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GuitarFreak:

--- Quote from: MrBlu on 30 Mar 2009, 12:55 ---Yeah, I know about the 4850 block. I'm working on that now actually. I just need a certain forumite to PM me. I plan to cool the CPU as well too, I'm thinking the OCZ HydroX, it works well and it's pretty inexpensive too.

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Do you have a link for that? From what I gather, it's a kit, and you want to stay away from WC kits. I'd look at the swiftech apogee GT or GTZ. The GTZ is probably the best block you can buy for your cpu.

MrBlu:
Newegg sells both the Apogee and the OCZ Hydro. From the reviews I've seen, the Apogee is slightly better than the Hydro (about 1-3 Degrees better), but I need every bit of money I can get. Plus, with the Vantec Tornado fans I'll be using (2x92mm), it won't make a difference.

GuitarFreak:

--- Quote from: MrBlu on 30 Mar 2009, 19:25 ---Newegg sells both the Apogee and the OCZ Hydro. From the reviews I've seen, the Apogee is slightly better than the Hydro (about 1-3 Degrees better), but I need every bit of money I can get. Plus, with the Vantec Tornado fans I'll be using (2x92mm), it won't make a difference.

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Ah, I see. Yeah, either would be a good choice then.

MrBlu:
Rest of the stuff:
Swiftech MCW60-R Waterblock (I have my reasons)
Enzotech BCC9 RAMsinks
Swiftech MPC350 Pump (If I can't find something cheaper)
XSPC 5.25" Bay Reservoir

I'm going to have a radiator custom made for me locally, and make a shroud out of whatever I can find around the house/for cheap.

Depending on how much money I have left (read: Manage to squeeze out of my relatives), I may get the Apogee, but either way Swiftech is pocketing some of my money.

EDIT::
Also, I'm going to do some ghetto modding for my 4850. It's the reference with ref. cooler, so I'm going to cut off the part of the heatsink that's attached to the MOSFETs, leave it there and drop the waterblock + RAMsinks on it.

bicostp:
I'm piecing together a new PC to replace my laughable 3.2 ghz Celeron / Radeon HD 2600 Pro 'gaming' computer/HTPC. (It can't even run Team Fortress 2 at more than 20 FPS; I made a video of it running here.) The current motherboard has a 775 socket, but it's such an old piece of garbage it doesn't support Core 2 processors newer than Conroe.

It's going to be used for video playback, gaming, and a lot of media encoding. I'll run the 64 bit Windows 7 beta until it's released, then get the equivalent version to Vista Home Premium.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 $275
ASUS P5Q Pro $105
CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 800 Dual Channel Kit (x2) $40
Corsair TX650W $70
EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 $180

Total: $670

How does this look? I know the i7 920 is about the same price as the Q9550, but from what I've read the extra power won't do much for what I need it to do, and an x58 motherboard and DDR3 RAM would push the price up at least $300. (Please don't recommend AMD or ATI parts, I'm not particularly fond of either.)

Thanks!

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