[Cecil]

Finally had a massive movement of parts tonight (like $750 worth of buying/selling and more to come).
So parts that are settled on or have.

3x ASUS VW266H 1920x1200 LCDs
2x GTX470s (one EVGA one ASUS)
Gig P55A-UD4P
Antec TruePower New 750w PSU
2x2 Gskill ECO 1600 7-8-7-24s or 2x2 Corsair XMS3 1600 7-8-7-20
Cooler Master 690 Advanced II

Parts in lingo or need to get

i5-650 (in talks with someone local to trade my 5770 for it, if not buying i5-750 I think)
Cooling stuff (more below)
Possibly new SSD (Mushkin Calisto Deluxe 60Gb for $160 seems like a killer deal)


For cooling I cant make up my mind. I really want quiet, so I was thinking of running a loop for just the cards off my spare MCR-120. Doing so I could leave my bench setup loop how it is, and when I want to bench 2d put it on there. If I want to cool the CPU I either take apart that loop and put the MCR-320 on the back of my case which would be pretty loud, or pay for another 2x120 rad.
I have a TRUE sitting here for the CPU, and figure for daily use thats plenty.

Any suggestions on what you would do? I do have an extra CPU block coming I could put in the bench loop and put the XT on the i5.

Using MCW-60s for the GPUs with the stock unisink for mem and vregs.

Pics this weekend when its done.

[Hondacity]

nice....

psu fan might be audible...

single loop with a 320...

use 6 fans and you're all set....

i hope you have all the tubing...and clamps...

[Cecil]

Ive got plenty of tubing and clamps, enough for two loops. Im trying to figure a way to fit the 320 at the top of my case without losing the HDD dock. How would it work with only two fans installed? Better then a normal 220?

[Hondacity]

it should work with only two fans...

as long as there is negative pressure ...through the rads..then you'll be fine

[Cecil]

Im in talks with someone to get a Koolance 140mm rad. They any good? I could put that up top, and put my 120 behind the back exhaust fan in the case. Then use this pump/res.
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/x2o750du5bay.html

Also planning on having quick disconnects before the gpu blocks so I can change cards easily.



EDIT: He wouldnt be able to ship the rad till saturday, that wont work for me.

[Hondacity]

i'm not fond of plexy ....

any rad actually words ok..getting a good 140mm is the problem...

with qd you need a good pump..ddc3.25 fits the bill though

[Cecil]

I have an MCP-655, and the pump/res I linked is almost matches it in the review I read.


Also, just popped the EVGA 470 in my AMD rig for now to do some pcmark. It seems like a pretty good clocker, though I dont know average clocks for 470s. Stock is 607, I got it to 767 so far with 63% fan speed stable through kombuster and L4D2 on stock volts (.987). Its beastly

[Hondacity]

point of view - brand

clocks the 470 to around 760mhz i think...

[Cecil]

Looks like Im getting a HWlabs GTX120 to add to the Swifty 120. Should be plenty that way.
Also, got a buyer for my ST SSD so, going to get another. Making a thread for that.

[Cecil]

The guy that was going to trade me his i5 650 dropped out. So, which of these three options should I go with?

Used i5 650 from someone for $110 that says it did 5GHz with air once. Would get here Saturday.
New i5 760 from ewiz for $184 (coupon and $6 cashback) but wont be here till monday or tuesday.
Go to MicroCenter for i5 750 for $192 after tax and gas, get it tomorrow.

Main use is gaming, and newer games do take advantage of the extra cores in reviews, but thats at a low res. With playing at 5760x1200 would the added cores do much to help or not?



EDIT: 760 seems to be out. I forgot I have no idea what BIOS is on the board, so I dont know if its supported yet or not.