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Ryan Poh well...i like the velociraptor HDD, and the sound card is AWESOME, if not a lil' overkill ::)I has a onboard card, the one that comes in my mother board, my mother board is BIOSTAR G31 M7 TE, it was really great, I don't use it anymore just cause a energy shutdown burned it, so I have now a PCI 5.1 sound, which is good too, but if you like to buy the one there, it's all up to you, I just posted a option for you, like if you wanna save some money for example.
Chris RedfieldAnd seriously, sound card is an exaggeration, no need that much, the onboard sound quality is good these days, I only recomend it if your onboard sound has burned, with an eletricity shutdown for example.onboard varies wildly. some are good, some are not. Virtually no onboard supports the special effects systems used in games (things like EAX, for example), and no onboards are capable of the kind of work the soundcard has to do for true high quality massive multichannel sound in modern games
Take a look at this site too:phscarface · #87If I contradict, this ain't in porpuse, I'm not that kind that go agaisnt someone just to be.oh my god.the 480 and the 260 are the SAME SIZE. theres standard sizes, if manufacturers deviate from standard sizes then they wont fit in any case, or motherboard. simple as.I have already verified that his case is adequately ventilated, there is no need to change it.hard disk coolers are completely unnecessary, in fact the ones with fans are a downright bad idea. My friend had one catch fire.he wants nvidia propitiatory features, getting a radeon would do no good whatsoever.he's chosen an AMD based system, intel is irrelevant. There is absolutely no need to mention i7s or LGA1366.there is no overkill with PSUs except priceSize IS important. The bigger the case, the easier it is to work in and to ventilate.NO processor can keep up with the 480, so that is completely irrelevant.You NEVER EVER use stock coolers. They're only just adequate.
Well, there's a good point there about the GPU, but the Desktop box, the one I said is way more ventilated than this one, and can hold that GTX 480 so good, it even hold GTX 260 that is physically bigger. It does have 3 coolers, two of the size 14cm diameter and one smaller about err.. like 10, maybe less centimeters.
the frontier cooler is right to cool the HDs, if you gonna put lotsa HDs there it's good.
I see you prefer the Nvidia than Radeon, great point, so in that case it's better to make a cross between a HD5970 and a GTS240, then you got both features.
But this is only my opinion, go with the way you like to, I just present the other options that you can follow if you like too.
And if money isn't problem, to buy a mobo socket LGA 1366 and a I7 980x that have 6 cores.And let's see, if you keep the gtx 480 and al the features you chosed in that list, a corsair 850w can hold and stand all that really good, 1000w is too much for that.
Size doesn't mean anything, yeah it does fit for "that thing" and for Computers too ^^
And this phenom gargala the GTX 480.
*Gargala is a slang here that means the processor slow down the GPU.EDIT: If you ain't gonna overclock it, don't need a powerful cooler for the processor, the standard hold it.
phscarface · #89The slow down is obvious, this have happened since old days, when you put a high ended GPU and a poor old or medium ended CPU.UTTER BULLCRAP. This isn't the late 90s. the phenom II IS top of the line.
Like if you put a 9800GT with a Pentium 4, the processor's clock is slower than the GPU's, so it makes the gpu work in for example, 50% of it's capacity, it variates depending on the models.
A High ended GPU requires a High Ended CPU.
phscarface · #95Phenom II X6 have 6 coresirrelevant. quad core is all you need for gaming
phscarface · #93A Q9550 2.83Ghz is better than a P4 3.0GhzWell duh. Of course an i series is better than a P4, its about 10 years newer. the P4 was shite anyway, even intel says so.no 4ghz yet. Also the highest x6 is only 3.2Ghz so in games it will be outperformed by the x4