metal_scum Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 1 month ago i got this pc... CPU Inter core I7-920 Case Thermaltake Spedo Chieftec 750 Watt Asus P6T 2gb Kit Cellshock 1600 7-7-7-14 x2 (4 giga ram) Asus GTX 285 1TB Seagate Samsung Syncmaster T220 22" NZXT Avatar Black 2600 DPI Logitech G11 Gaming (Of course some parts aren't mentioned) The air cooling system is the standard given by The case. I've got some money to spare to upgrade this pc. Whats should I upgrade? Think it needs a second Monitor. And prolly I'll get a water cooling system installed. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators daredevil Posted May 28, 2009 Administrators Share Posted May 28, 2009 I never liked the liquid cooling because sometimes it leak and blow other things.. i prefer air cooling. But you can get good air coolers if you are not much into OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_scum Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Will install a better air cooling sytem then. In summers the pcs in greece get too hot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TulsaGeoff Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Get better ram. I'd go with ddr3 that is made for the i7. It will be a 6gb kit with 1.65 max voltage. This for 1600: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224 Or this if you really want to spend $$ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145240 I have this ram and it can run at 1920mhz CAS7, But I want to run my i7 faster so its running at 2000mhz CAS8 with my processor running at 4.2ghz on water cooling. Or their 2000mhz cas7 kit if you want to spend all your money The OCZ blade series is supposed to be nice as well. I would also suggest the WD Caviar Black series for your harddrive(s) because they are the best other than SSD'S and velociraptors. All the other stuff looks good. Very nice setup For a GOOD watercooling setup expect to spend at least $200 USD. For a good air setup it will cost half of that. I can help your choose your watercooling parts if you would like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_scum Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 hehe thanks. very good info. Need to thin about this for at least some time more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfiend Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you're going to get a second monitor, you might want to double up on the video cards and have each one power its own screen. This would probably require a PSU upgrade, to about a minimum of 1k watts. Water cooling is safe if you know how to do it, but that does involve a lot of research and a bit of testing before installing the system. If you're not going to overclock, you might not find the investment worth it. Both air and water systems can only cool your computer to room temps, though, so if your room is baking at 110 degrees F, your machine is going to suffer unless you put phase-change cooling on it (or put in an air conditioner). An efficient are system in a good case (good case being defined as one that has well-placed fans and good cable management) should be good enough for almost any setup unless you start to overclock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number1Dad Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 If you're going to get a second monitor, you might want to double up on the video cards and have each one power its own screen. This would probably require a PSU upgrade, to about a minimum of 1k watts. Water cooling is safe if you know how to do it, but that does involve a lot of research and a bit of testing before installing the system. If you're not going to overclock, you might not find the investment worth it. Both air and water systems can only cool your computer to room temps, though, so if your room is baking at 110 degrees F, your machine is going to suffer unless you put phase-change cooling on it (or put in an air conditioner). An efficient are system in a good case (good case being defined as one that has well-placed fans and good cable management) should be good enough for almost any setup unless you start to overclock. An air conditioner IS phase. 1,000W is way more than you'll need for a single processor with 2 way SLI or crossfire. That PSU will do fine for that. Depending on your cash situation, I'd buy a couple more identical hard drives so you can run RAID. Another good upgrade would be another GTX 285 for SLI. A Tuniq Tower should also be in your list with any upgrade you're considering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoGooD Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 If you're going to get a second monitor, you might want to double up on the video cards and have each one power its own screen. This would probably require a PSU upgrade, to about a minimum of 1k watts. Water cooling is safe if you know how to do it, but that does involve a lot of research and a bit of testing before installing the system. If you're not going to overclock, you might not find the investment worth it. Both air and water systems can only cool your computer to room temps, though, so if your room is baking at 110 degrees F, your machine is going to suffer unless you put phase-change cooling on it (or put in an air conditioner). An efficient are system in a good case (good case being defined as one that has well-placed fans and good cable management) should be good enough for almost any setup unless you start to overclock. An air conditioner IS phase. 1,000W is way more than you'll need for a single processor with 2 way SLI or crossfire. That PSU will do fine for that. Depending on your cash situation, I'd buy a couple more identical hard drives so you can run RAID. Another good upgrade would be another GTX 285 for SLI. A Tuniq Tower should also be in your list with any upgrade you're considering. I 2nd what Number1Dad said. As for what Tulsa said..I didn't see what OS you were running, but if it's 32bit then obviously the 6 gig's won't do anything for you but with Win 7 on the horizon, it probably wouldn't hurt to plan for the future. Also unless you plan to overclock, you can get by with much cheaper 6 gig kits according to this review, not to mention air cooling is more of an option at a cheaper price. Phase change cooling is awesome, with an awesome price to go with it. a good air conditioner would be a better investment IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JoeDirt Posted June 15, 2009 Administrators Share Posted June 15, 2009 If doing liquid cooling always remember to get non conductive and non corrosive coolant, you pump will fail eventually, I have seen it happen on a lot of pcs and ppl that took my advice well they still have their pc and did not have to replace their parts well except the pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_scum Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 thx all... but well thing do work the way i want so I'll have to wait. But its ok for now even with stocked settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaver Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 AIR COOL!!! lol, in the store i work at not one person will recommend water cooling, and not i dont work at best buy. Anyways its been done, but water cooling is not worth the money, if you want to spend the money it doesnt hurt except its a pain(tequila works instead of water lol) just get an awesome heat sink like the Prolimatech Megahalems one, its not that much just get a decent fan for it as it doesnt come with one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejungle Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 oh crap uhh delete this post, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TulsaGeoff Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Buy a bigger monitor. Definitely the best thing you could do. My 28" was a large step up from a 22". A 30" with the increased resolution would be absolutely sex on the eyes. Also get yourself a nice CPU cooler. CM's v8 and TRUE are good. Go here for info. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69 Running the processor at 3.6+ up from 2.66ghz will give you a sizable performance gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=TR=Viper Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 That's a nice rig. Get two raptors for a raid 0 array. Won't improve game performance but everything will load quicker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Chuck4Abuck Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Corsair CWCH50 Hydro H50 CPU Liquid Cooler cant go wrong with that is a closed loop so no maintenance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.