Under full load, I would guess it's maybe using 400-425W peak, prolly 350 average if that.

Actually, it's closer to 500W. Those 3870 X2s are hungry beasts.

I have a Corsair 620HX in here. It's been running this system 24/7 for over 2 years now. It hasn't changed other than I replaced the original 4800+ X2 with an X4 940.

Ah, missed the X2 part, lol.

Okie Dokie, narrowing it down......

Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16819115214

EVGA P55 FTW SLI 132-LF-E657-KR LGA1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - 2XSLI+Phy, 3X BIOS, 12+2 PWM up to 1189KHz, DDR3 2600MHz+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16813188056

x2 (8Gb) CORSAIR DOMINATOR-GT 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model CMG4GX3M2A2000C8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16820145266

Bought, $199.99 after rebate...CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16817139007

x2 - Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16822136283

Still debating:
* CPU heatsink and fan
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-GP 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16835103065

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16835186134

* Sound card (as I'm not sure if needed)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional 70SB088600002 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express Interface Sound Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16829102019

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16829102006

* GPU as none I want are in stock, since Nvidia most likely will be EVGA, yet it may be the new ATI is beating them up so bad that they're trying to upgrade.....If so, then what I want will crash in price

* Monitor

K2

This message has been edited. Last edited by: LEBillfish,

Soundblaster XtremeGamer does Not work under Vista or Windows exept for games using OpenAL sound like Race Driver GRID and Bioshock.

Vista and Windows 7 decode DirectX sound internaly, so all the Soundcard can do with the data it gets than is pas it straight trough.

For games using DirectX Directsound3D like FarCry 2 and Silent Hunter you can use Creative ALChemy to convert it to OpenAL so it becomes useable for the card again.

For games using DirectX Directsound like IL2-1946 or Crysis there is no way to use any Soundhardware acceleration or effects under Vista or Windows 7.

The Onboard Audio on your Motherboard (Realtek HDA) is really good and even far better than the X-Fi XtremeGamer if you use the Digital Output to conect it to a Home Theater System.
(And X-Fi has only Stereo digital output, Realtek HDA has multi channel digital output)

So keep that in mind if you think about buying a Soundcard.


On the last part about the nVidia cards you are spot on, nVidia stopt making GeForce 200 GPU's, so we have to wait till end of 1Q 2010 for the new cards comming out.

And do you really need a 1000W PSU?

quote:

Originally posted by JG52Uther:
And do you really need a 1000W PSU?

Today no......

Yet this system should last 5 years.....What PSU will I need 3 years from now with upgrades to what is out there now, an 850 or 1,000w PSU?

K2

Good choices all over, but I think you´re over-killing it by going with a 1000W PSU.

Not only are 1000W PSUs more expensive, they are also heavier on your power bill as well as in heat generation.

With the possible specs you posted, you can go by with a 600W to 750W PSU with no probs unless you want to do Tri-SLI or QuadFire, that is, use 3 Nvidia cards or 4 ATI ones.

As an example, I´m running a Core i7 920 CPU with an ASUS P6T mobo, 6 Gigs of triple channel DDR3 ram, 2 HDDs (1 SATA and 1 EIDE), DVD burner and flash card reader plus an ATI HD4870 1Gb card; all on an ANTEC 550W 3 year old PSU. And according to ANTEC´s web based PSU calculator, I still have about 100W spare power.

I´m just upgrading to a 700W PSU in order to replace the ATI 4870 with 2 5850s in Crossfire, and even then, I´ll have about the same 100W spare power.

And by the way, if you´re gonna build before xmas, go with an ATI 5800 series card in order to future-proof your new rig.

Else, wait and see until Nvidia releases its new lineup to get more options, if any are available.

My 2 cents.


P.S. NSD_Camp is right about not needing a discrete sound card unless you wanna do some serious sound editing work. Realtek integrated HD DSPs are nowadays pretty good.

We don't know what Graphics Card LEBillfish is going to take, it could even be 2, so its a bit early to start about what PSU would be good enough for the job.

The Antec PSU calculator gives you a Minimum, so its smart to go over that by about 100 Watt's to be safe.

quote:

Originally posted by NDS_Camp.:
We don't know what Graphics Card LEBillfish is going to take, it could even be 2, so its a bit early to start about what PSU would be good enough for the job.

The Antec PSU calculator gives you a Minimum, so its smart to go over that by about 100 Watt's to be safe.

........and based upon that as well as others, also considering overclocking which I know nothing about yet the 1156 components from what I'm reading handle very well, states that an 850w would be fine with a single card (using a 285 2Gb as a baseline), yet I'd need 1,048w with 2 GPU....

Consider as well their wear factoring is based on a PSU being new, and then a year old.....We're talking letting it run 5 years.

Lastly, an 850w at $200, or a 1,000w at $220....So you can see where $20 simply does not mean much compared to some longevity (the option being spending $200+ twice).

K2

quote:

Originally posted by LEBillfish:
... Lastly, an 850w at $200, or a 1,000w at $220....So you can see where $20 simply does not mean much compared to some longevity (the option being spending $200+ twice).

K2

Or, a very nice compromise at $180.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16817139013

Reviewed here:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modul...ws&op=Story&reid=170

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Yup, that´s a great deal indeed, and with free shipping!

Good find.

nVidia seems to have a trick up its sleeve, and thats why it stopt making the GeForce 200 series.
There releasing a new Graphics card together with EVGA the 30th of October and said its not the Fermi (GT300)...

So who knows, maybe they got something really intresting to show us this time (price/perfomance)

Corsair 1,000w is now the same price for the next week as the 850w after rebate.....$199.99

Guess which I'm buying?

K2

I just put togther a system I am very hppy with for £150 (using old parts like DVD drive,Case etc)

E6750 C2D
8800GTS 320mb
2gb RAM
MSI P31 NEO motherboard

A system like this would not break the bank and be 20 times as fast as your old Pentium.

EDIT : Nevermind, I am late in the thread

Dang, that PSU I bought (yeah the overkill for the same price) weighs 11#! Just recieved the tracking info.

K2

A good PSU is a heavy PSU, lol. I noticed this when I first started getting serious about building good computers, I had messed around with rebuilding old dells and gateways and such and those PSU's were light as feathers, then I got my first REAL PSU, the old OCZ Powerstream 600W (still going strong running a AthlonXP barton core and an ATI 9800pro!), what a beast for it's day, and it too weighed a ton ,lol.

quote:

Originally posted by LEBillfish:
Dang, that PSU I bought (yeah the overkill for the same price) weighs 11#! Just recieved the tracking info.

K2

ROFL

Just wait until you have that puppy in your hot little hands.

Corsair PSUs just have 'quality' stamped all over them. They do EVERYTHING right, including the packaging.

quote:

Originally posted by RAF_OldBuzzard:

quote:

Originally posted by LEBillfish:
Dang, that PSU I bought (yeah the overkill for the same price) weighs 11#! Just recieved the tracking info.

K2

ROFL

Just wait until you have that puppy in your hot little hands.

Corsair PSUs just have 'quality' stamped all over them. They do EVERYTHING right, including the packaging.

Watch it turn out to be a couple of bricks in a box ....SHould be at the delivery buffer any moment now.

K2

D@mn..

She was a killer on her old rig.. wait till the upgrade......



That all looks good.. and if there is one component that you want to go beyond your needs on it is the PS.