Final Build Check, $2600 - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=Craptasket;20069629]Throw in the Prolimatech Megahalems [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835242001[/url] and two [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835705004&cm_re=Panaflo-_-35-705-004-_-Product[/url] Any reason why you're getting that thermal paste? the cooler I put here has it's own The COSMOS should cut out the noise on those fans, if perhaps noise bothers you[/QUOTE] Sorry, Megahalems is a piece of shit. S1283 with Ultra Kaze stomps it any day. [editline]06:59PM[/editline] That's a terrible fan for the price too.

[QUOTE=Odellus;20069647]Sorry, Megahalems is a piece of shit. S1283 with Ultra Kaze stomps it any day.[/QUOTE] You're full of words, I seen too many charts with Megahalems scoring nicely [editline]06:03PM[/editline] I've bought a HDT-S1283 with a slipstream a while back, not something brag about.

Both of you... I've seen the benches... I intend to get the NH-D14...

Have fun mounting it

[QUOTE=Craptasket;20069664]You're full of words, I seen too many charts with Megahalems scoring nicely [editline]06:03PM[/editline] I've bought a HDT-S1283 with a slipstream a while back, not something brag about.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2233&page=5[/url] Retract your argument please.

[QUOTE=Odellus;20069817][url]http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2233&page=5[/url] Retract your argument please.[/QUOTE] I wished I achieved those temps, if it was even possible when I had it around, the chart doesn't even have the Megahalems. funny because comes in 2nd in their Intel test, weird. [url]http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm[/url]

[QUOTE=Craptasket;20069944]I wished I achieved those temps, if it was even possible when I had it around, the chart doesn't even have the Megahalems. funny because comes in 2nd in their Intel test, weird. [url]http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm[/url][/QUOTE] That top 5 is obviously bullshit because the 1283 performs better than the Tuniq Tower and the Tower is #1. Hurr.

[QUOTE=Odellus;20069647] That's a terrible fan for the price too.[/QUOTE] Panoflo fans are great. Those will outperform a lot of fans that are more expensive.

I would appreciate if you moved you argument to another thread... It's quite obvious that neither of you intend to back down.

because...we...want...you...to...get...the...best

[QUOTE=FHamster;20070019]Panoflo fans are great. Those will outperform a lot of fans that are more expensive.[/QUOTE] Not the Ultra Kaze bro.

[QUOTE=Odellus;20070095]Not the Ultra Kaze bro.[/QUOTE] I'm not a fan of sleeve bearings

[QUOTE=FHamster;20070147]I'm not a fan of sleeve bearings[/QUOTE] Well it's what comes with the 1283 so it works.

[QUOTE=zanraptora;20061400]He is Odellus, An occasionally biased but very, VERY often correct member of this forum. Thank you sir... You can enjoy your $750 computer as long as you want... Now are you going to help me with my build? Also... i5 cripple ware? For your TL:DR enjoyment, I am using the x3440 now, Please keep up. [editline]12:33PM[/editline] For that matter... Who the hell are you? [editline]12:36PM[/editline] Oh... and also... Your comparison is flawed... It would be $750 every 4 years and $1500 every 2 years... or $3000 for one year? Wow... My build might just be cheaper for a 4 year span... [editline]12:37PM[/editline] Whoops... Backwards... It would be $750 a year, down to $3000 every 4... My mistake...[/QUOTE] - Okay. - Spending ridiculous amounts of money isn't really my specialty, most people who spend this much are idiots. You're not one of them [idiots]. - Sorry. - Tgump, an occasionally (okay, extremely often) raging but very frugal member of this forum. - My logic behind going for the $750 price range is that anything up past $1k loses a lot in price:performance, simply because idiots will pay that much to have 'the best'. When new tech comes out and you no longer have the bragging rights of a top-of-the-line CPU and those very same parts have now dropped drastically, said owner of now obsolete hardware either shells out another $2000 for slightly faster performance or realizes that he could get by just as well by spending $750. If your intention is to simply spend this much money so that you don't have to upgrade for another year on top of the few years that a $750 build would hold you, carry on.

Thank you for a reasonable response... My apologies for the rage. The current PC I have under my desk lasted me all of 7-8 years, and I have paid perhaps 800$ in it total over that timeframe. I don't expect this new PC to last as an static entity for more than three years... I understand the need to upgrade and that's why I was trying an i7 build. Frankly put, Yes... I want to spend $2600 not for the best price performance, but for the best universal performance, hence why I'm trying to figure load time reduction via raid or SSDs. My apologies again, I understand your point on price performance, but this build is about some form of bragging and a quantity of "Too much money". When I move out two years from now, I will be needing an $750-900 build for price performance, but this is not that build. Thanks for the fair warning.

There are civilized people on the internet? Blow my mind.

RAID 0 those 4 hard drives and benchmark them for me.

I will[U].[/U]

Also... Not meaning to stir up the hornets nest... but [URL="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/noctua-nh-d14.html"]http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/noctua-nh-d14.html. [/URL] It outperforms everything on the market. It almost makes me want to shell out for indigo extreme dealies just for bragging rights.

[QUOTE=M_B;19912463] and in most cases, the write times take longer than it would on an HDD [/QUOTE] which is why Im going to get 2 40gb in raid0, instead of a 80 gb so Ill have the same write but for my situation, with the intel 40gb, almost 4 times the write

[QUOTE=zanraptora;20097481]Also... Not meaning to stir up the hornets nest... but [URL="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/noctua-nh-d14.html"]http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/noctua-nh-d14.html. [/URL] It outperforms everything on the market. It almost makes me want to shell out for indigo extreme dealies just for bragging rights.[/QUOTE] they only test it against 1 cooler in this review

Doh... You're right.. Rate me boxes... BTW, I have decided to go with the i5 750, after reading into the x3440's downsides, namely reduced multiplier and the extraneous hyperthreading (at least for a gaming rig). When I can get games that use more than 4 cores, then I probably will want to get a current chip anyway. Edit: Not so fast... They compared it with their "current best", gimme a sec, meh... still rate me boxes for jumping the gun.

Alright... For the penultimate build... Does anyone here want to recommend another MoBo? Or would you suggest I stay with the Maximus?