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Originally Posted by xpeed
Just seeing the Intel Duo Core 2 6600 and the Asus Board, I immediately knew it's a computer well over $1500 already. Just those two costs over $1500 easy.
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Maybe your thinking of the core 2 extreme, but its not $1500 though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Core+2+Extreme
core 2 duo e6600:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115003
asus p5k:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131180
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Towers still comes with a 3.5 floppy drive?
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Yes.
I have a 3.5" floppy drive, but I'm not using it. In its place is a fan controller.
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Originally Posted by felonyr301
3 years would be nice but gamers can't last that long with old hardware gamers have to upgrade before that to keep up with the nice visuals the new games come out. Gotta say nice choice even though I'm an ATI gpu type of guy those nvidia gfx cards are the shit.
Now that cpu is waiting to be overclocked so crank it up lol.
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3 years is along time computer hardware wise. I'll upgrade again when this rig gets to slow.
As for ATI or Nvidia, its personal perference. I've had both.
I've never really been into overclocking, so I'll probably just leave it at stock speeds. I'm sure I can get some nice overclocks with the cpu and gpu being watercooled, but I'm watercooling cos I want a cool and quiet computer.
Now when is Crysis and Quake Wars going to be released?
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Originally Posted by RichieRichJP
How'd you watercool your Video card? I have a non-watercooled BFG Geforce 8800GTXOC with stock cooling and doesnt look like there's room for it...
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Remove the factory cooler and buy a waterblock for it. You also need a pump, reservoir or t-line, radiator, hose, and fan(s). I suggest a reservoir over a t-line as its easier to fill and bleed the system of air.
You can buy a watercooling kit or piece something together. I bought a kit and the video card waterblock seperately.
http://swiftech.com/products/H20-220-APEX.asp
BFG has 2 8800 GTX with Danger Den waterblock already mounted.
http://www2.bfgtech.com/bfgr88768gtxwce.aspx
http://www2.bfgtech.com/bfgr88768gtxocwce.aspx
Room wise, video card with waterblock is smaller then video card with factory cooler. The factory cooler is huge.
For the waterblock, you have full cover blocks which cools the entire card (gpu, ram, nvio chip, and voltage regulators) or a block that just cools the gpu. With blocks that just cool the gpu, heatsinks are used on the ram, nvio chip, and voltage regulators.
GPU:
^ The 10 black rectangular pieces around the GPU are the ram. Theres 12 of them on a 8800 GTX (64MB x 12 chips = 768MB).
NVIO chip:
Voltage regulators:
^ The little black rectangular components with 4 legs coming off it are the voltage regulators. Theres 12 of them.
Full cover blocks for 8800 GTX
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http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/produc...6277771e3c7299
^ clear top
http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/produc...6277771e3c7299
^ black acetal top
http://dangerden.com/store/product.p...&cat=48&page=1
http://swiftech.com/products/stealth.asp
^ uses heatsinks on the voltage regulators
GPU only block
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http://swiftech.com/products/mcw60-R.asp
http://swiftech.com/products/mc8800.asp
Places to buy from
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http://petrastechshop.com
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php
http://jab-tech.com
http://crazypc.com
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com
http://newegg.com
http://directron.com
I bought my stuff from petras tech shop, crazy pc, newegg, and directron.
crazy pc: case and watercooling kit
newegg: cpu, video card, and ram
directron: motherboard
petras tech shop: video card waterblock, coolant, biocide, and sata cables.
I would of bought the watercooling from jab-tech as their a little cheaper then crazy pc, but they didn't have it in stock at the time.
Motherboard I would of bought from newegg, but they didn't carry it at the time.
