia GT280 (x2)
DDR2 1066Mhz 2GB x 4
WD Raptor 150GB
Seagate 1TB x 2
Seagate 750GB x 2
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W

Is the PSU able to support all the components + moderate OC?
Is the case going to be silent? or is there a more quieter case?
Any comment or suggestion for motherboard with DDR2? eVga 790i

Now, that's better. But the PSU might not be enough.

 

[Boyd117]

just curious, why so much storage?

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: keichan82
Updated:

Antec P182
Intel Extreme Edition QX9770
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Asus Rampage Formula
Nvidia GT280 (x2)
DDR2 1066Mhz 2GB x 4
WD Raptor 150GB
Seagate 1TB x 2
Seagate 750GB x 2
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W

Is the PSU able to support all the components + moderate OC?
Is the case going to be silent? or is there a more quieter case?
Any comment or suggestion for motherboard with DDR2? eVga 790i

Intel Chipsets will not support SLI, and at the resolution that you are looking at using SLI will be of no advantage.

The new 280 GTX are a waste of time, they are built on the old 65 nm process, so they will be hot, and power hungry.

You Really need to do your homework, before you throw your money to the wind..


Don't get sucked in on Marketing Crapola, and you will be more cash in hand, and be a better consumer.

Do your Homework........

 

[krnmastersgt]

If not GTX 280, then what, hang on to 8800 GTs until they decide to start using 55 or 45nm processors? This IS the next gen we were waiting the past, year and a half - two years or so, so when do you think people should upgrade?

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Mr Fox

Originally posted by: keichan82
Updated:

Antec P182
Intel Extreme Edition QX9770
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Asus Rampage Formula
Nvidia GT280 (x2)
DDR2 1066Mhz 2GB x 4
WD Raptor 150GB
Seagate 1TB x 2
Seagate 750GB x 2
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750W

Is the PSU able to support all the components + moderate OC?
Is the case going to be silent? or is there a more quieter case?
Any comment or suggestion for motherboard with DDR2? eVga 790i

Intel Chipsets will not support SLI, and at the resolution that you are looking at using SLI will be of no advantage.

The new 280 GTX are a waste of time, they are built on the old 65 nm process, so they will be hot, and power hungry.

You Really need to do your homework, before you throw your money to the wind..


Don't get sucked in on Marketing Crapola, and you will be more cash in hand, and be a better consumer.

Do your Homework........

Well he is doing his "homework" on these forums. If people here are not able to help him, who will? The 790i mobo, the one he considers, supports SLI.

280GTX being a waste of money??? That is something I don't understand. There were some, just like you, that said the same thing about 8800GTX when it was released. It's hot and power hungry, but after 2 years people are still using those with all the eye candy on, so where is the waste?

 

[krnmastersgt]

From what I see from Fox's other posts on the matter, he's waiting for the die shrink so it uses less energy and will probably be cheaper by then. But by then we'll get wind of the new next-gen and anyone could equally flame Fox then for not waiting just a few more months for that to come out etc. If the 280 and 260 are anything lik the 8800 GTX was at launch, even though it is the 65nm die, it's worth the investment.

 

[boomhower]

it is a nice looking set-up except as mentioned you cannot SLI on that Asus board. To me you are spending way to much money than necessary. Stick with a mature P35 board. Unless you are going to stitch to ATI and run cross-fire the X38/48 don't gain you much. DDR3 is also a huge waste. The performance gains a minimal and the costs is huge. Yes you can transfer it to a nehalem system but by next year DDR3 is bound to be cheaper, transfer the DDR2 to a secondary rig or sell for pretty much the same you have in it now. Stick with 4GB's as eight is just overkill but for a few specialized uses. In everyday computing and gaming you are not going to see an improvement, you OC is likely to suffer as well. Just those two changes will save you $500 with maybe a 5% performance loss. But hey if you want to spend the cash on a cutting edge system I am certainly not going to criticize you, more power to you. Just giving you a little perspective.

I am also a little confused on the storage set-up. Are you going to RAID-1 the storage drives? Just trying to figure it out.

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: Mr Fox






Intel Chipsets will not support SLI, and at the resolution that you are looking at using SLI will be of no advantage.

The new 280 GTX are a waste of time, they are built on the old 65 nm process, so they will be hot, and power hungry.

You Really need to do your homework, before you throw your money to the wind..


Don't get sucked in on Marketing Crapola, and you will be more cash in hand, and be a better consumer.

Do your Homework........

Well he is doing his "homework" on these forums. If people here are not able to help him, who will? The 790i mobo, the one he considers, supports SLI.

The 790i that he was originally was considering does support SLI if you read his later post.. He Revises it to Rampage Formula, which is an Intel 48X Chipset... it has 2x 16x PEG Slots, but Does Not Support SLI because of NVIDIA lock-in in their Drivers.

Their drivers lock out SLI on Intel Chipsets, and Lock You in to NVIDIA Chipsets.

Originally posted by: error8

280GTX being a waste of money??? That is something I don't understand. There were some, just like you, that said the same thing about 8800GTX when it was released. It's hot and power hungry, but after 2 years people are still using those with all the eye candy on, so where is the waste?

When the die shrink took place One Year Later, the Cards Were Reduced $200.00 in overall cost, and lost about 30-40 watts of power consumption.


The new Cards will gain 300 06 3D marks over the current G92 55nm based cards at double the cost, and power usage approaching 170 watts.


Do the math.. they are a waste of time.... at 1920 x 1200 the current cards will do 100 FPS.

If the new cards will make 110 - 120 FPS is that worth it ?



There is a Point Where More doesn't mean a damn thing except Less in your wallet.

 

[Soulplaya]

Hi there
I have my system build but it's still in process in building. I need your opinion about my setup.


Cooler Master RC-830
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Evga 780i
Evga 9800GTX SSC [ Saving to get it in 2 weeks]
Corsair XMS2 Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500 4GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 W/Corsair Flow Fan Kit
WD Raptor 74GB
Seagate 320GB
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 550W OCZ
Therlmalright 120 Exterme W/Silverstone FM122 120mm Fan 2400RPM
3 Side Panel Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120MM Cooling Fan 1600RPM
Razer Copperhead Mice
Logitech G-15
Nexus 4 Fan Port Controller

Next Upgrade to Get:
Silverstone Decathlon DA700 Super Silent Power Supply [ Saving to get it in 2 weeks]
Evga 9800GTX SSC [ Saving to get it in 2 weeks]


Any suggestion on parts will be appreciated.
Note: I'm currently running system OC'D at 4.0GHz. When I get 9800 GTX SSC should I Overclock it, or leave it to stock? Please let me know what you think about my setup. Thanks

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: Soulplaya
Hi there
I have my system build but it's still in process in building. I need your opinion about my setup.


Cooler Master RC-830
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Evga 780i
Evga 9800GTX SSC [ Saving to get it in 2 weeks]
Corsair XMS2 Dominator TWIN2X4096-8500 4GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 W/Corsair Flow Fan Kit
WD Raptor 74GB
Seagate 320GB
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 550W OCZ
Therlmalright 120 Exterme W/Silverstone FM122 120mm Fan 2400RPM
3 Side Panel Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120MM Cooling Fan 1600RPM
Razer Copperhead Mice
Logitech G-15
Nexus 4 Fan Port Controller

Next Upgrade to Get:
Silverstone Decathlon DA700 Super Silent Power Supply [ Saving to get it in 2 weeks]
Evga 9800GTX SSC [ Saving to get it in 2 weeks]


Any suggestion on parts will be appreciated.
Note: I'm currently running system OC'D at 4.0GHz. When I get 9800 GTX SSC should I Overclock it, or leave it to stock? Please let me know what you think about my setup. Thanks

First ! Wecome to Anandtech Forums !

Second ! What Resolution are you going to be Using on your Monitor ?

Third ! Technically you should either start a new post here, or General Hardware, as we really don't want to crap on this guys thread !!

 

[keichan82]

Thank you for all your help.

If I were to not go SLI, which motherboard would be more stable for moderate overclock?
Asus Formula or Evga 790i?

 

[Nemesis 1]

First off thats some nice parts you got picked out . But man I would listen to the people here who gave ya sound advice. Wait on the video cards for sure . I think paying out that kind of money for the processor is a little over the top(AT this time 4 months till Nehalem) . If your going to spend that kind of money wait on Nehalem.

 

[keichan82]

Hello all, now that the review for the GT280 is out.. I think the 9800GX2 is a better choice. Cost less, lower power consumption, and the performance is slightly better. As for the CPU, I think I will be selling and getting one that has better price performnce. Any suggestions?

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I would keep the 9770 and see how it overclocks, then when the Intel Q3 price drop happens you can downgrade to a $300 Q9550 and still ebay the 9770 for a nice sum.