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So, whats the plan Stan?

cyph3r

Posted in water, extreme, gaming, components, pc, rig, specs, dream, cooling on January 18, 2008 at 5:37 pm

Theres alot of options out there right now for a high end Dream PC, alot of very nice components and things to do with them. While I would love to completely make this machine my own by modding or building a case, it’s the things inside that I consider important and it’s those I want to spend my time and money on….

(plus i’m a complete perfectionist and just know i’d never be happy enough with the end result, not for a Dream PC anyways)

I’m almost completely set on my shopping list, but I have a month or 2 before I start ordering, so if something arrives in that time, i’ll have to make some changes. Basically, this is what I reckon i’m gonna go for:

Motherboard: Asus Maximus Extreme X38

Memory: 2GB CorsairTwinX XMS3, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600)

PSU: 850W Silverstone ST85F

Case: Silverstone TJ07B-W w/ Silverstone SST-CFP51B Aluminum Bay converter

HDD’s: 2X 320 Gb Hitachi Deskstar T7K500

I’ll be teaming all this with a Quad Core Penryn once non-Extrem Editions show up and be keeping my 2900 until new GPU architecture arrives. The other things missing are cooling related, that because I have a completely different shopping list for that.

My plan is to have a dual loop setup cooling the CPU, Northbride, VRM’s and GPU, each complete with thier own pumps and reservoirs with different colour coolant for the wow factor. Essentially i’ll have the CPU and Northbridge on 1 loop, with the VRM’s and GPU on another, why this configuration I hear you ask? Well basically as I said, i’m waiting for brand new GPU’s arrive to upgrade. I dont want to watercool my current GPU and I figure, by time new GPU’s arrive and I can setup the 2nd loop, the first will be due a drain and flush anyways, so it’s all good!

As for the gear, well lets just say it’ll be a step up from the Thermaltake kit i’m using now. :p

1st Loop:

Laing DDC-1T Ultra w/XSPC Delta Top

EK Supreme Plexi Top CPU Block

Asus Fusion Block (on the motherboard already, score)

1/2″ ID Tygon R3603 Tubing

ThermoChill PA120.3 Radiator

XSPC Drive Bay Res.

2nd Loop:

Same pump, reservoir and radiator (albeit in it’s 240mm guise) but with appropiate VRM and GPU blocks.

This rig will cost considerably more than my previous, and i’m hoping it’ll still be considered powerful in a couple of years time. Either way, i’m going to start ordering in the next week or 2 (in bulk, via Scan’s excellent finance options), so expect many pictures and plog entries

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