PC build looks ok? Photoshop and gaming?

[lens pirate]

Good for photo editing and gameing?
Final spec as ORDERED

This is my parts list... Should be a bad ass build
LG Super Multi Blu-Ray/HD DVD-Rom Drive - 6x BD-ROM, 6xBD-R, BD-RE 2x, 3x HD DVD ROM,16 x DVD-ROM, 12x DVD-R, SATA (2.65 lbs)


EVGA GTX 280 PSU Upgrade Bundle - (2)GeForce GTX 280 Video Cards, Superclocked Edition, 1GB GDDR3, FREE Special Edition EVGA Precision Overclocking Utility,
Ultra X3 1000-Watt ATX Modular Power Supply (15.4 lbs)


Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit DSP OEM DVD with SP1 (0.32 lbs)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA-300, OEM (2 lbs) ordered 2

Corsair Core i7 Dominator 6GB PC12800 DDR3 RAM - Tri Channel, 1600MHz, 6144MB (3 x 2048MB), DHX (0.65 lbs)

Lian-Li PC-A70B Aluminum Full Tower Case - Black (30 lbs)


Asus Rampage II Extreme Motherboard - Intel X58, LGA 1366, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFire Ready, SLI Ready, Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, Firewire, USB 2.0, Serial ATA, RAID (5.6 lbs)


Intel Core i7 920 Processor BX80601920 - 2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8GT/s QPI, HyperThreading, Quad-Core, Bloomfield, LGA 1366, Retail, Processor with Fan (1.55 lbs)

[ChasP505]

Wait 6 months and it will cost 50% less...

[jra]

What monitor are you using?

[tim]

Looks good, expensive but good. That's a fairly extreme/expensive video card combo.

[flickserve]

That's a heavy HDD.

Why don't you get two disks, one for the OS and programs and another exclusively for data?

Why do you need two versions of Vista?

[lens pirate]

That's a heavy HDD.

Why don't you get two disks, one for the OS and programs and another exclusively for data?

Why do you need two versions of Vista?

Good catch that is a mistake in the quote as far as vista goes.!! Thanks!

The two hard drives supported the idea of a mirrored array for some additional fault tolerance for the system drive.

I keep all my data on Network attached storage.

There for a 500 gig mirrored drive would just be for programs that can not be installed to the network drive and working space.

[Motley]

Thats a sweet setup. $420 motherboard though... wow! I would have went with the EVGA X58.

[jdizzle]

I would go with the new Cooler Master HAF 932 tower. It is much better for airflow. My config is almost the same except I bought the i7 965 Extreme ( OC'd at 4.0 w/ liquid cooling) and dual EVGA 280 FTW cards. I've always loved the EVGA brand bcoz of their replacement program.

[MaxxuM]

Way overkill for photography, so you're OK there. You'll play Crysis set on high for just about everything just fine at medium resolutions, again, over-kill IMO. As another poster stated, It'll cost 1/2 as much in six months so I would caution to wait a bit until motherboards come down in cost (that's were they are really overpriced). Would I get one if my water heater didn't explode two weeks ago and cost me $1000 to fix ... OF COURSE :) Have fun with that machine.

[lens pirate]

OK based on feed back here and some re-thinking I have redone my specs.

See any holes?

[Motley]

OK based on feed back here and some re-thinking I have redone my specs.

See any holes?

what did you change?

[lens pirate]

what did you change?

Power supply and O/S and hard drive

[Motley]

Power supply and O/S and hard drive

oh, those are good. But I would think twice about that motherboard. If you're going to OC that sucker, then look at these issues I found over at extreme systems here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212389

Basically with that Rampage II Exteme, if you raise the voltage, it lowers the multi, no fix from Asus either.

My suggestion is to get the EVGA X58 motherboard, overclocking reviews say it is great for the I7's when OCing. Very stable too....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039

[jdizzle]

Way overkill for photography, so you're OK there. You'll play Crysis set on high for just about everything just fine at medium resolutions, again, over-kill IMO. As another poster stated, It'll cost 1/2 as much in six months so I would caution to wait a bit until motherboards come down in cost (that's were they are really overpriced). Would I get one if my water heater didn't explode two weeks ago and cost me $1000 to fix ... OF COURSE :) Have fun with that machine.
It may be overkill for photography but, it's a gamers rig. :) You need all the edge for PWNing Noobs! :)

[jdizzle]

oh, those are good. But I would think twice about that motherboard. If you're going to OC that sucker, then look at these issues I found over at extreme systems here http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212389

Basically with that Rampage II Exteme, if you raise the voltage, it lowers the multi, no fix from Asus either.

My suggestion is to get the EVGA X58 motherboard, overclocking reviews say it is great for the I7's when OCing. Very stable too....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039
Hmm. Haven't run into that. I'll have to check and see myself. Thanks for posting that info.

[lens pirate]

How about some monitor advice between 22 and 24 inchs 600 dollars max.
priority is Photo editing then gaming....

[René Damkot]

A lot of 22" screens are TN. Nice for gaming, not so nice for photo editing...

Have a read here (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=2049206&FTVAR_STKEYWORDFRM=&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear).

[Zepher]

How about some monitor advice between 22 and 24 inchs 600 dollars max.
priority is Photo editing then gaming....


Go with a 30", otherwise why get 2 GTX 280 SC cards?

[Bobster]

geforce video cards with crossfire motherboard?

[HankScorpio]

geforce video cards with crossfire motherboard?
ASUS i7 boards do SLI and Crossfire. My P6T does too.

[adam8080]

Multiple smaller hard drives, less video cards, and 8gb of ram is what I would do differently. Also, spend some of that money on a nice mouse if you haven't already. It will make a huge difference.

[Motley]

For monitor, go with HP LP2475W it's a 24" H-IPS panel. I just got one, it's great for photography and gaming (low lag).

You can pick it up for $600.

[Motley]

Hmm. Haven't run into that. I'll have to check and see myself. Thanks for posting that info.

After looking into that thread more, it looks like the problem throttling the multi back when voltages are above 1.35v. This seams to happen only when you are going above 4.2Ghz which is a huge OC and you're gonna need water cooling at that point. This is only on the i7 920, not the i7 965.

[Zepher]

Multiple smaller hard drives, less video cards, and 8gb of ram is what I would do differently. Also, spend some of that money on a nice mouse if you haven't already. It will make a huge difference.

With DDR3 and triple channel you go 3, 6, and 12GB configurations.

[adam8080]

Hmm. I'm sure the jump to 12 is kinda pricey, so I guess 6 would be fine.

[jdizzle]

After looking into that thread more, it looks like the problem throttling the multi back when voltages are above 1.35v. This seams to happen only when you are going above 4.2Ghz which is a huge OC and you're gonna need water cooling at that point. This is only on the i7 920, not the i7 965.
Phew! :) I haven't pushed my i7 965 that far but, I'm really happy with my OC at the moment. It's blazing fast and I'm really happy with it. :D

[lens pirate]

Well another small revision on the specs and I pushed the button. parts will arrive Friday and I will build this weekend. Not bad for 2975 Shipped!

My Business rep at Tiger direct did me proud!

[Motley]

Sweeeeeetness! Post some pics when your done building it.

[lens pirate]

The build is done...final specs as built
Lain Li Case
Ultra X3 1000 watt Power supply
Asus Rampage 2 Extreme MB
Intel i7 920 with Cool master V8 cooler
6 gigs Corsair Dominator ram
2 Seagate Terabyte hard drives
2 EVGA Gtx 280 video cards in SLI Mode
LG Blue ray HDDvD DVD CD RW drive
Dual Dell 2007Fp Monitors
System is totally air cooled

External storage
Promise 4 bay NAS with 4 terabyte HDs in raid 5 Extra drive as spare ( total 5)
Promise 2 Bay NAS 2 500 gig HDs in raid 1

Runs 100 percent rock solid! It was a tough build... Lots of new stuff to learn.

Internal raid was a totsal failure... thank god. Extwernal NAS is far better.

But its done and I am happy. Should last for years!

[heritagemedia]

So were you really asking if this system would be good for PS and gaming or just being facetious? I think if you're dropping this much cash on a computer and building it yourself you know it'll be just fine for PS and WoW. This config + your sig tells me you or someone close to you has some deep pockets lol...enjoy the new system.

[Zepher]

2x GTX 280 in SLI with a 20" monitor is a waste, should have gone with a pair of 30" monitors. Dell has refurb 3007 for $749.

Post some pics of your setup.

[lens pirate]

2x GTX 280 in SLI with a 20" monitor is a waste, should have gone with a pair of 30" monitors. Dell has refurb 3007 for $749.

Post some pics of your setup.

Agreed... Need to recover from the cost of this for a few months first.

[lens pirate]

BRAG SCREEN

Dig that Raid 5 NAS