Topic: Time To build A new Gaming PC

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

Well looking and doing research on my next Gaming PC , here is where my research has taken me so far.

Mother Board :
Rampage III Black Edition
The Ultimate X58 Gaming Board, Bundled with an Audio/LAN card, ThunderBolt.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=RAMPAGEIII-BE-PB-R

CPU :
Core i7 Extreme Edition 990X(3.46G,L2:6x256KB,L3:12M,rev.B1,130W)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7248312&Sku=I69-990X

CPU Case :
Thermaltake VN10001W2N Level 10 GT Full Tower Gaming Case - ATX, Micro ATX, Extendedn ATX, 4x 5.25", 1x Ext 3.5", 5x Int 3.5", 3x 200mm Fans, 1x 140mm Fan, 3x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA Front Ports

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7151733&CatId=1510

Memory:
OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000/ 2000MHz / Blade Series / CAS 7 Edition / Triple Channel Kits / 6GB

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ddr3-pc3-16000-blade-series-low-voltage-triple-channel-eol.html
« Last Edit: 11 September 2011, 17:38:47 by {FWE}Ontime-Adm »

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

Well looking and doing research on my next Gaming PC , here is where my research has taken me so far.

Mother Board :
Rampage III Black Edition
The Ultimate X58 Gaming Board, Bundled with an Audio/LAN card, ThunderBolt.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=RAMPAGEIII-BE-PB-R

CPU :
Core i7 Extreme Edition 990X(3.46G,L2:6x256KB,L3:12M,rev.B1,130W)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7248312&Sku=I69-990X

CPU Case :
Thermaltake VN10001W2N Level 10 GT Full Tower Gaming Case - ATX, Micro ATX, Extendedn ATX, 4x 5.25", 1x Ext 3.5", 5x Int 3.5", 3x 200mm Fans, 1x 140mm Fan, 3x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA Front Ports

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7151733&CatId=1510

Memory:
OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000/ 2000MHz / Blade Series / CAS 7 Edition / Triple Channel Kits / 6GB

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ddr3-pc3-16000-blade-series-low-voltage-triple-channel-eol.html
« Last Edit: 11 September 2011, 17:38:47 by {FWE}Ontime-Adm »

I already have 2 - 295 Nvidia Video cards , 1- SSD Hard Drive , 1 - 1200 Watt Power Supply .  Running on my current Gaming machine.

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

Posted By {FWE}Noman

nice one ontime looks like you and i well have the same system.s runing i need to make a start on mine soon. case moding. custom paint 

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

The Case has been ordered     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfPc_j0u6Dw

Mother Board has been ordered   

https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-RAMP3BE
« Last Edit: 17 September 2011, 21:33:49 by {FWE}Ontime-Adm »

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

The Processor Extreme Edition has been ordered.

http://ark.intel.com/products/52585/Intel-Core-i7-990X-Processor-Extreme-Edition-%2812M-Cache-3_46-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI%29 unlocked

[{FWE}Wicked-Ginger-Adm]

YAY!!! I'm happy for you ! and I cant wait to see how much of a difference the upgrade to the CW server will make ! now as soon as you get it all put together we want pics !!! lots of pics lol

[cloudstrife465]

^_^ cool

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

Here is a partial build First time test boot up (It is not finished and this is NOT  the power supply I will be using)




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[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

For any body that want to use this case,if you want to use Raptor drives in this case you cannot use the Plug-n-PLAY FEATURES/or hot swappable drive feature in this case, the raptor drives have the bigger heat sink attached to the bottom of them , which makes them thicker and they will not line up to the  the Power and Usb cable 's.

I had to take the brackets out , and now when I want to move a drive or disconnect one , I have to remove the back panel to do this, believe me this is very undesirable and a pain in the behind, how ever if you remove the heat sink , then the drive is the size of a SSD DRIVE , but then again you will void your warranty and any other ill effects it may cause.   Thanks {FWE}Ontime-Adm


Link   http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1341&ID=2039#Tab0

Quote:   Five hot-swappable hard drive bays, each with its dedicated backplane to support hot-swap. Hard drive mounting supports both 2.5" or 3.5" drives.

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

everyone the build is done , just a sneak peak at the {FWE} Headquarters ,Now it is time to get to know the new build and learn what I can and cannot do if you know what I mean, the build consist of.

1. Asus Rampage III Black Edition
The Ultimate X58 Gaming Board, Bundled with an Audio/LAN card, ThunderBolt

2. Intel Core i7-990X BX80613I7990X Processor Extreme Edition - Six Core, 12MB L3 Cache, 1.5MB L2 Cache, 3.46 GHz (3.73 GHz Max Turbo), Socket B (LGA 1366), 130W, Fan, Retail, Unlocked

3. EVGA GeForce GTX 295 Video Cards x2

4. MEMORY - 4Gx4 ADATA AX3U2000GC4G9B-DG2

5. Power PC Cooling , Turbo-Cool 1200 Watts Single rail

6. Cyberpower Level 10 GT (Gaming Series)

7. G19 Keyboard for Gaming

8. Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headphones

9. Logitech MX15 Optical Gaming Mouse 

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[{FWE}pipi-the-viking]

Wow!

[{FWE}Wicked-Ginger-Adm]

  this is a very nice setup and we are very thankful for all your hard work to make our gaming experience a great one ! keep up the great work 

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

Thank you  Ginger 

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

New update, I had  purchased  2 weeks ago from the date on this post, While awaiting Crysis 3 I have purchased A fully compatible DX11 video card,
GeForce GTX 660 Ti , I will see how it performs in Crysis 3, will I SLI not quite yet, I really do not want to go for the over kill just yet, IF needed I will purchase another, but I donot really think I will need to, I am still running 1 GTX 295 to support my second monitor and no driver issues as of so far, so right now I have both  GeForce GTX 660 Ti, and GTX 295 running non SLI.

[{FWE}Ontime-Adm]

Adding a new gem to my system , just looking for a bit more speed to my system , I have researched several SSD drives and found the one that will meet my needs to bring my over all system performance up.

SAMSUNG
256GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro Series

As I read reviews all over the net , I always seem to use  http://www.guru3d.com for the final review as they do a full review on the products I research.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/samsung_840_pro_ssd_benchmark_review_test,1.html

My plan is to use the SAMSUNG 256GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro Series, as the primary boot drive, then I will strip down  my OCZ Vertex 2 Pro Series SATA II 2.5
and run my Gaming software from OCZ Vertex 2 Pro Series SATA II 2.5 , and see how this performs ,  I should see and experience a litlle bit better performance.

So basically I should see a overall system performance with the  SAMSUNG 256GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro Series (boot able main drive) verses OCZ Vertex 2 Pro Series SATA II 2.5 50 Gig (as I only have 15 Gig left) after striped down I should have about 20 Gig of unused pace left on the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro Series SATA II 2.5 which will allow the drive to perform properly and last longer.