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2006-10-01 12:28:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
MaximumPC built their annual Dream Machine for their Sept 06 edition. These are the only guys I trust because they actually test and compare things in a serious way. I'll just summarize the main points...
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 CPU
Zalman CNPS9500 LED cpu cooler
nVidia nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition MB. (They say this board is the ONLY way to run Core 2 with SLI.)
Corsair DDR2/800 memory. 2GB.
(Two) XFX GeForce 7900 GTXs in SLI
PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 PS
(Two) WD Raptor 150GBs, plus (three) Seagate 7200.10 750GBs
Pioneer Blu-ray BVR-101A and Plextor PX-750UF DVD
Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro
M-Audio Studiophile LX4 5.1 speakers
Since you specifically asked about cpu cooling, I'll just quote their entire comment about the Zalman fan...
"We had a badass water-cooling kit from Danger Den locked and loaded for DM11 [Dream Machine #11], but the fact of the matter is, Conroe doesn't need water cooling -- it just doesn't get that hot. Instead we went with Zalman's CNPS9500 LE heatsink, which keeps our Conroe chip chilly at all times, whether idle or under load.
"Wazzat? You heard right: Using this cooler, we were unable to get the Conroe's temp to increase one iota under load. Incredible, no? Well, dig this: We eventually unplugged the CPU fan and ran the processor at 100% load via Nero Recode, and the CPU temperature rose only 3 degrees Celsius. We repeat: We encoded an entire DVD, with both CPU cores at 100 percent, and the CPU fan unplugged, and the machine ran stably for hours. Conroe's thermal performance is incredible, to say the least."
This machine cost MaxPC $9850 to build. Of course, they spent $800 just on a paint job for the case!
Maybe you can get some ideas from their experience.
2006-10-01 13:18:34 · answer #1 · answered by OR1234 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You wont need a sound card, every modern mobo has a fairly decent one built in. That HDD is sluggish (5,400rpm), get a Samsung SpinPoint F3 with the same capacity. a 965 is awesome, but overkill, your GPU will bottleneck it. If you really need a high end Phenom go for a 945 or 955 if you plan on overclocking (it has some niftty OC'ing features). For general use, I'd recomend a AMD x4 620 Up your 5770 to a 5850 if possible, you'll notice a HUGE difference in gaming.
2016-03-27 01:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you got a big budget go with phase change cooling or water cooling for the next best. Its quiet and keeps the noise down. Heatsink fans from cpu and video card fans tend to add noise and water will eliminate it plus let it peform better. Might want to add a few case fans to move air around with the water cooling.
Kingston, GSKILL, Corsair, OCZ are all good RAM.
Here is one of the sites for phase change (there are more out there also this was the first I found)
http://www.crazypc.com/products/phasechange.html
Note phase change is the ultimate cooling on the market now (other than liquid nitrogen).
2006-10-01 12:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by nerdboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAM is pretty much RAM, so that's easy. For water cooling, if you can afford it within your budget look at getting a Koolance case with built-in watercooling www.koolance.com . If not, put in the Thermaltake Big Water 745. If you wanna just go plain air, the Thermaltake Big Typhoon is good. Sound cards basically depend on how much you care about sound, and as for speakers Logitech makes really good ones.
2006-10-01 13:10:50 · answer #4 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would try liquid cooling to cool down your computer. Be careful with your choice of liquid. They all are going to have to be changed eventually like a radiator. As far as ram goes I've had major success with Corsair. I'm using a 7.1 Bose surround sound system for my computer. I always get scared with the 3D surround sound games like Silent Hill.
2006-10-01 12:32:47 · answer #5 · answered by kamsmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than recommending 50X faster, very stable, totally virus proof Linux, not much that I can do to help you! Microsoft runs 45,000 Linux computers for ALL web services, MSN.com, Hotmail.com, Microsoft.com, etc... WIN32 runs faster on Linux...(games are written in WIN32 compliance).
http://transgaming.com/gamesdb
http://pclinuxos.com
2006-10-01 12:33:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend Kingston RAM, but to be honest RAM is RAM if it says its RAM. There really is no room for error with RAM, unless it is defective.
I recommend Infinity, Bose, or Logitech speakers.
2006-10-01 12:32:35 · answer #7 · answered by unitedf1rst 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋