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Hi everyone,
I'll be building my new rig today and wanted to ask some advice relating my specific parts, if you own them, please advise. Thanks!
List of key parts is as follows:
There's other things in there too, but I'd like to know anything you can tell me about my new rig so I can take it all into account as I'm building. I want to know BIOS settings to make it run well, (I also want to O/C the CPU to about 4GHz),.. I want to know any tips or tricks for great cable management, keeping all, (and I do mean ALL), wires neatly tucked away and looking very tidy,... I want to know about sneaky tricks with the OS,.... great utilities I can download to aid me with improving performance of my HDD's (Samsung F3 1TB HDD & a Hitachi 500Gb Deskstar),..... *I' aware of: CPU-Z, Prime95, RealTemp,... what else would be useful/necessary? Anything to help with stability vs performance of my RAM,... tips on how to further improve the sound-dampening of the R2 case whilst keeping them sensible and practical;.... anything to help me with making sure the fans are balanced as sweetly as possible with noise vs cooling, (I have 4 Zalman Fan controller units, you know, the £3.50 single unit thingys),... I'll have 4 Akasa AK-195-WH 140mm fans,.. 2 Noiseblocker Multiframe S-Series MF12-S2 120mm fans, (for the H50, I would have bought the Akasa Apaches, but they were out of stock),.. I'd like to know what you think is best for ventilation,.. is there an optimum set-up you've found that works better than others? What about places to mount the Zalman fan controller units so they get both cold air flow, (they get hot apparently),.. and so I can ALSO access them from the outside of the case.
I'm going on a bit here, but I bought the hardware so it would perform at its best, (ok so not to anything extreme, but you get my drift),.. I'm not here to O/C the crap out it all - I just want it to be stable and to perform; especially as the whole lot cost me £1450.
So, you have here what I can think of as being what I want to know,.. ALL help would be massively appreciated; though credability will of course go to those who clearly know their stuff, but I promise not to ignore anyone else, beggars/choosers n all that.
Thanks for all the tips you can give me. I'll post pictures of my new build when complete! Should be kick-ass sexy I hope!
Oh, one other thing,.. I read on another post one guy asking about SATA ports, cables and using the right one/s for his HDD's,.. what?? It's confusing, but it was about getting the best performance out of his HDD's by selecting the right port for the right HDD.. I thought all the SATA II ports were the same and did the same job the same way,.. no? Am I ignorant? What am I missing?
I'm SOOOOO excited!! I think I'm having a day-long geeky orgasm.
I'll be building my new rig today and wanted to ask some advice relating my specific parts, if you own them, please advise. Thanks!
List of key parts is as follows:
- Intel i7 920
- Asus P6T
- 12Gb Patriot 3x2Gb 1600MHz
- Antec TruePower 750w Modular
- Fractal Design R2
- Corsair H50 w/c unit
- Sapphire HD5850 (With CoDMW2,. anyone want to buy the game? I already have it).
- Windows 7 Prof' x64
- Asus Xonar D1
- 4 x SATA II blue UV data cables, (with one right-angled end on each)
- LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
There's other things in there too, but I'd like to know anything you can tell me about my new rig so I can take it all into account as I'm building. I want to know BIOS settings to make it run well, (I also want to O/C the CPU to about 4GHz),.. I want to know any tips or tricks for great cable management, keeping all, (and I do mean ALL), wires neatly tucked away and looking very tidy,... I want to know about sneaky tricks with the OS,.... great utilities I can download to aid me with improving performance of my HDD's (Samsung F3 1TB HDD & a Hitachi 500Gb Deskstar),..... *I' aware of: CPU-Z, Prime95, RealTemp,... what else would be useful/necessary? Anything to help with stability vs performance of my RAM,... tips on how to further improve the sound-dampening of the R2 case whilst keeping them sensible and practical;.... anything to help me with making sure the fans are balanced as sweetly as possible with noise vs cooling, (I have 4 Zalman Fan controller units, you know, the £3.50 single unit thingys),... I'll have 4 Akasa AK-195-WH 140mm fans,.. 2 Noiseblocker Multiframe S-Series MF12-S2 120mm fans, (for the H50, I would have bought the Akasa Apaches, but they were out of stock),.. I'd like to know what you think is best for ventilation,.. is there an optimum set-up you've found that works better than others? What about places to mount the Zalman fan controller units so they get both cold air flow, (they get hot apparently),.. and so I can ALSO access them from the outside of the case.
I'm going on a bit here, but I bought the hardware so it would perform at its best, (ok so not to anything extreme, but you get my drift),.. I'm not here to O/C the crap out it all - I just want it to be stable and to perform; especially as the whole lot cost me £1450.
So, you have here what I can think of as being what I want to know,.. ALL help would be massively appreciated; though credability will of course go to those who clearly know their stuff, but I promise not to ignore anyone else, beggars/choosers n all that.
Thanks for all the tips you can give me. I'll post pictures of my new build when complete! Should be kick-ass sexy I hope!
Oh, one other thing,.. I read on another post one guy asking about SATA ports, cables and using the right one/s for his HDD's,.. what?? It's confusing, but it was about getting the best performance out of his HDD's by selecting the right port for the right HDD.. I thought all the SATA II ports were the same and did the same job the same way,.. no? Am I ignorant? What am I missing?
I'm SOOOOO excited!! I think I'm having a day-long geeky orgasm.