1) What will you be doing with this PC?
The work load of the Rig will be VIDEO/AUDIO production with as many virtual and physical OSs as machinely possible... I will also have at least three monitors..
2) What's your budget?
I have no budget per say. I astimate arround 5 G.
3) Which country do you live in?
I live in Tırkey. Having said that, the parts that are not available here, I will be getting them in California...
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU, Motherboard, Case, PSU, Water Cooling equipment, Pro Video card, HDDs & SSDs. Perhaps a raid card, & UPS.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Just Intel X79 automatic OC. Nothing pretentious...
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
I will be shooting in 1080i/p. ANd the size of the monitor should be 40" or larger..
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Yesterday..
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license
I will have many OSs including XP, Win7Pro, both 32 & 64bit.
Hello everyone..
This is going to be my first serious attempt to put a system together...
Although I wanted to make one for over ten years, I kept putting off my desire based on the worries of the upcoming Intel upgrades that were always in the horizon...
Yes! The technology was never good enough for me! Yes! It is a sickness but I am in control now...
Finally when I was ready, I realized that I was a bit outdated with my system knowledge... And when I say a bit, I mean enormously... Thus I began researching and researching finally to realize just the basics, the elementary.
That's why I am here today hopping that your expertise and wisdom would save me from frying myself... And when I say, frying, I mean hurting myself to a point that I can't tolerate anymore and become dysfunctional.
MY GOAL
I would like to build a VIDEO/AUDIO Workstation Rig that is mute! "0" DB is going to be my main objective... I will have multiple OSs and three moınitors
MOBO
ASUS P9X79 WS
CPU
INTEL i7-3960X
CASE
COOLER MASTER COSMOS II PURE BLACK ALUMINYUM FULL TOWER
PSU
At first I was planning to get a Koolance 1000W Liquid-Cooled Power Supply...
But 1000W wasn't going to cut it and unfortunately or fortunately 1200W &1600W models are discontinued so are1300W &1700W models. Not very assuring..
So I decided to get two PSUs...
If the Liquid-Cooled Fanless Power Supply is not a mistake of choice then I can get one Koolance 1000W and one Koolance 500W and call it a day...
The other attractive solution is a TWIN Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply
The reason behind for two PSUs is the fanless operational capability of the Corsair unless a certain workload is reached. So two of them sharing the load, will reduce the PSU's need to ventilate... Obviously I will have to do some alterations to the case to accommodate the twin PSUs...
I also heard that Seasonic SSP-650RT Active PFC is pretty quiet as well.
GPU
QUADRO 4000 is the Video Guys' DIY 2012 top choice...
Now I know that I will not go with SLI.
Of course the best combination would be to have best of both of the worlds.
So maybe as a second GPU one of these ...
GForce GTX 580 3GB
GForce GTX 590
GForce GTX 670
GForce GTX 680
I am not going to pretend like I know much about GPUs except that I know I will not use SLI and I need a QUADRO card for serious HD video editing and some farming...
WATER COOLING
My obsession with Water cooling is not because of OC possibilities but because of less audibility and obviously better cooling capability it possesses...
For the water cooling scenarios, I realized that the most important issue for me, would be a long lasting WC system that would not need maintenance too often... And the second achievement should be the simplicity in doing so. Like carefree liquid filling and easy plug/unplug capabilities with the tubes and quick disconnects couplings.. So that I don't have to drain the system when I make any changes or replacements and upgrades and so forth so on...
Also ideally I would have love to build a WC system that the Pomp and reservoir units is placed outside of the Case. And preferably far enough from the machine so that I don't have to hear any of the fans...
Still, I presume I will have to have some fans in the case no matter what. At least to exhaust the heat that might accumulate in the case. If there is any way not to need any fan, PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW...
FANS
So if it is a must, then I would love to have the most silent fans available to me... I checked many reviews and forums for that but I cannot get a clear view to figure out... So this is an area that I need your experience for sure...
That brings us to open loops versus stuff like Corsair H100 and alike... Now, I believe that I do want a real WC operation in my machine, unless that totally crashes with my little maintenance and longest longevity possible objectives... Having said that I did a lot of reading throughout the forums and various sources... So I have names! I have a few of them alright.. But do I feel I know what I need? Hardly... Here are some candidates for basic water cooling members... I have them purely because other people seem to like them, not because I have any idea... I only did a statistical work...
CPU BLOCKS
Enzotech Sapphire
Heatkiller 3.0 LT
PUMPS
MCP655
Laing DDC 3.25
Swiftech MCR-320 Drive Rev3 Series Heat Exchanger w/ Pump and Reservoir... ???
RADS
Hardware Labs Black Ice GT Xtreme 360mm
And there is also a Radiator/Pump/Reservoir combos like:
Aquacomputer Airplex Modularity System 240 Radiator / Pump / Reservoir Combo - Copper Fins - D5 Pump
Aquacomputer Airplex Modularity System 360 Radiator / Pump / Reservoir Combo - Copper Fins - D5 Pump
Aquacomputer Airplex Modularity System 420 Radiator / Pump / Reservoir Combo - Copper Fins - Eheim Compact 600/12V Pump
So at the moment I have no idea what kind of capacity my rig will require...
BUT
Incidentally I want a loop for everything... For GPU, PSU, RAM!, MOBO... North, south, east, west... Perhaps in the end consequently for my ass too!
So this is another poor areas of my knowledge... I can add that I don't care for beauty aspect of the system. I don't want it to be ugly as hell but if that's what it takes, so be it... You know clamps for hoses and so forth so on...
CHIPSET BLOCKS
HEATKILLER MB Chipset Cooling Kit ASUS-P9X79 Nickel
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/hembchcokita.html
MOTHERBOARD HEATSINKS
Zalman ZM-NBF47
RAM BLOCKS
RAM-33 Water Block (Memory)
http://koolance.com/ram-33-memory-water-block
GeIL EVO Cyclone Memory Cooler
Also I was advised not to put a complex water loop together until a system has been thoroughly tested. Always spend a week or so on air cooling before starting to add water blocks. So that means Fans! Lots of them probably! We will see about that...
I apologize for not being very professional in terms of preparing this list. This was best I could do... That's a lot of question to ask and again I apologize for that but desperate times need desperate measurements... And boy am I desperate?!...
Thank you for even reading it through... Seriously if you made this far, yet there is hope for me )
I appreciate your efforts to help and thank you for your willingness to put up with my idiocrasy before hand...
Cheers...
The work load of the Rig will be VIDEO/AUDIO production with as many virtual and physical OSs as machinely possible... I will also have at least three monitors..
2) What's your budget?
I have no budget per say. I astimate arround 5 G.
3) Which country do you live in?
I live in Tırkey. Having said that, the parts that are not available here, I will be getting them in California...
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU, Motherboard, Case, PSU, Water Cooling equipment, Pro Video card, HDDs & SSDs. Perhaps a raid card, & UPS.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Just Intel X79 automatic OC. Nothing pretentious...
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
I will be shooting in 1080i/p. ANd the size of the monitor should be 40" or larger..
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Yesterday..
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license
I will have many OSs including XP, Win7Pro, both 32 & 64bit.
Hello everyone..
This is going to be my first serious attempt to put a system together...
Although I wanted to make one for over ten years, I kept putting off my desire based on the worries of the upcoming Intel upgrades that were always in the horizon...
Yes! The technology was never good enough for me! Yes! It is a sickness but I am in control now...
Finally when I was ready, I realized that I was a bit outdated with my system knowledge... And when I say a bit, I mean enormously... Thus I began researching and researching finally to realize just the basics, the elementary.
That's why I am here today hopping that your expertise and wisdom would save me from frying myself... And when I say, frying, I mean hurting myself to a point that I can't tolerate anymore and become dysfunctional.
MY GOAL
I would like to build a VIDEO/AUDIO Workstation Rig that is mute! "0" DB is going to be my main objective... I will have multiple OSs and three moınitors
MOBO
ASUS P9X79 WS
CPU
INTEL i7-3960X
CASE
COOLER MASTER COSMOS II PURE BLACK ALUMINYUM FULL TOWER
PSU
At first I was planning to get a Koolance 1000W Liquid-Cooled Power Supply...
But 1000W wasn't going to cut it and unfortunately or fortunately 1200W &1600W models are discontinued so are1300W &1700W models. Not very assuring..
So I decided to get two PSUs...
If the Liquid-Cooled Fanless Power Supply is not a mistake of choice then I can get one Koolance 1000W and one Koolance 500W and call it a day...
The other attractive solution is a TWIN Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply
The reason behind for two PSUs is the fanless operational capability of the Corsair unless a certain workload is reached. So two of them sharing the load, will reduce the PSU's need to ventilate... Obviously I will have to do some alterations to the case to accommodate the twin PSUs...
I also heard that Seasonic SSP-650RT Active PFC is pretty quiet as well.
GPU
QUADRO 4000 is the Video Guys' DIY 2012 top choice...
Now I know that I will not go with SLI.
Of course the best combination would be to have best of both of the worlds.
So maybe as a second GPU one of these ...
GForce GTX 580 3GB
GForce GTX 590
GForce GTX 670
GForce GTX 680
I am not going to pretend like I know much about GPUs except that I know I will not use SLI and I need a QUADRO card for serious HD video editing and some farming...
WATER COOLING
My obsession with Water cooling is not because of OC possibilities but because of less audibility and obviously better cooling capability it possesses...
For the water cooling scenarios, I realized that the most important issue for me, would be a long lasting WC system that would not need maintenance too often... And the second achievement should be the simplicity in doing so. Like carefree liquid filling and easy plug/unplug capabilities with the tubes and quick disconnects couplings.. So that I don't have to drain the system when I make any changes or replacements and upgrades and so forth so on...
Also ideally I would have love to build a WC system that the Pomp and reservoir units is placed outside of the Case. And preferably far enough from the machine so that I don't have to hear any of the fans...
Still, I presume I will have to have some fans in the case no matter what. At least to exhaust the heat that might accumulate in the case. If there is any way not to need any fan, PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW...
FANS
So if it is a must, then I would love to have the most silent fans available to me... I checked many reviews and forums for that but I cannot get a clear view to figure out... So this is an area that I need your experience for sure...
That brings us to open loops versus stuff like Corsair H100 and alike... Now, I believe that I do want a real WC operation in my machine, unless that totally crashes with my little maintenance and longest longevity possible objectives... Having said that I did a lot of reading throughout the forums and various sources... So I have names! I have a few of them alright.. But do I feel I know what I need? Hardly... Here are some candidates for basic water cooling members... I have them purely because other people seem to like them, not because I have any idea... I only did a statistical work...
CPU BLOCKS
Enzotech Sapphire
Heatkiller 3.0 LT
PUMPS
MCP655
Laing DDC 3.25
Swiftech MCR-320 Drive Rev3 Series Heat Exchanger w/ Pump and Reservoir... ???
RADS
Hardware Labs Black Ice GT Xtreme 360mm
And there is also a Radiator/Pump/Reservoir combos like:
Aquacomputer Airplex Modularity System 240 Radiator / Pump / Reservoir Combo - Copper Fins - D5 Pump
Aquacomputer Airplex Modularity System 360 Radiator / Pump / Reservoir Combo - Copper Fins - D5 Pump
Aquacomputer Airplex Modularity System 420 Radiator / Pump / Reservoir Combo - Copper Fins - Eheim Compact 600/12V Pump
So at the moment I have no idea what kind of capacity my rig will require...
BUT
Incidentally I want a loop for everything... For GPU, PSU, RAM!, MOBO... North, south, east, west... Perhaps in the end consequently for my ass too!
So this is another poor areas of my knowledge... I can add that I don't care for beauty aspect of the system. I don't want it to be ugly as hell but if that's what it takes, so be it... You know clamps for hoses and so forth so on...
CHIPSET BLOCKS
HEATKILLER MB Chipset Cooling Kit ASUS-P9X79 Nickel
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/hembchcokita.html
MOTHERBOARD HEATSINKS
Zalman ZM-NBF47
RAM BLOCKS
RAM-33 Water Block (Memory)
http://koolance.com/ram-33-memory-water-block
GeIL EVO Cyclone Memory Cooler
Also I was advised not to put a complex water loop together until a system has been thoroughly tested. Always spend a week or so on air cooling before starting to add water blocks. So that means Fans! Lots of them probably! We will see about that...
I apologize for not being very professional in terms of preparing this list. This was best I could do... That's a lot of question to ask and again I apologize for that but desperate times need desperate measurements... And boy am I desperate?!...
Thank you for even reading it through... Seriously if you made this far, yet there is hope for me )
I appreciate your efforts to help and thank you for your willingness to put up with my idiocrasy before hand...
Cheers...
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