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[fireurza]

so im doing a build for a friend and i was wondering what you guys think.

 

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive x2

ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

XFX HD-597A-CNB9 Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 2GB 512 (256 x 2)-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support ... x2

Antec TPQ-1200 1200W Continuous Power with PowerCache Technology SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular ...

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOX

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD1-2VTX120G 1.8" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

now the cooling i might need alot of help on this lol

MC-TDX for AM2/AM3 Processors

DD-5970 Water Block

	Black Ice GTX360

DD12V-D5 Pump Fixed Speed by Laing

DD-RAD-Reservoir

the computer parts are from newegg and the cooling is from danger den let me know what you think

[Sun Tzu]

As far as the case goes I would go with this Haf

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225

[DREAD69]

Only thing I see right off is I personally would not ever go with a dual GPU vid Card. Too much extra heat and you get 2X 5850's in that card if I am correct and they are both underclocked a good bit. The clock on most of those cards are 750MHz Core and 1000MHz Mem a stock refrence 5870 is 850MHz core and 1200MHz mem. On teh memory it is the diffrence of a stable 4GHz effective or 4.8GHz Memory bandwith. Also if the app or game does not support Crossfire you will be just cooking the other half of the card.

Just my 2 cents.

[Ruggerxi]

I have that HAF case and I love it, look sweet and keeps my stuff cool with just the stock fans

[DREAD69]

Sun Tzu

As far as the case goes I would go with this Haf

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225

Why so if not for aesthetics. I believe that everything will fit nicely in the other case and it is cheaper.

[phatbassturd]

I also have the Coolermaster 932 HAF case, AWESOME Case!

[fireurza]

im gonna be modding the 932 case love the room in has inside and the cable management but he wants a bit more flair. the glass is being cut out and new glass being put in a bigger view. adding a sort of silo on the top for looks and painting it completely

[X-RayXI]

When finished, give me the address and you can build it again )

Dread said it all ;

 

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5970-review-test/

 

"Drivers wise we did stumble into the fact that the 5970 was a slightly slower than two 5850's in CrossfireX here and there. A little weird yes, but we do feel the drivers are not fully optimized to get the most performance out of the 5970. But we're talking 1 maybe 2% differentials and offsets here -- really marginal."

 

 

[RogueKill]

Here is my first computer build/mod---built everything including the case.

[Hickeydog]

Everything looks great.  I'm a Corsair PSU fanboi, but Antec makes decent power supplies as well.

 

But is 1.2kw really necessairy?

[fireurza]

it is to runt he extras that will be on it

[Dark Asylumn]

RogueKill

Here is my first computer build/mod---built everything including the case.

wtf is that  the xi server lol

[fireurza]

i got a 3d model of what i wanna do for my next case need someone to look at it

[DREAD69]

RogueKill

Here is my first computer build/mod---built everything including the case.

What kind of CPU Ram Chipset and GPU are you running? What speeds / temps are they running? I could see much potential here, just wondering how effective this cooling is. Got some CPUz screens for me to droll over?....

[NightmareXI]

I have the HAF 932 as well.. really nice...but I changed the side fan with 4x 12 " blue led fans ....look at my specs

 

air cooled at 4 GHZ with my i5 750 at load up to 58C^...while gaming 55C

 

the 5970 is not worth it...maybe just try a single 5870...

just my 2 cents

[DREAD69]

X-RayXI

When finished, give me the address and you can build it again )

Dread said it all ;

 

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5970-review-test/

 

"Drivers wise we did stumble into the fact that the 5970 was a slightly slower than two 5850's in CrossfireX here and there. A little weird yes, but we do feel the drivers are not fully optimized to get the most performance out of the 5970. But we're talking 1 maybe 2% differentials and offsets here -- really marginal."

 

 

Marginal on games that support Crossfire, from my experience in crossfire and such I have found that many games that it works it is still smother on one GPU. I love my Crossfire setup but I would not build my system around Crossfire or SLI. Just gonna be a bit longer before games and drivers are optimised to make all nice and smooth. There are games that support just fine but I still like some old games too. Micro stutter can ruin your enjoyment of an old game quick and you sometimes just need one card. Sometimes on new games. I can max out Dirt 2 at 4320x900 on one 5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB or on my ref 5870 at 60FPS easy on either card. Not sure max frames because I limit that game to my refresh rate. Point being I can run crossfire and where either card maxes out 100% normally, both in crossfire will use 50% and I see frame drops under my normal 60. So yea Just my 2 Cents........ TY Xray Ray!!! I be knowing stuff sometimes.

[DREAD69]

NightmareXI

I have the HAF 932 as well.. really nice...but I changed the side fan with 4x 12 " blue led fans ....look at my specs

 

air cooled at 4 GHZ with my i5 750 at load up to 58C^...while gaming 55C

 

the 5970 is not worth it...maybe just try a single 5870...

just my 2 cents

Prime stable and temps only hit 58c ?......... On air...... Fucking nice for a 24/7 OC!!!

Or on the other hand some say fuck prime but I have never seen anything stress like it. About 2 hours in it stresses the Chipset and mem controller pretty hard. I am 6 Hours Prime at these speeds http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1311287

I got to get a video of me finnishing up a 6 or 8 Hour run sometime while my hands are hurting and I won't be on the computer. Was talking to dollardogg one day and forgot I was running prime. I tabbed out of my game because my temps where high. I was all like dogg my temps are up and hitting over 60c WTF!!! All 6 Cores were maxed out and I noticed a little green block in my taskbar tray that should not be there, clicked it and it was prime I right clicked told it to stop and the square turned red. My computer loved my idiot ass again!!! The whole time we were playing and bullshitting prime was just minimised to my taskbar and kept running.

 

I agree 5970 not worth it.

[Flash]

wish i could build my computer lik that. but i need parts.

[DREAD69]

BluBurdXI

wish i could build my computer lik that. but i need parts.

I am positive that what you currently have could be running faster. That is where to start, or you will end up with badass parts and mediocre preformance.

[fireurza]

i need to get liquid cooling some time for mine and do some modding

[DREAD69]

fireurza

i need to get liquid cooling some time for mine and do some modding

It is always fun to mod, but so much more fun for me to overclock and see what kind of headroom I got on a new build.