Recycling my old parts - Advice needed

patchworkbaboon · Amateur Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

Hello all,

I'm shortly expecting to pick up my newly upgraded PC from the boys at Vadim. Great timing as my wife has decided to go to South Africa for a week. Mr. Green

As I have replaced quite a few parts from my old rig, I've decided to take the plunge and try building my first PC from the ground up using the old parts. As a first timer, i'll be going for air cooling initially witha view to graduating to water cooling sometime in the near future.Here is a list of what I will inherit from the old rig. Any advice on additional parts which I intend to buy (from Vadim obviously) will be greatly appreciated.

Parts inherited are in bold. Additional parts which I need advice on will be left blank:

Case:
Cabling:
Cooling Mesh:
Fans type:
Cooling:
PSU:
Motherboard: Asus P5E WS
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 6850
Memory: (2x) OCZ DDR3-1800 2x1024MB Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth Dual Channel
Graphics:
Physics:
Hard Drive: (4x) 32Gb Samsung 2.5" ATA SSD Drive with SATA converter in RAID 0
Storage HD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB
Optical Drive:
Optical Drive 2:
Floppy Drive:
PCI card:
PCIe Device:
Sound Card:
Operating System:

I'm thinking of going with the Silverstone TJ07 as my case as it is spacious and will easily be able to accommodate watercooling at a future date.

I need some serious help on the air cooling!!! How many fans and what type? CPU cooler???

Other important parts such as PSU??? I'm thinking that 850W should be enough.

I should probably wait for the new generation of graphics cards to be launched rather than go for the 9800GX2.

All thoughts appreciated.

Embarassed

Eu · Master Ambassador Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 2983

err... you have upgraded from

patchworkbaboon · Amateur Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

Thanks Eu,

Your input is appreciated. I take your point on the graphics card.

Regarding the watercooling; do you really think a first timer can attempt it???

Shocked

Eu · Master Ambassador Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 2983

patchworkbaboon · Amateur Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

Well,

I don't mind getting my hands dirty. Ill see how I get on with the thermal paste and the fans. I'm a bit apprehensive about the BIOS settings as I know that these can grill perfectly good components to a crisp if one doesn't know what they are doing Wink

But I think you're right about the rollercoaster ride of frustrations and joy!!

Hurray!

stez · Innovator Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 485

Those 4 SSDs in RAID-0 is just begging for a dedicated RAID controller rather than relying on the motherboard.

Eu · Master Ambassador Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 2983

True! What's your budget?

Vincent · Vadim Official Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 2742

patchworkbaboon · Amateur Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

Stez, I think Vincent just answered the query about RAID cards.

Eu, I dont really have a budget in mind but as this is my first build I probably don't want to go too crazy. Also, I'm just waiting on delivery of my newly upgraded rig which will be hard to beat. Having said that, it would be a shame to waste all those good components by buying something that won't keep up.

Vincent, thanks for the info. Keep your fingers crossed that I manage to build the rig without frying it. Wink

Eu · Master Ambassador Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 2983

Well, you can always count on our help as well... piccies and questions Wink

Deathwalker · Master Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 797

patchworkbaboon you be fine with building your PC and as Eu said you can always ask for help on any problems I must admit have tried a water build myself yet.

patchworkbaboon · Amateur Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 48

Eu and Deathwalker,

Thank you very much for the words of support. Ill give it my best shot and ask you guys question when I'm stuck. Hurray!

Andy · Vadim Official Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 71

Hi patch.

I've just sent you an email with some detailed info on this subject Mr. Green